Aspirations of Frugality and Fun on the Road to Mortgage Freedom

edinburgher

1 job from the weekend was to find a place to sell 3 very old very cheap phones to - after charging 1 it turns out i can't wipe the memory and with so much info. stored on them i am going to keep them rather than have the worry

Serious question - could you smash them (possibly with a hammer for stress relief) and take them to the WEEE section of your local tip? That should be secure enough and that way they'll probably get stripped for metal parts.

brizzledfw

Just popping in to say hi :wave:

Keep those energy levels up!

jwil

edinburgher wrote: »

Serious question - could you smash them (possibly with a hammer for stress relief) and take them to the WEEE section of your local tip? That should be secure enough and that way they'll probably get stripped for metal parts.

This is what I'd do too

jwil

Great news about the referral, fingers crossed you finally get some answers.

Hopefully when the summer comes, you can do stuff that you *want* to do, rather than stuff you feel you have to do

DedicatedDFW

Hello All,

Thank you for stopping by Ed - thank you i thought about the smashing but not the section of the tip :cool: Its not something i'm ready to do just yet but will

Brizzle - oh if you knew the day i've had! :mad: But i will not rant. I have spent about an hour stomping about the place and will not dwell on annying ridiculous things any more :cool: I am annoyed more at the sapping of energy and the time i have wasted / lost

Erm jwil - see the next post...

DedicatedDFW

Although today has been less productive than the last few days i need to crack on with study in a mo. to make up for some of that :cool:

And the study is really important right now *especially* as i have decided to continue with my studies - *if* i get a good enough grade of course *positive vibes* please

I don't have the exact price for the MA just now but it will be circa £3000 :eek: So if anyone has any ideas on me quickly making this that would be fab I am so happy to have made the decision :j But am feeling the extra pressure to get the results as well now.

I won't need to pay for the course in one go but in order to take some of the pressure off as the course will be pretty intense i would like to raise as much money as possible towards this in the summer.

So in the summer i will be starting the matched betting jwil et al. I will let you know when i am starting this as in just the reading up and then when i am good to go on this too

I will also be very actively looking for a new job - potentially working less hours - the MA is for my future and career and this has to be priority so a suitable job better paid would be good. I am still keeping my eyes open at the moment for work too.

In the summer i will also be going over my uni folders and extracting anything i feel is particularly useful

DedicatedDFW

this weekend i need to:-

go to Mr L's and stock up
sort through books and list or carboot
wash
dry
move
wash
dry
move
try dress on and list if not keeping
post parcel
post letter
message l
make 2 x teas satday so sunday is just warm up
mothers day visits
study fully up to date
start assignment
message tutor
commit to ringing docs for next problem to be resolved
apply for MA
big walk

DedicatedDFW

That list will do for now.

i was pleased today to be able to pay my usual payment into my house maintenance fund - currently for the gutters and also to pay an extra £10 into the loft savings as i had paid the balance on my credit card :T

i also returned the damaged goods for a refund so that was 2 lots of purchases returned :T

Not so good news is the gas and electricity bill are due now

reminder to self to check and pay bills - or pay on next months credit card bill - work it out :cool:

reminder to self - check mortgage overpayment and update list and tweak sig if necessary

Hope all are well i will get around the diaries when i can

Karmacat

Sounds busy, Dedicated! I do like batch cooking, hope you have something nice and tasty, to compensate for all that study.

Can I add, some fresh air too, please!

DedicatedDFW

To do list:

message l
try on dress and list of not keeping
assignment
message tutor
apply MA
docs... Must Do but been putting off