Getting there...slowly.

girlatplay

Reached the £40 payout limit for OnePoll :j Should get that by the end of the month.

I noticed recently that I wasn't far from payout for Global Test Market. I stopped doing the surveys as they are long and boring / screen out to easily and often / takes ages to reach payout. When I noticed I was close I did a few and reached payout last night! Waiting for £30 Amazon vouchers to arrive. Hopefully they will arrive this week as I have an order due on 15th and that would cover with some over. I am not going to do GTM anymore though, for the above reasons.

Still waiting for £7 ish from ACO. Waiting for £5 cashback from the bank, due at the end of the month.

My friend is selling a couple of items on eBay for me so hopefully I will get a little bit out of that. Probably not much but the pennies add up. Just not sure when she is going to do it as she has 6 boxes of stuff to sell!:eek:

girlatplay

Yesterday I applied for a new current account. Once it is all set up I will get £100 for switching plus they will also give £25 to charity for my switch.

Grocery day. Shopping list underway. Going to have to be tight this week after spending £65 last week :eek: My budget is £40 :eek::eek::o:o

I am only about 50 swagbucks away from a £5 Amazon voucher so working hard on that.

Everything else has paused really as I have spent so much money in the past couple of weeks that I need time to catch my breath and replenish the pots.

girlatplay

Got the £5 Amazon voucher so waiting for that to be delivered.

Groceries came to £41.30. Not perfect but much better than last week. There were a couple of big buys - kitchen roll £3, a large tub of hot chocolate powder for LMG £2.99 (that will last for a bit though) and something else that was about £3-£4 which I can't remember off the top of my head now. Any grocery item over £2.50 is a big buy to me.

Got some lamb which I will put in the slow cooker one day this week. Does anyone have any quick lamb casserole-type recipies that I can slow cooker? I have a small amount of diced lamb, an onion, red pepper, herbs/spices/gravies. Needs to be quick and easy though, nothing fancy.

Got £15 pocket money to see me through the week. I absolutely cannot spend any more than that. Payday is ages away Nothing that we need though so will be fine

girlatplay

Just saw this, it made me laugh. For all the people struggling with the word "messages":-

This post is barry, ken.

girlatplay

Car is going in for MOT tomorrow. Hopefully it won't need too much done. Probably a couple of new tyres as [STRIKE]I drive badly[/STRIKE] it seems to need them every year. I spent £5 getting it washed yesterday. I know I could have done it for free myself but it was for convenience and to save time. Just have to vacuum it and give it a dust. I emptied the rubbish out yesterday. There wasn't even that much as I made a huge fuss about people leaving rubbish in it last time!

I will probably have to dig further into the pot as we are working on my sis's hen weekend and money is going to be required soon. Of course, I am having to pay double as LMG is going too. After this year is over I am having a money detox! I am sooooo glad I saved up and paid for my bestie's hen weekend earlier in the year.

On a brighter note, at least I am able to cover all these things for now. A few years ago I wouldn't have been able to go at all.

Have a lovely weekend

mummytogirls

How did the car get on gap? You are so organised with your money i need to be more like you!!!

Hope you had a good weekend xx

girlatplay

Hope you had a good weekend too mummy. The car needed a new rear tyre and the handbreak needed tightening. That was it. Total including MOT was £157.99. The tyre was just a cheapy but it's the mechanics' wages that bump the cost up! I knew I was in the wrong profession...

Had to get the grocery shop yesterday. £26.43 so not too bad but I only had half a list (bad gap :() so may have to pay a visit to the store during the week.

Received the £35 in Amazon vouchers...a day too late to apply them to my account for this month's order. Never mind. I will hold them there until next month.

I have "done a mooomin" with the credit card. I somehow have £15 too much ready to pay for it with another £26 still to put to it. I can account for about £10 but that means I still have £31 too much. Everything has updated so I have no idea where it has come from. I will wait another couple of days just in case but if I am right then I can pay it back to the pot I have been dipping into.

Busy at work this week so that is good. This is the first chance I have had to come on here. Bossman in London today so no chance of getting caught

mooomin

girlatplay wrote: »

I have "done a mooomin" with the credit card. I somehow have £15 too much ready to pay for it with another £26 still to put to it. I can account for about £10 but that means I still have £31 too much.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

girlatplay

This just gets worse (better?), I have just found another £18.90 which I am supposed to pay to the cc as well. That means after the £10 I can account for I have £49.90 too much!! Originally I was £3 odds short. A miscalculation somewhere...

girlatplay

A regular monthly payment came off my credit card today. It comes off every month but I always forget about it. I hadn't accounted for it in my overpayment but I hadn't accounted for it in my current balance either so it doesn't explain anything. I will use some of the extra to cover that. I will also pay the £18.90 from yesterday back to the wee bit of money I have saved ready for dinner with the girls at the end of the month. That is leaving me with about £19 to play with. I will leave it where it is for now as something is bound to come up before payday.

I am meeting my friend for lunch tomorrow. My turn to pay. I have money aside ready for that.

My parents are going on a much deserved holiday tomorrow. I will miss them (I get homesick when they are away ) but they really need it and I am pleased for them as with paying for my sister's wedding this year, they didn't think they would have a holiday.

The boss is out for the rest of this week. I am such a good employee that all my work is completely up to date :A I am therefore being a very bad employee and spending a lot of time on the internet as I have nothing to do :cool::( Boredom is really setting in today.