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Tales from the city

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  • ani*fan
    ani*fan Posts: 1,554 Forumite
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    Just sold a beat up old guitar case for £5.


    Excellent.
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    On a roll with the selling! I have managed few sales on Eb*y too so pleased with that:)
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • ani*fan
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    It gets addictive Igamogam, doesn't it? I'm well happy, especially with the space being cleared in my flat.


    I've just found something else to sell too after a good long chat with my landlord. He has no interest in keeping the furniture that's stored in his basement, told me he wanted to get rid of it, so I suggested he sell it. He then said if I want to sell it I can keep whatever cash I make.


    Fabby!!


    So, I now have a 2 seater chesterfield style sofa and matching armchair to go on gumtree. Will need to dig it out of the basement and take some photos.


    And I'll have a basement I can actually store things in. Yey!!
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • ani*fan
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    Just sold a rug for £5.


    I think I have a talent for selling!
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,843 Forumite
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    Looks like the Easter trip is increasingly doable.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
  • ani*fan
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    Hi there in need of direction :-)


    Yes I think the trip is becoming more manageable by the second. I'm so pleased!


    I just added another 2 items to gumtree since I'm on a roll. Let's see how they do.
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • ani*fan
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    edited 8 August 2015 at 8:53AM
    Well, since I'm still off work sick and lying around with not much to do, I thought I'd have a read through my old diary on here 'Tales from a Country Cottage'. I figured it might give me some inspiration. But oh my goodness, did it teach me a thing or two?


    First lessons learned:
    • I consistently forget to pay off the highest interest debts first. Need to keep that in mind.
    • When I have pots for money and petrol, separate from the DD bills account, I feel very much more in control of my cash. I need to set these up again.
    • I paid off my Cap 1 card before with a 0% transfer and because I didn't close the account (and I have been a little out of control) it got wracked up again.
    • I use credit cards as emergency fall back and this needs to stop. I have to build up a stash to cover this so I can safely close CC accounts once they're paid.
    • Paying off debt is doable. I did it before and can do it again.
    So, all those lessons learned.
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    So now the only way is up...or down IYSWIM:p Any chance of a 0% move again?
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • ani*fan
    ani*fan Posts: 1,554 Forumite
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    I hope so Igamogam, I'm still waiting on that letter from uni saying I'm a f/t student, then I can start chasing up that £3k interest free student overdraft.


    I feel like I've known you for ages yet we've never met, how odd is that?!?! Lol.
    If you know you have enough, you're rich. ;)
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
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    [QUOTE=ani*fan;64966969
    I feel like I've known you for ages yet we've never met, how odd is that?!?! Lol.[/QUOTE]


    Yeah but I am a cat......................:rotfl:
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
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