I've had the worst of times - now for the BEST of times!

jwil

Wow, what a productive weekend :T

I definitely think you should come and do my garden

Hope you have a good day.

GET ONE THING LISTED ON EBAY!!!!!! (Shouting intended )

peaceandfreedom

jwil wrote: »

GET ONE THING LISTED ON EBAY!!!!!! (Shouting intended )

Yes, Ma'am, will report back when I've done it.

I may be some time ........:p

DedicatedDFW

Wow p&f - you put me to shame with all you've achieved - well done you :T

Some jobs are like that aren't they? taking longer than expected and other things i find i put off and its much quicker than i thought it would be - either way its satisfying to have a job well done

Hope all is well with you x

Thanks for the support about ou - i am finding it very tough going at the mo, so no doubt will be asking for *positive vibes* for my assignment

peaceandfreedom

jwil wrote: »

GET ONE THING LISTED ON EBAY!!!!!! (Shouting intended )

Drum roll ..... I've listed two things. :dance:

And it took ages, largely due to indecision. And I think I've listed them at too high a starting price so it may all be in vain.

But still 2/31 done.

Tomorrow, I shall do some more.

peaceandfreedom

Today not a lot happened.

I went to work, spent no money on myself but spent money in the supermarket after work on essential stuff. Still haven't got quite enough of a handle on the grocery spending.

But as I said above, I finally listed a couple of things on ebay. Am considering putting other stuff on our local Facebook selling group. And I may list one or two things at work, we've got an intranet where there's a marketplace group.

On the plus side, I've finally stopped eating cr*p and am back to my proper diet, so that's a good thing. :T

tattycath

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Drum roll ..... I've listed two things. :dance:

And it took ages, largely due to indecision. And I think I've listed them at too high a starting price so it may all be in vain.

But still 2/31 done.

Tomorrow, I shall do some more.

Well done on the listings! :T
I have only done relists over the weekend and I need to get my backside in gear this week and get another 40 listed at least!

peaceandfreedom

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Some jobs are like that aren't they? taking longer than expected and other things i find i put off and its much quicker than i thought it would be - either way its satisfying to have a job well done

Indeed, sometimes I'm embarrassed at how long I've put off something, only to find it took less than half an hour to do.

But any kind of painting always takes much longer to prepare than to actually DO, I should remember this because it's always the same, whether indoors or out.

I just keep telling myself, it'll be over soon and I will look back on my hard work with pride.

jwil

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Drum roll ..... I've listed two things. :dance:

And it took ages, largely due to indecision. And I think I've listed them at too high a starting price so it may all be in vain.

But still 2/31 done.

Tomorrow, I shall do some more.

Yay! Well done. At least you can reduce the price if they don't sell. Better that than selling too low.

tattycath

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

Indeed, sometimes I'm embarrassed at how long I've put off something, only to find it took less than half an hour to do.

But any kind of painting always takes much longer to prepare than to actually DO, I should remember this because it's always the same, whether indoors or out.

I just keep telling myself, it'll be over soon and I will look back on my hard work with pride.

I'm guilty of procrastinating over doing things.
I painted a mirror frame last week/week before-took the masking tape off and some of the paint came off too! So I don't know whether to remove all the paint and start again or just to touch up where the paint has come off and see how it looks! Any suggestions welcome.

peaceandfreedom

tattycath wrote: »

I'm guilty of procrastinating over doing things.
I painted a mirror frame last week/week before-took the masking tape off and some of the paint came off too! So I don't know whether to remove all the paint and start again or just to touch up where the paint has come off and see how it looks! Any suggestions welcome.

Have you thought of asking on the Shabby Chic thread - there are loads of people on there who do some amazing things with old pieces of furniture and they will be able to answer your question. I'm a rank amateur myself.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2733101

I have lots of little furniture 'projects' that I never seem to get around to - but really I need to clear out the garage first to make room for these painting jobs.