The Big Adventure

edinburgher

I'm pretty sure that you could calculate the price per hour for them and that it would be exceptionally low compared to just about any other entertainment

Goldiegirl

Hello, everyone, what a lovely warm day it is today.


Was up in the loft earlier bringing down the next thing to de-clutter/sell on eBay. This time it's a 1970's music centre with speakers. It was last used in approx. 1987,, spent two years in the loft at our old house, and has spent 25 years in the loft here!


I'll give it a good dust tomorrow, and prepare it to be listed next weekend.


The de-cluttering is working, it's looking a lot clearer up there. I also found The Missing Camera. Over the last few years we've sold various cameras that we had hanging around, but we couldn't find a 1980's SLR camera. It had fallen behind the music centre, so I've got that to prepare for listing too.


This may mean I'll find The Missing Box too. After my parents died, I brought various things over from their house, and gradually cleared them when the time was right, and kept a few selected things.


There's a wooden box that I haven't come across yet, but I know it's up there somewhere. This box was made by my dad, when they got married(he was a carpenter by trade) and had lots of different compartments in it. On a Friday night, my dad would bring his wage packet home, pass it too my mum, and she'd put money into the various compartments, for the gas bill, electric bill, shopping etc. This process went on until the mid 1970's when they finally opened a current account at the bank. It was a big part of the ritual of daily life, so I'm keen to put my hands on it again. Maybe I'll unearth it soon

On the jigsaw front, I had 4 jigsaw auctions ending, 3 of them I had bought new.


These jigsaws sold for £6, £5.60 and £5.50, so not quite the £6.50 I hoped for.


The other one was a jigsaw I had bought second hand for £5.50 and sold for £3.25, so a little loss there too


I add £3 for P&P

edinburgher wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that you could calculate the price per hour for them and that it would be exceptionally low compared to just about any other entertainment

When you think about it, that is very true.


If an average jigsaw takes 10 hours to complete, and I buy at £12 and sell at £6, that's 60p per hour, Even less for 2nd hand jigsaws.


A complete bargain, when you think about it.


I would just like to thank Ed for giving me a good excuse to buy a few more ! :rotfl:

Karmacat

He's a wonder, isn't he! I've rejigged my mfw diary thanks to him

The box sounds lovely, Goldie, I hope you find it soon.

Goldiegirl

Where on earth has September gone?

August was the longest month ever, yet September has simply flown by.

Today I want to try and get as much necessary house work out of the way as possible, as Mr Goldie is taking lieu time owed to him tomorrow and Friday ( I'm also taking a day's holiday on Friday) and we are both off on Wednesdays anyway)

I've got the eBay parcel run to do. My jigsaws will be posted at the Post Office, and I've sold something on behalf of my friend which I've got to take to the My Hermes collection shop. Also, I intend to drop off the tins and jars for the food bank. I can do this at the local church.

I'll have too many parcels and bags and too far to walk to go on foot, so I'll have to do it in the car.

I've got one remaining eBay item unpaid for, the selling price was more than I thought it'd go for and the winner of the auction has very low feedback. Unfortunately, I've found that this combination often results in a no payment. Hope I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling.

Also, intend to phone the solicitors to make an appointment to get our wills signed, and start preparing the music centre and camera for eBay listing. But it is rather dull today, so i might have to hold fire on doing the photography.

Have a good Monday.

Watty1

Loved reading about your dad's box and their budgeting system. Hope you find that. It sounds a real joy, a work of love, memories and a budget system all in one. Charming.

BookWorm

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Where on earth has September gone?

August was the longest month ever, yet September has simply flown by.

I totally agree!! Can't believe the last quarter of the year is almost upon us:eek:

Goldiegirl

I managed to do most of the bits and pieces that I wanted to do, except prepping the things for selling. But it was very dull, so the photos wouldn't have been good enough.

I also phoned the solicitors to make an appointment to get the wills signed, but had to leave a message. The secretary is still on holiday, so they seem to be relying on a young receptionist to do everything. But no doubt I'll get a call at some point. The solicitors bill will be £168, which is less than I was expecting

The late paying eBay buyer paid up, so I posted the parcel this afternoon.

My share of the two things sold on behalf of my friend was £4. I've transferred this to 'The Little Xtra' Fund' (LXF), formerly known as The Hearing Aid Fund.

Any resemblance to a certain ex-building society's children's account of the 1980's is completely not a coincidence. I still own a Little Xtra money box that I snaffled from my ex-employers!


If the weather is decent tomorrow we'll probably go to Whitstable for a walk along the front. We had intended to do this at some point in the summer but never quite got around to it. We also intend to have lunch out. This will be the first time I've eaten out since I've started the low sodium lifestyle. I'm not quite sure how it'll work out. I'll just have to explain my needs and see what they can do for me.

Goldiegirl

Had a really nice day today.

We went to Whitstable on the train, and had a good walk around.

The weather was warm and sunny, and we had lunch at an outdoor cafe. We both had fish and chips, and they had a jazz band playing while we ate.

On the subject of eating out, I think I'll generally stick to fish or steak with no sauces, chips with no coatings and fresh salads. Apart from chips, I 'd be a bit dubious about other vegetables, as they may have been cooked in salted water. I'm also hesitant about eating chicken when I'm out, as I've read some chicken may be 'plumped' with salt and water.

Also, taking a leaf out of Mr Ed's book, I think we'll be more likely to cook something special at home for celebratory meals.

I emailed my cruise company last week, and they've confirmed they've registered my dietary requirements, so that is sorted out.

Before we left this morning, the solicitor called, and we've booked an appointment for tomorrow to get the wills signed. So that'll be another thing done and dusted.

Goldiegirl

This morning we were out and about, having coffee in Dobbies, bought some birdseed for the bird table, and then went to M&S where a £10 voucher was put towards a pair of pyjamas for me. These are intended to be part of my Christmas present, so now have been put away until Christmas.


We don't really bother too much about presents for each other, we'll always have a pretty good idea or what we're getting, so it's not a big deal with us.


We then went on to the solicitors to get the wills signed, so that's out of the way.


We had a charity bag through the letter box, so I've put a few books in there, and they'll be collected tomorrow.


We looked at the old music centre we want to put on eBay. Although it powers up, the turntable doesn't turn and the cassette doesn't play. So I'll list it for spares or repairs, anything to get it out of the house. I've got the photos done though, and the pictures of the old camera we'll be selling. Fortunately, the old camera seems to work ok. so they'll be ready to go live on Saturday.


I look forward to the day when I finally have nothing to de-clutter. I've been doing this for the best part of 5 years, and I wasn't even a hoarder!

Habibiboo

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Hi Goldie, glad you're doing OK and that the no-salt quest seems to be holding you on a steady course at the moment!

Well done for ploughing through your to-do lists and the decluttering. I really should be making more effort towards this but the best I can manage at the moment is to focus on the freezer (to minimise grocery spends currently and to free up some space in the freezer before the festive foods start coming in) and toiletries which I probably need to get through for similar reasons!

Glad the wills are almost sorted ... that was a major thing for us this summer which didn't get done. The MSE email has info on that this week so I may check it later and make a concerted effort towards that.

Well done too on getting another month closer to freedom! Hold that thought tomorrow! x