May 2014 - Make £10 a day - everyone welcome

SarahB1989_2

Think a bunch of surveys must have finally credited on Toluna as logged in to see it had jumped by 40,000 points over the weekend! Cashed out a £10 voucher for Sainsbugs, and got a £10 voucher from ValuedOp this morning for Boots. Plus £8.82 from Quidco. Excellent start to the month!!

hickles69

Lost track after some crazy days at work but will sort out and update at the weekend.


Doing well on Bbblews - on about $18, it's taken a lot of time but getting there. I gave up on swagbucks, was doing things and the bucks weren't being added; found it a bit headachy.


Got 3 surveys to do too.....


Got nothing to sell so Ebay out.

SpecialBrew_2

Well done, dorajar - that's fantastic! :beer:

Mrs C, if it were my dog I would add that money, partly because it's money that would presumably have been paid to debt (or helped to keep it from the door), but mostly because it kind of helps keep her memory alive a bit longer and acknowledges that she made many other different contributions to your life too. I'm soppy like that though. My dog has been gone for fifteen years now, but I found a couple of her unmistakable hairs in a long-forgotten bag of craft stuff the other week (she always did know what it was to get in your way when you were busy ) so I picked them up with a little piece of sellotape and stuck it to the inside of the drawer Please don't feel bad about adding the money.

Anyway, I'm adding £15.59 from eBay and 51p from Qmee, a total of £16.10.

Also just thought I'd casually mention, just as an aside you know, a mere afterthought... that as of today, I'm...

Debt Free!!! :j

Even though I'll be busy for a bit trying to keep it that way and am on Planet Solvent rather than Planet Wealthy, it's good to know that I don't owe anyone a single penny. I realise that the £1,225.66 I've managed to clear since the end of September is nothing compared to what a lot people on here are facing, but with an income that just about meets the necessary outgoings most months, to me it is a Big Thing.

Since starting to tackle the debt I have also had to replace the felt that blew off the shed roof in the storms, the washing machine and the TV, get through Christmas and a couple of birthdays, put the car through the MOT and find the cost of two residential school trips plus our annual budget family holiday. All of these things are biggies to our permanently financially embarrassed selves, and if you'd asked me eight months ago whether I could meet these expenses as well as pay off the debt I'd have said there was more chance of the Queen popping round here to clean the loo.

That was before I pitched in and joined this thread. My total sum made to date as a result of it has been £1008.43, and a lot of it's come from seeing little things like Qmee payments and Asda Price Guarantee vouchers stack up. I'm no great mathematician, but even I can see that without the encouragement, brilliant advice and lovely people on this thread I would not have achieved anywhere near as much by now and would still have a very long way to go. I will think of you all with gratitude whenever I answer the phone or open a bill without being scared to do it, and when I crack open a celebratory Smartprice lemonade later

In the meantime, I suppose I'd better make just one little addition to the shopping list. The least Her Maj deserves is a fresh pair of Marigolds when she shows up on the doorstep with a bottle of Harpic :rotfl:

SarahB1989_2

Congrats SpecialBrew!!!! Fantastic achievement

please-let-me-be-lucky

Congratulations SpecialBrew! :T:T

Fab win dorajar

MrsC, I'd add it too!

£5 raffle win for me today Xx

MrsCautious

Well done specialbrew, you can get your red badge now you have done amazing with everything you've had to pay out for!

Thanks for saying that about the insurance, I will add it then, it will go towards our new bathroom that I'm going to have to pay for very soon!

lynnejk

Hey Special brew - Congratulations and all that :dance::dance: How very bl**dy marvellous !!

mavvymoo wrote: »

they had just put their little Cleo up for sale 15 mins before and were hoovering it out, Guess what we stopped and that was it I am the proud owner of a Cleo:) The sellers said it was the quickest sale ever 45 mins from putting the sign in to me driving it away :rotfl:
Mav x

That's definitely a perfect 'must have been waiting for you' example

Aesop wrote: »

He lives in cuckoo land most of the time based on hia conception that everything only costs less a £1. Can tell he dont go shopping often.
Anyway have you put yourself on the mortgage free roll call? You get one of those badges on the side <<<< under your avatar.

I've got an OH like that - what a surprise ! He also thinks dinner cooks itself and the house gets cleaned in a hour :rotfl:

dorajar wrote: »

Yay just won a £100 brantano voucher through the local paper. Going to save it for school shoes for DS and a pair of shoes for me!

Well done - what a lovely surprise. I'm dead chuffed for you


Made £1 today on survey but being honest been too busy gardening to do much else (apart from dusting/cooking etc haha)


Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday
Lx

mavvymoo

Aesop wrote: »

Well done Mav. I'M looking for a car too but OH wants me to buy a big car as it suits him. That means he will be putting all his work carp in the boot and leaving it there. I found one I liked. Hw didnt and decided I wasn't buying it. B&^^/^ men. I will find a car that suits me and not him
He lives in cuckoo land most of the time based on hia conception that everything only costs less a £1. Can tell he dont go shopping often.

Anyway have you put yourself on the mortgage free roll call? You get one of those badges on the side <<<< under your avatar.

Mmmm It was the same here DH wanted me to have a huge van type thingy :eek: The last massive car I had was his choice and also the one before that oh and the one before that :rotfl::rotfl:
So I really put my foot down on this on which is why it took so long to find one.Think DH was waiting for me to say yes ok I will have the van type thing Knowing I am not the most patient person in the world
I will send good vibes Emma for the quick car sale
Huge congratulations SpecialBrew :beer:


And yes I have been on the Mortgage free roll of honour but no badge of yet.Never got one for debt free so not really expecting one but it would be nice :rotfl:

Anyway £30 to add for me for a job I did yesterday.
But have a confession not very MSE I know

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But I have a cleaning company coming in today to spring clean my house :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::D:D:D:D:D TBH hang the expense I am so excited its ridiculous lol


Mav x

SuperSaver_Mummy

Consumer Pulse - £20 Homebase Vouchers. Aiming to decorate my stairs and landing for free this year! :j

Total = £135.11/£150

Purpleroses

£45 ebay sales to add