The Ultimate Incentive Part 11 (or 10B) It's The Final Countdown

Dinah93

Why is there snow on the metoffice on Monday? I've moved on from Winter, it's Spring in my mind now!

Cinny91

Two J20's were HOW MUCH :eek: I remember one time I nearly cried when I bought a drink at the pub for like £4, when I picked it thinking it would be cheap knowing I'd bought the same drink for 25p in a shop. Think it was Lime Grove or something? Do they still even make those?! Are you going to take a little pack up next time? Must be so frustrating as a parent to try and do cheap things but have the cost of drinks/food totally ruin it.

Trying desperately to think of ways to make extra income that don't take up a lot of time. I remember yeeears ago when most of us still lived with our parents/didn't have children/weren't so busy with our jobs and had all the time in the world for little things like dooyoo, stp, ebay etc! There really aren't enough hours in the day now.

Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend! Cinema and dinner for us tomorrow (I have these bad boys to give their first outing) and OH is out on Sunday for wrasslin so I'm get the house to myself!! Dream!!

Finally, please CLEAN THAT MICROWAVE DINAH.

Birdie85

Oooh I hate drinks being overcharged! It's so annoying! You'll be ordering tap water next time no doubt!

Those are some special trousers Cinny! What are you seeing at the cinema? We went to see Kingsman on Wednesday (we had the day off together and sent Zach to MIL's) and it was really good. We only went to see it as we felt like we should go to the cinema since we're always complaining about not being able to go and with it being half term it seemed the least likely thing, other than 50 Shades, to be full of kids! Was a bit awkward when a dozy family walked in halfway through, right in the middle of the sweariest scene of the whole movie and they looked really panicked that this wasn't Big Hero Six and rushed the kids out again!

Got a busy weekend here, it's my Mum's 60th tomorrow and I don't know what the plans are, but will be seeing her at some point then I've got loads to buy and prepare for Zach's little party on Sunday for his birthday (which is Tuesday! :eek:) Haven't had a chance to think about it at all (probably a good thing knowing my propensity to get carried away with party planning!) so it'll just be a shop-bought cake thrown on the table with some mismatched napkins!

Dinah93

Dinah93 wrote: »

So tomorrow:
[STRIKE]Clean that stupid microwave[/STRIKE] Done, Cinny yelled
[STRIKE]General house tidy[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Fold all NIMs t-shirts [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Book train[/STRIKE]
Wrap up all amazon returns
Wrap up sold amazon parcel
Do medicash claim for contact lenses
Book to see acupuncturist/sports masseuse to work out why I have so much pain in lower back (paid for by medicash)
Find diary (I have a horrible feeling there was a hospital appointment today. In fact I'm fairly certain of it) [COLOR="rgb(72, 61, 139)"]Where the hell is it?! I've spent about 4 hours looking for it, and I wouldn't mind but my house is tidy, so it's not like it can be in a pile of clutter. I've gone through my car, all the drawers, both my handbags and the changing bag, down behind/under/in the sofa, chair, units etc.... it's just vanished. Im completely lost without it[/COLOR]
[STRIKE]Pair up the sock mountain[/STRIKE]
Make a to do list from all the email reminders I've sent myself in the last week

Longer list tomorrow but lots of very bitty things. NIM is working 10am - 8pm so on my own again, there's a gym class at the local college that's only £2 so might take Grace to that in the morning, but should have a bit more time at home. I've set up a sensory play area to amuse her for hopefully an hour or so tomorrow too.

Post written last night... will do todays now.

Dinah93

Todays to dos:
General house tidy
Wrap up all amazon returns
Wrap up sold amazon parcel
Do medicash claim for contact lenses
Book to see acupuncturist/sports masseuse to work out why I have so much pain in lower back (paid for by medicash)
Make a to do list from all the email reminders I've sent myself in the last week
Restart myfitnesspal
Do some form of exercise even if it is only 3 minutes
Sort out the baking equipment cupboard
Steam clean the lounge chair
List 10 things on ebay

Full of a nasty sinus cold AGAIN Listed 4 things on ebay last night so at least that was something not on the list done. Hope to get some more up today. Very tempting to just have an ebay day all together given how I feel.

Dinah93

Dinah93 wrote: »

Todays to dos:
[STRIKE]General house tidy[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wrap up all amazon returns [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wrap up sold amazon parcel [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Do medicash claim for contact lenses[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Book to see acupuncturist/sports masseuse to work out why I have so much pain in lower back (paid for by medicash)[/STRIKE]
Make a to do list from all the email reminders I've sent myself in the last week
[STRIKE]Restart myfitnesspal[/STRIKE]
Do some form of exercise even if it is only 3 minutes
[STRIKE]Sort out the baking equipment cupboard[/STRIKE]
Steam clean the lounge chair
List 10 things on ebay

Full of a nasty sinus cold AGAIN Listed 4 things on ebay last night so at least that was something not on the list done. Hope to get some more up today. Very tempting to just have an ebay day all together given how I feel.

Passable. Going for a walk in the woods this afternoon (when its due to rain and snow!) so free day except for petrol and maybe a tea in the cafe to warm up afterwards. First mystery shop in a long time last night, but when they offer you a family meal out with a £150 spend limit it would be rude to say no.

So today:
General house tidy
Steam clean chair
Make a list of all the dates that I can work out for my missing diary
Make a to do list of all the emails I've sent myself
Gather up all baby books to lend to mum as babies are next weeks nursery project

Dinah93

I can categorically state I did none of my to do list today! What I did do was list on ebay as I got an email offer of 100% reduction in final value fees for 10 items between 2pm and midnight today. So I dug out some high value stuff (5 of them are wraps you'll be pleased to hear!) that I'll save the most money on by not having final value fees and I've stayed up late to get all 10 listed. I now have 14 items currently on ebay, if by some miracle everything sells at its starting price that'll be £1798.94 in the kitty and we should actually be able to make a debt overpayment for the first time in I don't know how long. Fingers crossed!

I also sold a wrap through facebook tonight, made a £46 profit on what I bought it for. It's one I really like but it hasn't gotten enough love lately and I want the debt gone more, once the debt is gone I can always build up my stash again with money that is actually ours (although somehow having to really pay for something I doubt I'll want to).

Dinah93

Dinah93 wrote: »

So today:
General house tidy
Steam clean chair
Make a list of all the dates that I can work out for my missing diary
Make a to do list of all the emails I've sent myself
Gather up all baby books to lend to mum as babies are next weeks nursery project
List at least 10 of the ebay snowsuits

Ambitious list.... I only have 4 hours with just one child tomorrow but NIM is at least home on the evening so ifI plan the ebaying for after bedtime and focus on the rest during my 4 hours of nursery time. Ben tends to have a decent nap then after a wriggle on the playmat - he's 95% of the way to rolling back to front, he has front to back mastered - he just doesn't move the lower shoulder and arm so he just rolls back again, we're cheering him on, any day now!

Lara44

Have you looked at a Facebook selling board Dinah for things like the snowsuits? No fees to worry about and not as annoying to list. There's an MSE pregnancy thread one I can link you to...

Dinah93

So today:
[STRIKE]General house tidy[/STRIKE]
Steam clean chair
[STRIKE]Make a list of all the dates that I can work out for my missing diary[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Make a to do list of all the emails I've sent myself [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Gather up all baby books to lend to mum as babies are next weeks nursery project[/STRIKE]
List at least 10 of the ebay snowsuits

Also made a batch of marbled brownies (very diet friendly!) with Grace, went to messy play, and her gymnastics class, dinner from scratch... sitting down when the kids are in bed to list on ebay seems like a very welcome break!