Mortgage Free for a better life for me (and the family)

craftingmad

Morning all,


We are going to have a trip to the nearby city today which will be anything but MSE but I think the kids and I deserve a treat. I will also try and keep spends to an acceptable level


There's always time for a few "little things" though so here's today's list:-


1/ Swagbucks - 15/70
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - DONE You Gov 50 (only 400 points away from£50 payout) and Nectar 56
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions -
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 2 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 13 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon and cut out 2 x25p ones from bread
7/ GiftHulk - DONE 260/850
8/ Plan meal for today - DONE Chicken drumsticks which ar eat their use by date with some sort of frozen potato item and remaining salad
9/ Turn mobile off while at home - DONE
10/ Superpoints - DONE 5
11/ Bump up all current Facebook listings -
12/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets with today's spends - DONE bank checked and all spends from today added to budgets
13/ No heating on until 5pm - DONE Now 5.30pm and still no heating. We have only just got back from our day out though so am going to try and keep it off until at least 6.30pm
14/ Go through bread mountain in kitchen (though parents were coming to visit but ended up not) - DONE 4 bread rolls frozen and stale bread made into breadcrumbs for freezer
15/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -


BONUS of the day - Download a KFC app for my telephone and managed to get a 10 piece Bargain Bucket with four portions of fries for £9.99 - saving £3 - yum yum yum


BONUS No 2 of the Day - Used my Superdrug loyalty card to get some water (much cheaper than buying from KFC ) and got a free Chocolate Bar worth 69p - again yum yum


BONUS No 3 of the Day - Bought some trainers from a local sports shop and the assistant obviously put the wrong ones back in the wrong boxes so we were charged £3 less than what they should have cost. Phoned the store when I got home (as this was only when I realised) and they said don't worry as it was their mistake = son got pair of boots he wanted for the same price as the cheaper brand - happy days

craftingmad

Morning all,


Well it is horrible wet and cold day here today so we have decided to have a film day snuggled on the sofa under blankets with buckets of pop your own popcorn watching all 3 Back To The Future films we recorded the other day


Still time for a few little things before we start though so here's my list for today:-


1/ Swagbucks - 41/90
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - DONE 50 ISay and 62 Nectar
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE 22 craft competitions entered
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 3 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 16 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon
7/ GiftHulk - 99/800
8/ Plan meal for today - DONE Spag Bol with Garlic Bread and chicken drumsticks with salad for lunch
9/ Turn mobile off while at home - DONE
10/ Superpoints - DONE 104
11/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE only electric went out today and £2 under budget for month
12/ No heating on until 5pm - DONE 6pm the switch finally got flicked
13/ Cook mince which has just gone out of date and no room in freezer ready to use in shepherds pie for tomorrow - DONE
14/ NSD - DONE
15/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening - I turned to the dark side and played on the tablet


BONUS of the day - The kids did not want to go to guitar lessons tonight as they are on school holidays and the guitar teacher couldn't make it either so £30 saved off next months guitar budget

craftingmad

Morning all,


Quick post from me today as busy,busy busy


Todays little things will hopefully be:-


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 73/60 bonus 6 swagbucks
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - DONE 15p OnePoll and 50 You Gov
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE 10 entered
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 2 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 18 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon
7/ GiftHulk - 176/850
8/ Plan meal for today - DONE Mince, tatties and puff pastry - yum yum
9/ Turn mobile off while at home - DONE
10/ Superpoints - DONE 4
11/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE credit card payment today
12/ No heating on until 8pm (as out until then)-
13/ Go through fridges and check nothing going out of date which needs using
14/ Get daughters glasses repaired (she's lost the screw) - daughter's lost her glasses- grrrr:( On the plus side it saves a trip into town so may well be a NSD afterall
15/ Face painting at Halloween party tonight
16/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -

BONUS of the day - Just picked up two bedside tables, a book case and a gorgeous solid pine bookcase for free from Facebook selling group

craftingmad

Hi all,


Sorry I have been so busy that I had to stop posting for a month just so there were enough hours in the day but the good news is that I kept going with my little things whilst I was away and have reaped some great rewards


Anyway I'm back again for December so here we go


Things I plan on doing today:-


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 14
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys -
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions -
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 3 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 31 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon
7/ GiftHulk - DONE 194/850
8/ Superpoints - DONE 5
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE all as expected
10/ No heating on until 6pm - DONE
11/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -

craftingmad

Good afternoon,


Its another day so it must be time for more "little things"


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 75/50 5 bonus
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - You Gov 50 One Poll 60p Isay 35
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions -
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 3 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 36 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon
7/ GiftHulk - 146/850
8/ Superpoints - DONE 1
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE all as should be
10/ No heating on until 6pm -
11/ NSD
12/ Take son to guitar lesson on way home from school to save a small amount of fuel - DONE
13/ Wrap some Christmas presents and see what's left to buy - DONE stockings gifts all wrapped and 6 main presents as well. Few more bits to buy - will hopefully be able to get lots from Amazon using vouchers gained from surveys etc
14/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -

craftingmad

Morning all,


An early start for me this morning

Here's my list for today:-

1/ Swagbucks - DONE 63/50 bonus 5 swagbucks
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE one confirmed £10
3/ Check for any surveys - ISay 100 OnePoll 10p
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE 25 entered
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE no new ones but Dorset cereal games played for 3 points
7/ GiftHulk - DONE 1163/850 inc 85 bonus
8/ Superpoints - DONE 4
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE all as expected
10/ No heating on until 6pm - DONE went on at 8.30pm
11/ NSD - DONE
12/ Collect Tesco Direct Order from store-DONE and not tempted to buy anything from store whilst there
13/ Wrap some Christmas presents - DONE 7 wrapped together and a couple more bits for the stockings
14/ Charge phone at judo tonight - DONE 66% of free charge gained
15/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening - DONE

craftingmad

Evening all,


I've been busy doing my "little things" today but just not got around to posting until now


Here's my list:-


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 53/50 gained 5 bonus
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - You Gov 50 Isay 25
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - no new ones found Did gain 3 Dorset Cereals coins on their games - up to 40 now - need 20 to get £1 off coupon received £4 Tesco party food voucher through post courtesy of The Orchard programme
7/ GiftHulk - 1020/800 inc 80 bonus
8/ Superpoints - DONE 2
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE all as should be
10/ No heating on until 6pm - DONE
11/ NSD - DONE -No 3 this month - aiming for 15
12/ Sort out birthday presents for joint birthday party son is attending tomorrow evening - DONE pretty notebooks and stationary sets found and ready to be wrapped - all found in present drawer meaning no money spent and a bit of decluttering taking place as well
13/Turn off mobile whilst at home - DONE
14/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -

craftingmad

Hi all,


Apologises for not posting yesterday but I had a busy day. I had two stalls at a craft fair in my local library yesterday. Sadly I didn't paint one persons face or glitter tattoo anyone so no money earnt there but I also had a craft stall and took £33 (including selling a couple more Christmas bits of stock so that's good) and at ,least the stalls didn't cost anything so that can all go as profit

Son had a swimming party in the evening which he loved and also got us all out of the house so no heating was required all day
It also turned out a NSD as we were out all day as well and we were given three slices of yummy cake from a lovely stallholder who did not manage to sell it. Happy days



Anyway onto todays list:-

1/ Swagbucks - DONE 200/100 gained 10 bonus for meeting 2nd target
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none
3/ Check for any surveys - You Gov 50 Isay 5 Nectar 80
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - Dorset cereals games played for 3 points and £1.50 pasta and sauce coupons printed from MyMail
7/ GiftHulk - DONE 816/700 inc 70 bonus
8/ Superpoints - DONE 5
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE -nothing come out since Friday (thanks to al my NSD's)
10/ No heating on until 5pm - DONE
11/ NSD - DONE -No 4 this month - aiming for 14
12/ Turn off mobile whilst at home - DONE
13/ Put up Christmas Tree - free entertainment for excited kids - DONE
14/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening - nyway onto todays list:-

craftingmad

Well my little things made me just under £2000 last year so I'm determined to keep them up for the whole of 2016 starting from today


So here we go. Today's list is:-


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 72/72 (2nd target) bonus 7
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE none close to me
3/ Check for any surveys - DONE Nectar 22
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE 26 entered
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - Dorset cereals games played for 3 points and two Mymail coupons printed totalling £1.50
7/ GiftHulk - DONE 815/700 inc bonus 70
8/ Superpoints - DONE 4
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE no new transactions
10/ No heating on until 8pm - DONE
11/ Turn off mobile whilst at home - DONE
12/ Upload receipts to COS and Shopitize - DONE
13/ Request payment from Quidco - DONE £34 waiting to be paid
14/ Declutter one item from house - DONE loads of old receipts and junk mail put into recycling from kitchen
15/ List item for sale on Facebook -DONE greetings cards £6
16/ Take down Christmas decorations (inc recycling cards into tags for next year)
17/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening - DONE

craftingmad

Morning all,


Its a wet and windy day here on the Norfolk Broads so a perfect day for "little things"


Here's todays list:-


1/ Swagbucks - DONE 119/97 bonus 10 swagbucks £10 Amazon code requested
2/ Check mystery shopping jobs in my area - DONE no new ones but chased regarding an application I made for a job tomorrow
3/ Check for any surveys - DONE Onepoll 10p, Nectar 2
4/ Check freepostcode lottery - DONE not a winner
5/ Enter 10 competitions - DONE 10 entered
6/ Check for new coupons - DONE - Dorset cereals games played for 3 points
7/ GiftHulk -
8/ Superpoints - DONE 6
9/ Check banking online and update budget spreadsheets - DONE lots of bills gone out and mobile bill higher than expected
10/ No heating on until 5pm -
11/ Turn off mobile whilst at home - DONE
12/ Return/renew library books due back today to save fines - DONE and got out Jamie Oliver's Save receipe book so might try and make a few meals from that
13/ Declutter house - DONE downstairs bathroom decluttered and a further 14 items given to the bin
14/ List item for sale on Facebook
15/ Take down Christmas decorations (inc recycling cards into tags for next year) -didn't get round to it yesterday - DONE although tags still to be made
16/ Look into returning Christmas jumpers not worn - DONE £40 refund from Tesco (also included a couple of pairs of slippers which were too small for son and £23.00 from Asda for my Christmas jumper (which was a tad on the small side so never wore and a pair of jeans bought for my daughter but she hated) so in total £63 refunded to my account - happy days and less clutter around the house
17/ Read book in bed instead of play on tablet this evening -