Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

hiddenshadow

Very nice figures. Glad to see a fellow over-analyser back to posting updates.

shangaijimmy

Over-analyser - I have no idea what you mean :cool:

Lynplatinum

Hiya shangaijimmy

Sorry not to comment for a while - broke my arm on 13th December 2016 and only just able to type fluently! However have been lurking on your thread. Just wanted to say how fantastically well you've done - cutting several years and about 60K off the mortgage! Awesome! Well done!

Great month this month as you ve gone over target! :j

Had a financial set back myself as not only broke arm but my tenant (main source of income) left in December as well!) New tenant started (after a load of expensive work done to house - last tenant a nightmare but no money so not worth chasing in the courts) this month! Phew! But now need to get back on the money saving waggon as need to make up the shortfall in monies!
You ve been an inspiration to me so back to see what is happening soon!

EatingTheElephant

shangaijimmy wrote: »

Thanks ETE. We'll hit 3 figures at the end of January, but i've made a deal with myself that however short i am (should be about £300-500) on New Years Eve i'll make that OP out of my Matched betting pot! I even confirmed this with Mrs SJ :eek:

:T I was hoping you would work out a cunning plan to squeeze it to meet the end of the year!

shangaijimmy

Busy - thanks for stopping by.
Lyn - thank you for popping in with such kind comments. I'm glad my ramblings are enjoyed!
ETE - being a MFW makes us come up with cunning plans all the time, and as much as we know we're making great progress none of us ever seem happy to accept that progress. Its never enough!!

July is off and running...I TT'd a whole £1 this morning as the account was already tidy, and then OP'd the TT pot for the last week which tidily sat at £4 exactly. 6 ebay items have bids so far which means at least £10.50 earnings.

Well Sunday morning sausages beckon before work. Have a great Sunday everyone.

lippy1923

Nice comeback for June SJ

shangaijimmy

Quick update. 7 ebay items sold for £14.50, plus i'll make about age another £1 off postage costs. Quick log in to current account and TT'd 46p to get the weekly pot up and running. Had a good MB day on the football final last night and made £87!

2nd half of 2017 is underway, where on earth did the 1st half go!!

Retro.Monkey90

Well done SJ, what a great comeback! You are my reminder to TT everyday although I do forget so our pot is less than yours :rotfl:but I keep trying to console myself that even if we can't afford anything else I will continue to OP our tiny TT pot!

MissLemon

Great update! So great that you are ahead of your plan!

AlexLK

Brilliant comeback. Do you find you transfer to the mortgage before getting tempted to spend the money on other things? At the moment we are quite motivated because we need to pay the 0% debt we took on to complete our bathroom renovation a little earlier than first planned but I know when that is clear and we have money to put towards the mortgage, I know we won't be quite so motivated. Clearing our mortgage seems a difficult task, to be honest.

You're not the only one wondering where the first half of the year went. :rotfl: