Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

debtfreeoneday

It's gonna cost you SJ, or we'll tell on you! :rotfl:

shangaijimmy

Well little to report for today. Customary £1 tidied away first thing and looking highly likely to be a NSD too.

Got a few things listed on eBay so may make a few quid as listings end tonight. Its a free listings weekend so any not sold will get relisted and I'm sure Mrs SJ has a bag of stuff earmarked for listing.

Luckyinlife

nice work on the ebay listing always helps clear the house and fill bank account up :]

shangaijimmy

Oh one more to add. When new fridge arrives I'll list the old one for spares and repairs. You never know but I got £30 for a washing machine a few years ago.

Luckyinlife

a scrap man payed me £8 to take one from me before dunno why maby its worth more in parts or scrap ?

shangaijimmy

Not sure either. Also got £100 for a TV that wouldn't switch on!

Luckyinlife

that is crazy got to try tho haven't you :]

shangaijimmy

Well i didn't post yesterday again which was poor of me and not in fitting with my motivation levels. So i've had a quiet word with myself to get back to the boards and the diary more.

So here goes...

Managed a NSD yesterday and TT'd £1, which i followed up today with a TT of 74p. Santander is now fully up and running and the account is showing £6.33 cashback which is a good start considering the current account for this month has only paid 2 DD's at £26.50! Next month we'll have an additional £315 on DD's.

Our fridge hasn't arrived yet but equally we haven't received a delivery date yet. Bit of a bizarre website and sales method at Curry's but hey ho! We only sold 1 thing on ebay but it's £4 profit not to be sniffed at.

Avid readers may recall our house decorating quest for 2015. As we stand now we have the nursery to do, living room and hall stairs and landings (3 floor house) left. Well Mrs SJ has had enough and told me she doesn't want the living room doing till next year and who am i but to disappoint her who must be obeyed! So living room gets a stay of execution. The hall stairs and landing is too big a job for me with work (9 doors and 70 spindles) so this was always earmarked for paying my cousin and he's booked in for November. So our only job now is to do some clearing out of the clutter/junk 4th bedroom so that i can see the floor and reach the walls to slap some paint on.

Which leads me onto the major bone of contention for the last 4 months...On Thursday we have the 20 wk scan (will actually be 21 wks for us) and Mrs SJ wants to find out what brand we're having, whereas i don't... I'm not daft i know who will win but i'm thinking of seeing how long she can last knowing but not telling me!

I'll keep you posted...

Right DS2 has recovered from nursery and no longer looks like a zombie so we'll head out on bike whilst Mr Sunshine is playing out.

Ali-OK

Nice one on the lounge, unless Mrs SJ changes her mind during nesting!

I'll bet my next cuppa you're having 'own brand' being MSE and all that (Sorry poor attempt at humour, but couldn't resist )

Good going on the TTs and cashback

debtfreeoneday

I'm going pink! I am useless at surprises, we found out at 16 weeks with our two!