The next chapter ....

benbenandme

Woohoo, my ebay items have finished, 9 sold and made a total of £70 :beer: I'm really chuffed with this as (a) it clears out a bag of stuff that's been at the end of my bed for yonks, (b) it makes my diet even more worthwhile as none of it fits me anymore. Ebay never stop amazing me - a dress that I paid £18 for brand new sold for £27 :T Just hope the buyer isn't disappointed when it arrives

And to make my night even better Bournemouth have just scored a goal

So, ins and outs since yesterday:

Spends:

£46.50 shopping
£4.40 sausage, chips & pea fritter for ds
Total - £50.90

Incoming:
£10 game winnings
£70 ebay
Total - £80 :money:

benbenandme

Make that 2 goals :j :j

benbenandme

Does this rain ever stop?? :cool: Then again, it makes it easier to go back to work when its like this.

So, todays plans ...

• Tesco shopping being delivered 10-11am
• Post ebay parcels
• Pay in coins at bank
• Monsters bedroom
• Kettlercise class 5pm
• Order monsters new trainers for school
• Inventory of whats in the freeer
• Finish watching Bournemouth dvd
• Sort out eyebrows /fake tan etc

I need to see Mum too although when the weathers like this she doesn't like going out. There are other bits that I try to get done each day, I haven't put them on the list but they are;

Walk 12,000 steps
Drink 2 litres of water
Walk the dog

Right, time for a coffee then I'll see what I can crack on with, have a good day

benbenandme

The rain is showing no signs of letting up so I'm going to get the waterproofs on and venture off to the post office. I just wish ebay buyers would pay up once they've won an item, I sold 9 and 6 have paid, so I will need to go again once the others have paid, but at least if I go now it should be quiet in the post office and it will clear a big pile from my lounge floor

Quick update:

[STRIKE]Tesco shopping being delivered 10-11am[/STRIKE] DONE AND PUT AWAY (£62)
Post ebay parcels
Pay in coins at bank
Monsters bedroom
Kettlercise class 5pm
[STRIKE]Order monsters new trainers for school[/STRIKE] DONE £25
[STRIKE]Inventory of whats in the freeer[/STRIKE] DONE
Finish watching Bournemouth dvd
Sort out eyebrows /fake tan etc

I've also cleaned the bathroom while ds was still asleep. I'll go and do the parcels now and pay the coins in and that will be a couple more bits crossed off the list. I need to pick Mum up at 1.45 and take her to her friends house, hopefully I'll have monsters bedroom finished before that.

benbenandme

Woohoo, just won £32 on a game (wasn't riskfree so shouldnt have been playing it really), which means that during the summer holidays I have made an extra £1007 in total :j :j This is broken down to:

Surveys £111 (some is in vouchers)
Mystery Shops £15
Matched Betting £443
Ebay £80
Car Boot Sale £70
Overtime at work (summer school) £200
Isa dividend £43
Other bits & bobs £45

benbenandme

Today has been pretty productive in the end, I've done most of my list already;

[STRIKE]Tesco shopping being delivered 10-11am[/STRIKE] DONE AND PUT AWAY (£62)
[STRIKE]Post ebay parcels[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Pay in coins at bank[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Monsters bedroom[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Kettlercise class 5pm[/STRIKE] CANCELLED AS BUSY DOING JOBS
[STRIKE]Order monsters new trainers for school[/STRIKE] DONE £25
[STRIKE]Inventory of whats in the freezer[/STRIKE] DONE
Finish watching Bournemouth dvd
Sort out eyebrows /fake tan etc

I am waiting for the hot water to have a shower then will do the last two bits on the list. I have also tidied and sorted the garage a bit and taken a car load to the tip, taken Mum to and from her friends house, cleaned the bathroom, done some washing, done a few surveys and packaged up all the camping stuff.

Money wise;

Spends:
Tesco shopping £62
Trainers £25

Income:
£32 games winnings
£5 sainsburys voucher they emailed me as my clothes order is delayed (ds school shirts).
£20 found in jeans pocket

My to do list is finally getting back under control, I may try and do a couple more little bits after dinner tonight, I need to cut Mr S hair for him too tonight.

LittleOne83

Popping by to sub.
I'm just about to become debt free and hoping to get inspiration to stay that way by following you and others who have gotten there.

I love how organised you are!

benbenandme

Morning all

I didn't get anywhere near my steps target yesterday (5822) as it was so wet we were indoors for most of the day. I also didn't go to the gym for kettlercise, so this morning I decided I needed to sort it out, so I have done my 5k run already. I was doing it each weekend, with a couple of 2.5k runs in the week, but I injured my ankle in July and haven't really got back into it. I did do a 6k run on the treadmill a couple of weeks ago but really slowly, and its different on the treadmill to outdoors. Anyway, I did have to walk in several places which I don't normally, but I completed it in 30 minutes 50 seconds which I'm well chuffed with, my best time is 29 minutes 34 seconds. I know if I get back into it properly then I will soon get back to that time. It also means my fitbit is showing that I've already done 5670 steps today, only another 152 steps to beat yesterdays total

So, plans for the rest of the day;

• 12,000 steps
• drink 2 litres of water
• stick to my calories (was naughty last night with some lindt)
• pay in more coins at the bank
• decide on a new desk for ds bedroom
• hoover
• put away all the clean washing / ironing
• tidy up outside the front door / get new plants
• Tidy airing cupboard
• Tidy hall cupboard
• Abs class tonight
• Walk the dog
• fill ds new pencil case

That lot should keep me busy for a while Off to take the dog up to the park first though.

pixiechick99

Yayyy, new diary:beer:
So pleased to see your lovely lists and general organisation back again...hopefully it'll inspire me a bit;) I'm planning a new diary ready for the new term.
Good luck with that to-do list for today...right now I'm in my pjs watching last nights Emmerdale....see, I need a good big kick up the rear end:rotfl:

Southern-Girl

Hi BenBen

I've also read you diaries from the beginning (under another user name) and am so pleased you're back. It's very comforting to see your 'to do' lists again

I'm so glad that you are happy and getting on with things and I hope that the separation with MrS was amicable and that Ben isn't too upset by it.

I also have a FitBit but took it off about 4 weeks ago. I really need to get it back on and get walking!

It's funny - but when I saw on the news at the beginning of the summer that Bournemouth had gone up to Premier League my first thought was "Oh - I bet BenBen's happy". How funny that we still think of people we have never met. It's lovely to see you posting agagin. I often wonder how Hypno is too. Do you hear/see anything from her?

Love to you both
xx