The next chapter ....

benbenandme

Cashed out £10 from a survey site, had to go for a voucher rather than cash but it is for a supermarket so rather than count it in my normal savings I will put it away in my christmas box

benbenandme

Second estate agent has been, he reckons £175-£180k too :j :j Just waiting to hear back from the windows people now then I can get going!

A fairly straightforward day at work today, tesco shopping is due in the next half an hour or so, then its the usual dinner / homework / bath routine

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And forgot to mention when I got to work this morning there was a letter on my desk telling me I had a yearly payrise, it's nothing huge (approx £600 in total) and by the time you've taken out the pro rata bit and pension contributions etc it works out I et about an extra £30 a month, but that's still another £30 each month going into the savings pot, and it also means my total salary figure is better when I come to apply for a mortgage :T :T

dingaling

Hello! Major lurker here coming out of the shadows! I have read your diaries right from the start and they have been so motivating:) I love your drive.

I just wanted to add that I used on line agents to sell my house, saving me £3000. I used Hatched, they were very very good and will definitely use them again. They valued, took the photos and put it on line (right move etc) then arranged viewings, I took the prospective buyers round. They then did the negotiations. I think I paid around £400 or so 3 years ago.

Not sure who you were planning to use, but I tell everyone about the savings I made there! Paid for some work to be done on the new house.

Xxx

benbenandme

Aagh, the weekend, and breathe It's been a full-on week this week at work, I'm so ready for the weekend I'm already in my pj's, a couple of nice candles are lit, I've hoovered through and it's now chilling out time

Last night I had my haircut which took 3 hours, so tonight I have no plans other than to sit on the sofa with my laptop

The lady is coming round on Monday after work to measure up the windows and then I can really get on with this moving malarky. Hopefully this weekend I can look for some ways to get a few more pennies rolling in as that seems to have dried up a bit recently.

Currently I have very little planned for this weekend; ds is going to play tennis with some mates on Sunday, I will see Mum tomorrow, there's footie to watch, and there's washing and ironing to catch up with. Other than that I can please myself

benbenandme

Sorry, also meant to say hello Dingaling and thanks for posting, it feels strange when someone says they've been reading my ramblings since the beginning - I have rambled a lot over the years :rotfl: Now that you;ve de-lurked please keep posting

benbenandme

Morning I have just claimed a £10 voucher from a survey site, I think I may be in for a fun day today - ds decided to try and stay awake all night last night, he managed until about 5am and fell asleep, and has woken up at 7 ... gonna be a long day!!

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Ds hasn't been too grumpy at all after all today, we've had quite a chilled day, we did some homework this morning then went to Mums, took her and the dog for a walk at the beach then she came back to mine. I took her home mid-afternoon and since then have mooched about a bit, kept an eye on the footie etc. I have done two loads of washing and a tesco food order for tomorrow.

I have also decided that enough is enough and tomorrow is the day I finally get my @rse into gear and sort out my eating again. I did so well last year but I have let myself get back to square one again Hardly anything fits me anymore, I get puffed out walking up the stairs, it's all a bit rubbish - this time last year I was running 3 times a week. I am going to do Couch to 5K again, it worked last time. If I'm honest I was pretty good until I found out I'd got a place in the marathon and then the pressure of planning a training plan etc seemed to put me off and I have done less and less until I'm now at the point where I have put back on all the weight I'd lost (2 stone)

For the first week the plan is to stick to the calorie limit (using MyFitnessPal) and charge up my Fitbit and do 10,000 steps a day (minimum). I also want to get back to the gym, I need to see which evenings I can go this week.

dangers

Did you not sign up to Bounts? I've signed up to the Premium + and get 40 points a day for doing 14,000 steps a day. I've already claimed a £10 voucher and am rapidly heading towards my next voucher.

benbenandme

I did, I'd forgotten as I've been so bad with it all I will log in and start collecting points