Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Very lucrative anyway, I'm going to add it to my birthday money and buy some clothes . Screw the bills!

Quite right too:T. You work so hard and doing the best for your family is at the forefront of everything you do. Plus, you've been really ill for several weeks. If all that doesn't merit treating yourself once a year I don't know what does. Enjoy every penny of it:beer:


I expect you'll be treating yourself to something from a 'proper' shop but I know you like charity shops too. I've always been a charity shop fan even when I had a decent disposable income (I can just about remember that far back:o) and often picked up really nice clothes there. Recently I was looking for a smart, warm, black coat to wear for my brother's funeral last Wednesday. The weather being awful I didn't want to risk driving to our nearest 'big' town almost 20 miles away so I had to risk finding something in the few charity shops in my tiny nearest town. I couldn't afford 'proper' shop prices this time. Typically, I'd left getting one to the last minute as usual:o


I was getting desperate as none of the charity shops had anything suitable or the only suitable thing they did have didn't fit me:eek:. The very last shop I went in had a gorgeous 'fur' trimmed black wool and cashmere coat which looked 'as new' There was even a dry-cleaning ticket still attached. Miraculously it fitted me:j and was exactly the kind of coat I would have bought even if I'd had a massive choice. It cost £14.50 which I suppose was a bit steep for a charity shop:eek: but it's real quality and I felt a million dollars when wearing it. Several people commented on how much they liked it.

beanielou

Wow, that was a bargain CBC

HairyHandofDartmoor

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Quite right too:T. You work so hard and doing the best for your family is at the forefront of everything you do. Plus, you've been really ill for several weeks. If all that doesn't merit treating yourself once a year I don't know what does. Enjoy every penny of it:beer:


I expect you'll be treating yourself to something from a 'proper' shop but I know you like charity shops too. I've always been a charity shop fan even when I had a decent disposable income (I can just about remember that far back:o) and often picked up really nice clothes there. Recently I was looking for a smart, warm, black coat to wear for my brother's funeral last Wednesday. The weather being awful I didn't want to risk driving to our nearest 'big' town almost 20 miles away so I had to risk finding something in the few charity shops in my tiny nearest town. I couldn't afford 'proper' shop prices this time. Typically, I'd left getting one to the last minute as usual:o


I was getting desperate as none of the charity shops had anything suitable or the only suitable thing they did have didn't fit me:eek:. The very last shop I went in had a gorgeous 'fur' trimmed black wool and cashmere coat which looked 'as new' There was even a dry-cleaning ticket still attached. Miraculously it fitted me:j and was exactly the kind of coat I would have bought even if I'd had a massive choice. It cost £14.50 which I suppose was a bit steep for a charity shop:eek: but it's real quality and I felt a million dollars when wearing it. Several people commented on how much they liked it.

What a bargain Carboot, that sounds fabulous :T. The clothes in our local charity shops tend to be a bit tatty unfortunately, but I've had some amazing book bargains, as well as nice framed photos of the local area, a t
Pyrex bowl for £1 etc .

It's always worth a look.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Today I had another seven PA surveys!!!!!! :T:j:beer:. I've cashed out £21.45 and still got £11.80 pending :T. It can't last but I've temporarily hit gold so I've been making the most of it . It makes up for four wasted weeks anyway.

Apart from that I've done boring old work and a bit of housework.

I filled in DS3's passport form and found the photos left over from his Citizencard application (£6 saved there). I've filled it in in pencil and I'm just waiting for DH to check it for mistakes before I go over it in pen. Then we just need our friend to suggest a convenient time for countersigning it (more beer purchased as a thank you!).

Tomorrow we need to apply for DS3's university accommodation, it's non stop :eek:. We have to pay a deposit of £300 in May once his choice is confirmed :eek::eek::eek::eek: and I have no idea where the money for that will come from as he won't get his loan until September .

We also need tp print out an Amazon voucher today for me to pop in my step mum's card and post tomorrow. Her birthday is the same day as mine would you believe!

I hope everyone is having a good Tuesday .

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Today I had another seven PA surveys!!!!!! :T:j:beer:. I've cashed out £21.45 and still got £11.80 pending :T. It can't last but I've temporarily hit gold so I've been making the most of it . It makes up for four wasted weeks anyway.

That's absolutely brilliant:T:j


I got 2 PA ones that I was supposedly eligible for today but one needed a webcam which I don't have and the other was so complicated to understand (obviously written by a non native English speaker:eek:) for the princely sum of 85p that I returned it unfinished after spending quite a long time on it:(.


I'm now only 300 points away from the £50 cashout on YouGov but it's taken nearly 3 years to get to that level:eek:. I've had a few cashouts in the many years I've been doing their surveys but I'm thinking of closing my account once I've been paid this time.

mummytogirls

Wow its all go for you HHOD xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

carbootcrazy wrote: »

That's absolutely brilliant:T:j


I got 2 PA ones that I was supposedly eligible for today but one needed a webcam which I don't have and the other was so complicated to understand (obviously written by a non native English speaker:eek:) for the princely sum of 85p that I returned it unfinished after spending quite a long time on it:(.


I'm now only 300 points away from the £50 cashout on YouGov but it's taken nearly 3 years to get to that level:eek:. I've had a few cashouts in the many years I've been doing their surveys but I'm thinking of closing my account once I've been paid this time.

I got that one and I don't have a web cam either, otherwise I would have had eight surveys . Ocasionally the surveys are a bit difficult to understand, but I try and muddle through to the end so I can get my points. Some of them are really fun to do .

YG hates me at the moment and I reckon it's going to take me another year to get my £50 but I keep going. At least it doesn't screen me out after ten minutes like some companies :mad:.

HairyHandofDartmoor

mummytogirls wrote: »

Wow its all go for you HHOD xx

I know. I'm loving the surveys :j but I'll be glad to get the passport and accommodation sorted, things like that always stress me out :eek:.

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

I got that one and I don't have a web cam either, otherwise I would have had eight surveys . Ocasionally the surveys are a bit difficult to understand, but I try and muddle through to the end so I can get my points. Some of them are really fun to do .

YG hates me at the moment and I reckon it's going to take me another year to get my £50 but I keep going. At least it doesn't screen me out after ten minutes like some companies :mad:.

I don't mind if the surveys are difficult to understand because of the subject matter or tasks involved, in fact I enjoy those the most. If the language is confusing enough to make what needs doing open to a lot of potential errors then I don't persist. I tend to think my responses in these cases might be unreliable to an academic researcher:o

HairyHandofDartmoor

You're probably right Carboot. I'm not sure I've had one like that yet .