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  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I've made a few matched bets today, and I'm only down £4.35 now. So frustrating, because I'd have been £15 up if I hadn't messed it up!
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Now up £3.27. I'm having to do such small bets because I don't have lots of spare money for my liability, but I'm amazed at how quickly I've made the money back regardless. Today's should get me up another £3.08. Plus my partner has started doing it, and he will have more to play with!
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Today's will only get £1.75, because the odds were crazy and I couldn't go above £45 for my liability. Hey ho, it'll add up.
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    5p on all my free spins today - I literally won 50p to spend on a game, 5 free spins and a 10p scratch card across all the sites, and came out of it all with 5p... 🤣
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • 1stTimer
    1stTimer Posts: 453 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    lol it all adds up! I literally pick up every penny/5p etc I see on the dog walks and have nearly filled 1/2 a jar from it over time😆 it’s all extra money so keep going
    Save £12k in 2025 #32 £14,871.88 / £6000


     
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I'm going to do a bit of a spending diary too, to get me properly back on track. 

    Aldi £33.40 (2 dinners, all the lunchbox bits and things like toilet roll)
    Vets £60

    Quite often I'll buy a coffee at work, which averages somewhere between £12-£18 a week. So if I go a week without then I'll put £14 into a savings account. Hopefully that should be quite motivating. 
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £20 fuel
    £2.83 card & £18 vouchers - Tesco shop (dinner, biscuits, milk)
    £9.20 cash on drinks and snacks at swimming lesson. (I'd normally bring our own things but stores have run so low I didn't have anything! Next week. But I used the FB marketplace money so it felt like it was free!)

    Tomorrow's bets will be £2.17. I've also done 3 hours overtime this evening, but I'll probably have to take that in lieu rather than money unfortunately. I've done every single survey that has come my way from all the sites. Sorted out loads of things to sell, just need to list them. 

    Payday tomorrow. Looking forward to getting things sorted.


    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Not sure why but my bets settled overnight, I know a few were Brazilian games etc so maybe that's why, although I was sure one was during the day today! Anyway, I've got £50 liability to play with now, and today's should bring in £5.01.

    Bit of an admin day today, so I plan to do:

    2hr 45 work
    Meal plan
    Order food shop
    List 10 things on vinted
    Charity shop run
    Library 
    Nails
    2 loads of washing
    Tidy house
    Sort nursery forms and money
    Make cottage pie
    Bath

    Let's goooooo
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I don't think I'll update every half hour the whoooole day haha but it's helping me stay on track:

    1 wash load on
    Tidied kitchen and hallway
    1 thing listed on FB

    Now going to put the gunk on my nails to start that process and do half hour of work while it does its magic 
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
  • Pauper1
    Pauper1 Posts: 574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    2hr 45 work - 1hr done
    Meal plan
    Order food shop - I actually need things for tomorrow so going to physically go later instead
    List 10 things on vinted - 1 done (and actually being picked up at 1pm!)
    Charity shop run
    Library 
    Nails - started
    2 loads of washing - 2nd load in, just need to do a radiator shuffle before it finishes
    Tidy house - only kitchen and hallway so far
    Sort nursery forms and money
    Make cottage pie - in the oven
    Bath

    Now for another work stint, maybe the 45 mins to take me to a lovely round number!
    Make £2025 in 2025 #18 - £569.66/£2025
    1p savings challenge #32 £24.85/£667.95

    March - 0/15 NSD, £189.29/£168.75 made, PAD £72/£186, £184.87/£400 GC

    Total debts Jan 1st £11706.68 😭
    Jan 29th £11354.92

    Mar 1st £11015.30
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