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Make £2018 in 2018

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  • Emmaaar22
    Emmaaar22 Posts: 748 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    £95.94 - Overtime
    21p - Roadkill


    £598.65/2018
    2017 Wins - Coco Pops, £100 Amazon voucher, Elf T-shirt, £250 Zalando Voucher and £250 FeelUnique Voucher, private gig concerts
    2018 Wins - Steep xbox game, 2 tangle teezer, Contagion Book, JC Annual, water sports bottle, 10p, 2 cricket tickets, can of fizz, 10p, Ribenia, Johnson baby products
  • spudsmum
    spudsmum Posts: 584 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    spudsmum wrote: »
    Cashback 50p
    Surveys £3.92
    Vouchers £8
    Womble £3.24

    Total £394.83

    Panelbase £13.95

    Total £408.78
    Total debts £21050! :eek: now £10941. 76. Total extra income made in Jan22 £109. 27 Feb 22 £45.25 Total extra income made in 2022 £154.52 Aiming for debt free at 45 - 41 months to go!
  • spudsmum
    spudsmum Posts: 584 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Welcome to the newbies ; Below are your numbers on this challenge

    KingLarsson 110

    gothrockchic1 111


    A Random Man 112


    Purpleheir 113

    Not sure if I've missed my number ILoveComps?

    If not could I please have one.

    Thanks :D
    Total debts £21050! :eek: now £10941. 76. Total extra income made in Jan22 £109. 27 Feb 22 £45.25 Total extra income made in 2022 £154.52 Aiming for debt free at 45 - 41 months to go!
  • scaredofdebt
    scaredofdebt Posts: 1,663 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Another month's payment for the Appen work.

    £281.91 added to the total.

    I need to remember to put some of this aside ready to pay the taxman.
    Make £2018 in 2018 Challenge - Total to date £2,108
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,623 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £72.88 from various bank accounts (interest and cashback offers, though £7 of that cashback confirmed but not arrived yet)
    £36.01 topcashback
    £35.79 surveys - £5 i-say, £20.79 prolific, £10 focus group

    total £689.57
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • spudsmum
    spudsmum Posts: 584 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 19 April 2018 at 11:02PM
    spudsmum wrote: »
    Panelbase £13.95

    Total £408.78

    £1 cashback
    £2.42 surveys
    £5 voucher
    4p bank interest

    Total £417.24
    Total debts £21050! :eek: now £10941. 76. Total extra income made in Jan22 £109. 27 Feb 22 £45.25 Total extra income made in 2022 £154.52 Aiming for debt free at 45 - 41 months to go!
  • mickey_mouse
    mickey_mouse Posts: 1,441 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    £10.50 coupons
    £2 savers club 2025 #4
  • bit_by_bit
    bit_by_bit Posts: 1,155 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Since the 4th April:

    Bank Interest £4.06
    Bank Reward £3.00
    Survey Vouchers £10.00
    Free Mcdonalds drink £0.99
    Swagbucks paypal Vouchers £15.00

    So the total for the last few weeks is £33.05
    |Grand total since January 1st is £454.09

    Can't wait to get to my first £500.00
    Wife, mother, gardener, nurse, Big C survivor. Officially retired at 55 2021 [/b][/b].Mortgage free April 2021Challenges 2024: Decluttering Campaign 32/100 bags plus 0 large items. Make £2024 in 2024#8 £0/£2024 Using my craft stash 0/52 Reading books 0/52 Donations for the CS/washing done from others (in and outs) in 2024 x 10 bags and 0 large items.
  • bit_by_bit
    bit_by_bit Posts: 1,155 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    A note of caution on eMastercards. I was doing an email clean out last week and found £15.00 of earned vouchers from last year. Lucky because they were out of date at the end of May. Keep a tab on those vouchers people.
    Wife, mother, gardener, nurse, Big C survivor. Officially retired at 55 2021 [/b][/b].Mortgage free April 2021Challenges 2024: Decluttering Campaign 32/100 bags plus 0 large items. Make £2024 in 2024#8 £0/£2024 Using my craft stash 0/52 Reading books 0/52 Donations for the CS/washing done from others (in and outs) in 2024 x 10 bags and 0 large items.
  • gothrockchic1
    gothrockchic1 Posts: 1,959 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Bank interest £19.49
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