2018 Benbenandme's Next Battle

benbenandme

Roast dinner was scrummy, it worked out about £1.50 in total for both of us and there's half a chicken left over for dinner tomorrow :T

So, we have just a few hours left until this year is done, I reckon now is as good a time as any to do today's 3 reasons to be thankful ...

1. Bargain yellow stickered shopping haul
2. I have reached my daily Swagbucks target for the whole month for the first time ever!!
3. We've made it to the end of another year, pretty succssfully all in all

Buffythedebtslayer

Oh Benben I love your diaries

Happy New Year XXXX

benbenandme

Happy New Year!! :j :dance: :j :dance: I hope you all had a good, and cheap, night last night

So, 2018 is here and it's now time to get going on the financial goals. I've got a fairly low Swagbucks target today, but there won't be many surveys about as it's a bank holiday.

Time to cash in the points I've already got and start my pots off

mummytogirls

Happy New Year Benben xx

benbenandme

Thanks Mummytogirls

So I've transferred the £350 from my wages into my brothers pot and cashed in my first £5 of the year from Swagbucks. I've also cashed in £10 from Job Spotter although this won't be added to the signature yet as it is paid in Amazon vouchers, so this goes into the Amazon pot and then when I need to buy a gift I transfer the money from my gift fund, or if I am buying something for me / ds then it gets transferred from the monthly budget.

benbenandme

So we were going to take the dog for a walk in the forest today but it's chucking it down, so instead it's looking like a pj and pottering kinda day I have a small list to work through today, nothing too taxing but would be good to get them all crossed off ...

• Put the xmas decorations back in the loft
• Ironing
• Fill windscreen wash in the car
• Update new diary with birthdays / renewal dates etc
• Watch footie
• Swagbucks daily goal
• Ds homework
• Eyebrows

benbenandme

£2 profit from a betting offer, was a very small one but all counts

Florence_J

Happy New Diary and Happy New Year BBAM!

benbenandme

Thanks Florence
And another £3 profit from a little matched bet, the matched betting money goes into my 2018 fund, I think i might need to do a quick summary of which money goes where or this could get confusing this year

So, I need £6000 this year for my brothers fund, this will come from:

£4200 from wages (£350 per month)
£250 bank offer 1
£130 bank offer 2
£82 child benefit (13th payment)
£290 tax credits (13th payment)
£200 ebay
£500 surveys
£200 swagbucks
£120 job spotter
£28 other

So ant money I make from anywhere else goes into my 2018 fund, this will include:

matched betting
Qmee
Quidco
bank interest
car boot sales
curious cat
any other apps / unexpected bits and pieces along the way

benbenandme

So we got a draw, not too bad away from home, another point nearer to safety

The ironing is done, time for some rather late lunch