2018 Benbenandme's Next Battle

benbenandme

Feeling super motivated after yesterday, but still have everyday stuff to do too, so this morning I have cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen, put a load of washing on, tidied my bedroom and am just having a cup of tea before hitting Tescos.

Once I get back I need to hoover through, package up the ebay items and then can get stuck in to planning and doing card stuff while watching some footie Roast dinner later, perfect Sunday

benbenandme

£30 profit from a cheeky bet today :j :j

beanielou

I have missed what you are doing with the extra money from your wins?

benbenandme

... and that means I have reached my target figure for the end of January (£673) :j :j That gives me 11 days to make a head start on Februarys. I could concentrate on the holiday fund until the end of the month but I know my brothers fund is going to be hugely difficult to get near by my target date of August so I want to chuck everything I can at that one.

I still don't know what will happen after that, either with the amount of maintenance I'm likely to get each month but also whether my child benefit / tax credits will stop. If they carry on then that money can then be chucked in the holiday fund. If not, any extras I have (after trying to cope on a much reduced budget), will go there instead.

benbenandme

Cross-posted with you there Beanie - it's all getting chucked in my brothers fund

benbenandme

So, at the conference at the weekend we have been setting goals for the year ahead, something I do anyway, but has made me refocus. One of my first challenges is to distribute all of the brochures we've currently ordered. This is where you guys come in I am already working on handing them out to everyone I see day to day, but if any of you would like to have one please, please, please let me know. There is no pressure for you to purchase anything, it's about increasing awareness; what I would ask is that once you've had a look please can you pass it on to someone else - maybe a friend, neighbour, lady at the bus stop ... If you would like one please send me a pm or contact me via my facebook page, "jo harding independent partner at flamingo paperie" thankyou xxx

In other news, I cashed out £5 from VYPR today and have met my Swagbucks target, £5 cashed out there too (Amazon).

benbenandme

Evening all I have been convinced all day today that it is Friday, it's going to be a long week

I had some fab news tonight, an event that I had tried to book ages ago was full, but tonight they have emailed me to say they have had a cancellation, so I can have a stall this Saturday :j I'm chuffed, no idea how it will be but the stall was just £10 so let's see. I have got plenty of stock but haven't done any events yet where I haven't had my Christmas stock with me, so tomorrow evening I will be practising setting up my stall

Thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who have liked my page / asked for a brochure, it's much appreciated :T :T

Other than that it's been the usual work, dinner, bath kinda routine.

benbenandme

Another day at work done, dinner done, ds is off go-karting this evening with people from work, I've had my bath and I'm going to practise my stall set-up ready for Saturday.

I had an order for cards from a friend at work today so that was a nice surprise :T

benbenandme

Ahh, hello Friday night :j :j

Car is all packed ready for my event tomorrow, ds is off to his grandparents for the weekend in a bit when he finishes work and I can now chill out.

I've already done today's Swagbucks goal, so once I've dropped ds off it will be a hot bath followed by a nice tea (beans on toast with grated cheese ), then a lazy evening, maybe a bit of pottering involved but generally it's downtime tonight.

benbenandme

Forgot to mention, I also sold the final glass dish from the hostess trolley, so that has been posted today too and another £15 added to the savings