📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Slipping Through My Fingers

13334363839206

Comments

  • teafor2
    teafor2 Posts: 3,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Yes, a bit less than I thought Wannabe although £3.75 booking fee is still ridiculous. I'm sure last time I booked anything it was £2 and I thought that was a rip off :(

    Right, on with the day then. :)

    Day 22/31, 12 NSD's, Prolific £2.80 cleared, £2.17 pending, Cash £32.65 for 21st-31st January.

    Off out for coffee today. It's my turn so that'll be a bit more spending but I don't need anything else apart from food shopping. Hoping the rest of the week will be NSD's so I can hit my target of 15 and possibly squeeze another 1 or 2 in as well.

    I made a paypal payment last Monday and accidentally did it as an e-cheque. I've been waiting for it to clear for days and it's finally gone out of my bank this morning. Hallelujah! Will never make that mistake again :o

    It snowed in the night but it hasn't stuck, but it's so cold.

    Have a good day and keep warm. :)
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    It is snowing here today! It's sticking currently, hoping it rains and washes it away :rotfl:

    Have a lovely day

    x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • teafor2
    teafor2 Posts: 3,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Spends today were: £6.30 on coffees and £1.59 on dispersible aspirin. These are for my Brexit medical prepping. :o I reckon out of all the tablets I take the aspirin are probably the most important so want a stock of them in just in case. Not sure why, but I could buy 300mg off the shelf for less than 40p but the 75mg I need were behind the counter and cost a lot more :cool:

    Also saw a nice housecoat in the sale for DS so got him that. £15 but that will come out of joint account/clothes money for him. He'll get loads of wear out of this, he's always in PJ's and housecoat and it's a medium mans' so will probably last him years. Thinking about it my housecoat must be nearly 10 years old, but it's like a comfort blanky, I refuse to part with it. :rotfl:

    The rest of the spending was for household/shopping and came in at £32.20 :eek: Ooh that's a bit of a shock. Mind you I've managed to knock a load of stuff of the Tesco delivery so I'm sure it'll even itself out.

    I'm locking myself in the house for the next few days now :D x
  • teafor2
    teafor2 Posts: 3,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Evening :)

    Day 23/31, 12 NSD's, Prolific £2.80 cleared, £2.17 pending, Cash £24.76 for 21st-31st January.

    Absolutely nothing to report today but want to try and keep the accountability habit up so here I am. Today was a NSD and I'm hoping for a couple more by the end of the weekend so that I can hit my target of 15 asap.

    Uploaded a few receipts to RH and I've got 543 coins so I'm over halfway to getting my first reward. And that's it today. :o
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    I think the fact it's so cold makes the NSD's easier don't you? I hate going out in the cold :rotfl:

    x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,035 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I think the fact it's so cold makes the NSD's easier don't you? I hate going out in the cold :rotfl:

    x

    It does.
    So do I.
    Loathe loathe loathe it.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,035 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Teafor2~~what is this coins thing please & how much is payout?
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • teafor2
    teafor2 Posts: 3,322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Yes, the cold does make you want to stay inside rather than go out and inevitably part with some cash.

    Beanie, Choccygirl told me about it. It's called Receipt Hog and you basically photograph all your receipts in return for 'coins'. They're obviously doing something with the information but don't ask me what :rotfl: Anyway you get a few coins for every receipt and once you get 1,000 you can cash out through Paypal or get a £3 Amazon e-gift card. It's definitely not a quick thing, unless you spend like the clappers, but for the sake of taking a photo it's worth doing. I reckon I'd get 1,000 points every 2-3 months. Have noticed it's only high street shops that you get points on, nothing like the local greengrocers/butchers etc. x
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,035 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Thanks for the info :)
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Homegrown0
    Homegrown0 Posts: 1,280 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    Just on the topic of Receipt Hog - I used to do it and no longer do. It took me about 5 months to cash out a £3 or £5 Paypal credit (I can't remember which now). I use Shoppix instead (don't suppose there's any reason you can't do both) and I've cashed out probably £20 in 6 months. It's much the same app but you do little satisfaction surveys for some of the shops that you upload receipts for (like how's the staff, was there a good selection etc) to earn extra points and you get scratchcards for hitting new levels of uploading and that gives extra points too. I find I cash out much more frequently with them.
    Sealed Pot Challenge 075
    Pay off by Xmas 2019 #02 - target £10,000
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.6K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.9K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.6K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.2K Life & Family
  • 258.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.