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Sealed Pot Challenge!!
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lilmissmup wrote: »Dear old albert just doesn't seem to get the point of this challenge!
I don't care about the 6% i will get on 1p, its fun, i have made a few friends because of this thread and seeing your paper mache animals (and laughing when i thought your house was covered in paper mache due to that balloon) is more important to me!
I really would love to attempt a 6 foot balloon papier mache animal but I think I'd need more than an egg carton for feet and a snout... anyone got popcorn buckets? :rotfl: Can you IMAGINE that being filled?? I'd need a crane to lift it. OOOH! I could wait 'til it was full (years), run up a huge credit card bill and pay off the full balance a month later - the length of time it would take for the crane to get from here to the bank
OR!! List it on eBid or eBay for charity - piggy bank full of cash - buyer collects!I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
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You got a garage? :rotfl:Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0
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albertross wrote: »You're right, I don't, but we are all different:D, and if it's fun then that's ok, your money, your choice.
I am sorry if I tainted the thread, but hopefully one person may have a rethink and save a few hundred quid as a result. 6% doesn't seem much, but it could be 35% to some.
Do tell.... please tell.... 35% interest?? I have my drill at the ready and 'Phil the Pig' is looking a tad worried :eek:I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
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lilmissmup wrote: »You got a garage? :rotfl:
This is how STOOPIT I can be... notwithstanding the fact that I overlooked HOW to get a giant pig out through my doors, it has now just dawned on me that I have a very leaky garage lying empty because I don't own a car!!! If I could mend that roof..... :beer:
Imagine opening up them old double doors and coming face to face with a six foot....
CASH COWI reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
Frugal living challenge - living on little in 2026 while frugalling towards retirement.0 -
if we were to make loads of papermache saving animals? do u think they would sell on ebay? lolSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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This is how STOOPIT I can be... notwithstanding the fact that I overlooked HOW to get a giant pig out through my doors, it has now just dawned on me that I have a very leaky garage lying empty because I don't own a car!!! If I could mend that roof..... :beer:
He He i just left you a message on your paper mache thread asking for a favour....Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0 -
dollypeeps wrote: »Ta lots mumzy! I now have a number, hopefully a sig and deffo a cold bath because its taken me ages with a slow comp and and equally technophobic brain.
Just a thought - do I need to post an amount I am aiming for or can I just have a very pleasant suprise in a years time?
its entily up to youSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320 -
if we were to make loads of papermache saving animals? do u think they would sell on ebay? lol
Main problem, 2 words - Postage, Packaging
It would cost more than they were worth to pack/box them up and send them out - craft fairs and stalls are much better
I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
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Well that answers my question to NYK lol!
I seem to have upset albert some more, he is pming me now :eek:Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0 -
Lilmissmup Does Not Accept Pm'sSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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