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Ooh, nothing so exciting I'm afraid! Just re-sealing round the bath where I made a total dog's dinner of it and it's come away 🙄
(Being totally MSE/tight, I waited until I had earned enough for a B&Q voucher from Consumer Pulse so I could put it right without putting my hand in my pocket 😀!)Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!8 -
😳 whatever makes you happy. 😂South_coast said:Thanks DFOD 😀 It involves silicone....😮DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)4 -
It's looking like my best attempt ever 😀
But that is coming from a very low baseline 🤣🤣🤣Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6 -
Hmm.. maybe I'll give it another go. At least you get paid pretty quickly when they are accepted. I am a bit lazy and if it looks like too much work or lots of photos I often can't be bothered to do it!South_coast said:There's not been much about this month (or I've not been looking as much, not sure which 🤔). I've had a few rejected for giving the same answers, so trying to focus on ones that I can vary/don't require photos2025 decluttering: 5,544 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 513🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑Big kitchen declutter challenge 143/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5003 -
Good bath sealing there! And excellent frugal skills
I confess I've ditched streetbees... I think I only ever had 3 stories, they kept pinging me to say I hadn't looked in a while, and when I did there was nothing there. And my phone keeps running out space so I'm afraid they weren't worth keeping!6 -
Fair enough Cheery. It's funny how some work well for some people and others do better on others. I'll be ditching Swagbucks and One Poll once I get to payout and I'm now only looking at Qmee very occasionally (instant payment for any amount on that one, so still worth dropping in now and again if I can be bothered!)Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
And just to prove that point, I've spent quite a bit of time last night and this morning trying to do some Swagbucks surveys so I can get to payout and scrap it. Screened out of every one. Just went into Qmee for the first time in probably a week - 59p in 9 minutes. Now safely in my bank account!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
I gave up on swag bucks. Just didn’t seem to get anything. It’s funny isn’t it how they pan out.Bath sealing then!!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)5 -
Bath is sealed and ready for testing later 🤞 Thought I'd give it the full 24h to allow both me and it the best chance of success 😀Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
P.S. If Streetbees reject my story about listening to The Dark Side of the Moon to keep myself entertained, I shall know they are philistines....😀Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4
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