2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

savingholmes

Well done on the sales. Glad you have a week off. I took a half day today and went to the local park. Gave me a lift.

jwil

savingholmes said:

Well done on the sales. Glad you have a week off. I took a half day today and went to the local park. Gave me a lift.

Glad you had an afternoon off.  It does make a difference!

remote_control

23 is phenomenal! I sold about 3 and was happy. 
What do you do with the sales money as I seem to recall your finances are separate? 
Cannot wait for a week off from homeschool although I am working for half the week! I'd really like the children to use up some of their arts and craft kits this week but also don't want to tell them what to do, I think we all need a break from that! Might just leave them out on the table and hope it inspires them!

jwil

remote_control said:

23 is phenomenal! I sold about 3 and was happy. 
What do you do with the sales money as I seem to recall your finances are separate? 
Cannot wait for a week off from homeschool although I am working for half the week! I'd really like the children to use up some of their arts and craft kits this week but also don't want to tell them what to do, I think we all need a break from that! Might just leave them out on the table and hope it inspires them!

Well done on your sales too!  It all helps.  That's a good idea about the arts and crafts and getting them used up.  I shall try that too.  I hope you enjoy your few days off, a break from homeschooling is so needed!

Yes, we keep our finances separate but pay the joint bills together.  These sales were mostly the kid's old toys, so the money from that will go into their savings accounts.  The rest was DH's and he'll use that however he wants - at the moment it's trying to make sure we have a buffer in case of his job, but also putting some towards the house repair savings, or paying for his vehicles etc.

jwil

I'm off now, hurrah!  So much for the easier day I'd planned, but I'm going to forget about work for a week now.  I'm also looking forward to it getting a little milder next week.

I finished my survey on the stress app today, so have another £7 on the way when that's approved.  I thought it was quite good.  I've also reached cash out on one poll so that will be another £25 on the way soon.

This weekend I must cut DH and little jwil's hair.  They are both looking a little wild!

It's my birthday soon, and I've been thinking that if I get some money, I might put it towards getting an ipad.  I'll have to try and earn some towards it as I don't want to spend lots of money, but I'd like to be able to read stuff on a bigger screen than my phone - I'm thinking online documents and stuff, and also watch a film or tv programme in bed sometimes.  I get fed up with trying to do things on the laptop after using one all day at work.  I'd also like to take advantage of all the free magazines the library give us access to!  I thought about a cheaper kindle fire tablet, but I didn't really get on with the one I had before (though I love my normal kindle), and I can't get the library stuff on there.   That's my frivolous thinking, but I might change my mind yet, as I'm not sure I want to spend £300!

beanielou

Happy holiday 
Good idea on some sort of tablet.

Sarahwithlove

Have a look on amazon I got my ipad air the older version on there for less than £200 and it does all of above and has a good screen size. 

astrocytic_kitten

I got a refurbished iPad mini on eBay a few years ago, I think from Argos. I love my traditional kindle but I use the iPad heavily for library ebooks, newspapers and magazines. My local library has a brilliant selection and it’s probably paid for itself just in books I’ve read for free. I also read using the kindle app on the iPad a lot more than I expected, I thought I’d stick to my kindle for that but it’s probably more like 50/50. I use the iPad for so much that I hardly ever use my laptop now (which is just as well because it’s so old it practically runs on steam 😂).

Parkyp

I bought a refurbished iPhone on Envirofone came with a 12 months warranty, there was not even a scratch on it. They also do iPads/tablets might be worth a look. 

beanielou

Or look at Amazon warehouse.