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The 2008 Olympic Challenge thread
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well done YL0
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:hello:
I'm back and ready for action! Haven't posted on here for ages as with new baby, new house and being at work I just haven't had the time to go through the bank statements to see how much I've had coming in! So, this afternoon I've calculated the following from my last post at the end of Feb:
Bank interest 15p
Insurance cancellation profit £80
Gapbuster £35
Free Bongo £34.06 + £29 + £30.83 +£10.54 + £26.08
Paypal/Ebay £70
TopCashBack £102.26
Grass Roots 20
Quidco £168.42
LVs £4.00
Pigs/Waitrose vouchers £10
Sainsbury Voucher (toluna?) £5
Total: 615.34
That makes my total £3,659.54 :j
Only another £348.46 to go - just sold a bed for £116 on Ebay which should be paying cash tomorrow, so that'll cover a third of it.
Really chuffed - who'd have thought there could be so much free money to be had?!0 -
got my cheque from GTM yesterday, £24.65 :j
Also, finally managed to get Council Tax Benefit, so that's another 260.48 in the holiday fund, plus I counted the change in my bottle tonight and there is 6.30 in it.DFW Nerd no 239.....Last Personal Debt paid off Nov 2012!
Donated 50 pints so far.... gold badge got 17/11/13! Blood Group O+
mummy to 3 cats, 2 budgies and a cockatiel0 -
Well done! Love the last line of ur sig btw, I'm a member of that club!'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde0
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SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »Well done! Love the last line of ur sig btw, I'm a member of that club!
you can be member 002 if you likeDFW Nerd no 239.....Last Personal Debt paid off Nov 2012!
Donated 50 pints so far.... gold badge got 17/11/13! Blood Group O+
mummy to 3 cats, 2 budgies and a cockatiel0 -
I completely dropped off the edge of the world on this challenge, but am back on board with a vengenace now I'm debt free, I want savings!!! Got off to a bit of a good start with four book sales on Amazon, a cd language course and a sale of a bundle of singles on ebay! So, going for a mega listing session on ebay tomorrow I think when there's an offer on.1st LBM (Pre-Career Change): 01 March 2006 Debt Free Date: 28 April 2008 | Worst Debt: £7244.36
2nd LBM: 10 December 2019 Current Debt £25,322 [April 2020] | Worst Debt: £27,4440 -
poppycracker wrote: »you can be member 002 if you like'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde0
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Another Amazon sale £3.04 profit :j
And as part of make £10 a day in May I'm keeping track of all my survey/clicks etc even though I'll only count when I get the money/useful vouchers thought it would be interesting to see how well I can do in a month.Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
Overpayments to date - £79.62
Current Mortgage free date - January 20580 -
Hi
Nothing to update from the jet77 household I'm afraid. I've got so much going on at the mo that focusing on this challenge is really hard .... must do better!!
WELL DONE EVERYONE ...I haven't looked on this thread for a couple of weeks and the totals are coming on fantastically!!!
Luv JxxJUST DO IT ONE BRICK AT A TIMEPROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTSWeekly Budget: groceries£50/petrol£50/Unnecesary£15DEBT PAID = 58% (£4,212/£8216):T0 -
I'm in the process of putting yet more things on ebay tonight. Made another £11 after fees and also £1 from lightspeed to add in0
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