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  • Hi All, :)  Joining late but better than never...re-joined prolific today I am currently on the waiting list, sorted loads of the boys and my clothes, vacced and wiped out the drawers and dropped 1 bag with my sister for my nephew, one at the charity shop and have now have 2 x large stacks to list...so far 7 Items listed on Vinted this afternoon when I got in from work, 1 of which has sold already so posting tomorrow on my way into the office! Now heading to look at pet hair gadgets also  :D@Cheery_Daff I am terrible for my car becoming extended living/wardrobe space  :# I currently have my weekend Ikea purchases in a bag still waiting to come inside but I am trying to stay on top of it! 
    LBM Aug 25 - CC £14912 Other £19180
    CC1 - £2963 - now £2818.23

    My Diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6624438/paying-off-no-27-back-again-and-34k-in-the-red#
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,379 Forumite
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    Listed two more things on trash nothing and did two ebay listings today, trying to keep the momentum going!
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 471 Forumite
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    I've painted a bit more of my railings and gate.

    Debts                 04/01/25        01/09/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £5,930 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £6,905
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,943.12
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £6.68
    CC total             £20,411.34   £17,784.80
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,005
    Total                  £36,195.78   £30,789.80
    EF £500
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 20 August at 8:29AM
    Well done on the Vinted listings and good luck with your produce greent. Well done on picking up your paint brush again rachmac3

    Today's OAT is listing at least one more thing on ebay. I've unpacked a storeage box yesterday and another this morning. Now to remember which cupboard it all came out of earlier in the year!
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 471 Forumite
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    I haven't been able to log in to work all morning so I did a little tip run. Not a huge amount but at least 2 of the things had been hanging around taking up space for months. My good luck with timings continued, they had shut the gates briefly before I got there (for a break or to move skips) and loads of cars had given up and left the queue. When they opened I was about the 8th car in.
    It was cloudy enough that I could take the dogs in the car too. Just to have some sniffs from the open window.
    This weekend I have to tackle one of the big things, probably sorting through some of my Dads stuff as that's stopping me from opening my living room windows because it's in the way (it's all over the house, so stopping lots of things really).

    Debts                 04/01/25        01/09/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £5,930 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £6,905
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,943.12
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £6.68
    CC total             £20,411.34   £17,784.80
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,005
    Total                  £36,195.78   £30,789.80
    EF £500
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,561 Forumite
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    I have taken pictures of some things for vinted. It's a start.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase

    Books read 2025: 47

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,006 Forumite
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    I have taken pictures of some things for vinted. It's a start.
    All counts! 😊👏

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
    Produce tracker: £353 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,006 Forumite
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    Did a long outstanding OAT this afternoon:
    Completely stripped and deep cleaned the windowsill and internal window behind the sink in the kitchen, collecting seeds from heads I’d been drying there, wrestling MANY cobwebs and giving the radio that lives there a good scrub!

    - Reattached the ends of the curtains on the small window in my bedroom (that’s another job that’s been outstanding for a very long time!).

    - Removed and recycled dead magazines from my bedroom

    - Cleaned the window and the big mirror in my bedroom

    Pleased with that lot! 😊

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
    Produce tracker: £353 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,561 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    KajiKita said:
    Did a long outstanding OAT this afternoon:
    Completely stripped and deep cleaned the windowsill and internal window behind the sink in the kitchen, collecting seeds from heads I’d been drying there, wrestling MANY cobwebs and giving the radio that lives there a good scrub!

    - Reattached the ends of the curtains on the small window in my bedroom (that’s another job that’s been outstanding for a very long time!).

    - Removed and recycled dead magazines from my bedroom

    - Cleaned the window and the big mirror in my bedroom

    Pleased with that lot! 😊

    KK
    So you should be! 👏
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase

    Books read 2025: 47

    Hey! Use my code GW7II3 on Eureka Surveys and unlock a short 80p survey just for signing up! https://eurekasurveys.page.link/do9nSyy8u4nikx6r6
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