New incentive and new found determination - my debt diary!!

ehallett

Well I managed to get another mystery shop for the weekend (and a free meal) so will earn £25 for mystery shopping at the weekend.

I took my laptop into work today and, thanks to my fiance's dongle :rotfl: , got a load of listings ready for Ebay which I have listed tonight. I'm going to do the same tomorrow with some more items - need to try and get my Egg money.

I've been beavering away on AQA all night too and have nearly earnt £10 which isn't too bad seeing as it's not been busy. I will keep going until I go to bed so hoping to get a bit more. I think my every waking moment will be filled with answering questions for now so that I'm not struggling for money next month. Well, that and mystery shopping, ebaying, comping etc etc .

£30 down for the Egg money - £170 to go with 14 days to go :eek: .

Emily x

thepinklady

Good luck with your ebay challenge Emily. Hopefully with Spring just around the corner you can start carbooting - hopefully that will make you a fair bit.

Your always very determined with everything you do so i believe you'll pass this challenge - you'll get so carried away listing things on ebay you'll sell everything in your bedroom

Good luck
Hayley
x

ehallett

Well I've got a bit more money for Egg, I managed to sell just under £60 worth on Ebay so will withdraw that when I get it and that means I've got £90 for my Egg payment. I've got another 15 items finishing on Wednesday so fingers crossed they sell too.

I get £64.50 every Wednesday in disability benefit so if necessary, I will have to put that money towards my Egg loan, I've got 2 payments coming so that will be nearly £130 so I will get enough, but if I have to use £110 of my disability benefit then I will only have £20 to last me the rest of the month.

I got a call on Friday to say I have won £50 worth of Sainsburys vouchers so I will sell them when I get them and put the money towards my flat fund .

I need to get a flat more than ever now, my mum is going to move out of our 3 bedroom house into a 1 bedroom flat so that she can be mortgage free and better off every month. I don't blame her but we will be getting under eachother's feet in a small flat so it will be better if I can save up for a flat ASAP.

I've also earnt £20 from mystery shopping this weekend. It was supposed to be £25 but the pub I was visiting was being refurbished :rolleyes: .

Back to the questions

Emily x

ehallett

Well my mum's house is on the market and she is trying to get this 1 bedroom flat.

I can stay there for a bit (she probably won't be moving for at least a couple of months anyway) but would prefer to get my own flat before then if possible.

I'm expecting a lot of prizes (nearly £700 worth) so that will boost my fund (when I eventually get them :rolleyes: ).

Got a lot of stuff to shift before we move too so hopefully that will get some more money towards my fund.

I've got a benefit payment going in to my account tomorrow so will put that towards my Egg payment this month which means I have got £150 and only need another £50 to make it. It's due out a week on Friday.

Once I've got the money for that, I really want to try and pay off my Lloyds TSB loan with my AQA money as this will free up £135 a month for me. That has got £766.82 left on it so I think I could clear that in a couple of months.

My fiance is visiting his parents at the weekend so I will save money by not going out (sad I know but I'm really skint for the rest of the month) and I will answer questions instead. By the end of the easter weekend, I [STRIKE]want[/STRIKE] need to have at least £300 in my AQA account.

Emily x

ehallett

Thought it was time for an update.

I managed to get my Egg money for today's payment thanks to over £70 worth of mystery shopping money that came through yesterday .

On the flat front, my mum has said that she will get an extra £1,000 on her mortgage and then lend it to me so I can get my flat a bit sooner. I've tried to take it that she is helping me and not kicking me out .

So I can start to look around for a flat and I will start to get some bits and pieces together from freecycle, mystery shopping spends etc.

Still not doing very well on the AQA, I've only got £90!!! Next month might be a struggle again but I am going to try and blitz it as much as I can.

The problem is that I don't feel very well again, have got a very sore throat and keep on coughing up blood (sorry if too much information!!). I've got the hospital on Monday so I think it's a dead cert that I will have a line in. At least I get 2 weeks off work, get driven around everywhere and will save money on petrol, going out etc .

Hoping to start the car boots soon (when this flipping weather picks up) but that might be a bit hard with a line in. I'm going to ask my doctor if I can have it in at least 2 weeks before my birthday so that I don't spend my birthday injecting myself - on second thoughts though, it might get me extra presents .

Emily x

ehallett

Well I did a mystery shop today and managed to get.....wait for it...... 4 toilet rolls and 2 kitchen rolls with my spending allowance :rotfl: . It's a start I guess and I've got another 5 mystery shops over the next couple of weeks.

I'm up to £110.10 in my AQA account so I'm hoping to get up to £150 before the end of the month which will be good. I need to try and get into doing 100 questions a day as this will be my rent payments when I move out.

My mum has said that she doesn't expect the £1,000 back but I'm not going to tell my fiance that - as least I will be paying my own rent!!

Got the hospital tomorrow and the way I feel now, an IV line is a certainty. Still, will give me more chance to do my 100 questions a day during April.

I have asked for money for my birthday to buy some new clothes with. The last time I bought a new top was when I had to do a mystery shop and that was only £3.

Going to start Ebaying some stuff over the next week or so as I don't want to lug all my c**p with me when I move. Will also give me a bit more money to clear some debts before moving.

Getting really excited now .

Emily x

Gemmzie

I hope you feel better soon Em. I'm back in for tests Wednesday and bricking being admitted again.

Good luck with the flat, have you started looking yet?

ehallett

Gemmzie wrote: »

I hope you feel better soon Em. I'm back in for tests Wednesday and bricking being admitted again.

Good luck with the flat, have you started looking yet?

Good luck with your tests on Wednesday. I'm ok with all the hospital stuff to be honest, I've had 27 years to get used to it . It's having the line fitted that I really dread .

I haven't viewed any flats yet, I want to rent privately to save on fees and haven't seen anything suitable yet.

Emily x

ehallett

I've got a 3 week reprieve from the hospital. I'm on some strong antibiotics for 3 weeks and if that doesn't work then I will have the dreaded IVs. Part of me just wishes that he would give me the damn IVs so I can get them over and done with!!

I've only managed to get to £120 in my AQA account and I think I will leave it at that for this month. I WILL do better next month, I WILL do better next month!!!

The weather is supposed to be getting better at the weekend so hopefully a car boot will be do-able. That will help to make up for the lack of AQA money next month.

Emily x

beanielou

Good news on the repreive for now.
Hopefully you wont need the IV's.