MARCH Make £10 extra a day challenge

Batgirl

Sunnydoo wrote: »

Quick question if i may pls peeps;

I found £20 in an old handbag a few hours agao, I assume the money was mine in the first place but i have no idea how it got there-haven't used the bag for years-should i count it towards my March challenge or is it cheating ?

Thanks

I would count it, it is money you didn't have in your pocket and you now have. We have had this before on previous months and it has made people realise how frivolous they used to be with money to forget about £20 :eek: but you found it today so i would count it!!!!:D

Leothecat

I agree with Batgirl, definitely count it. It was money that you had forgotten about and therefore did not actually have (even tho you did ).
Made another £38 today - had to get a credit card so go this thru Quidco, also an Ebay sale and sold some stuff to a friend and my sister. Up to £406.70 :j .
I cannot believe that for the last 3 months I have acheived the £10 a day and in fact have gone over! Each month I have netted over £400!!!!! Mind you, I have needed it, so where the heck would I have got it if I had not been doing this challenge!! :eek: Scarey thought!
Also on Thursday I took the bull by the horns and reminded my new(ish) boss that he had promised to look at my salary last December and I am still waiting. At that time he had said that he would look at but could not promise any increase. On Thrusday he told me he would discuss it with the FD and get back to me on Monday (tomorrow). Whatever they decide to give me will also be backdated to December! :j
I will definitely be adding that to my April total, will give me a nice start hopefully.

asset77

Batgirl wrote: »

I would count it, it is money you didn't have in your pocket and you now have. We have had this before on previous months and it has made people realise how frivolous they used to be with money to forget about £20 :eek: but you found it today so i would count it!!!!:D

I agree totally with that! Another unexpected 'side effect' this challenge has had on me is to make me not buy 'frivolous' things. I have a pink kitchen and thought I could use some of the extra money I've made on a pair of pink salt and pepper pots I'd seen online and been wanting. But they cost £15 + postage and I just can't spend that money knowing how long it takes just to earn £5 on Slice the Pie! And I've pulled back from other spending on stuff I don't really need. So although its not 'countable' in a target figure it does add up, all this not spending!

pandapaws

Just got 2 secs as baby screaming, but thought I'd just say that I'm back!!! Dying to catch up on the thread but it will have to wait as i see we're on page 80-odds!

Baby Gregory was born on 12th March, 8lbs 14ozs, same day we finally moved house. Just updated my diary on here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=9763793#post9763793 for anyone who's interested!

Hope everyone's well, got to run as screaming baby needs fed!
xxx

pandapaws

Oh yeah, and sign me up for April!!!!! Will find it soon!

asset77

pandapaws wrote: »

Oh yeah, and sign me up for April!!!!! Will find it soon!

At last! Welcome back! Congratulations! How can they expect you to go to work so soon?

Well done re Baby and new house!

Puzzledbubbles

Congratulations panda!!!

JesaRose

Just sold a book on Play.com which gives me another £7.47 after the fee and postage and got 2p for a click

Puzzledbubbles

Just checked online banking and my March Bonus is £25 so thats added on to my March total giving me a final figure of

£369.39

Thanks for all of your help everyone.

Off to drum up some cash for April now - where to start???

Sunnydoo

Congratulations Panda