Sophie's Debt Free Adventure

sophie27

Feel bit better but as OH works from home, I never get any peace. :mad: I have heaved the paperwork basket onto the bed and I am sorting through now with james bond on!! If work could see me now...... Do still feel rubbish though. Honest!!:A

Had a look for some mystery shops but nothing by home or work. Only done two so far and the second one i messed up by not going at the right time and I never got paid! Grrrr.

sophie27

Still off sick. :mad: On a good note, I have moved my Betfair winnings of £76.22 into my account. The £30 sign up fee has tracked on quidco so I will have made £79.22 as I had to deposit £27 in the first place. Not bad!!

When I have more time, I am going to get my head round matched betting. :eek:

Trying to get better today. Daytime tv is horrendous! Have to take OH for interview this afternoon, he has been hit by credit crunch as he's an architect and the demand for new homes has dropped due to mortgage shake up. Had to sort his suit and shirt, been a long time since did that! Its been nearly two years since he worked in a office. His work attire at the moment is trackies and football shorts! :eek:

sophie27

Back today so knackered! Have to do loads of ebay tonight to help OH's with cash flow crisis. He has some freelance work to tide him over for the next couple of months and he may be going back to office based job.

About to get started, can't wait.......

sophie27

Snaffled a mystery shop for sunday where I was planning to go and see the marathon! Extra tenner for the pot. I also rang o2 today as OH bought me a blackberry and need to upgrade tariff, works out only 10 a month. I queried why insurance on my account without me requesting it and I had 48 refunded to my account! That means no mobile phone bills for the next couple of months! :beer:

sophie27

Another mystery shop for 6 quid! :j One company I do mystery shops for always has fantastic ones near work that don't even require a spend! However they always become available during the day and I can't view til I get home. With blackberry, I can grab them straight away. Should mean extra 50 quid at least a month if I'm quick off the mark! :T

Lovely day here, we are sorting out house and ebaying as going into london tomorrow to watch marathon.

Had to stump up 80 quid for tickets to a celebrity football match but will get 60 quid back.

sophie27

Watching marathon was great, if not a bit wet! No spend as my travelcard covers where we went and I did my mystery shop. Had to drag OH out of carphone warehouse as he wanted a flash new blackberry. :rolleyes: I was like nooooooooo you call up your network provider and tell them you're leaving to get a fab new deal. I swear I heard him say b***** MSE as he went in a huff! :rotfl:

sophie27

I haven't posted for a few days as been feeling a bit flat and depressed about the debt. :rolleyes: OH has got himself in a mess financially which has made it worse. But we are going to a celeb footie match next month which should be good, only 20 quid a ticket. He has work meetings on monday and i'm wfh so a 4 day week in office. Today I am tidying up the house and AQAing. Too horrible to go out!

sophie27

Been so busy at work and knackered when got in at night so haven't posted. I am got all my finances up-to-date (reflected in new updated signature). I have also joined the weightwatchers challenge thread so will hopefully be slimmer for summer. I'm down to 16,525.00 now and I have a loan payment coming out on the 1st and cc payment which may take me sub 16k!!! I put all my details into the snowball calculator and it says my DFD is Feb 2010 if I make chunky payments to credit card. :j

Set up in a spending diary in my money spreadsheets and will keep close eye on what is happening.

Oh and I put on free bets this aft for sandown but won nothing. Oh well.... :rolleyes:

asp746

OMG, £16,500 - that's amazing. and it sounds like you're still having an ok lifestyle - ie not baked beans every night lol.

I've started walking a bit more lately - the petrol prices are really hurting me - so no more driving to the local shop and through the week i walked to the local polling station and met an old friend so we walked back home together and had a good old chat which was really nice.

sophie27

Thank you! Petrol is ridiculous, I grudge putting any in at the moment. :mad: However...............OH is in a right mess at the moment so having to sub him which means my emergency cc has had to be used for ebay parcels, food etc BUT the majority of stuff on there is because of him so he's paying off. He has one invoiced to be paid next week for 3k and then 5k hopefully in three weeks.

I am comping like a mad woman today, entered loads. Fingers crossed! :rolleyes: