Mizmir's determined to get there diary

The_Dragon

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

Good luck with that, i am off to post my books for Amazon..oo hark at me.:rotfl:

Smashing BOB - how many are you putting up there this time?

mizmir

Excellent bob - here's to more sales for us all!

taxi73

Well done everyone on the sales!!

mizmir

Evening all. Still only the one sale on ebay but the great news is that OH HAS had a pay rise (not just a tax adjustment and appears to be getting an additional £125 a month! :j:j Am sticking with her.....:p :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
So more can go off the debts each month.

Update on my lost from this morning:

• [STRIKE]More work on funding application[/STRIKE] DONE - still stuff to do but have moved it along
• [STRIKE]List at least the big items on ebay[/STRIKE] DONE - only two but hopefully might make a reasonable amount.
• [STRIKE]Find another matched betting offer to do[/STRIKE] DONE - canbet - if P will refer me and I haven't already joined. Otherwise I think it might have to be IW!
• Review where I am with my longer term aims and targets - next task
• [STRIKE]Send replies to freecycle requests (loads of them!)[/STRIKE] DONE - stuff being collected on Sunday.
• [STRIKE]Monitor the June thread[/STRIKE] ONGOING - but we are up to 65 joining so far!
• Ring BC to do the balance transfers - not done - didn't get in until after 7 so no chance today.

hypno06

OOh, well done to OH on the pay rise - and a decent amount too :j :j :j

mizmir

Right - review of plans and long term goals. These were in brief:
1. Make an extra £600 a month to add to the £1400 from salary to pay off debt
2. Bring DFD forward by paying off £2K a month and increase dog training work
3. Reduce waste - food, purchases, time
4. Get fit.
On 1, I started my month on payday (23.5) and so far have £254.39/£600 :T through

• Dog training: £143/£220
• Ebay/amazon/car boots: £7.32/£100
• Matched betting: £69.47/£120
• Extra work at work (me and OH): 0/£120
• Vouchers, cashback, clicks, BOGOFs etc: £34.60/£40 (includes savings on budgeted stuff like parking as well)

Am pleased with these - hopefully on target unless things tail off badly!

On 2, have paid off £1004.73 so far this month. Dog training - have held a workshop and have another planned for June. Am going to get leaflets printed for local distribution at events and possibly door to door.

On 3, have been cooking and taking lunches all week. Meals are planned and shopping reduced. Have cancelled organic box as wasted too much and am going to go to local organic shop instead. Time - am doing lists - need to get better at not wasting time still!

On 4, no real progress - but will try for a pound by next wednesday and up my exercise to an hour walking a day (dogs will enjoy that too!)

So far so good I think - must work on 4 or I will reach my DFD and be too unfit to enjoy it!

boredofbeingathome

Well done on that. I think i will cut and paste your list for motivation. I will join in your challenge i think, but will get nowhere near, am going to give it a try though.

mizmir

Oh yes do. You'd be surprised how much you can pull together when you start adding it up. All those Amazon sales for a start!

mizmir

In a rush today - slept in and late for work! Aim for the day? Get through it (without spending too much or going too crazy). Then relax at training club tonight.

No more bids but a few more watchers overnight. Fingers crossed.

The_Dragon

Sounds like a good plan mizmir and woo hoo on OH getting a pay rise!!

Weight ..... at the moment mine has hurtled up 3 pounds in 24 hours :eek: