ATB'S Frugal Foray to Freedom

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  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,113
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    We took the children to the big toy shop last year to spend birthday money (birthdays are two weeks apart). They were so overwhelmed! Rain forecast all day here today too but garden not suitable for playing in as have scaffolding up and bits of diggers and tools etc. Hoping to visit our local NT property next weekend to catch the end of an event they are running.

    Hope you have a relaxing Sunday.
    Mar 2024 - part 1 - £31,656 part 2 - £25,019 Total - £56,675 44 months to go!
  • Yummy, just made the batter for HM Yorkshires to have with our chicken dinner later. Looking forward to it already. Time to cook a full English now!
    MFW :)
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  • Been volunteering this morning, and my lovely friend gave me so gorgeous clothes she no longer wears :j

    DH has lit the wood burner already and we are watching Wreck it Ralph :) Plans for this week -
    • Achieve 4 NSDs
    • Complete piece of consultancy work
    • List 4 things on eBay
    • Write to mortgage provider again
    • Send a letter to very asking them to close my account

    That'll do as a starter :T
    MFW :)
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  • Nine items listed and two have already sold - that's £18.50 in the pot :j
    MFW :)
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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 1,819
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    Well done!
    Mortgage Balance as of Jan 24 £36,500 Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000. 2024 Overpayment Challenge: Jan £558.40, Feb £588.11, Mar £497.32
  • £26 in eBay sales today, with another 5 items still on x
    MFW :)
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  • Another £10 in sales overnight :j Post office and more listing for me today :rotfl:

    Must dash, ATB x
    MFW :)
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  • Loads achieved today and it's still only the morning (just ;))

    Heaps of chores and admin dealt with, as well as some work. Listed another item on ebay, sold two more and packaged up what sold yesterday ready to take to the post office later. My iPad makes a "kerching" noise when someone pays for an item, I am stupidly happy with that :o

    So my list for the week:

    Achieve 4 NSDs - today won't be as I have ebay bits to post
    Complete piece of consultancy work - DONE
    List 4 things on eBay - DONE
    Write to mortgage provider again - DONE
    Send a letter to very asking them to close my account - DONE

    Can I take the rest of the week off please :)

    ATB x
    MFW :)
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  • hiddenshadow
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    Achieve 4 NSDs - today won't be as I have ebay bits to post

    Personally I wouldn't count that as you're not "spending" (in the usual sense), you're just using the money paid to you for postage to do the actual posting.
  • Personally I wouldn't count that as you're not "spending" (in the usual sense), you're just using the money paid to you for postage to do the actual posting.

    Good point, thank you!

    Another £29.55 in sales whilst I was on the school run. I think, for me, listing things at reasonable buy it now prices really is the way to go. That's around £68 made this weekend from good quality kids clothing, sold at reasonable prices. Very happy with that :money:
    MFW :)
    [STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45
    Aiming to be MF 1.10.2020
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