Deposit Diary

£6258.56

TT 82p

2x £9.24 APG's used today and thats generated two more APG's- £9.36 and £8.30. Killed a few APG's that I gained by wombling, £2.38 and bought some kitchen roll and kitchen spray for free

Found a 4p item in T£sco and lots of 1p chocolates so Ill get the 4p item on ebay later tonight- should fetch £6-8ish. Some of the items bought with the APG's are destined for ebay too so I'll try my luck with a few.

Ive done the financials for the month and its a close shave, only £100 to the savings pot Next month shold be better as the kids are both at school so petrol, food and tuition are decreased. Ill try and increase the ebay sales and surveys ect to put a bit more away.

Car is due MOT, tax and insurance next month and if all goes well, I have enough put by in my Car account for it all to be covered. My insurance has reduced to £260-280 this year and tax is still £20 Praying the MOT will be a simple £30 too! I want about £400 in the account though incase something goes wrong, im at £346.54 so Ill keep adding odds and sods thoughout the month to get it to total.

Thank you

It took for me to hit rock bottom to realise I couldnt continue like it anymore and change. It was just me and my son and I had nothing, a few pennys in a jar, no credit for electric, no food and it was the middle of winter. I had nothing to give my 5yr old son for breakfast before school but mouldy bread, so I picked off the mould and reluctantly gave it to him. That was one of the worst days of my life. The only saving grace is that he had school dinners.

I dropped him off at school and walked around the town until it was time to collect him, looking for work. Determined to not go home until I found something, I went into every shop, bar, office, fast food chain asking for a job....and I got lucky- a restaurant needed immediate staff so I started the very next day. I earnt £9.50 in tips in one day so put £5 on the electric key and bought bread, jam and reduced oranges so my boy could have toast and a snack for school and that night for the first time in a long time, we were fed, warm and happy.

Fast forward 5 years and now I look after my finances. I was never in debt, I just couldnt find work and that spiraled. So I dont have unnecessary things, I dont have Sky, I dont have finance, no debt, earn extra via surveys/glitches and I shop cheap and cook frugally...because theres 3 of us now

£6325.17

Used another APG of £9.27 this morning, I had another to use but the store had run out of the specific items needed!

£2 cat food coupon used

My 4p item found in T0sco a few days ago has just sold on ebay for a profit of £7.04. Im not complaining! Withdrawn from paypal and moved to savings account. Think I'll try and get some more stuff on there later.

If the weather stays ok this weekend then I'll do a car boot sale, I have lots of stuff that would make a better profit there rather than ebay.

Just had an invite for a p!necone survey so Ill do that and also a consumer pulse questionnaire. Ive been slacking on that front and Im missing my Next vouchers!

£9.27 x2 APG used but it'll generate a smaller apg as the right products werent available.

21p roadkill found in the park whilst the kids were playing

£3 p!necone payment redeemed, waiting for paypal payment.

£6349.08

TT 74p

£9.09 winnings from bingo transfered to savings account.

A couple of watchers on ebay but no bites.

My printer is playing up, its saying theres something wrong with the cartridges but they seen fine. The ink was *just* starting to fade but the black was fine. Hmm, if I cant get it started then I think Ill look around for another- the current one was free and about 12 years old!

Defrosted the freezer and chopped up the mountain of veg from the fridge. Its all nestled in the freezer now so now I need to clean out the spare fridge and turn it off.

Had a vist from mother who suggested I take my sister away for a few days as shes not doing too well after separating from her partner. More money