End of the August Challenge

I can't believe it is the end of August already! It seems like no time since i was wondering how on earth i was going to make an extra £310 over the month and here i am not quite believing that i more than doubled that figure!!!


But what is the final figure? i haven't added the last earnings on to my total yet: 


Ebay - I made some silly mistakes with the postage costs of the items i sold underestimating the cost by £2.81 :( I managed to make a mistake with all of them because i didn't weigh the items - Lesson learned with that! At least i did still make a few pounds - balance increased by £4.34! 


I did manage to do the 2 car boot sales on Saturday adding another £72.15 to my total, and despite the storm brewing on Sunday i did another one then too adding a further £105.50 :) 


So........i feel like i need a drum roll.......the final amount for August is a huge and magnificent £839.22  - never in my wildest dreams did i think that was possible. 


This challenge has completely changed my thoughts about dealing with my debts - it was this huge insurmountable mountain before i started this, looming over me - yes it was like a fire breathing dragon that burned me every time i went close to it.  Now i feel like i have at least got a sword and shield to fight it with!! 


Strangely i am looking forward to working on the debt dragon again next month ;) 

Happy Friday :)

Well now, after ducking out of the second car boot yesterday cos of the rain and being a bit disappointed about that I got some good news in the post this morning - I have been awarded HB for my rates bill!!! :) they are not backdating it but at least this will reduce my rates bill as it includes this years rates costs or something odd like that.  Anyway although they said i wouldn't get the back payment i am going to appeal the decision and see if i can change their minds :)


I will have to wait for a new rates bill to come in to update my balance on this debt, but i am pretty happy knowing its going to be reduced without me having to pay it all!


In addition i used a voucher and cashback offer on quidco for money off a tescos shop which meant i got a £50 shop for £25 today! 


I did a wee whip round the house looking for change too and came up with an extra 89p for the money pot :) 


aaannnnnndddd i sold some bits on ebay too today! I am just too tired to work out the profits from these right now though so will update my balance tomorrow!!


2 car boots planned for tomorrow so i'm away for a relax now in preparation hehehehe! 

Final push for the last week in Aug!

Ok so for my final push for dosheroo this month i am actually doing not 1 but 2 car boots today - just finished one and even though it rained quite a bit i came home with £38! The next one starts about 3 so hopefully the rain will be away by then! LOL

I also have a few listings on ebay finishing tomorrow and with any luck another 2 car boot sales over the weekend - whew!!!!!! bootied out this month hahahahahaha! been sooooooo worth it though  and my garage has actually got a floor again 


I will add a wee update later on if i actually get to the car boot - go away rain you are spoiling my earning plans!!!!! lol

Over £1000 paid this month!

I have just been to the bank and paid another £50 off my mortgage arrears and another £370 off my Avon account. This brings my total paid off debts so far this month to £1186.39 :) i'm rather pleased with myself to have got over the £1000 mark with payments i must say.  


I now have just £78.84 to pay off my mortgage arrears to get back up to date with it..... and i hope to get that paid next week! yipeeeeee! 

Sunday Sunday, so good to me!

I am just updating the blog today as i was sooo tired yesterday after my car boot sale.  I decided to take an extra table with me as sometimes i'm not sure what to put out - this week then i had a table for 50p stuff, one for avon perfumes and one for other bits of jewellery and keyrings etc.  I also took my £1 box with avon stuff in it - shampoos, shower gels and hand creams.


I think the extra table option worked out well as i ended up selling £150.30 worth of goods - I think that is the highest amount i have taken since going to the Christmas markets :)


It was hard work covering all of the tables myself but it looks like it really was worth it from a financial perspective! I will be trying it out again next week if the weather holds up ok :) 


So, what a productive weekend i have had - i have got a huge £230 extra money to pay off my debts in the space of 2 days! Wow! It almost seems like a dream all this.  I have done car boots before on a regular basis but i have never actually counted up the income over a period of time or used it in this way.  


As yesterday was 21st August that means that i have raised £619.23 in a 3 week period.  I have another 10 days of August in which to keep on earning as much as i can for my £10 per day challenge - i have of course more than met this challenge already, but i am remaining motivated to continue at full steam simply by the thought of being able to pay off more of my debts - i do want to pay as much as possible off my Avon bill so i can then start selling to my regular customers again.  :) 

The Sun has got his hat on......

I'm in cheery form today, can you tell??? lol! The Sun is out and i am just home from a car boot sale with an extra £80.11!!! Its great when the sun comes out and everyone feels like treating themselves ;) 


The day started a bit slow and i thought i wasn't even going to get my table costs covered tbh.....obviously that changed somewhere along the way! 


So now my earning total for August is sitting at £468.93 - a massive £158.93 over my original target :) and its even over the full amount of my mortgage arrears - i am both delighted and seriously shocked at the same time LOL.


The forecast for tomorrow looks a bit more unsettled with some showers but i think i will try to do another car boot tomorrow if possible.  I would love to be able to get my earnings over the £500 mark now that i am so close to it - i'm on such a roll i'm scared to stop hehehe! 


Right then off to check out my ebay listings and see what else i can put on - it is free listing day today so i'd like to get some stuff on while i can save on the pennies :) 

Busy but happy!

I have just returned from town where i went into the bank and paid another £200 off my mortgage arrears!!!! I really did not think it was possible to even pay £50 a month off this debt before i started my £10 per day challenge :) So far this month though i have paid £278 off it and am now down to owing £123.84.....  I am not sure there are words to express how happy i am right now, but it looks something like this......

I feel like a mouse in a cheese factory alright hehehehehe! Especially as i have also now paid another £200 off my Avon bill today as well.  Obviously i haven't earned all of this and the Avon money is mostly money i have collected for orders but it all comes off the bill anyway :).


Ok, so i completed the review with cccs as well today and it hasn't changed at all, but at least they send out an up to date report to my creditors. Hopefully this will freeze the interest on my barclaycard account again as they decided to add about £30 to it this month :(


I also posted my ebay parcels in town while i was there and that cost me £7.49! Total costs then are £10.11 leaving me with a whoopy doopy £12.05 profits from these sales :)


While checking my paypal account i found a payment of 11p from a PTC arrangement i have made with my upline on one of my sites.......and, I nabbed a wee 9p to add to the moneypot from OHP (other half's pennies).  


Extra earnings for today then are £12.25 making my August total £388.82 so far :)