Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Free Fruit
We also have red currants growing in our garden, its a massive bush as well. We never really do anything with it but this year I've picked a load and working through freezing them. They are really nice in my morning porridge, actually its really nice just to grab a small handful and eat them straight from the freezer!
My parents are currently on holiday so whilst they are away I am watering their greenhouse and they said to help myself to any ripening tomatoes!
I'm definitely going to be on the lookout for more free fruit on my travels.
Friday, 23 August 2013
Baby sale
Savings
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
What have I spent my swagbucks on
Well I have bought several birthday and Christmas presents with the vouchers. Also lots of party bits for A's birthday, lunch boxes and cake toppers etc. I also treated us to a nice portable hard drive as well as some odd random things I've always wanted like a melon baller and wavy knife!
My next aim is a big one, I'd love to get enough for a PS4 (the new play station coming out later this year!) Me and my husband are both gamers and it would make a great Christmas present to ourselves! So I think they will be around £350 and I currently have £50ish sitting in my Amazon account so that's £300 I need before December! Not sure I will get that much, I would be happy to get half that much actually lol. I'm not far off my next £25 voucher. I'll have to work out how many SBs I will need to get a day if I want to get the PS4 before Christmas.
Edit: well I've worked out I would need to earn 335 SBs a day to get £300 before Christmas! I'm lucky if I can get 200 a day so I'm going to aim for 152 a day to get £150 in vouchers.
Here is my referral if anyone is interested in joining Swagbucks:
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/kerrypage81
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Changing mobile network
Several months ago I thought I'd change my mobile network to see if I can save a bit of money.
I was on Vodafone paying £35 per month. I think I had unlimited calls and texts and 500mbs of internet. Well my husband gave me his old phone which is still in good condition and works well so I decided to go for a sim only contract with GiffGaff. I'm now paying £10 per month for 500 minutes of calls, unlimited texts and 1gb of internet usage.
I change to GiffGaff in December and so I have worked out I have saved £200! I'm amazed as I am no worse off with the package I have. I do have less calls but I never use up my allowance or even get close. I also never phone out from my house phone in an attempt to use more of my free calls.
I have a reveral link below to send off for a free GiffGaff sim card. If you go through my link you get an extra £5 credit for free when you register!
https://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/alix81
Monday, 8 July 2013
Couch to 5K
Its an NHS podcast that coaches you to be able to run 5k in 9 weeks.
I started this a while ago with my sister and going from hardly being able to run we have just completed a 20 minute run with out stopping! I'm so proud of us :D
We have just finished week 5 (you should do 3 runs a week) so 3 more to go!
What makes it a bit more difficult is that 2 days a week we take H in his buggy so we take turns pushing him! He seems to enjoy it lol
I'm trying to loose the last half a stone to get back from my pre pregnancy weight and this is really helping. i'm loosing around half a lb a week so that's pretty good)
If you want to do it too here is a link to the NHS C25K page: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Bit of bad luck
Why does everything go wrong at once? Last week I had a particularly awful day, first the fridge decided to freeze everything again, then my washing machine chewed up a pair of my daughters leggings. After investigating why that could have happened I notice the drum has a massive dent in it. I also knocked a Demby plate off the work top and it smashed. I thought bad luck comes in threes but I was wrong as some idiot decides to kick off my wing mirror. What makes that even worse is that I only fitted a new one the week before as the old one had been held on with duct tape for most the year. I felt really proud of myself for fitting it as well.
Well the new washing machine arrived today and fridge freezer will be here next week. The Demby plate can wait till the next sale in debenhams and currently driving around with no wing mirror... Might just get the duct tape out again!
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Weekly weigh in
Every week the girls in my family weigh ourselves and say if we have lost or gained weight. Well I stayed the same this week so that's ok really. I only have around half a stone to loose anyway. Just need to exercise a bit more.
I have been doing an exercise challenge.. I'll see if I can post the picture... Well I've just done day 9 and its started to get hard! Hoping to see results soon, I do get impatient haha.
Mobile blogging
Just having a go at blogging from my mobile. I downloaded the free app from Google play and so far so good, it seems to be working!
Anyway I won't make this too long in case it vanishes when I post it!
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Earning websites - NeoBux
As I have just joined I really have no clue what its like or even what I'm doing! You seem to be able to earn in three formats: $, NeoPoints and NeoCoins, I don't know the relevance of this yet. I'll have to update when I find out more about it!
I think this banner is my referal if anyone would like to sign up:
Monday, 3 June 2013
Back to School and a bit of exercise
Another good thing about going to school is the walk, its around 3/4 mile to school so a mile and a half there and back. Its my chance to get some exercise, H goes in the buggy and we walk to school and jog back. Some mornings I'll meet up with my sister and we will jog along the sea front if its a nice day. I would like to join the gym but our local one doesn't have a crèche and its awkward getting someone to look after H. Maybe I'll join when he starts nursery next year.
Work stuff
At least things seem to be looking up and the work I am doing to my website seems to be working and attracting people again. Here's to a better June! :)
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Swagbucks
You can earn swagbucks (SBs) from completing certain actions on the site. Swagbucks offers many ways, such as surveys, videos, tasks, polls, games, competitions.......lots of things really.
You currently need 849 SBs to get a £5 Amazon voucher or 1049 SBs to get £5 to your paypal account. I only exchange my points for Amazon vouchers as you get more for your bucks but sometimes I think the cash would be nice!
Last year I managed to buy a lot of Christmas presents on Amazon and I hardly had to use my credit card! It made things so much easier. Since January this year I have made £140 in Amazon vouchers :-D (although I have spent a lot of it on presents and a few treats for myself hehe). Making £25 a month is very do-able if you can do a survey everyday. I have read about people who have made up to £50 a month!
Here is my referral if anyone is interested in joining:
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/kerrypage81
Apologies...
H has fallen asleep in my arms and I dare not move in case he wakes up.
Mortgage free dream
So I though I'd start this blog to kinda keep a record of all the things I'm doing to pay our mortgage off quicker.