101 challenges in 1001 days: money saving

Friday, 6 February 2009

Things that have happened today and yesterday

Found out today that both Mike and I have won free return flights with Jet2 - however I haven't had a confirmation email so we can't send off our booking request yet. Jet2 have said there will be a letter in the post so fingers crossed I get that through soon and we can book a holiday - hopefully to Dubrovnik as I will be able to scrub #26 off my list!

Yesterday I spoke to O2 about my cashback for staying with them (£150). They had BACS transferred it into a very old bank account that I no longer use! Stupid people. So now I have to wait for that to bounce and then they will send me a cheque. So they have until 19th February to send me that or I will be writing a very firm complaint letter. When I receive it it will go against my loan, in order to achieve #9 sooner.

Going to see a play tonight, True Love Lies at the Royal Exchange. Free tickets, won a competition. Going for 2 for 1 food at Gourmet Burger Kitchen first so it should be a very cheap night out :)

The List in full

#1 Create blog to track progress

#2 Maintain blog at least once a week

#3 Take Understanding Children course with open.ac.uk

#4 Learn Spanish to conversational level

#5 Go to a gallery once a month

#6 Start jogging at least once a week

#7 Get allotment presentable and producing

#8 Save mortgage deposit and buy house

#9 Become debt free (bar mortgage!)

#10 Get a hamster

#11 Get a rescue dog

#12 Visit Mr Magoo again

#13 Send 10 cards (not for birthdays or christmas)

#14 Visit 3 UK cities that I have never been to

#15 Learn to knit

#16 Take more photos, including ones of each challenge when completed

#17 Read and note down 101 books (including challenge 27)

#18 Watch and note down 101 films (including challenges 20 and 58)

#19 Learn how to make at least one curry well

#20 Watch 10 “classic” films – TBD

#21 Be properly fitted for a bra

#22 Volunteer with children

#23 Perform breast check weekly

#24 Watch/read and understand the news

#25 Do the Camino de Santiago – or at least part of it

#26 Go to Dubrovnik

#27 Read 10 “classic books” - TBD

#28 Complete Introduction to Social Sciences course

#29 Donate at least one box every Christmas to http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/

#30 Have a “date” with Mike once a week

#31 Give 101 things to charity

#32 Make £1001 on Ebay

#33 Have one night a week with no TV

#34 Take a monthly picture of Mike and I

#35 Visit parents twice during the year, not including Christmas

#36 Share a bottle of sparkling wine/cava with Mike every 27^th of the month to celebrate the day we met

#37 Learn a new word every week

#38 Research family tree

#39 Get a new job

#40 Learn to drive

#41 Get married

#42 Make a will

#43 Have breakfast “out” once a month

#44 Make some jam

#45 Send and receive 5 postcards through http://www.postcrossing.com/

#46 Learn basic sign language

#47 Make a cheesecake from scratch

#48 Find a dentist and go for a check up

#49 Buy and use a bread maker

#50 Buy and use a sewing machine

#51 Save £2 for every challenge completed

#52 Do 10 random acts of kindness

#53 Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice on www.freerice.com

#54 Lend to someone on http://kiva.org/

#55 Take biscuits or cakes into work once a month

#56 Complete Child Development course on open.ac.uk

#57 Learn jewellery making skills

#58 Watch a Bollywood movie

#59 Reacquaint myself with a lost friend

#60 Do something special to celebrate Mike's 35^th birthday

#61 Sell something I have made

#62 Go to a wine tasting

#63 Have a review or article published

#64 Watch every episode of Heroes, Lost and One Tree Hill broadcast

#65 See another play at the RSC that doesn't have David Tennant in

#66 Fill in address book

#67 Sponsor a child

#68 Get a bike

#69 Go to Alton Towers

#70 Go to the Zoo

#71 Plant a tree

#72 Make some cushions

#73 Carve a halloween pumpkin

#74 Paint a painting

#75 Go to the top of a mountain

#76 Watch an open-air film with a picnic

#77 Once a month go for a drink and think on my own

#78 Book a holiday paid for entirely with Tesco Clubcard vouchers

#79 Go for a walk in Chorlton Water Park once a month

#80 Visit 10 local places of interest

#81 Give blood again

#82 Buy a Scrabble board and play once a month

#83 Donate a blanket to http://projectlinusuk.org.uk/

#84 Organise a charity drive at work (charity TBD)

#85 Go camping

#86 Have 3 months of living expenses saved

#87 Get a bird table (when I have a garden)

#88 Put together a recipe book

#89 Take a sleeper train to Scotland

#90 Learn how to cross stitch

#91 Become first aid qualified

#92 Watch the whole of The Wire

#93 Watch the whole of Prison Break

#94 Go back to Paris

#95 Give away 10 books through bookcrossing.com

#96 Do sit ups twice a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays)

#97 Buy some Tom and Jerry DVDs

#98 Swim in the Mediterranean

#99 Go to a Salsa class

#100 Make a new list

#101 Open champagne and celebrate

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Friday, 6 February 2009

Things that have happened today and yesterday

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