Friday 26 February 2010

Step 9 £1.28 to £2.56 - CURRENT

Step 9 £1.28 to £2.56

Method: Ok need make £1.09 to turn £1.47 into £2.56. Still thinking that buying something from charity shop so that I can add value to it and sell it on. Hmmmm I'll think on this.

Planning:

Starting Bal: £1.47
Finish Bal: £0.00
To complete step: £1.09

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - COMPLETED

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

Method: Today was a real good day for finding coins. Came out of the Station and found 20p looked down again and there was another 5p. So 25p in one hit which completes this Step. Then as I was going down Bird Cage walk found another 2p. 27p in total best day yet :-)

Planning: Keep your eyes scanning the ground

Starting Bal: £1.20
Finish Bal: £1.47
To complete step: £0.00

Onwards to Step 9 £1.28 to £2.56

Sunday 21 February 2010

A Penny

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

I have been lax in keeping the diary updated. Nothing much to report here found another 1p outside Mums house on the pavement. Creeping forward.

Starting Bal: £1.19
Finish Bal: £1.20
To complete step: £0.08

Thursday 18 February 2010

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28

Method: The coin drought seems to have finished. Found 1p at station on way home last night and another 1p as I got to the station tonight.

Planning:

Starting Bal: £1.17
Finish Bal: £1.19
To complete step: £0.09

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28

Method: Still going through a coin drought have found no lost coins on streets recently. Will have to try another tack.

Planning: Have set up ebay account and pay pal account. Then the thought occurred to me that in using the computer Im using a resource that hasn't been paid for by the system. Hmm that deserves more thought. The system says you can make limited use of, say a car, as long as you don't use it to make money by running a taxi service. So a PC must be the same.


Starting Bal: £1.17
Finish Bal: £1.17

Friday 12 February 2010

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28

Method: Been looking but there has been a coin drought the last few days so no further progress as yet.

Planning: Set up Ebay account

Starting Bal: £1.17
Finish Bal: £1.17

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28 - CURRENT

Step 8 £0.64 to £1.28

Method: Hmmm I need 11p to complete this will complete this step by finding more coins on floor.

Planning: Need to set up an Ebay account, I already have one but I would be benifiting from the good comments that I have so thats not aloud in the rules. I have also not used any loose coins found in house as thats already mine really. Likewise with my cup of loose change at work.

All money in the balance at present has been found on the street.

Starting Bal: £1.17
Finish Bal: £1.17

Step 7 £0.32 to £0.64 - COMPLETED

Step 7 £0.32 to £0.64

Method: the pound coin found today means that stage 7 is completed

Planning:

Step 7 Completed £0.32 to £0.64
Now on step 8 Step 6 £0.64 to £1.28

Need another 11p to complete Step 8

Starting Bal: £0.17
Finish Bal: £1.17

Step 6 £0.16 to £0.32 - COMPLETED

Step 6 £0.16 to £0.32

Method: Was keeping an eye out for any coins as I was cycling to the station this morning and found a 1 pound coin so that jumps me up a bit

Planning:


So Step 6 Completed
Step 7 Completed £0.32 to £0.64
Now on step 8 Step 6 £0.64 to £1.28

Need another 11p to complete Step 8

Starting Bal: £0.17
Finish Bal: £1.17

Sunday 7 February 2010

Step 6 £0.16 to £0.32

Step 6 £0.16 to £0.32

Method: Was out running this morning and found a penny on the floor which puts me on 17p total.

Planning:

Starting Bal: £0.16
Finish Bal: £0.17

Saturday 6 February 2010

Thoughts

Was looking in a charity shop window and noticed that certain ceramic items like a china robin (bird not batmans sidekick) was .50p Hmmm can I buy items from charity shop and sell on for a profit ... how would I add value.

Idea's

Re-Packaging
create sets of items that go together
think think think

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16 - COMPLETED

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16

Method: Still scanning the pavements for pennies which have been lacking in lost pennies in the last few days. Was lucky yesterday and found 5p on waterloo station and today i was coming out of a shop I said to myself "right I just need 1p to complete step" ... looked down and there was 1p on the floor as if by magic. So step 5 completed.

Planning: NA

Starting Bal: £0.10
Finish Bal: £0.16

onwards to step 6 £0.16 to £0.32

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift

Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every penny, of course?
Each of us has such a bank. It's name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against "tomorrow."
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running!! Make the most of today.

To realise the value of one year, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realise the value of one month, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realise the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realise the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realise the value of one minute, ask a person who just missed a train.
To realise the value of one second, ask someone who just avoided an accident.
To realise the value of one millisecond, ask the person who won a silver medal at the olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with. And remember time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why its called the present.

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16

Method: Today when I reached the station I decided to have a quick wander round rather than just standing waiting for train and found 2p so total now 10p.

Planning:

Starting Bal: £0.08
Finish Bal: £0.10

Monday 1 February 2010

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16

Step 5 £0.08 to £0.16

Method: Find,

Planning: None

Starting Bal: £0.08
Finish Bal: £0.08

Step 4 £0.04 - £0.08 - COMPLETED

Step 4 £0.04 - £0.08

Went out at lunch to building society and found 1p. Had a look around on way back but nothing to be seen.


Starting Bal: £0.07
Finish Bal: £0.08