What do you do to earn / save extra money ?

[lizzie18]

As i need some ! LOL

Im currently looking for another job thta i could do in the evenings ( although fed up of searching !!! ) and have today canceled my window cleaner, ok only £4.50 a month but i have also got in with a local hairdressers to let ther trainees practise on my hair ( done this before and not as bad as it sounds ! lol ) meaning my hair cuts are now free instead of £30 a time !!!


any recomendation of evening work ??? wouldnt make a good lap dancer, dirty phone line chat girl ! lol

and other things to help ???? i use quidco already xxx

[clockwatcher]

Paper round? Delivering leaflets? Delivering pizzas?

[Gizmos]

local beauty school - had free massages two weeks running ....

[Beej]

Delivering Betterware/Kleeneezie catalogues or local free paper.

[Miss Wetwipe]

http://www.bingojobs.co.uk/

This is a good one if you want to work as a bingo CM or do editorial writing. I know quite a few people who have got jobs through these - mainly as editorial writing. No experience was necessary (apart from a bit of knowledge about bingo and/or casino's) and they earn about £50 a week for around 5 hours work.

[lizzie18]

http://www.bingojobs.co.uk/

This is a good one if you want to work as a bingo CM or do editorial writing. I know quite a few people who have got jobs through these - mainly as editorial writing. No experience was necessary (apart from a bit of knowledge about bingo and/or casino's) and they earn about £50 a week for around 5 hours work.

oooh thanks for this sounds good, struggeling to way up childcare for 2 children and full time work at the mo ( basically the fact my childcare fees will be 10k a year if i go back full time !!!!) so something like this would be fab ! x

[lizzie18]

local beauty school - had free massages two weeks running ....

oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh thanks !! x

[lizzie18]

thanks for all ideas have repped you all ! x

[Gizmos]

also watch out for open evenings at local beuaty clinics - I went to one the day before a Christmas Party - got my makeup colours I needed - Indian Head Massage and a manicure - hehe all for free - plus a goody bag of mini Elemis samples that have been great when travelling

[Maverick]

I have to pay at my local beauty college, none of the ones round here are free :pout:

[lizzie18]

also watch out for open evenings at local beuaty clinics - I went to one the day before a Christmas Party - got my makeup colours I needed - Indian Head Massage and a manicure - hehe all for free - plus a goody bag of mini Elemis samples that have been great when travelling


oh blimey thats sounds really good !!! desperate for a manicure , may put a wish list together !!!! LOL XX

[microjan]

oooh thanks for this sounds good, struggeling to way up childcare for 2 children and full time work at the mo ( basically the fact my childcare fees will be 10k a year if i go back full time !!!!) so something like this would be fab ! x

How much will you actually be better off by going back to work full time after paying child care costs, petrol, lunches buying more convienience foods etc
depending on what job you do it may be more ecconomical to stay at home , enjoy your children, do more shopping aound and more home cooking, there are many things we think are important or essential, but perhapes in a childs eye are not, i have given up work, and i am financially better off, the holidays abroard are not important, being there to help my children with their GCSE's A' level work is more important to me.
i know perhapes this may not be a 'luxury open to all', but i have spoken to some people to work in factories at night so they their children can have the most expensive trainers, priorities differ with different people, as do their circumstances.

[lizzie18]

My thought exactly , i have been in a job i love for 4 years, i have cut down to 2 days a week one day there grandma has them and the other day is a saturday so there dad is at home. i saw a job advertised thats full time earning axp 6k more than i would going back to my own job full time, after paying child care fees though i would only be £200 a month better off !!! thats not deduction petrol etc either so would be less, i would be working a extra 25 hours a week too - madness !!!

we have really tightend up on our food shop, i cook from scratch virtually every day we cope fine on the money we earn but we REALLY want to get married next year ( a luxury i know !) i need an extra £300 a month to get what i need so hence looking at finding a top up on my income xxx

[lizzie18]

im just putting a cv together - silly i know but i have only been looking for jobs in papers etc, im going to take my cv to local hotels etc and see how i get on x

[microjan]

you are very sensible lizzie, congratulations on getting married nest year
Again, think about getting married involves and what you percieve people think you should do for a wedding, believe i have always done everything on a budget, usually is great success, lol.
Also perhapes think about what you already have got/ don't really need to what you really need/want there is a difference.
ok an example out of the air? you may have a large lcd tv do you need it when a conventional one will do, sell it buy the dress if that is what you feel is a need, i am only using examples, all i try to do is get people to think about things in a different way.

[lizzie18]

you are very sensible lizzie, congratulations on getting married nest year
Again, think about getting married involves and what you percieve people think you should do for a wedding, believe i have always done everything on a budget, usually is great success, lol.
Also perhapes think about what you already have got/ don't really need to what you really need/want there is a difference.
ok an example out of the air? you may have a large lcd tv do you need it when a conventional one will do, sell it buy the dress if that is what you feel is a need, i am only using examples, all i try to do is get people to think about things in a different way.


the venue we are hoping to pay deposit on next week is amazing , and yes not tottaly neccessary BUT we are willing to make sacrafices in other areas, we are getting married on our 10 year anniversary which happens to fall on a thursday , this has over halfed the venue cost !!!! plus they want an extra £450 for us to hold civil ceremony there i have managed to get this waived, we also have the option of cancelling daytime meal nearer the date and just serve a drink each and oversized canapes and go straight into evening party,.
i have brough my rings from goldsmiths already - so cost me nothing !!!!
there are pure luxury extras we plan on having , charicature etc but we dont have to give these a deposit so will wait till nearer the time to see how finances are.

we dont have any home luxurious really other than the pc, i have no sky tv, no playstations or plasmas etc so nothing to sell really, will sort out odd bits for ebay though and use that money to buy bits for wedding xxx

[microjan]

I wish you all the best of luck lizzie and hubby to be.
Evening shifts are good if you can get them at the local supermarkets, kids hopefully in bed, hubby to be to baby sit, you should only needd to work a couple of evenings a week to achieve your goal, good luck hun

[lizzie18]

Thank You ! X