What small DFW things will you be doing this week? WC 03/07

Morning everyone,

Another hot sticky night last night and didn't sleep great.

Hoping for a NSD today, it's been a while since I've had one of those.

* Washing on and hang outside to dry
* Received an invite from Buzzagent to try some new Shredded Wheat cereal so accepted that and look forward to a couple of boxes in the post
* Workout later this afternoon if I can bear doing it in the heat
* Need to tackle the mountain of ironing, might leave it until Sunday when it's cooler
* Update payments spreadsheet
* Complete some surveys on Swags

Have a great day everyone!

Morning everyone,

Another one who didn't sleep well, too warm. Todays jobs

-write a shopping list for our barbi tomorrow. A farewell party for our youngest who is off to Australia with his gf for a year. We are going to miss him
- already checked bank
-list 10 items in my ebay shop
-post 7 items out this morning
-we need to tidy the garden for tomorrow although it's looking pretty good at the moment
-strip and wash the bedding in the spare room as mum and dad are staying over tomorrow night.
-pick up some Australian dollars, just a little gift for youngest DS so they have some currency at the airport

Phew chill and relax tonight.. Have a good day all x

morning everyone

well back to work I go
on a good note I've managed to secure 11 hrs extra hours every little helps lol

today
ebay
wash on
meals from stores
nsd fingers crossed
hoover

better go get to work lol

xxxxlppxxxx

Afternoon all,

Julie67, I can't imagine how you must be feeling but it must be up there with first day at school!

Welcome, Dani

Unlike everyone else I could sleep for England! I had a nap yesterday afternoon, woke to eat something in the evening and then fell asleep again! I woke at 8am today just in time to enjoy the alarm not going off

So far today I've:

Re fixed my mortgage saving me £27 per month on the variable rate

Loaded the dishwasher

Put some washing on

Watered the garden

Brushed the carpet with the cat grooming brush to get the cat hair off

Cleaned the fish tank, as well as the 22 babies in the small tank I've spotted another in the big tank that must have either got sucked up with the water or come in on one of the plants. I couldn't catch it but it's survived this long without being eaten (or even seen!) so fingers crossed for it!

This afternoon I need to:

Return the forms to the new GP

Eye test at 3pm

Do a little bit of sorting of the garden store.


In other news, my mum gave me some cash for my birthday soon, most of it will go towards debts but I have bought myself a ticket to see Tom Petty in Hyde Park on Sunday. I am beyond excited, my favourite male artist being supported by my favourite female artist, it doesn't get much better!

Afternoon Friday Frugalistas,
Odd sort of day.....back still aching like mad plus not feeling great from other issues, but is it getting me down? 'Nooooo!'. Well, it is a bit, actually, but nevertheless, I've had a productive day & have now come to a temporary standstill as am having to wait in for the Fish man to bring my order. So here are today's efforts to spend less & stay solvent:
*Finished meal plans for next week, basing heavily around a big joint of pork we are aiming to cook on Sunday. Evangelical about leftovers in this house!
*Wrote shopping list.
*Put all vouchers ready for grocery shopping tomorrow.
*Updated grocery budget & paid Week 1's shop off CC (only use it for loyalty vouchers which help with clothes, gifts, etc).
*Re-embursed myself £9.50 from Household Piggy to keep smaller budgets straight.
*NSD. Could have had car this afternoon but no point as have to wait in for fish man.
*Freezer containers & filet knife all at the ready for fish delivery as will cut into portions & freeze for fishy meals for the next 2 months.
*Picked more sweet peas from garden for a fragrant bouquet on lounge windowsill.
*Entered a competition & 2 prize draws.
*Pack a couple of filled rolls, crisps & mini-muffins to take with us on city centre trip tomorrow. Am happy to buy coffees while we're there & possible a treat to share (or may take mini-scone contraband!) but not to then waste £15 -ish on a very average supermarket cafe lunch because we've arrived to get our groceries at lunchtime when we're hungry.
*Divvy up the slow cooker BBQ sauce I made yesterday. Need a goodly amount for BBQ tomorrow but rest can be frozen for future use & will tempt mr f away from hanging his nose over premium brands of such sauces in the supermarket for a little while!
*Cleaned whole house using minimal products & microfibre cloths. Couldn't lift Dyson upstairs with my bad back but mr f unexpectedly popped back home for lunch, as if he knew there was a Dyson-hoisting job just waiting for him.
*Checked veggie garden - no need to water today as we had a tremendous downpour & thunderstorm last night.
Well, that's today's bits & pieces. Intend to knit & watch 'Handmaid's tale' while I wait for the fish man......hope he's not too late, but to be fair, he is coming all the way from Grimsby. Oh.........& an encouraging piece of post today......our statement on our loan account arrived (the one we had to have to help with changing our car last year). It's the 1st statement since we paid off a big lump sum chunk & together with the regular monthly payment, it was lovely to see that the 'Amount outstanding' will begin with a '3' from early next month, instead of a '7'. It annoyed me all over again that I've had to use such a big chunk of the next big instalment to replace a naughty washing machine & some other bits & pieces, but am determined to build up this chunk of money again for another big payment.
Right. Am looking out for vans & the smell of fish!
Cheers all,
F x