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Sunday 7/12/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

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  • taplady
    taplady Posts: 7,184 Forumite
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    Morning everyone!

    very interesting to see what you are all upto today!

    Here's my moneysaving efforts
    • check online banking
    • make HM soup
    • eat from cupboards and freezer
    • hang washing on airer
    • turn down thermostat - feel the cold too much to have it off completely as I have reynauds syndrome
    • write christmas cards and pass them onto Mum who will give a lot of them out(saves postage)
    • buy some coal on offer for our fire - can save on the central heating a bit
    • re read the tightwad gazette
    thats about it for now. hope you all have a great day
    Do what you love :happyhear
  • halight
    halight Posts: 3,629 Forumite
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    Hi all,
    Today i will
    Cheak to see if there are any online servays for me to do,
    cheak internet banking
    Do my payment a day on my CC,
    make some homemade soup to take to work for my lunch next week.

    I hope thay everyone is well and keeping warm on this cold but sunny(here in the midlands)
    All the best and enjoy your sunday
    :jYou can have everything you wont in lfe, If you only help enough other people to get what they wont.:j
  • andan
    andan Posts: 2,110 Forumite
    Good morning everyone. Nice to see you back casper, you have been missed.

    Lily, glad you are feeling happier today, i think you are doing remarkable considering your situation.

    Bathgatebuyer, i will be joining you in the ironing marathon today!!:rotfl:

    Today's things:
    -Last load of washing on 30
    -I have moved around clothes and sorted out dry ones that i can get away with not ironing and put some on coat hangers and hanging up to dry in airing cupboard, to dry quicker.
    -No heating on at present, despite the frost and cold, the threat of gas and elec going up by £35 a month, has got us looking at cutting it all down, although despite us not having it on that much we are still using more gas than last year:confused:
    -have continued using up old beauty products

    -Sorting through yesterday's post and am pretty pleased, i have just recieved a free diary for next year from one of the bookies i belong to
    -Also two months worth of free dvds from lovefilm, schools close on the 19th, so it would be nice to have some good films to watch over christmas!!

    -Am sorting out all posts and a load of financial papers and bags of bits and pieces
    -I will continue to work through the 200emails i have
    -Do some more surveys

    -Email person back to try and fit them in for a massage
    -Sort through clothes as they dry through out the day and put on radiators as necessery
    -Make meals from storecupboard
    -Move money around and place some matched bets
    -Sort out weekly plan that i should have done yesterday
    -Go through nvq work and do ABC form
    -Create permission form for child study
    -Fill out a form for work, don't get paid for this, but it benefits the children and thats more important
    -Look at next lot of massage related courses
    -Go on business site for advice
    -Spend 30mins on promoting business
    -Look for mystery shops
    -Do boring household jobs, ie clean both bathrooms and hoover through house, oh joy!!
    -Check eon site for more ways to be energy efficient!!
    -Do marathon ironing!


    Think that is enough to keep me busy, everyone have a good day
    :j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j


  • Hi Andan
    We have also received free diaries from some of the bookies used for matched betting. SJ and PP so far. :D OH hs been handing them out to friends who I'm sure think he has a problem:rotfl:
    Reduce,re-use, recycle.






  • cassey1
    cassey1 Posts: 1,531 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I won, I won, I won!
    I have just read the rest of yesterdays posts.

    Mrs Audus and Andan,thank you,i had a great night.
    Andan,well done on completeing the course
  • cassey1
    cassey1 Posts: 1,531 Forumite
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    welcome ratty 67.
  • Hi everyone

    Thanx so much for making me feel so welcome, I've really missed you all. Motivates me so much and makes me want to do everything at once just to catch up lol.

    Busy day here. Have a great day everyone.
    Andan
    That's one serious list, good luck with it x

    Cheers
    Casper
    x x
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  • andan
    andan Posts: 2,110 Forumite
    Sophiesmum, i just love free things, i do often wonder what the bank think of me when they see all this money going out to bookies. Every now and then the fraud team won't let me do a transaction as it may be for a large amount into a bookies, i then have to phone them up and explain, it always makes me laugh.

    Glad you had a good night Cassey, thanks for the congratulations, am now planning my next course!!

    Welcome ratty, the more the merrier.
    :j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j


  • Good morning everyone *creeps in quietly with a hoarse voice and an ever so slight headache*

    Well, I had a good night last night! And you, my lovely DFW friends, will be pleased with me as I spent under half of what I had a budgeted for! The money I have left is going in the wedding pot...it's a good feeling (which luckily is stronger than my headache!):j

    Small list for me:
    • Check lottery ticket
    • Read news online rather than getting newspaper
    • NSD
    • Have tea round Aunties tonight - lovely free food!
    • Chill out on sofa this afternoon with OH and a blanket rather than the fire on
    • Make packed lunch for tomorrow and get work stuff ready
    Sadly that's it for me! Have a lovely Sunday everyone xxxx
    Joint debt with OH at LBM Sept 08 (excluding mortgage & student loan) - £34,069 :eek:

    Getting married 05/09/09 :love:

    To lose for the big day (lb) 2/51
  • mizzy2
    mizzy2 Posts: 149 Forumite
    Hi all

    Today I will
    -have won 20p on daily scratchcard
    -heating is off its nice and sunny!
    -worked from 7pm - 2am last night so like a night out and didnt spend anything!
    -final look through essay and print off ready to hand in on fri
    -boyf at work so xbox/tv off
    -1 quick wash to do will have to put heating on later for it to dry.
    -doing dooyoo review/ratings. im the featured reviewer this week yay!
    -tidy up flat is full of my clothes on the floor.
    -doing slicethepie whilst on computer

    have a nice weekend everyone
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