New Year's Day 1/01/09 What small dfw things have you done today???

andan

Princess loki, nice to see you back and glad the elf duties went well. Hope you get a new job soon.

Pips mum, no baby yet then, its certainly holding on in there! The massage pub thing went well, although i had to almost drag people along to have a massage as most people didn't really want one. However at least three people were definitely interested in having future treatments, especially one person who liked the idea of the discounts i offer. Thanks for asking.

Kalojac, glad to see you back, its lovely to see old faces returning. Hope you had a good Christmas and start to the New year. My lists can not slow down, not when its the start of the year, i get more excited over Jan 1st than any other day of the year:rotfl:

hampsterpoo

Happy New Year to all

Today I have/will

Had breakfast cooked for me by Mrs HP
Watched Mrs HP tidy the house like a woman on a mission, taking down xmas decs.
I have put xmas decs away in loft.
Put a couple of items aside to boot sale pile.
Polished everything.
I have done daily scratchcards 20p+10p
will check for surveys later and do clicks.

bathgatebuyer

Washed at 30 degrees, not bought any newspapers - instead reading them online;
Cleaning out the loft and hoovering!
Watching some DVDs and recorded TV.

Fell asleep last night just before the bells and woke at 6 am with the lights and TV still on so have to make up for it today!

Lemon_Tree

hi today i've:
checked banking and moved some money around
done the scratch card (10p)
having left overs from last night, dinner turned out yummy in the end
not going to turn on the calor gas until OH gets home at 8

Paulgonnabedebtfree

I've done loads of sorting out today and although there's plenty more to do, I feel very pleased with myself that I've done so much. I have to laugh at myself though. My larder looks like a supermarket stock rotation excercise. With high shelf life food, I've often just dumped it in a dark cupboard in a pile that I can hardly see. Once in a while I might grab something from there but end up slinging some of it as it would be a long way past it's best before date.
No more of that behaviour. I've got all the stuff that needs to be eaten in the next few weeks at the front of the shelves. I was astonished to find that I actually have 10 kilos of various types or rice LOL (I live on my own). One packet has Feb 09 as it's best before date so that's at the front.
I feel a lot of vegetable curries coming on.
I've not been a well organised person over the years. As my debts mounted, I had to work harder and longer and was often too fatigued to sort my home out even when I did have some free time (pretty rare).
Having some time off in the past few days has helped me make some changes.
I am finding that sorting out my debt issues is not just about money for me. It's about re-structuring large parts of my life. Being self-employed can be a double edged sword too. It means that I have to have decent work organisation too. Fortunately, I am quite well organised with my work life. It's my domestic life where I've needed to make big changes. In fact, if you saw how well my work is organised and how poorly my home life has been organised, you would be baffled and wonder how those two things could co-exist in the same person.
Anyway, coffee time now then onward and upwards. !!

mbaz

Afternoon all!

Happy new year!!

This is so going to be my year!!

Today I have/will

- finished uni application
- chivvied my reference for uni app so I can get it sent off
- worked a bank shift at hospital
- working tonight (double time)
- cleaned house

hope everyone is having a good day!

x

JayneC

Hello all. Decided I'm going to be less of a 'lurker' in 2009 and join in more so today i have;
Checked online banking
Updated my spending spreadsheets
Joined Spending Diary.com
Washed with soapnuts and dried over radiators
Put blanket over my knee instead of turning up heating (lol)
Stayed at home for breakfast (had planned to go to sea front cafe but half the family didn't manage to get up til afternoon!!!Still that saved some pennies...)
NSD
Still to do;
Baking (maybe. lol)
check cupbaords and write shopping list

andan

Nice to see some new folk today, hope your all having a great start to the New Year.

Mbaz, what do you want to study at Uni? Best of luck with it all.

Beencounting

Hi All

Happy New Year!! Hope you all had a fab evening last night, we tuned into Jools, which I really enjoyed as Kelly Jones was on….mmmm!

Today I have/will:

• Checked my bank account
• Done free scratchcards (only started this yesterday…)
• Used leftovers from yesterday’s tea for lunch today
• Going to walk to my parents for a cuppa (free exercise)
• Set up spreadsheet for January (budget already done)
• Washing @ 30
• Find at least 3 things to put on Ebay
• Find out what spendingdiary.com is all about (thanks JayneC)

Sophiesmum – I’m intrigued by your ‘do one thing just for fun’ – did you manage to cross this one off? What did you do? One of my NY resolutions is to do some free/cheap fun things every week, has anyone got any ideas?

Piquant & Fayjmck– did you do the ‘fun thing’?

Andan – I love the huge lists you post – wish I had as much energy as you!

Sarah147 – loved the story about the tree lol!!! :rotfl:

Paulgonnabedebtfree – sounds like you’re really going for it…think I’ll try to keep up

Just noticed how late I am posting – late start…I think I’m becoming nocturnal :rotfl:

Been

Pookie_lou

Hi guys, happy new year!

Been busy today, had a gathering last night, so cleaned and tidied when everyone had left and took christmas decs down, and am now getting my finances and plans back on track so..

Today I have - found camera out ready for ebay pics
- had NSD
- checked online banking and transferred money
- Found 5p!
- Sorted out recycled pressies for up and coming birthdays


I will - meal plan for next week
- party leftovers for lunch and dinner
- list items on ebay / amazon
- start new spending/ finance planner in new diary

Have a great day everyone