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Sunday 4/1/09 What small dfw things have you done today???
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Cassey hope you had a nice time last night and happy birthday for today, enjoy your time with your friends.
MrsA, great news on registering the marriage
Lilian, aww how sweet getting engaged
Oliveoyl, nice to see you on here, sorry that you will be coming back and leaving popeye though!
Well because i have had a few busy days, today is my lazy day. Had a nice lie in this morning, although really can't call it a lie in as OH was tossing and turning all night or hogging the bed so i didn't get much sleep, so i need the few hours this morning just to catch up. Not happy!
So things for today:
-sort out nvq folders for going back to college tomorrow
-Put together child study stuff
-Heating has been off as i have been in bed and OH is at work so will be off most of the day, yay!! Think i won the battle last night, instead of putting the heating back on he used his blanket!!
-Cancelled a mystery shop as it wasn't worth it
-Off out for free lunch courteousy of a mystery shop
-Will be meeting up with a friend i haven't seen for a while, so killing two birds with one stone
-Will try and park out of town centre and get free parking
-Afterwards i will do another mystery shop which is free food, plus i get petrol allowance, so today will cost me hardly anything
-Have had a few bits to eat at home so i don't get tempted at the petrol station when needing to fill up, not paying their extortionate prices just because i'm hungry!
-Done daily scratch cards
-Picked up one mystery shop
-Put dates with nine mystery shops i have got, they are gym ones, so looking forward to getting fit over the next few months
-Continued using up old beauty products
-Done a review of 101 things, deciding which ones i am going to do this year
-Wrote down what i have currently done for each one
-Will look for cheap travel to London
-Start making pics for social story
-Tea from storecupboard
-Sort out clothes and see if i can get away with not ironing most of them
-Write list of things to do for when i get back to work
-Check freecylce for free things
-Write up mystery shopping reports
-Read up on fave threads
-Update spreadsheets and challenges
-Check matched bet
-Try and place another matched bet
-Do boring household jobs
-Scan shopping and upload on shop and scan
-Speak to friend about going to see the changing of the guards for when we go to London
-Work on 101 things in 1001 days
-Put change in sealed pot
Have a great day everyone, speak to you all later.:j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j
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Hi all:j
Very cold here and its just started to snow:T !!!!!!!
Anyway today i will/have done
Chaeak online banking,
cheak qidco,
do payment a day on my cc,
do any online servays,
have a great sunday everyone!:j:jYou can have everything you wont in lfe, If you only help enough other people to get what they wont.:j0 -
afternoon all
today I have /will do
daily clicks
free scratcheez 10p+20+10p
I WILL NOT go on youtube and be distracted from my chores, unlike yesterday
going to sisters for family xmas dinner.
Member of change Pip's name back to PIP club 
:jI've only blooming got my name on it :j0 -
No baby movement yet, must continue with :j :j :j
Happy Birthday cassey :bdaycake:
Princess loki - Ikea is evil and should be burned down!! You add so many "cheap" things to your trolley and dont even notice until you get to till and they give you a 3 figure total!! Thank god they didnt build it in Northampton like they were going to or I would be in there everyweek for swedish meatballs , yum!!
fedupandskint good luck with first loaf, found my first couple were a bit dodgy but have perfected the art now.
Right today I have/will- Transferred as much of balance as I could from MBNA card to Tesco (7.9% APR for life of balance)
- Make a cake/s for OH pack lunch next week.
- Rework budget, AGAIN!! Have had to do this every day so far this week for various reasons.
- Probably a NSD

I am booked in early with Midwife tomorrow for a sweep so might not get on here until later (or hopefully at all if it works!!) so have a good few days everyone x x xDebt at LBM [strike]£17,544[/strike] :eek: £5700:TOver £14,000 PAID OFF :T
2020 the year of less - Less debt, less waste, less spending, less stuff, less stress!0 -
Hi Everyone
Glad to see everyone doing so well.
SophiesMum - Thank you as ever, for keeping this thread going and keeping us motivated.
Cassey - Happy Birthday
My best friend and her OH left early this am. We loved having them over and it is making me feel very guilty for not having visited them last year. I will definately go and see them later this year.
I've got lots to do today to catch up and get ready for work too. Here is my list for today:- [STRIKE]Laundry hokey kokey - started[/STRIKE]
- Ironing
- Set out clothes for the next week - saves me having dilemmas in the mornings.
- [STRIKE]Email course administrator for my course to make sure I get registered for new module[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Refund on freeview box[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Storecupboard dinner[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]NSD[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Visit parents - dad's got some whoopsied loo roll for me![/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Collect old mobile from parents. My brother doesn't want it anyomore and it can earn me about £30. All will help to my extra £100 per month goal.[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]recycling[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Sort out information to call the tax office tomorrow - this too will help me to achieve one my annual goals[/STRIKE].
- Sort out living room where friends stayed (deflate airbed, move sofa back to its normal place, put linen and towels in wash basket)
- vacuum living room, hall and stairs
- clean bathroom and kitchen
- Meal plan - need to change it a bit
- Walk for 30 mins
- [STRIKE]check budget and accounts[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Update spending diary[/STRIKE]
URG x x0 -
Hi Guys,
Yesterday I didnt get any of my DFW things done, as an old friend came online so I hopped in the car to go see him, costing me £15 in petrol, but he paid for lunch.
So today I have/will:
*Checked quidco
*Checked greasypalm
*checked online banking
*will need to order my repeat prescrition online
*will use clubcard vouchers for RAC cover
*store cupboard meal
*write meal plan + shopping list
*price up shopping list
*wash clothes and air dry
*tons of washng up!
*iron in labels to DS school uniform
*clean flat
I think the best thing for me to start off with is get washed and dressed! I have only just got up :eek:
Lilly XDebt free date 23rd march 2009 🥳Autism is my super power 🏳️🌈 🌈✨0 -
afternoon everyone! back to work tomorrow, boooo!
Today I have- updated my snowball at whatsthecost.com
- cleared out the spare room wardrobe and found some great stuff that OH never wears, so going to recycle it back into his wardrobe

- Found an expensive denim skirt that i'll never wear again (unless I fall victim to a miracle virus and lose two dress sizes and five years
) so will eBay that next weekend - checked my banking
- only bought a sunday times and milk!
I will do meal planning now for the week!
Have a lovely lazy sunday
Claire0 -
I am booked in early with Midwife tomorrow for a sweep so might not get on here until later (or hopefully at all if it works!!) so have a good few days everyone x x x
its strange hardly write on here i like to read and get ideas on what to do to sort out my debts but been thinking about u and if u have had the baby yet (i have 2 girls myself) fingers crossed not long left. sending u pushing vibes for when the time comes.
anyhow back on to this today i have/ will
have a nsd woohoo about time too
have chicken for dinner so that is meals sorted out for the next couple of days even better
do some washing and air dry apart from the bedding no so good :mad:
will try my hardest to write to companies asking if a can make token payments for a bit
can't think what else at the moment:eek::eek::eek:grand total of debt on 21/1/11 is £8,208.19 :eek::eek::eek:
debt total on 30/07/12 is £4313.52
water £847.75, HSBC £479.66, vodafone £262.35, Captial one £415, AA £47.97, scotcall (scottish power) £622, Arrow £420, Welcome £642.41, CSA (scottish power) £484.90, BT £91.500 -
:j Afternoon all,
It's BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR here and I'm going to resist putting on the heating. I've had candles burning all day which has helped keep the temp consistent.
Any, so far I've:
- Done my daily quidco clicks 10p.
- Done surveys in my inbox and got screened out half way through. :eek:
- Made two big pots of soup to take to work for lunch.
- Changed the sheets and dusted the bedroom and living room.
- Done some of my cross stitch for Crafty Christmas 09.
This evening I will:
- Do the washing on 30 degrees and hang on airer.
- Have a go at cleaning the cooker with stardrops.
Above all, I will keep smiling :rotfl: :j
cxSealed pot challenge 2009 - target £750. Dec - April £275
April NSD - 15/200 -
Afternoon all :cheesy:
Today I have
[strike]Taken all the Christmas decorations down[/strike]
[strike]Taken Christmas cards down[/strike]
[strike]Cleaned house downstairs[/strike]
[strike]Had storecupboard brekkie and lunch[/strike]
For the rest of the day I will
- Turn Christmas cards into gift tags
- Carry on drying clothes around house (no laundry today, woohoo)
- Clean upstairs
- Have a NSD
- Have storecupboard/freezer dinner
- Do daily clicks and scratchcards
- Write out shopping list for the morning, should only need milk, bread and t-bags!Sealed Pot #418 ('09 £414.12) ('10 £550.90) ('11 £440.60)0
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