Tuesday 27/1/09 What small dfw things have you done today???

OberonSH

Wow - my own list looks pretty poor in comparison!

Milly - think of it as less paying for a games console, and more an investment in some peace & quiet!;)

Olive - Christmas 2009 already? Noo. Someone somewhere knowshow many shopping days there are left - BTW there's only 10 paydays left after this one.....

My list looks like this:

• Put on another loaf for tomorrow
• use up last bit of veg from veg box for some yummy soup
• [STRIKE]do the shopping and fill the cupboard with smart price stuff[/STRIKE]!
• [STRIKE]Payday, so make sure the money's moved to the relevant accounts[/STRIKE]
• Take DH his tea later, he's going out straight from work to his roleplay club so will save him 'having' to buy an expensive kebab on the way!
• Check some survey sites I've not touched in a while - must get back into my routine
• clean the house, for tomorrow I'm working
• Make homemade pasties for tea
• Get sorted out ready for next round of ebay/ebidding. Dig out scales, packaging etc.
• Take stuff out of my cabinets, as a friend is taking them off my hands - not charging him (not very MSE!) but I just want them gone lol.

Here's for a NUSD (No Unnessecary Spending Day) - It's my grocery shopping day, so a NSD is off the cards!

Urgh halfway through the day and not done much yet lol. MSE is just too addictive - just one more competition....

princess_loki

hello all

havent been about for a bit as have had some problems at home. mainly about oh's surgery on 5th feb. he is worried about it and taking it out on me and the morphine makes his head all fuzzy and he gets cross.

but i have been quietly dfw in my own little ways:
- got AA cover through quidco
- asked for discount off new boots for oh (little bit scuffed) and got £5 off
- made dinner last night from fridge leftovers (leftover pasta in tomato sauce with old mushrooms, onion, squishy peppers, spinach and cheese sauce baked in oven) was very tasty!
- booked the only builder that bothered to quote me to start the job first week of feb
- anglian water have dug up the road for me and fitted the stopcock so now i can turn the water off!!


todays plans are:
- fill up my brown bin with more stuff that i cant compost
- clean kitchen floor
- use some reduced tuna for dinner tonight with veg that has been in freezer forever!
- phone plumber again about fitting toilet
- place and additional order with avon for really good customer
- find charger for electric toothbrush

hope everyone is having a good day - off to put on silly socks and try and sparkle a little

loki x

retrocircles

Today I will:

- Get back onto the DFW bandwagon! I've fallen off ever so slightly.
- Check bank accounts --DONE
- Cancel vets appointment --DONE
- Check blogs/forums --DONE
- Enter competitions
- Play animal crossing (haha) --DONE
- Do monthly finances
- Attack ironing at least a little bit
- Dry washing naturally --DONE
- Start job applications
- Start painting the hall
- Sort spare bedroom for Ebay stuff
- Phone HMRC
- Throw/charity shop/freecycle stuff that didn't sell on Ebay
- Write up some Ebay listings for the weekend
- File lost item with Royal Mail for refund
- Pay bills when DH gets home

MUST.GET.ORGANISED!

Nic25

Morning all!
Can't believe it's 11:30 and I'm still on the first page today!! :rotfl:

Hopoe everyone's well - I had a nice long lie today so feeling good and ready to get lots done (although I'm still sitting in my pyjamas! )

So, here's todays list:

• put freshly washed covers on bed
• 3 washings washed and on airers
• walk up to mum and dads with dog for exercise
• take photos of some more Ebay items for challenge
• actually list a few more items on Ebay
• [STRIKE]daily scratch card[/STRIKE]
• write 2 new reviews
• [STRIKE]answer any new surveys available[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]check for feedback from mystery shop from yesterday[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]get up to £16.00 total on STP[/STRIKE]
• go to bank to check finances and move money around (no wage this week :mad: )
• clean out bedroom (really just to find some more stuff to Ebay!)
• clean shower (horrible job :rolleyes: but needs must)
• find 2 new job vacancies and apply
• [STRIKE]find out about listing items on Amazon[/STRIKE]
• go to pound shop to buy cheap batteries for camera

Hope everyone has a great day! Be back later to catch up with everyone

KTjazz

Hello everyone,

I am struggling to get on here every day at the moment, I need to keep ducking in and out (sounds interesting!)

today I have/will

- update MSE diary
- washing at 30°C
- store cupboard meals (might spend 40 on skips later)
- Low or NSD
- orchestra tonight
- sparkle
- charge phone at work

That is all for the moment.

((hugs)) for everyone.

KTjazz,
ps. for those keeping up with the diary, caffeine withdrawl has officially hit...

Head-Out-Of-Sand

Morning All!

Another NSD day for me today - only thing I'm paying for is Ebay items postage, but that's being paid for by buyers so it doesn't count!

Today I have/will:

- [STRIKE]storecupboard breakfast[/STRIKE]/lunch/dinner
- [STRIKE]Free scratchy[/STRIKE] - got 20p! First time more than 10p!!
- [STRIKE]Check bank online[/STRIKE] - yep, still skint!! Should have MS payments going in today though.
- Go for a walk/jog (we'll call it interval training!) and 1 hour on the Wii
- Send of Ebay items
- List 20 more items for ebay
- [STRIKE]Price up & write out payday shopping list [/STRIKE]- all in, including showergel, toothpaste, non perishables, veggies etc etc should be just under £31...:D includes treating myself to some non-manky coffee!
- try to find a £10 De Vere room to go away for my birthday in March

Have a good day everyone! xx

ElizabethJH

Hey Everyone!!

I've not been on this thread for a bit - haven't been doing the little things to be honest.. but think I need some motivation this month so I'm back!!

so I have

*Cooked whole whoopsied (£2) Chicken - Breast meat will last sandwiches for rest of week, Bones and juices are in the slow cooker today making a load of Stock for soups... Thigh and sloppier meat I've put in the freezer and undecided what I'll make with it yet... I'm meant to be cooking a nice meal for OH next week so will use for that!
*Have brought lunch
*Computer charger at home is broken so I have shopped around for cheapest replacement (after seeing if anyone had spare first!) and am importing from Hong Kong for a third of price!
*Eating Dinner at sisters
*NSD
*Will not buy any new books..... this is getting hard, but I have plenty of second hand ones that I have been given that I should try and read first!

Hope everyone is well Princess Loki - haven't read this thread for a while so sorry to hear OH is having surgery - well done for staying DFW through it!!

Pippilongstocking

...and a special :hello:to Fay and Mrs A, haven't seen you around so much recently, missed you both.

...and a hug for Olive, you're doing so well, a real motivator!

Hi Piq - waving back - head down at the mo - trying to keep my job/studies going - battling with the supervisor as always!!

Glad the PPI money coming in handy - hope hte horse is behaving.....how the lodger settling in? I must read your diary.

Waving to all - put washign on line this am (before 7.30 am) hoping my optimism will pay off, have 8 towels to find homes for tonight - bless the little towel munching ds - off to walk doggies in a mo in an attempt to get motivated.

Learning the word NO - I can't do that right now at work alot. Funny no one seems to appreciate that one............ho hum - hugs to you all and big waves Piq xxx

bathgatebuyer

Walking back to the car today after working, therefore, saving £1.20;
Will comp a bit later (although less than the 3 hours I did last night!);
Will check Pigsback and Quidco to see where my accounts are;
Will consider selling my body to pay for my car repairs (£500 quid!)

NB - The last one is not totally serious!

tudorfan22

Well I had a fab day yesterday – felt incredibly OS in my ways! Was inspired to drag out all the wilting, manky veg in the freezer and make a pasta bake with them instead of chucking them, made the best cheese and tomato bake and used up all the brownish, floppy peppers, mushrooms and onions I could find – also found out that we have 3 odds and ends of different types of cheese in the depths of the fridge – including an unopened (but turning a little blue) bag of grated mozzarella, so made a cheese topping with cheese and crème fraiche. Made 2 huge dishes of bake which OH and I devoured with all the odd bags of frozen veggies in the freezer – a very DFW meal as a year ago I would have binned all the ingredients rather than make a dinner from them! Very pleased! And I still have a whole dish left for lunches at work all week!

Plus it was a NSD yesterday if you don’t include the fact that I booked my honeymoon – but im not including that!!!

Today I shall:

• Check online banking – have I got my pet insurance refund?
• Check ebay buyer has paid
• Check quidco make sure honeymoon has tracked – should be about £75 by my calcs!!!
• Used posh free face cream sachet cos I had pillow creases that looked like wrinkles this morning so I felt I needed a posh moisturiser!!!
• Ebay items that sold
• Write complaint letter to TGI Fridays and Frankie and bennys – poor service, hope ill get some vouchers and an apology – don’t ask, you don’t get!
• Read 3 for £1 trashy magazine tonight or library book – wow I know im gonna love this new book, its 452 pages and huge, its about Louis XIV’s secret wife – ill be reading it whilst im on holiday in spain – so it’ll always be treasured!
• Have above mentioned bake for lunch at work – colleagues with cheese and tom sandwiches can watch and weep!
• Wearing blue stripy socks
• Extra half hour at work for flexi time
• Try to maintain OS frugal ways for tea tonight – don’t ruin it all by having take away!