Weekend - What small dfw things have you done thread....

my_mess

This is my first time posting on this thread, so bear with me

Today, I have (or will) :

- done daily scratchies - 2 x 10p
- checked online banking
- sort some more stuff for ebay
- pack up and send the items sold on ebay (x 4)
- made £2 PAD to A&L card
- done all daily clicks
- make sausage casserole in slow cooker
- placed online shopping order (no impulse purchases!)
- checked survey sites
- get stuck into grim housework
- write cheque to pay rent

YAY !
:j

miss_keep_counting

-Taken loads of stuff I'd left at my exs like cooking basics so I now have flour, sugar etc and plastic pots, ice cube tray. Decided to stop leaving useful stuff at homes when I leave them as I loose so much stuff that way!!
- Looked through the three cookbooks I'd left at ex's and regained and picked 5 recipies to use up my load of eggs etc and teach me some new stuff.
- Gone through my frozen meals from my batch cooking, added my HM steak and kidney pie to the stash and now have 9 meals to get me through the week.
- Written a shopping list and am about to go shopping and fingers crossed I stick to it!
- Used the teapot I nicked back from my ex and the tea I found from long ago (still in date for another 9 months) and made a pot of tea as opposed to my usual one cup
- When going shopping I'm going to pick up my free food sample from graze.com, I cancelled future orders so got it free!! plus 40 piggy points.
- I'm going bingo tonight with a friend to cheer her up rather then for a night out. So hopefully will win but if not I'll still save a good £30-40 compared to my usual night out! I'm also going to bring my homemade brownie and we can nibble them rather then being tempted.

Really please with my day off so far. I also need to do two loads of laundry, loads of tidying, start to photo some ebay stuff, transfer my numbers to my new cheaper phone (sim only rather then contract, saving me £15 a month plus need to ebay old phone) and fill out some forms for work this weekend so best be off to get busy

x

talliedebtbuster

Good afternoon all, ive jsut come back from my free gym trail and town, i didn’t like the gym at all! I only did 5mins on the rower then decided ooh yuk too many people and snottyness! So i went and got a free herbal tea and read the Saturday papers in the “relaxation” area! Lol
I did spend after that some pennies in the Turkish bakery on treats and m and s on treats and a French stick to go with dinner. And got a new hat and top with student discount in the sale in millets.The top is outrageoursly patterned but will keep me so warm.....its a 13-14 year olds and im 26!!! Thats how tiny i am!! lol
So a £20 pound spend for me today! And donated a 10 pound off voucher to a person in staples when you spend £25. Good karma i thought. I wasn’t going to use it as didn’t see anything worth getting.

OMG my essay over now ! Happy weekender to you all, regulars and newbies...rest of today i am....
· Reading for policing assignment
· Get tomatoes, mushrooms, ketchup to make spag bol later
· Iron uniform for tomo at work and get lunch ready for then
· Look for freebies

Sophiesmum...i live the icons you have...how do you put them on!!
Bathgatebuyer..well done on thte credit! Use it wisely!!
Oliveoyl....not sad! Im making up a plan later, going to be so strict and i hope all my figures stay good end Feb. I have 5k saved up now. Such an achievement for me, hoping next month to add 1k! Lets see!!
Misskeepcounting...good on you sorting that stuff out, maybe you could make pancakes with them or cakes?Ive never been bingo but it sounds so much fun!!

miss_keep_counting

talliedebtbuster wrote: »

Misskeepcounting...good on you sorting that stuff out, maybe you could make pancakes with them or cakes?Ive never been bingo but it sounds so much fun!!

Hehe, yeah Bingo isn't 100% my cup of tea but it's to cheer up a friend so we'll have a giggle. I've never won much though did witness someone winning 250K on the national thingy!

I'm thinking carrot cake, and also making flamenco eggs (this savory thing with eggs, spices and peppers) so that will sort out some of my stash. I bought 15 for £2 free range in ASDA and was pleased with the price, have 12 left with sell by date of 14th.

And good for you giving your voucher away :T I always give my coupons to friends and family but would be too shy to offer it to a stranger

~Yorkshire_Belle~

Hi everyone
Absolutely nothing DFW about the YBs household today

:rolleyes: Been shopping with OH - it's worse than going with the DSs! The amount of stuff that just 'fell' into the trolley!:eek:

:rolleyes: Also went to the butchers - v nice meat but quite pricey. No need to shop for rest of week at least though

:rolleyes: Hokey cokey underway but we have so much it's hardly DFW - and I am using the TD

Going for a walk this afternoon before we potentially get frozen in ! I suppose that is a bit DFW

See you all later/soon
Belle
x

sophiesmum_2

Hi Guys
Eventually ended up with 3 no 7 vouchers as was offered another by lady in boots who couldn't see anything she wanted - nice lady:D
Picked up two of the sets of no 7 make up brushes - had to put £2.83 to each of those and also picked up another nail varnish for £1.12, but as this had taken me over the £18 threshold I qualified for one of the free no 7 gifts - lovely make up bag with about 9 no 7 products in worth £31:j so was well happy with my bargains:D

If anyone else gets one of these gift bags there is also a 250 point coupon inside(against any no 7 skincare product) - so take it out before you use for a pressie;)

laura2481

Today I have/will

1. Take breakfast and lunch to work
2. Have a NSD (except travel pass covered by monthly budget)
3. Drink free tea and coffee at work
4. check online banking

and that's about it! Not very exciting.

Today when I bought my travel pass I did notice that it had gone up by £2.50 per month. There was a time when I wouldn't have noticed! That's an extra £25 per year. total costs for traveling to and from work now £1164 per year :eek:

Pips_Mum

Hello Everyone and welcome to Newbies

Having a chilled out day today as Pip being a good baby and OH off.

Pink socks with coloured spots on today! ( Anybody new must REALLY wonder why we all discuss our socks!!:rotfl:)

This weekend I have/will:

• Placed an order with Approved foods, realised after some things said out of stock so not sure what will happen with that any ideas?
• Had some coupons for Daily Mail half price and it also said if I have another 6 weeks of half price vouchers they will also send me £50 of M+S vouchers!! I have looked and looked for the catch but really cant see one.
• Washing hokey cokey at 30
• Going to make some dinners for freezer to make next week easier, thinking caseeroles and shepherds pies.
• Daily Scratches
• Surveys, so close to getting a Toluna voucher I can almost smell it!!
• Sit and work out my months budget and update the live on £4000 challenge thread and signature.
• Thinking about what items to stockpile for when I am no longer receiving any maternity pay and how best to get them cheap. Items like toiletries, loo rolls, cleaning bits and tinned foods.
• Hand write invites for Pips Naming Ceremony rather than pay £100 for printed ones.
• Type menus for the above and print them myself rather than pay venue to do it (cheeky so and so`s)

Thats it for now, sure I will think of other things.
REALLY want to know what Fayjmcks confession is!!!:eek:

andan

Hi guys, seems our new weekend thread is a hit!! Big hello to everyone and nice to see everyone having positive days. Have been working so far today but am taking the afternoon off to do my things instead.

So today's list:
-Have been out to client and done two treatments
-Client has rebooked in for two more treatments and is continuing to refer me to other people, which is fab
-Have done daily scratch cards
-Have done an audit
-Parked at supermarket car park so that i got free parking
-Picked up more food bargains from store i don't normally go to, but picked £2.75 for 400g cathedral city was definitely worth it. So have been stocking up so feb is a cheaper month.
-Also stockpiled tea and coffee, so will do us for the next few months at least
-Have transfered some lose change into isa
-Put some change in sealed pot
-Have sorted out dried washing so far and moved around so that it dries quicker and not on radiators
-Have had heating off all morning and now only on 17
-Took drink and food out with me so i wouldn't buy any whilst out on my travels
-Breakfast cereal for lunch, am trying to keep up being good especially as i have lost 3lbs from going to the gym!! Well chuffed.
-Have looked for mystery shops and have rescheduled one for tomorrow

-I will update spreadsheets
-Scan shopping and put away
-Sort through more emails
-do some surveys
-look for cheap travel to london
-Post lovefilm dvds back
-Spend fifteen mins on advertising for business
-Continue using up old beauty products
-Make more notes for counselling wk 4
-Right out availability for massage treatments for the next month
-Continue with drying clothes and laundy hokey cokey
-Type up audit
-Get in touch with friends with free texts
-Tea from storecupboards
-Look into paying off credit card with isa
-unload car of massage gear, so its cheaper to run
-Right up client notes
-Right up language groups for work.
-work on child studies for nvq
-Go on O.U webiste re new course
-Sort out funding letter to send back regarding getting a new computer
-Check online banking and check to see if scratch card money has come through
-Check freecycle
-check freebie section
-Watch dvd i got for christmas
-Update blog
-Read fave challenges
-Try and register for race for life
-Arrange giving free treatment to friend so that i can add it to my business soon
-check out massage courses, as new clients keep asking about other treatments and what i might do next
-fill out form re cheaper national insurance contributions
-Sort out dental treatment form
-Update challenges

Have a great day everyone and enjoy it however you spend it

andan

Pipsmum re stockpile, do a search on the old style board as lots of people on there were giving me tips on what was best to stockpile due to the economic climate. Would tell you myself but haven't had a proper look yet.

They have some great tips on there, especially on the things are tough now thread.

nice to see you on here by the way, despite juggling the baby!