Wednesday 18/3/09 What small dfw things have you done today???

andan

Hey guys, i hope everyone is having a good day, all is fine here.

Things for today:
-I have checked online banking
-Moeved money around
-Done daily scratch cards
-Listed a book on freecycle
-Put wanted ad on freecycle for hedge trimmer, we have a very unrully garden and i begrudge parting with £20 for a garden that dosn't belong to me
-Have taken load of garden waste to the tip, did it on the way home from work, so no extra trips out
-Have loaded up more garden rubbish and spent another good half an hour cutting away at all the bushes out there
-I have picked up a mystery shop
-I have had lunch which was one of the extra meals i made yesterday
-I have checked business emails and optimisation
-I have been on business site for web advice
-I have re phoned client to confirm friday's appointment
-Have seen my nvq assessor today and we did observations so that has seen huge progress again and it looks like i have caught up with the work
-I should be writing my assignment so will do the last 300 words in a mo
-I have sorted through emails
-I will do some surveys
-I will finish off homework for counselling course tonight
-Go to counselling course tonight
-Review 101 goals
-check on volunteer website for any volunteering opportunities with children and counselling

Think thats it for me today as its a bitty day which means i am here there and everywhere.

talliedebtbuster

Hi everyone, lovely sunny day here in south London, back from my volunterring. Spent couple pound on drinks and a travelcard but get that all back next week. Used my nectar CC for the loyalty points too! They also gave us lunch so that was free!lol
Just read martins email, student loan rate has been slashed again, all good news!! Made me feel better about paying off as much as i can through my wages.
· Rest of today, im going to sort out some uni bits, help out a mate whose struggling.
· Look for freebies
· Sort finances till payday
· Meal plan
· Dinner form yesterdays leftovers
· Any piggy clicks
· Weighed myself. No lbs lost this week but none gained which is good.
· Go through boards see if i can geet some advice, ,motivation, and help others
· Read magazines that have had through and sort out subscriptions
· Look for keyworker flats, research moving out costs
· Look for ways of boosting income

Cleosmum

:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j The exam went well! Level 2 Literacy (equiv to GCSE english A* to c) and I got 95%.......A* :eek: *faints* I am soooooo happy and sooo proud of me! I left school at 16 without sitting any exams, believing my teachers when they said I was rubbish, couldnt do it, wouldnt amount to anything etc.......hah!
Only 1 teacher said I could easily manage a uni place, trouble is, when its just 1 person you dont tend to believe them .

Anyhoooooooo!

Today I have:

• Been to free college course
• Haircut with friend so a couple of quid cheaper than usual
• Dinner is in slow cooker
• Meals from stores, though I need a bit of salad to go with mine later, Aldi and wont buy anything else!
• Boots - tights were half price, and 3 for 2, so spent a fiver, got a voucher, then got OH his No7 face scrub for £1.40 :T
• Bought birthday cards and mothers day cards in the cheapy shop
• 3 loads of washing on 30 and out on line :T
• Job searched
• Picked up a mystery shop for next week

And I will:

• Go shopping later, take mum with me to do hers, saving petrol
• Read Martins email
• Further job search and fill out apps
• Sort my washing mountain and get it put away into drawers :rolleyes:
• Look in pressie box for things for mothers day, will also hunt out cello and curling ribbon ready to make some twinks hob nobs for my mums on sunday morning
• Continue to compile my CV (something to add now! :dance:)
• Look online for some pointers on a tricky part of my no 1 college course, failing that I shall have to go to library for a book tomorrow!
• Still need to update my sig!

Lurleene

Hi all, what a lovely sunny day! The only downside is I can see all the dust flying around me as I type.:o

Cleosmum - Wow, well done you! Congratulations!

1) LSD, just 45p for paper.
2) May blow that out of the water in a mo though, as I have seen lots of yummy things on Approved Food .......
3) Scratch x 10p
4) Withdrew £10 from scratchies and immediately paid the sum off of CC.
5) Sent off chocolate pouches for free cinema tickets.
6) Used unfranked stamp.
7) Went to work! Always forget that one.
8) Packed lunch.
9) Making a cheap risotto for dinner using whoopsied peppers that I bought yesterday.
10) 2 x online surveys.
11) Contacted ebay seller about a damaged item I received yesterday. He is sending a replacement straightaway.
12) Hokey cokey.

I feel a midweek slump coming on, so think I shall treat myself to a bath and a DVD later. Have a good evening everyone.
L x

Cleosmum

Oooh forgot to say to Millyscarlett re tax credits, my brother had his paid a day early and I notice mine are in a day early today, gawd knows what they are up to!

got-it-spend-it

Congrats CleosMum! That is an amazing result.

Not been on for a few days, but still trying to be good. Morning sickness is a kicking in a bit at the moment, and I'm feeling pretty shattered but other than that I am feeling great!

Today's list then:

-Claim petrol money plus parking for meeting this morning
-Free scratchies 20p+25p
-Sold two eBay items = £32 woohoo
-Check for mystery shops
-Dig out a few more items to eBay on my days off this week.

Still a gorgeous day here and I am thoroughly enjoying sitting in the sun pouring through the window!

GiSi x x x

debt_free_me

Congrats Cleosmum that's fantastic! :T :T :j :j

gypsy*road

Hello

I am also curious about these daily scratch things you guys do... where's more info / where do you do it at?

- Brought lunch in from home
- Transferred money from paypal into bank account
- Have some ebay things ending today
- Listed couple more things on ebay and sorted out some future things to sell too
- Wrote letter to cancel a credit card which I don't need

So good on that front I guess, but having a really miserable day divorce/solicitor-wise. I think I've spent about 3 hours today either in tears in the ladies loo or in tears in our meeting room over various phone calls I didn't want to have in my open plan office. Oh dear. Still, at least it's time to go home now. I'm meant to be going out but think I will stay in, and that'll save money too then eh?

sophiesmum_2

Scratch card info here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1412565


Cleosmum - Well done on your exam pass :j :j :j

Candy0107

angelflower wrote: »

hello everyone.

Beautiful sunny day here. Warm too. Only got work today - free night tonight so going to make a start on pegging out the garden for how I want to design it. I want to make the raised beds at the weekend (although still havent sourced wood). Going via diy shop tonight for potting compost and some of their free trays/pots to start planting the seeds for putting out in a couple of weeks. Is it possible to make a cheap propagator using cling film?

Hi Angel Flower

I raided Homebase for their containers on Sunday. I thought that I could use them as a temp home between seed sewing stage and going into large pots - although they are not ideal, they will do for the meantime (and of course they were free)

I did buy some seed trays (with little sections) to grow the seeds. I ran out of propergator lids, so used large sandwich bags instead. They seemed to do the trick.

Take care,
Candy xx