Monday 23/3/09 What small dfw things have you done today???

Paulgonnabedebtfree

Sod all. Had a lay in. Going to work late. I guess I'm entitled to the occasional easy day. It's light later now so I can still get a 7 hour day in though. If I work too hard, I'll just run out of work sooner. I will be cold calling for more new work around the middle of next week.

OliveOyl_2

Andan :eek: what a list :rotfl:
Shopaholic - GL GL GL :j as they say on those bingo sites:rotfl:

Lilly - a red letter day for you in the nicest sense - enjoy it. (Obviously being second on this thread is harder and more prestigious than being debt-free - but I'm sure that's nice too )

Good Morning All, and another lovely sunny day
So today I have/will:

• been to the gym - used membership and their hot water/toiletries and etc
• brought in packed lunch (and a bit for brekkie too, as I couldn't face breakfast before the gym :rotfl: )
• scratch'n'click
• rubber chicken for supper
• seed planting in toilet rolls/tea bags etc.
• our gadget for pumping up tyres broke so went to Tescos to do it 20p :eek: but the machine still had one minute left from the previous customer :j :j (I did it FAST )
• wasn't the weekend good for drying outside? Nothing left to launder in our household :rotfl:
• must do my spreadsheets - payday tomorrow

Have a great day everybody
Thanks SM

Piquant_2

Olive - you do make me laugh! I think you've got a touch of second place envy there!

Lilly - how exciting for you, debt free...

andan - I have serious list envy

MrsA - enjoy work!

I'm going to pay £175 off the card today :T this is the "free" council tax and water rates amount. I've never put this money towards a debt in years gone past, just frittered it away. So I'm allowing myself a pat on the back!

Today's list

• make appointment at dentist
• go to library
• pay money to card
• check online banking
• update spreadsheet
• update diary
• ride horse
• send copy of season ticket to NCP, got a parking ticket when I have a permit :mad:
• bought in breakfast and lunch

• store cupboard dinner

Cleosmum

2nd visit for me, popped in earlier but no list...that means I have too much time on hands and should get up later...

Good luck Shopaholic!

SM, are your smilies MIA Hope your cloches are ok, its really blowing a gale here and cold, sun just trying to come out, currently losing the battle

Today I have:

• Checked banking, no change, still diiiiiiiire
• Heating off as soon as I got up
• Breakfast from stores
• Popped in to check co-op dw tablet prices £2.93 for 20 BOGOF
• Bit of housework
• Walked kids to school, and then me back
• Phone bill email arrived, so checked that £31.66 :eek: need to keep an eye on this, cheaper than last month but still baaaaaaad
• Reduced a standing order by half, will have to face the music later this week, also cancelled another for now

And I will:

• Free college course, and walk to it!
• Walk to collect the kids from school
• Sort through clean washing and put away
• lunch and dinner from stores
• Get some seeds planted
• Find cheapest grobags
• Job search and fill out applications (got 3 waiting for me )
• Check banking about 4 more times (anyone else do this? Mine can change throughout the day, hate it!)
• If the wind dies down I might paint the fence and gate....
• Will need to sort out a new budget and give myself a stern talking to, life is just not working financially right now, and Im struggling to keep myself upbeat about it all

pixiechick99

Morning all:D

Shopaholic - Good luck with the test, I remember how dreadfully nervous I was:o

Just another quiet day for me today, meant to be back at work on Wed. I have a doc appt tomorrow as the pain is still there, can't be my appendix surely, this has been a week It's worrying me now, I want it to go...

Ok, here's a list for today:

• Check banking
• Daily scratchcards
• Letter from HB...going up £9 a week;)
• NSD...can't be bothered to leave the house
• Need to tidy house
• Hoover
• Mop kitchen floor - it's a state:o
• Sort out Next returns for tomorrow
• Try and think about finishing NVQ
• Heating off (but I'm cold!)
• Read paper online
• write a mealplan for this week (even tho' I did the shopping first:rolleyes: )

Ok, that's my lot, off to do the kitchen floor nowDD1 (who has an Inset day) has finished her art homeowrk at the table there - tiny pieces of paper everywhere, but her mosaic is fab:D )
Have a fab day...

shopaholic84

Thanks for all your good luck messages, they must have worked! 5th time lucky, I PASSED my driving test! YAY!!!! Thats my biggest money saving achievement, no more shelling out stupid amounts for lessons and tests! Just need to arrange my pass plus lessons.

Going to crack on now with my list from this morning....

xxx

sashanut

Hi all, lots of great lists from everyone; shamed me into posting & -hopefully doing - something myself:rotfl: So today I have done/will do:

• phoned dad before 9am to save on cost
• made DD packup to avoid requests for cash for food
• checked banks - but will do so later as well
• got something out of freeze for dinner
• try to avoid shopping, but fast running out of grocery basics

and I will:

• check seeds & plant more
• get eBay & other stuff ready to send
• wait in for ebay people to pick up items, leading to a NSD
• do something - anything - to update website
• take some more photos for eBay if wind ever drops
• have beans on toast with DH for lunch
• MUST peel & chop final basket of appples for freezer (from last year) before they either go bad or get eaten by vermin

That's all for now....BTW, don't know why we describe socks but mine are brown with pink spots, just like the piggy bank avatar above :rotfl:

PS - who was it who melted down some old candles & made new ones??? I finally removed all the burnt out nice smelling ones & could do with tips on how to make new ones...

pixiechick99

Shopaholic.....!

congratulations!!

andan

shopaholic84 wrote: »

Thanks for all your good luck messages, they must have worked! 5th time lucky, I PASSED my driving test! YAY!!!! Thats my biggest money saving achievement, no more shelling out stupid amounts for lessons and tests! Just need to arrange my pass plus lessons.

Going to crack on now with my list from this morning....

xxx

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Huge congratulatons spendaholic, bet that must feel a great relief. I only passed at the end of August and remember hating the driving tests so much.

Hope you enjoy driving on your own, it is an experience and as my driving instructor put it, get ready to make plenty of mistakes, but its only from these mistakes we learn. Plus, don't watch everyone else, half of them are likely to drive much worse than us newbies:rotfl::rotfl:

angelflower_2

not sure why we mention socks either but I have my froggie toe socks on (green) with my blue crocks and just got an immense slagging off from one of my work mates.

Woo Hoo to the passed driving test. Best thing ever being able to drive!!