Weekend Sat/Sun 30th/31st May, what small DFW things have you done today?

mogchops

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free, or staying debt free;)

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important.


Goooooood morning everyone!!

Beautiful sunny day again, lots of gardening for me! Hope everyone enjoys the lovely weather while we have it!

Today....

- Check online banking
- Clicks & scratches
- Watch ebay & hope for bids :rolleyes:
- Small amout of shopping at Mr T with mocs
- Gardening - cut grass & do some potting on
- DH is decorating the porch using leftover paint and leftover laminate flooring - half way there, will finish today, he is a star :T

Have a lovely day everyone xxxxxxxxxxxx

Candy0107

Hi All,

Was about to start the post - I am using a laptop with a dodgy spacebar (my excuse for poor typing)

Today I have/will:

• checked online banking - main bills have already gone out
• need to make breakfast
• need to wash 'work' clothes on 30 and dry outside
• need to do TAB bingo
• need to go into town to buy cheaper tops for work
• need to go to Evans to complain about their sales assistant who tried to trick me into getting a store card and take the tops back which I bought yesterday (paid cash and did not get a receipt)
• will buy a cheap new home card and present
• I feel an urge to plan a trip to Dublin for hubby and I for our 10th Anniversary (2011, but need to save as it would co-inside with new year )
• need to go to the library and get a new book
• need to walk into town to meet hubby and mum
• need to re-start taking meds for PCOS (I had fallen off the wagon)
• need to check the lottery numbers for €millions and fingers crossed for tonights draw

Off to a housewarming of 2 of my friends, I havn't seen them for ages and I am v happy for them.

Have a great day everyone, enjoy the sunshine. Hi to regular and new posters (welcome)
Candy xxx

my_mess

Morning All

Am feeling bright, breezy and positive -- nothing can stop me !

For me today:
- checked online banking (yuk!)
- scratchies and clickies
- post office trip to send ebay and amazon sales
- no heating on !!
- will wash 2 loads on low temp and line dry
- water seeds (wish they would do something !)
- frenzied housework to burn off some calories
- only a little bit of ironing
- walk the dog for free exercise
- fill in creditor forms, agreement etc.. for CCCS
- post a cheque to the bank
- try to finalise my 101 list
- finish stitching card for mum's friend
- cut front lawn (jungle)
- meals from stores
- low spend day (should be just postage costs)
- buy new school trousers from sainsburys (already have the cash for these - thank you, mum)


LET NOTHING STOP ME FROM GETTING ON AND SORTING MY DEBT PROBLEMS !!


Hope everyone has a great day

babyhead

Morning all..

Thanks Mogchops for starting this thread! I am finding it gives me some motivation at the moment :j Long may this continue.......

Nice and sunny here today - woop woop.

Barclays have decided to let me have access to my cheque funds after a long wait. :mad: So it means I can actually get few things sorted today money wise. I hate banks. I wonder if I could start my own?????

Plan for this weekend is -

1/continue putting house back together again now carpets are in (looking lovely too )
2/order sofa
3/pay rent and Nat Ins :rolleyes:
4/OH take DS swimming tomorrow
5/mum visiting later so I can order her bed for her online - she is also putting petrol in my car as I gave her a lift to a wedding yesterday! RESULT - she usually puts in more than I used! Good job mum!
6/POST OFFICE - post work bits that MUST go today! BUT I'm still waiting for some bits to put in with it that should come in the post to me today. So I might miss the local post office and will mean I have to go into town :mad:
7/various odd jobs round the house
8/put shopping away when it comes later
9/online banking and scratchies
10/get upto date with washing (only 2 loads)

Hope everyone is good! Have a good weekend!!

Oh - Well done on the £100 win yesterday bagpuss :j

Candy0107

Bagpuss - sorry, well done on the Bingo win (forgot to put that in the main text)

Candy xxx

Pips_Mum

Morning everyone

Thanks Mogchops x x

Candy Dublin is great, I would go back tomorrow, but oh boy is it expensive. When we went for my Birthday last year (and sunsequently came home with a Pip shaped souvenir!) for 1 Baileys and 1 Guinness it was $16 which was around £13:eek::eek: at least we cant blame the drink for Pips arrival :rotfl::rotfl:

So list for today:

• Yet more hokey cokey!
• Bake some cheese straws
• Go and pick up family portrait photos we had done as didnt get round to it yesterday.
• Avoid MIL who is coming round to [STRIKE]terrorise[/STRIKE] see Pip
• Storecupboard tea and home grown salad :T
• Visit friend for lunch and sit in her garden and enjoy the sunshine
• Check online banking
• See if I can afford to pay off Eon for dodgy lodgers electric and then cancel the DD (£30 more in my pocket per month if I can)
• Scratchees
• Any surveys that come my way
• No electric night
• Puree some veggies for Pip
• Look into water butts, not actually "into" them :rotfl:more research how much they cost
• Plant up my peppers into bigger pots

All I can think of for now TTFN x x

urg123

Hi Everyone

Didn't get round to posting yesterday so well done to everyone for all those small and big (Bagpuss!) things.

OH and I are going out for the day to enjoy the sunshine and each other! We're going to use our membership at the Tate Modern and treat ourselves to afternoon tea. I also need to buy some sandals that I can wear to work so will use our time in town to do a bit of shopping later in the afternoon.

My small list for today:

• washing HC
• Storecupboard breakfast (bagels from the freezer)
• scratchies
• call best friend in france - I've really been missing her

urg x x

Marru

Good morning,

And here goes for the weekend:
- Scratchies
- Curly
- Cashback bingo
- Go get hay bale from stables for piggies
- Eat what is in, only need to get some fruit
- Do rescue operation in the veggie box in fridge, I have a feeling that my piggies are going to eat well this weekend
- Put piggies out
- Cut grass before the jungle gets worse and I have to hire someone with bigger machinery to sort it out
- HC in 30 and line dry
- Really going to sort out that scary post pile
- Continue sorting out books
- Received my cheap phone I bought from fleabay which should carry me over until I can upgrade, need to set it up with important numbers
- Empty my other two phones from all the data so that I can recycle them (and get cashback )
- Sent a kiss to lovely man using free texts hoping it will cheer him up when he is working
- DD's dad coming today to take her out and will bring me three dogs so walking them plus mine and going to get friend's dog as well - heaven!
- Cut DD's fringe
- Sunday take DD to playground and take drinks with us

Candy0107

Pips_Mum wrote: »

Candy Dublin is great, I would go back tomorrow, but oh boy is it expensive. When we went for my Birthday last year (and sunsequently came home with a Pip shaped souvenir!) for 1 Baileys and 1 Guinness it was $16 which was around £13:eek::eek: at least we cant blame the drink for Pips arrival :rotfl::rotfl:

Hubby and I went there for our honeymoon. Pehaps we will come back with a pip shaped souvenir :rotfl:

But, that is 18 months away, so you never know (it is part of my 101 things)

Candy xxx

Chick2organise

Good afternoon everyone hope your all ok!!!! What a lovely sunny day, have dried 2 loads of washing and was on my last load when an inconsiderate neighbour decided to light a fire (cant really call it a bbq as far far too much smoke coming from it) so i am waiting for them to at least let it go out a wee bit then ill get the other load out!!!!!!

Am trying to get rid of some chest of drawers but the husband is saying he wants to keep them as one of the drawers has his stuff in but the other onw is so broken ive had to rehome mine. Any tips on how to make him see sense??? Telling him wont work... :cool:

Well i havent really done much today, have had a spend day as went into town to get a couple of bits..... no clothes though!!!

Today i have done:

• 3 loads of washing,
  
• hand washed 1 item
• one load of washing waiting to be lined dried
  

Ill be back on later to update, but for now have a good sunny sunny afternoon!!!! :T

sans_2

Afternoon all. Apologies for not posting for ages. Not sure where my time has been going as I've not really being doing anything different from the usual.


My dfw things for today:

• 1 lots of washing done at 30 deg and hung outside
• 1 bids on 1 Ebay item ending tomorrow
• Didn’t get DS something from Greggs for his breakfast as he had something at home
• Lunch – at home
• Email click for mutual points
• Boots – spent £2 (using gift card) on 4 x small photo albums and got 400 points :T
• Boots – reused bag – 1 point
• Packaged and posted Ebay item sold
• Took a couple of ripped plastic bags and glass for recycling
• Will cut out coupons sister gave me
• Paid for purchases won on Ebay
• Put money into bank