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Monday 8th June - What small dfw things have you done today?

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  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    edited 8 June 2009 at 9:37PM
    So far...
    • Checked banking
    • Checked for ms and picked up 1
    • Rescheduled 2 MS so I can do both in same town and save fuel
    • Meals from stores, and I picked salad leaves from the garden to go with mine :T
    • Housework
    • Sorted clothes and put away
    • Cleared out more clothes for charity shop
    • Line dried washing from yesterday
    • Stuck to diet to save money on thursday
    • Watered plants
    • Loose change into kids money boxes
    • Recycled a camera case for the sat nav, save buying a sat nav case :D
    • Kids to school with packed lunches
    • Made extra at dinner for OH lunch tomorrow
    • Check weather and decided to do tubs this evening! Rosemary in with some other cheapy trailing plants I got, also did 2 smaller tubs with cheapy trailing plants, fuschias and the marigolds I grew myself :D
    • Moved salad out of slugs way and into good position for sun tomorrow (sun? yeah right! I checked the forecast!)
    • Bought lunch box bits but only things that were on offer, took my own bag, got points and 2 till spits for thing I will use (but typically things I have recently stocked up on!)
    • Got walkers (on offer) brit trip code
    • Updated sig with new grocery total
    Have done more, will update when I remember! Have a few more things to do, will update with those soon x x
  • Marru
    Marru Posts: 4,126 Forumite
    Black monday,

    After wonderful weekend big crash today. Had bailiffs behind the door and I thought I had dealed with them. I had to give them my rent money or they had taken my car. I feel utterly rubbish. Will try to calm down and have early night. Now that I am looking at the numbers council has added the same amount to my this year's bill AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!
    "Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."

  • Pips_Mum
    Pips_Mum Posts: 2,893 Forumite
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    Oh Marru you poor thing
    Big Hugs x x x
    Debt at LBM [strike]£17,544[/strike] :eek: £5700
    :TOver £14,000 PAID OFF :T

    2020 the year of less - Less debt, less waste, less spending, less stuff, less stress!
  • Pookie_lou
    Pookie_lou Posts: 298 Forumite
    Hi guys, my little list for today..

    * Hm brekkie and lunch
    * Checked online banking :eek:
    * Packaged up a dvd i have sold on amazon, I only listed it yesterday :T
    * Dinner was made with left over chicken from yesterday
    * Checked quidco

    oOH and a NSD! How could I forget that! :D

    Have a good night everyone x
    Living as simply as we can


    Baby Girl Due 1/2/2016 :j
  • Jazzie99
    Jazzie99 Posts: 289 Forumite
    Hi All, today I've,

    *Checked bank balance on-line
    *Did my scratchcard
    *Did my Daily Clicks
    *Took some photos of goods I've got to list on Ebay
    *Tidied up whole of house
    *Booked appt to view a new house (naughty as not sure whether we're in a position to buy!!)
    Friend Debt: 5,000/3,850
    2013 Start Mortgage: 306,585/306,585
    Overpayments: 0
    ISA Saver:
    £10
  • Hello everyone, hope you are all ok and your day has been good! Hugs to all of you whos day has been either difficult or just not very good!!!

    this weather today has been strange!! i have not had a no spend day as i had to buy a cake for myself... it was nice and got me through the day however not so good for the diet!!!!!!!!!!

    well i havent done many dfw today...... not had a good day, so worried about the bills at the mo!

    today:
    • i have made my lunch for tomorrow
    • i am going to put a load of washing on now and airer dry tonight
    • i need to finish writing letter to cancel and reclaim ppi
    • having dilema on ebay at the moment with non registered buyers from outside the uk buying my buy it now phone and not paying for it. i have tried to sell it 4 times and at the moment i am not even allowed to open a dispute case to claim back the final value fee. contacted ebay and they have advised me on how to cut out certain critireas to avod this happening........ shall i relist regardless?? they are registered and have not paid!!
    thanks dizzydebs again, will pm you email address. thats very kind of you.

    hugs to you all xx
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    today i have
    checked online banking
    did scratchcard - £1 yay first time in months it was over 10p
    cheap tea - pasta pesto and dried up cheese, bland but filling.
    turning off all things electrical and will check the meter to start doing weekly readings.
  • mogchops
    mogchops Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    Marru wrote: »
    Black monday,

    After wonderful weekend big crash today. Had bailiffs behind the door and I thought I had dealed with them. I had to give them my rent money or they had taken my car. I feel utterly rubbish. Will try to calm down and have early night. Now that I am looking at the numbers council has added the same amount to my this year's bill AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!


    Oh Crikey, am so sorry, big ((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))

    Thank you to all those who have wished me well today, I really appreciate it. It really does help to lift your mood knowing that there are people here who care :o
  • lolly-i-pop
    lolly-i-pop Posts: 84 Forumite
    Hi Everyone!

    My list seems so small to everyone elses! But here goes...

    - free scratchcard - won 50p. This is only my second day of doing these. On my first day, I spent my 10p winnings :(
    - planned no spend day - went horribly wrong and bought lunch from marks and spencers.... lovely sandwich though!
    - picked up a form from the post office to withdraw a bit of money that has just been sitting in an account for the last 5 years!
    - added up the total of my debt, excluding car and student loan. Has made me realise what my debt really is (not massive, not really an ammount to worry about as such, but something to be got rid of anyway!).
    - put 2 x 50p's into my 50p saving pot (the good result of my bad lunchtime spend!)

    Will attempt to have a no spend day tomorrow... fingers crossed!!
  • Lurleene
    Lurleene Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    Oh Marru - I'm so sorry you have had such an upset today - especially when you were on such a lovely high from yesterday. :sad: I hope your new man will help you feel better and give you lots of lovely support.

    Apart from my ebay bike success (:j although I haven't heard from the seller yet) I've had a fairly productive day.

    1) SC x 10p
    2) Checked bank, quidco etc
    3) Went to a free preview of The Hangover, which was very funny indeed. And my OH didn't kill me despite me getting the time wrong and dragging him there an hour early. Whoops.
    4) Took own sweeties and drinks. :shhh:
    5) Rearranged the pit under the stairs and decluttered. I moved T's old drawers downstairs and put them there and have freecycled the old shelves and shoe rack that were there.
    6) I've found a fabulous present for T on Netmums and am debating stalking the seller as she said she would e-mail this morning and hasn't.
    7) Lots of hokey cokeying.
    8) Wrapped some birthday presents. I have 9 birthdays this week:eek::eek::eek:, most of them family, two my own kids. Luckily I was prepared this year, just my BIL left to buy for.

    Can't think of anything else...
    L x
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