what have you done today DFW style 1st may 2006

JAMIEDODGER

thought i would start this one off too!

loaf in BM and a wash on so far, need to do some ironing too. nothing special planned today as dd has the pox! and ds3 has temperature. have let the chickens out onto the garden today....4 eggs this morning!!!

might bake some cakes later!

lynzpower

Crikey JD you never fail to inspire me, loaf in the breadmaker already!

Does logging onto here before doing anything count?!

Lodger moved in last night bringing quite a bit of food etc, so going to do weeks menu planner in a bit then go to tescos for meat & veg

JAMIEDODGER

lol lynz...of course logging on to MSE counts!!!! i do that first every morning!!!

SaveMoreMoney

Well it's not exactly a DFW action - more like a BFW (Book-Free Wannabe !!) action, loads of books to sort through and then put up on Amazon the ones I don't want...........hopefully better than a Car Boot.

I better go and start sorting..............

louB_5

Well my plans for a nice walk somewhere in the sun have been scuppered thanks to weather, its P'ing it down here and has been for last 40 mins :rolleyes:

We have been invited to BF parents for dinner later, so that will save me cooking and any £s, but apart from that Its just house work and ironing!

Boring but cheap!

black-saturn

I've got a chicken curry cooking away in the slow cooker. I'm going to try to not go out and it is pouring with rain so that wont be difficult.

MinnieSpender

Not ventured out yet, so no money-spending opportunities!

Spent the last hour reviewing debt repayments and bank account and am pleasantly surprised that I have more "spare" money than is usual at this point in the month (payday is three weeks' away). I might go mad and have a grilled tomato with my MSE beans on toast today! :rotfl:

Logging off to do a pile of ironing and then clean the bathroom - wahey!

LookingAhead

Didn't get up till....ooooh late....so that has stopped me spending any money! I am still in my PJ's actually

Am going off in a moment to do some DIY pampering.....pedicure, facial and deep condition my hair all with things I already have. That will keep me busy for a while and out of trouble. Will then have a long luxurious shower and use a body sponge with massage pad thingy on it so hopefully I will feel a million dollars later. Shame I won't look it though :rolleyes:

Am making a soup for dinner today to be served with a loaf of wholegrain/seeded bread I picked up cheap & froze a while ago so that will be cheap. I am attempting to make the broccoli & apple soup that appears on the OS recipe thread. Wish me luck!!!

Edit: oh and I will do some QuidCo search things as well for a few more pennies!

Have a good day everyone.

sarah0404

Had a productive day considering it is a bank holiday.

Phoned up Telewest and changed my phone/internet/tv package for a cheaper one. Saving £28 a month now.

Phoned up Tax credits place (surprised it was open) arranged to have tax credits paid into my new account set up for all my direct debits to come out of. Should make things easier and stop both accounts getting overdrawn at certain times of the month.

Phoned Capital One and asked them if I could have a 0% on balance transfers rate. They said no, so I cancelled the card.

Upped my Egg card credit limit and balance transfered some money from another credit card.

Just having lunch now, eating the last of my HM bread. OH is putting things in the breadmaker to make another loaf. Lots of tutting and bad words. Hope it turns out ok!

After lunch I will review what shopping we need for the rest of the week. Have enough dinners in the freezer. Just need some more fruit/milk/butter etc.

Feeling pleased with myself now, as it feels as if we are getting somewhere. Even though we'll still be in debt for the next billion years But at least we are aware of the situation and won't get into any more debt. One day we will be debt free!:j

Ali-OK

Lots of good stuff going on today! I keep reading on here about BMs and thinking..hmm..shall I get one? Might alter DS's view of sandwiches (he's not a fan, which isn't making packed lunches very easy).

Been to the shops this morning and got DS's summer wardrobe of shorts, t-shirts and swim shorts for £24.

Then onto the supemarket for weekly food shop, plus 2 pressies (half-price bottles of wine).

Now going to get on with the ironing (not much to do), but wish me luck - I'm going to use the Wilko wonderweb stuff to repair hems and hopefully bring 4 pairs of suit trousers back into circulation!

Inbetween times, I'm on here, catching up with threads and looking for more MSE ways to take on!

Chell

I made some pizza things to use up some bread mix in the cupboard (see below) and also made a huge pot of homemade curry as I had a sweet potato which need used up.

I registered with Amazon as a seller. My books were listed on Green Metropolis already but now they are on both sites.

I haven't spent a penny today. I wanted a no spend day as we had a day out yesterday which cost £30 ish.

Ali-OK wrote:

Lots of good stuff going on today! I keep reading on here about BMs and thinking..hmm..shall I get one? Might alter DS's view of sandwiches (he's not a fan, which isn't making packed lunches very easy).

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=191186

Ali, you might want to try the recipe for pizza whirls swirls on here for your DS. I used tesco own brand bread mix which is about 50p per pack. I mixed it in my bread maker but would be very easy to mix by hand. They are delicious, I'm sure you could make a batch then freeze them.