What have you done DFW style Sat 13/5/06

charlie007

i went shopping for under 40pounds, some nice lady gave me a parking ticket so saved money there and took trousers back because the seems had undone, normally wouldn't have bothered but can't afford to buy new trousers just for fun!

Mrs(no)money

Clairey em,

Forgive my ignorance, but what are star drops? I've seen several references to them on here but wondered if they are like elbow grease as I have never heard of them?:D

louB_5

Afternoon Everyone, I have just been to local market to stock up on fruit and veg to last us the week, got my shoes re heeled and popped into local butchers for their cheap homemade sausages..MMmm!

Just got back to find the kerry gold freebie I sent for had arrived ( thanks freebie board! ) its two large potatoes and 2 samples of butter! So that's lunch sorted!!

I'm also going to list some more things on amazon and ring around for the best USD rate for my hols.

mintymoneysaver

I went to town and bought all the stuff for my daughter's party bags in the 99p store, whereas before it would have been Woolies etc. While we were there I went to the cinema and claimed my 4 free tickets to see curious George there next Sat morning ( thanks to the freebies board) Told hubby I would give him £50 towards a set of new golf clubs for his birthday ( but haven't told him I'm getting the money from quidco for my free dvd trials!) He's getting the rest of the money off various family members so the clubs won't actually cost him anything...

lynzpower

Mrs(no)money wrote:

Clairey em,

Forgive my ignorance, but what are star drops? I've seen several references to them on here but wondered if they are like elbow grease as I have never heard of them?:D

Stardrops is an old school cleaning liquid. Its cheap, lasts forever, and works like nothing else. You can get it in tescos!

Snich

I haven't been a very good DFW this weekend. Boyf finally got off nights and hadn't seen him for a week (literally as he gets in after I'm at work and viceversa) so we went to the cinema last night. We went supermarket shopping together, which then caused a slight (13quid damn) overspend because he is a bad influence. However, we shouldn't need to buy ANYTHING else all week. Fingers crossed.
Good luck people, Snich x

clairey_em

Hi Mrs(no)Money, Lynz is right, it's the best stuff, it cleans everything, eliminates virtually all need for other cleaning products, it's really cheap and it doesn't give me a headache like all other cleaning products. There's a massive thread on the OS money saving forum about it, that's where I learnt about it's wondrous existence!!

memorygirl

Made Homemade baked beans - no seriously!!! Had a packet of tiny white beans lurking in a cupboard.

Beans
Rather manky onion
Slightly sprouty garlic cloves
2 dented tins of tomatoes (blitzed up with stick thingy)

Soaked beans overnight - simmered them for about 40 mins and left them in the hot water whilst I took DS to library (does that count too)

Came home and threw everything in the slowcooker - been on about 6 hours now. They look fantastic - taste really tomatoey, and as they come right up to the top we could be eating them for ages.

On toast for tea tonight
Tomorrow with sausage for brunch
On baked potato for supper
Maybe made into soup to last for a couple fo days

Actually I should really post this on MS OS - sorry guys

Memorygirl

lynzpower

Ok doing quite well today.

took 14 bags of stuff to charity shop with OH
Bought 5 books fro a quid in the charity shop, 3 i want 2 i might ebay
cleaned the flat
EDIT- used vouchers in tescos lurking in my purse
rerfused to pay shop price for halgen bulbs I need for my lounge, found them half price on the internet ( plus quico )
potted some rocket & lambs lettuce seeds in the pots in the garden - hopefully will save us a fortune, and the environment
offered our monitor on freecycle as OHs parents sent us a snazz flatscreen monitor for free from thier computer firm WICKED
about to have a mate round we havent seen for ages, were doing a little bbq.

But I did buy a completely gorgeous but very unnecesary skirt & top from the FCUK closing warehouse, for 15 for the two. Really brightened me up, and I can afford it, budgeted for! YES!

cantcope

Well, I've been to the pound shop and managed to get lots of goodies for £.

enough razors to last me 3 months, mini cheddars and 10 cup a soups for lunches for the next 2 weeks, and a big bag of sweets to celebrate getting bank charges back