10th /11th What small dfw things have you done today?? weekend thread.

Candy0107

Glad you had a lovely wedding day Rachel

Candy xxx

worried_jim

I will be making bio diesel in the garage from cooking oil to run my car for free. Already been to Aldi cos its cheaper than Tesco .

pixiechick99

rachelmk wrote: »

Morning all!
I haven't been around for a while due to getting married last weekend (it was fab!) and going straight back to teacher training on Monday - my feet haven't touched the ground!

Anyway, life seems to be getting back to some semblence of normality now and things rae getting easier.... famous last words!

Right, hope all are well and here's my little list....

• Walk dog x3 for free exercise (one down 2 to go)
• Make big fry up brunch to use up eggs, bacon etc in fridge
• Have a LSD (already been to shop for mushrooms for brunch but will try to limit anything else)
• Check banks - ok-ish
• Do any surveys that come
• DO AT LEAST HALF OF MY UNI ASSIGNMENT!!!!
• Clean kitchen - done
• Clean car
• Do 2 loads of washing and dry naturally
• Organise stuff for new school next week (bit scary but I'm sure it'll be fine once I get there)
• Finish shopping list for tomorrow - having a use it up week this week

That's it for today - must try to get some work done!

Rachel - congratulations!! Glad you had a lovely day....

I'm sure you'll love it in school next week - what yr group are you with? (I work in Y1, prefer the littlies:p)

savingforarainyday

Good morning everyone.

Sounds like you are all really busy.

Today
I will go an post comp entries, (can't be done online)
Hang out washing, put more on
clean bathroom and downstairs loo
Get work act together for next week
Make casserole with left over chicken. dd's favourite
Take little dog for walk (she was miffed coz I didn't take her yesterday:o)
Maybe get hoover out.
Do meal plan for week
Really need to make some time for baking over the weekend.

Hoping my sil texts me to say they have had their balloon ride today over the lake district.

Ring my mum (she is still in hospital but hopefully they will let her out on monday)

Have a good weekend everyone:D

Jag_Babe

Hello Everyone. Hope everyone is having a good day hugs to those that need them.

My list for today is:

• Check online banking
• Daily scratchies
• Review ebay acconut and relist unsold items
• Sort the returns to go back to the catalogue
• Complete the writing work that needs done
• Look into new work idea
• Starting making a Christmas shopping list
• Catch up with emails
• Plan work to be done on blogs
• Catch up with the washing
• Do some of the ironing mountain
• Look into animal related jobs / work placement
• Check work forum
• Catch up with mse forum
• Have a NSD
• Make meals from what is in the cupboards etc

Oh well I think that is everything for today.

crawley_girl

Afternoon people


Today I:

• [STRIKE]am working a few hrs in my 3rd job this afternoon[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]will check banking (fingers crossed the big cheque has cleared!! - probably won't though as I only piad them in on Wednesday evening, thought I had done it earlier on in the week. Booooooooo!)[/STRIKE]
• will do some revision for exam on Wednesday :eek:
• [STRIKE]need to buy petrol - from Tesco as it is cheapest and cc points! [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]will pop into Tesco and buy only: bread, milk, cheese and lasagne sheets[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]will get some washing on at 30 degrees[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]will not put the heating on![/STRIKE]

:heartpuls CG :heartpuls

moneysavermum_2

first post here i am a compulsive bargain shopper and regularly buy great bargains but dont need them and they end up in the cupboards. i have a £1375 overdraft which id love to clear , so here i am. Refusing the excellent bargains i find.....sanctuary deluxe box £35 for 1 . Find it hard to resist but as sole parent of 3 young children need to keep myself straight.

NewlyFrugalMumof3

Hi Everyone

Have to get back on track as had to splash out on new dishwasher as old one died. So am trying to did around for vouchers and freebies and be frugal. So, today I will do/have done:

5 loads washing quickwash 40degrees
1 load cloth nappies - hot wash
Line dry most of 6 loads
Meals all from storecupboard/freezer
Clean out /reorganise kitchen cupboards
Walk pooch - free much needed exercise
Check bank account - figure out how to sort o/draft!
Miraculously cheap meal plan for week - 5 of us + dog & cat
Sit down together & watch family TV with bit of supper tonight (babe in bed)
Bit of ironing

that's more than enough. Wish me luck.
:rotfl:

theesel1994

I've only been a member of this forum a short time and occasionally look at this section. Before when I looked at it I wondered if I just picked a day when everyone did their online banking checking as everyone seemed to have that as part of their list.

I now find myself looking at mine every day now. Checking it against my own spreadsheets. Staring at the spreadsheets for hours (not continually I might add) wondering how they are going to change. It's only by analysing exactly what I spend every day I realise how much money I have wasted. £12 every time I'm late with the credit card payments.....about £60 I've lost over the last year and a bit.

I've been using cash for the last few weeks - I ended up with about £250 in coins and rather than take them to the bank I've been using them to shop. (Quite embarrassing handing over 53 one pound coins in Asda I might add). This way I notice how much I'm spending.

Money wasted in credit card interest and still buying items on credit when I have such a large (for me) balance.

Anyways - I know it's probably not meant for this thread but I'll post my current situation here as everyone else seems to have things like this in their signatures.

Cash £ 82.36
Bank £ 217.10
Credit card £ 3747.02
ISA £ 240
Loan from parents for car £ 5500.00
This is approximate - I'll need to update it to get correct figure. It was £6000 two years ago and is ridiculous that I've only repaid around £500. The only repayments I make on that loan are I pay their phone bill for them. Complicated - but their phone bill doesn't get sent to their address and I said I'd pay their phone bills for them.
I'm just heading off to Morrisons shortly. Walking down now instead of driving - I'll be honest and say it has nothing to do with the environment but just to save on petrol. Just going down for milk, lettuce and soup. That's all I need - why get anything else.

Then the rest of my evening will probably be taken up with updating my non-league football results website. And looking at my online banking again even though it can't have changed.

Lurleene

Hi all -
Hope you are having a lovely time at the cottage SM!
Rachel - so glad you had a lovely wedding day. Back down to earth with a bump now I guess.

OH has been ' suffering' following our night out last night to a charity quiz (Came third), and B is out so T and I have had a lovely frugal day out in the sunshine, including a ride a miniature steam train. Also:

1) Went to Adventure Wonderland using season tickets.
2) Hokey cokey drying in the sun.
3) Recieved a £12 voucher from survey site.
4) Sold some of T's boots through Netmums for £10!
5) SCs, checked Quidco and banking.
6) Entered some comps.
7) Bought an advent calendar for 30p from a charity shop. The lady was also giving away wristbands for free and gave me some for my charity
christmas shoeboxes.
8) Also bought Coupling Series 1 on DVD for £1 and a book for T about trains ( surprise surprise).

I have been naughty and ordered Pizza Hut for tea, but used a voucher and we have dinner for 3 on the way for £10.38. Hopefully it will cure OHs 'suffering'.

Right, off to watch the twins get voted off X-factor!
See you tomorrow, L x