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Weekend Sat/Sun 6th/7th Feb - What small DFW things will you do this weekend?!

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  • Bagpuss741
    Bagpuss741 Posts: 2,291 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Today I have/will:

    1. Checked online banking
    2. NSD
    3. OU Coursework
    4. £5 bingo britain
    5. Free scratchcard
    6. Will do nails later
    7. Store cupboard meals
    8. Watch rugby - C'mon Wales:D
    9. Walk dog locally
    10. Not use car
    11. Have given myself a facial this morning so look quite human:rotfl:
    12. Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle

    Big hugs to all the poorlies:A
    Tesco: £1361.19, Vanquis: £2644.73, Very: £563.08, Next: £1636.95, M&S: £1049.92. As of 5th February 2024. Slava Ukraini
  • mbaz
    mbaz Posts: 895 Forumite
    edited 6 February 2010 at 7:45PM
    Hiya everyone!

    This weekend I have/will

    - checked bank :eek:
    - NSweekend - should be easy as my balance is 19p :rotfl:
    - Night shift last night (extra pay - and boy did I earn every penny of it!)
    - slept this morning
    - Walk to park this afternoon with kids to wake up
    - Collect some firewood
    - meals from freezer/cupboards
    - scratch cards
    - surveys
    - check ebay
    - parcel up all items ready to post on Monday
    - Try to think of free entertainment for tomorrow - probably park again :)
    - Night in tonight with tele. Thanksfully have half a bottle of wine left! :D
    - received my NCT seller pack thismorning so going to get on with that tomorrow, Labelling items and wash all the clothes I'll be selling
    - just booked 2 babysits for next week and hopefully will be getting another one for week after
    - check for mystery shops

    Have a lovely weekend :beer:
  • lolly_896
    lolly_896 Posts: 1,058 Forumite
    Today i will get back on the DFW bandwagon!

    That's it! Nothing else! xxx

    Good Luck all
    DFW Nerd #awaiting number - Proud to be dealing with my debts!

    Dont cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

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  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Good afternoon everybody and thanks for starting the thread Milly

    This weekend I will/have:
    • clean through house and get rid of doggy paw prints over laminate flooring
    • catch up on laundry and dry on airer
    • have been to 'Ly-dells' and spent a very saintly £10.47 on fresh veg, and lovely cheapie gorgonzola cheese, bacon, chorizo etc which will all make meals for rest of month - hopefully will only need milk for rest of month + managed to squeeze all into bag i had with me as refused to pay 9p for carrier bag AND got lift with friend so saved on fuel.
    • make small but respectable PAD to keep in habit
    • post 2 e bay items and list some more
    • put at least 3 books on Amazon
    • do a music magpie DVD/CD drop
    • start off soaking paper to make DIY 'fuel logs' for openfire - not convinced they'll work but worth a try and excellent for saving on storage of recycling paper
    • start sorting through cupboards as OH is moving in on March 1st and am not sure where all his stuff is going to go.
    That's about it for now - have a good weekend everyone

    -s-
    Frugal living challenge 2012 live on £8500 ~ £7725.87 remaining
    Make £5/day in 2012 ~ £482.24/£1830 ~ 22.52%
    Proud Member of PAD since January 2010 ~ Total paid to date £11386.64
    Savings Pot for 2012 ~ £772.60/£3000 ~ 23.38%
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  • catmiaow
    catmiaow Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi all,

    Today I have,

    Got a lift to my mums and back - saved my petrol
    Used my Tesco giftcard to get shopping
    Vacuumed house & dusted
    Put washing on will hang to dry
    Taken rubbish out
    Seen to pets
    Had a shower rather than bath
    Will stay in and have something from the freezer tonight.

    Feeling rough so looking forward to chilling out tomorrow - Bf is going away for the night for work.

    Hope everyone is having a good day!
    No you're not a vegetarian if you eat any animal or fish, so do not insult genuine veggies by calling yourself one! :mad:

    Thanks to everyone who posts competitions. You are the stars of the board :T:j:T
  • sans_2
    sans_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    edited 6 February 2010 at 4:42PM
    Afternoon all,

    My dfw things for today
    · Took glass, ripped carrier bags for recycling :A
    · Boots – reused bag x 10 = 10 points
    · Boots – brought more vitamins to build up my points
    · Boots – found a £5 off Olay etc till spit
    · Boots – used £5 off Olay etc till spit and got cleanser paying 99p (used £1 gift voucher)
    · Boots – got 2 perfume samples
    · Boots – got survey till spit which I will do later
    · RS McColls – got my free cadbury cream egg
    · Used 10p off The Sun coupon to buy paper
    · Will cut out money off coupon from the Sun shortly
    · Found 1p
    · Asda – got box of chocolates reduced to £1.50 from £3.24?, Asda peanut butter reduced to 40p
    · Put money into bank
    · Two lots of washing done and hanging indoors
    · Will do competitions (which I didn’t get round to doing last night:o) - DONE
    · Will do piggy clicks - DONE
    · Got 1 bid on my Ebay item
    Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
    Boots points: £0.28
    Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
    Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
    Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)
  • Triangle
    Triangle Posts: 1,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :hello:Hi everyone :hello:

    Today I have/will:
    • Sorted out how much it's going to cost to fix car following accident last week :(
    • Had hair cut and coloured by a friend - much cheaper than the salon I used to go to!
    • Done the food shop - stuck absolutely to list and was under £5 :T
    • Done a bit of budget planning - rest of this month and next
    • Just back from taking pup to beach on my own - absolutely wonderful, no one else about and my head feels much clearer. Plus pup was very very cute, running round in circles around me!
    • DH done the housework whilst I was out :)
    • Put £5 in xmas pot - next weeks money
    • Decided to start a secret pot - put loose change in as and when I can and at the end of the year take this to bank and pay towards a c/c
    • Need to make the above pot - going to search the kitchen cupboards!
    • About to do an hour or so of uni work - decided to only this to give myself a bit of breather. Plan to spend much of tomorrow doing essay planning :eek:
    • Finally finish letter to my sister
    • Tea from stores tonight
    • Phone grandad and one of my friends using free minutes
    • Catch up with a couple of other friends using free texts
    • Read some of library 'fun' book, then later watch a couple of DVDs with DH
    • Do some competitons later tonight - especially if DH falls asleep on sofa whilst watching a DVD!
    Thats it for me
    Take care
    T
    x
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    Mortgage Overpayment £0/£2000
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  • Lottebear
    Lottebear Posts: 794 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Today I have;

    Been to the travel show in London for free
    Entered loads of competitions for free holiday
    Checked online banking
    Daily cards
    Bought only food for today, off on hoilday on Monday.
  • picasso2
    picasso2 Posts: 900 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Hi all , not much for me , in bed with man flu :o
    • Had to pay for dd a taxi to work placement as too poorly to drive and no bus early morning.
    • heating off as in bed all day and feeling hot anyway.
    • done some comps between sleeps - won some lucozade :)
    • checked on line banking - all in order
    • meals from stores for dd
    • no wine for me tonight :(
    At least dd is doing well , earnt £1.50 in tips on first day and a free haircut.
    When it rains look for Rainbows
    When its Dark look for Stars
  • ald65
    ald65 Posts: 303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    list for today
    • lsd [lottery ticket just in case....]
    • book swap with friends
    • turned heating down by one degree and reduced time on:D
    • £2 coin in savings tin
    • drying on airers
    • home manicure and polish;)
    • check online account
    • mend DH trousers [again!!!!]:mad:
    finally have a nice relaxing evening with a glass or two of wine[Mr A's 3 for ten]
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