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Tues 23rd Feb - What small DFW things have you done today?!

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  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Morning all - just :p

    Today I have/will
    - checked accounts, scratched and fished ooooh and skied!
    - making bread to have with rest of yummy soup
    - parcelled up ebay item and waiting for other to finish and pay before heading out in cold to post
    - plant some herb seeds in cheapy W**lko propegator so will have lots of lovely fresh plants in a few weeks time - hopefully
    - start meal plan and shopping list using 'my supermarket' in preparation for payday on Thursday - yeah!
    - list 2 new items on e bay
    - review at least 5 tracks on Slice the Pie (if I have the inner strength!)
    - definitely, definitely do 1 dooyoo review, am even boring myself now by going on about it!)
    - cash in last of sealed pot (£10 of 50p's, total of £87 altogether with some shrapnel returned to 'motoring expenses 2011 pot' so really pleased - will make a bit of a dent in tax, insurance and MOT for this year)
    -try new s*perdr*g equivalent of Cl*r*ns beauty flash balm that bought yesterday 1/2 price in attempt to sparkle!

    have a great day everyone and thanks for starting the thread Millie

    -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%
    Lose 19lbs / Save £2k by 30/04/12 *5/19lbs* £158.72/£2000
  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Kellie, have you taken your DD to a doc? Might be worth it hun x

    Today I have:
    • Cadged a lift to work with colleague
    • Taken in my breakfast from home
    • Worked 5 hour shift
    • Colleague bought me a coffee at work
    • Stuck to my diet
    • Checked banking and increased some SO that are due out on thursday
    • DH had a job interview, fingers crossed please! He finds out in the morning :)
    • Visited MSE to keep me focused - was here at 5.30am, must be mad lol
    • Went to pigsback and did 3 CT
    • Emailed rip off quidco about some earnings they have had since last year but never paid me :mad:
    And I will:
    • Lunch out with DH, use vouchers and share a coke so that it keeps the cost down. Will try and eat with SW in mind
    • Do some housework so that there is nothing to do tomorrow
    • Make hobnobs
    • LSD - need bread, will go to Aldi to avoid tesco temptations
    • Airer dry some more clothes
    • Put away the dry clothes
    • Dinner from stores, sausage cass, veg and mash, not sure what Im having though
    • Have a nosey round for jobs
    • Early night, need to be all zingy for my day off tomorrow :j
  • La_escocesa
    La_escocesa Posts: 3,119 Forumite
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    Hi everyone :wave:

    Boring work day for me today but I'm hoping for an early finish (4pm) so I can get home and sort out the flat. In desparate need of mucho hokey cokey but clothes take so long to dry on the airer that washing just piles up if I don't use the launderette.

    Picasso2 don't beat yourself up about yesterday - I'm v impressed you managed to go shopping and only buy snacks and coffee. At least you resisted the sales!

    My small things today are:
    - Posted the mobile I sold
    - Check bank a/c to see if any cash has been sent my way
    - Washing at 30 on quick wash
    - Not going to leave work on my lunch break
    - Try to devise some sort of meal plan for the next few days until the big shop arrives ?!?
    - Sort a wee bag for the charity shop in the quest for a clutter free flat!

    xx
  • Triangle
    Triangle Posts: 1,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Cleosmum wrote: »

    DH had a job interview, fingers crossed please! He finds out in the morning :)


    Fingers and toes all crossed!

    T
    x
    MFW!
    Started 1/12/22 - £196,000

    Saving targets 2023
    Mortgage Overpayment £0/£2000
    Bathroom £0/£2000
    Big Birthday Trip £0/£2000
    Long Term Saving Pot £0/£2000
  • catmiaow
    catmiaow Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Afternoon all,

    Today I had a good lie in
    Emailed a friend who lives abroad
    Rang my nan & mum
    Got an interview for a job I really want on Monday, so nervous!!
    Have applied for more jobs
    Arranged another viewing on my house, would be good if this couple made an offer and got above job, as above job is 5 mins drive from the house we are after!

    Need to:
    Pop to Tesco - move money so that I can only spend £3 that I need
    Check online banking
    See to pets
    Take rubbish out
    Enter comps
    Read current post

    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
  • Triangle
    Triangle Posts: 1,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Yay - DH just phoned - my car passed MOT no problems! :T
    So only £40 - but DH has already made £20 in tips today so half of it has been 'recovered' :T

    T
    x
    MFW!
    Started 1/12/22 - £196,000

    Saving targets 2023
    Mortgage Overpayment £0/£2000
    Bathroom £0/£2000
    Big Birthday Trip £0/£2000
    Long Term Saving Pot £0/£2000
  • well done chaps

    I've dashed home at lunch and am showing the (NOW TIDY) bedsit to a new perspective tenant - maybe only a 3 month let - but better than nothing - I've folks coming into the room in June/July

    :) am crackered

    Whilst at home farm manager rang and turned up with a trailer of old wood from a shed for me! Hurray - that#s a log chopping job for me and DS at the weekend......
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
  • Hi all, not posting regularly as new DD taking up much of my time but still trying to be DFW all the time and having her is making me think things thriugh even more as I want her to be good with things like this too. I have:

    used library for the first time in years to get some books out. Even found a cross stitch book that I can use rather than buying on of those reallt expensive kits
    HM bread
    washing in low, dry indoors
    no heating on during day
    made DH coffee for him to take in van rather than him buy one
    hokey cokey
    veg from cheap veg shop
    trying to only use food in freezer to run it down
    going to WW tonight (get it free until DH is 6 months old) and not buy anything off table
    NSD
    still soley breastfeeding DD

    Lovely to see all the regulars and newbies x

  • Lurleene
    Lurleene Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    Hi all, didn't manage to post yesterday but had a NSD. Woo!

    Great news about the house Fay, well done! Glad you are back to work Milly. Happy birthday to mini-Mogchops! Good luck Mr Cleosmum! Phew on the car Triangle.

    Today I:

    1) Went to work
    2) Packed lunches all round inc carrot muffuns that I made last night to use up a load of carrots.
    3) All other meals from stores.
    4) I bought the local paper as T's class photo was in it. I have laminated it instead of buying a proper copy of the pic as they are £10!
    5) Managed to buy the violin book B needs off Green Metropolis, saving nearly £5. Yay.
    6) Made overpayments to CCs.
    7) Checked bank, quidco, did SC etc
    8) Walked the school run even though it was pelting down.
    9) Hokey cokey drying indoors.
    10) Received my favourite lipstick from Ebay. Saved £3 by buying it from there rather than Boots, and I am very glad as I had run out.
    11) Cashed in some survey points for Amazon vouchers and ordered some things for OH's birthday. ( March is a busy bday month with 5 close family bdays. Just have my Mum left to buy for now though. )

    See you tomorrow, L x
  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Hiya!
    Didn't get a chance to post yesterday - busy in school and then had a whopper of a headache in the evening.
    So today....
    • Had brekkie at home
    • Took leftovers for lunch to work
    • Walked dog for free exercise
    • Tried to drive carefully to conserve petrol
    • Checked banks - will be about £100 overdrawn by payday - not good - boo!
    • Phoned mum with free minutes
    • Will have a nice bath later with smellies from stock
    • Do a bit of school work later
    • Make tea from stores
    That's it for today - very boring isn't it?!
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