Saturday/Sunday 27th/28th February what small DFW things have you done today?

nomorespending

Happy Birthday Picasso2 ....hope you have had a fab day..

I have relaxed lots but have...
- AT last i've written a letter cancelling gym!! in envelope and ready to send - will post tomorrow!!
-Got mum to get me some blades for OH razer..( will pay her back but saved me a trip to costco where they are much cheaper than shops - has to have gillette fusion...- managed to persuade him that he really didn't need 'gillette fusion power muscle enhansing stealth' !!)
-Taken out the doglets - both are now exhausted sleep sleep sleeping
- eaten from cupboards all day
- gone to bank and banked cheques
- got on the arial liquid thing- big thanks to pricess Loki /picasso for mentioning it on here - i never go on the frebees bord so guess i shoudl start!
- filled in my profile on a survey site - took ages but i was chilling on the couch so i guess it doesn't matter one bit!!
- answered questions on the ebay items i'm selling

not much else to report... will have a little think about plans foe tomorrow!!

picasso2

Hi folks thanks for the birthday wishes and an excuse to make my 100th post

Had a good day out with bro who also fixed my dvd player.

Had a coupe of glasses of wine and feeling warm and fuzzy.

Heres to a great 2010.

Thanks for all your support folks


:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

OrangeFairy

• [STRIKE]Put a wash in...i have been home an extra day this week and all washing done except our clothes from yesterday...amazing how much more on top of it i am for just one day[/STRIKE]
• Iron the tiny pile that has dried overnight
• [STRIKE]Make a list of all food we have for meals[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Do our first proper 2 week meal plan[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Write ebay descriptions out in word so save time later when listing[/STRIKE]
• List ebay items this evening
• Pack up 2 things to be sent on monday
• [STRIKE]Take DD1 to ballet[/STRIKE]
• Hoover down stairs..only done last night but 'boy's night' means pringles everywhere!
• Clean bathroom
• Sort out DD1's birthday cards....recycling and bits cut for craft cupboard
• Sort my wardrobe to help decluttering figure along!
• File the paperwork in from kitchen cupboard
• Sort out my boxfile storage system...get rid of old letters etc
• [STRIKE]Oh and most importantly a trip to Mr A (kind of a treat for us as it is the furthest supermarket away!)[/STRIKE]

Okay so i didn't get too much done but then the inventory of the kitchen took longer than i thought!
Though spent £80 today on shopping but that will pretty much cover us for 2 weeks. We have enough cereal for 2 weeks and enough ingredients to make bread. May need a bit of milk and some ham but other then that 2 weeks is covered! The meal plan helps a lot....plus we have bought some bulk things to last the second half of the month too So hopefully we will be able to keep within our March budget!

Glad you had a great birthday picasso2 :beer:

Lots to do tomorrow!

stokelady

Well..........its been a very long time since I last posted on here, so time I got myself organised and in to gear !

Heating off at the moment...a little cold, but nothing another jumper wont sort !

Cupboards a little bare (payday 2morow) so a quick visit to the local shops for ingredients for a cheap Sunday Lunch (hopefully some reduced meat )

Lots of cleaning and laundry to do today, should keep me busy

Organise finances for tomorrow (list what needs paying!)


Spend the evening catching up on the site, especially the freebies and competition boards!

Enough to keep me going......have a constructive day all x

mogchops

good morning all!!

HUGE congrats Catsmiaow!!! :j:j:j

Happy birthday for yesterday Picasso, hope you had a good day xxx

WHOOP WHOOP Fay on the house!!!! :j:T:jThat is sooooo exciting!!!!!

I am totally exhausted after yesterday - it was youngest DDs 7th birthday party -we had 18 children and 7 adults here yesterday afternoon - and our house is not big lol!!!! But it all went well, everyone enjoyed it, and now its over and today will be a veryyyy quiet day....:rotfl:

Today:

-check online banking
- hokey cokey
- ironing
- lovely roast dinner to be cooked by DH :A
- try & finish all the month end comps


That will be it today!!!

Have a good one everyone xx

princess_loki

princess_loki wrote: »

morning all :wave:

today i am doing the hokey cokey and will mend hem on work trousers still doing washing - found wondaweb stuff for when i get iron out
will carry on trying to tidy house up still a work in progress - cleaning carpets means moving everything around :eek:
will hopefully clean hallway carpet had to do it more than 6 times to get water more or less clear - shoes off from now on
will chat with friends on FB - managed to only send two text messages and my mum phoned me
mum said that if i dont want to be on my own tonight i can go round for curry and DVD but will see later if i get engrossed in decorating project (plus got my wine!) was also invited to a party but was very tired after carpet cleaning so had wine and watched casualty and love actually
may make some apple curd from Weezl74's thread as apples have gone wrinkly apples still there as did not want to cook and run around with dirty carpet water at same time

also, cleaned loo, hoovered upstairs, washed coathangers in bath, changed bed, fixed mirror and found a desk lamp i had forgotten about!

was naughty and had a takeaway (but i convinced myself it was out of the £69 of 'free money') i deserved it (i think).

think that that is enough to be going on with - off back to bed for 20 minutes with my cup of tea

loki x

morning all :j

so..........

todays list:
have cleaned up chest of drawers from lodgers room - need to locate wood glue to fix
going to mop kitchen floor and clean dining area carpet (not as bad as hallway so should be quick)
will take clothes hangers out of bath (they were v. dusty) and decide to keep or freecycle... what do people think - should i keep for new lodger???
waiting for friend to phone at 10am to decide if we are going out - raining here so don't think we will be going for a walk!
need to locate b&q giftcard so i can buy a new front door lock - end of month so even though old lodger has left stuff here i can change the locks :j
going to mum and dads tonight for roast chicken

right, off to do kitchen floor :hello:

loki x

Triangle

Morning all :hello: Wet and windy here - perfect day for doing very little at all! DH home too as fishing trip cancelled. Had the best (and longest) walk ever yesterday with DH and pup - went to the beach and the sun was shining - it was heaven! Plus, it all helps with SW, yay!

My list for today:

• Currently reading library book 'thrifty ways for modern days' by Martin Lewis. Got another 4 out yesterday - cheapest entertainment ever!
• NSD today
• Count the NSD's I have had this month and also find out how much money I have 'wasted' by going through my spending diary
• Meals from stores and stick to slimming world
• Walk pup -although he is not a fan of the rain!
• Might do a couple of hours reading for work placement later this afternoon
• Watch DVD from library snuggled up on sofa with DH
• Washing at 30 and airer dry
• Try and enter all comps ending 28/2
• Go through Quidco and join a free month DVD rental trial
• Lovely bubble bath later!

Have a lovely relaxing day all

T
x

Pippilongstocking

Morning chaps

Picasso happy birthday for yesterday and happy 100th post
Mog chops I'm so glad you survived!!!

Anyway me today
Obsess about new house
Pack up some of hte kitchen clobber for the new house and get a set of boxes together to be able to have a load in the car when I collect the keys (more efficent use of petrol)
Figure out what is wrong with the washing machine
FInd a tactful way to say to lodger that whilst her driving is great - she's driving too fast (I put her on my insurance for her xmas pressie - so she can see the island)
DD at sleepover
DS and a pal snoring still
Must tidy potting shed and see what I can sow for ebay
Must gingerly put lots of things on the dining table which we can ebay - or persuade boys to deconstruct the table to move it to the new house asap we don't use it here.
Organise self for next week
Meal plan
Banks need a fair bit of juggling
Phone pal on weekend free mins
Pay remaining phone bill
Look at campervan renewal and then decide if I want to renew in March or April he's needing his alternator fixed
Order new alternator!! Or see if there is one working int he box of campervan bits in garage
Wear lots of clothes and layers cos its cold
Chop some logs if I can figure out what I did to the electric saw..........
Think about advertising some of the local spare camper van bits on a campervan site, or get in touch with the Inverness camper group (?)
Be brave and clean the porto-loo having seen how much they cost (we'll never use it) I must advertise it.
Finalise clearing old laptop and figure out where all the bits are for it

Hey chaps - last day of February I'm going to do a few things I've been putting off all month!!!

Hugs and sparkles!

WelshWoofer

Just did a huge post and it disappeared so I'll summarise it and try again...

Last night I had a massive eye opener when picking OH up from the pub. We popped into the shop for a few bits on the way home and outside there was a young man effectively begging. He looked awful - filthy dirty, painfully thin and in tears. I didin't have any change so went in the shop to get some.

When I came out instead of just giving him the money for some reason I felt compelled to talk to him - his story was heartbreaking. He wasn't drunk, on drugs or anything like that, just utterly lost. He'd been living on the street for 6 months with the odd day in a hostel - his girlfriend had left him with lots of debt, unpaid rent, bills etc and effectively he lost his flat. He had literally nothing just the clothes he was sat in. He was just devastated, defeated and didn't know what to do.

A few others and myself clubbed together and got enough to pay for a few nights in a hostel for him and OH and I drove him there, checked him in and made sure he had enough for a warm meal. He almost wouldn't get in the car as he was so embarrassed about being smelly and dirty, bless him. His story was heartbreaking and made me think there for the grace of god .....

I'm probably like a lot of people and thought that people like him were somehow at fault and could help themselves but he clearly couldn't.

Just made me really think about what I do have rather than what I don't and to be grateful for small things.

I don't mean to preach at all - it just totally rocked me and thought someone may be interested.

catmiaow

Morning all,

Today I listed 6 things on ebay, hoping to make some money towards my trip to London.
I will see to the cats and take rubbish out
Go to my mums for a nice lunch
Get essentials from home bargains.
Revise for this interview for tomorrow
comp like mad

Hope everyone has a good day :j