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Monday 1st March - What small DFW things have you done today?!

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  • daviesalie_2
    daviesalie_2 Posts: 134 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 1 March 2010 at 1:48PM
    fayjmck wrote: »
    it has storage heaters and I have no idea how they work

    I've had them for two years and I still don't know :rotfl: Mine are a nightmare because there's no thermostat. My house is either boiling or freezing. I know the Input dial is how much they get charged up over night/how much heat they'll emit throughout the day, but the Boost dial is a mystery to me coz whatever I put it on it doesn't seem to make a difference. Good luck with them :)

    My list for today is:-
    • Get off backside and do something! tick
    • Chops out of freezer for tea tick
    • Find my pegs (not used since last year) and peg out washing tick
    • Do about 300 loads of washing :(on 30 degrees 2 down , 3 tonnes to go :rotfl:
    • Nip to farmfoods for bread (2 loaves of any Hovis for £1:j) and potatoes
    • Go to Tesco to get my Euros - NO OTHER SPENDING ALLOWED
    • Get suitcases out of attic and have a look for some stuff to sell on ebay while I'm up there
    Better get moving :cool2: Have a good day all :wave:
  • saxysarah
    saxysarah Posts: 254 Forumite
    Good luck with all the washing Daviesalie - Hope ur moggy is ok Heather - and best of luck for the interview Catmiaow!
    hugs for all other DFWs i missed!
    now i need to get OFF here and get some stuff done!!
  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 1 March 2010 at 11:39PM
    List first, catch up with thread in a mo! Hurry hurry today!

    I have:
    • Worked 5 hr shift
    • Took tea bags in, used works hot water
    • Took breakfast to work
    • Was my turn to buy manager a coffee, she buys one day, I buy the other - 50p
    • Put £1 in SA pot
    • Lunch from stores
    • Bit of housework
    • Dry washing off airer and folded
    • Kids took packed lunches
    And I will:
    • Do a bit more housework Done
    • HC and airer dry Done
    • Dinner from stores Done
    • Check banking - DD out today, must check damage - Done, all ok :)
    • Speak to school about DS trip, they said pay at end of march, so its gone in my next payday budget and fri I had a letter telling me to pay this week :eek:
    • Check for mystery shops - none but £16 on its way for the last one, which will go in the SA pot.
    • Bought a top on friday for my day out sat but decided that was just stoopid, so wore an ok top and will take the new one BACK :T
    • Enjoy the sunshiiiiiiiiiiiiine :)Gone in! I hate having a window-less office, bet I missed hours of sunshine!
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    My list is/was:
    Get OH odor eaters (he's paying) - done
    Print off Film essay - done
    Read The Rover - half way
    Read Chapter 6 in book
    Put washing away
    Do ten minutes twisty thing
    Do 15 x 8 exercises
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • saxysarah
    saxysarah Posts: 254 Forumite
    well i'm feeling annoyed with myself now i've done virtually nothing and went back to bed with the troublesome twosome for most of the day I was so tired ;-( havent even got to the shops yet grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
  • Lurleene
    Lurleene Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    Hiall, quick one from me as have to take T to the docs in a mo. Littlemisschocolate - what a sweet picture. Today I:

    1) Went to work
    2) Banked money
    3) LSD -Bought a Fatface top from the charity shop on the way home.
    4) Did a piggypoint click and now have enough for a CD.
    5) Checked banking, quidco etc. Have £20.35 on the way from quidco.:j
    6) Off to a free screening of The Blind Side tonight - should be good. Will take own drinks and sweets and free parking at the cinema.
    7) Check on my ebay item which sells today.

    Got to dash, ta ra!L x
  • Triangle
    Triangle Posts: 1,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi lovely people, hope everyone is having a good day.

    It wasn't a NSD for me as needed petrol - but used a 5p off litre coupon I found in purse :) Just got water bill number one for the year (we have to have two providers in our area) and price the same as last year - yay! :)

    Now off to chill out before go swimming and read some more of the money diet book.

    T
    x
    MFW!
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  • La_escocesa
    La_escocesa Posts: 3,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi all :wave:

    Today i have:
    - NSD
    - used £20 vouchers for a new top and tights. Cost £19.98 so 2p for the coin jar to boot.
    - Meals from the options I slow cooked at the weekend.
    - got a new micro from someone who was moving house and didn't want it. looks brand new and i think it fits...
    - doing online shop for weekend away, getting it delivered to holiday cottage to save a bit of spending money. Also, as i volunteered to do the shop, i'll get the clubcard points! (That's ok, right?!)

    xx
  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Afternoon all!
    Busy day at school again today but all good.

    Today's little list...
    • Had breakfast at home
    • Took lunch to work
    • Tried to drive well to conserve petrol
    • Taken dog for 3 walks already (free exercise for both of us) - just a quick whizz round the block at bed time to go
    • Beef casserole in oven for OH's tea and Linda McCartney pie (on offer in Mr T's) for me with veg
    • Do about an hour of school work
    • Have a nice bath later using Xmas smellies
    • Get OH to whip hoover round downstairs
    • Check banks - pay day very soon - hurrah!
    That's it for today - it is Monday!
  • mogchops
    mogchops Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    Evening all - better late than never :o was a typical manic Monday this morning!!!

    Today so far:

    - check online banking
    - go to work
    - done ironing
    - changed bed
    - DD at rainbows (last one, goes up to Brownies next week!)
    - ordered flowers for DH's aunties 60th birthday (she lives oop north) went via quidco, got 20% cashback plus another 10% discount :j:j
    - Posted giftcard :D

    Still to do:

    - make sure elder DD bike ok for morning as cycling to school to do cycling proficiency
    - tot up last of my end of month grocery & petrol receipts to update my spreadsheet :D
    - eat din dins - yum
    - do all comps ending 2 March

    Fay - storage heaters - my mum has them, as they live in a cottage with no mains gas, so the heaters and a wood burner are all they have -and their cottage is always toasty in winter!! I'm not sure how they work though.....:o

    Have a good evening y'all xx
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