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BH Monday 5th April - What small DFW things have you done today?
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I feel like such a lightweight....I am already thinking about going to bed

OMG another twin/triplet on this thread. I went to a sleep at 9.30 last night, so embarrassed by this I wouldn't have admitted unless u did too... I don't know what's up with me at the moment, I wake up at 6 everyday and then crash ridiculously early. OH was joking earlier I won't bother getting up soon !
:o:o DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2026: £25.70
Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
GC annual £389.25/£2700
Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
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That vet thing im going to look it up right now, but coz im a teacher not sure ill get away with it:-)(
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Tilly they never asked about my income, I'm sure it was really for ppl on benefits, however I was on a low income, debts two children and wouldn't have been able to afford regular vets. The idea is to prevent animals suffering xDF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2026: £25.70
Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
GC annual £389.25/£2700
Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
Extra cash earned 2026: £1850 -
determined_new_ms wrote: »OMG another twin/triplet on this thread. I went to a sleep at 9.30 last night, so embarrassed by this I wouldn't have admitted unless u did too... I don't know what's up with me at the moment, I wake up at 6 everyday and then crash ridiculously early. OH was joking earlier I won't bother getting up soon !
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Lol I am now giving in, I am off to make a mug of highlights and go to bed
DNMS you are probably really tired from all the small things you achieve now
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Lol I am now giving in, I am off to make a mug of highlights and go to bed

Right well if we are all going to give in....! Super duper tired too and my lovely clean fresh bed sheets await me!
T
xMFW!
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Hi There
Today i managed to have a NSD.!:T
I am pretty awful at hitting the target normally ( see signature) but i managed two over the bank holidays.
Also i turned the heating off today - which is normally a struggle as OH would rather wear a tshirt with the heating on than a jumper with the heating off:mad:
Trin"Not everything that COUNTS can be counted; and not everything that can be counted COUNTS"
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NSD - May 16/17. June 16/17. July 14/17
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Hi everyone :wave:
Have caught up on the thread from today and from the weekend. Feel better now!
Was at my sister's visiting this weekend, but I did have a small things list going round in my head 
Determined new ms - yay for starting the thread! :beer: Good stuff.
Littlekel - I might pop over to the diaries thread too myself. Don't really know if I'd have anything at all interesting to say for myself but like you say, I think it could keep me more motivated (and not bore you lot with my monologues!
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This is how my list looks:- Update spending diary with spends from the weekend. Tried to keep track via a drafted text message but didn't do too well... I know how much money I left with and how much is currently in my purse but it'll annoy me that I won't be able to put spends into their own little category.
I am now sounding like a weirdo - maybe I should have a category for 'weekends away' and be done with it! - Had leftover stew for tea with v tasty and v cheap pancakes - didn't eat in the train station on the way home! :T
- Read a book on the train and didn't buy a magazine :T
- Going to catch up with the forum
- Going to read my book and have an early night. I too am a lightweight!! :rotfl:
0 - Update spending diary with spends from the weekend. Tried to keep track via a drafted text message but didn't do too well... I know how much money I left with and how much is currently in my purse but it'll annoy me that I won't be able to put spends into their own little category.
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determined_new_ms wrote: »OMG another twin/triplet on this thread. I went to a sleep at 9.30 last night, so embarrassed by this I wouldn't have admitted unless u did too... I don't know what's up with me at the moment, I wake up at 6 everyday and then crash ridiculously early. OH was joking earlier I won't bother getting up soon !
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I thought everybody did this :rotfl: it is way past my bedtime already!
Haven't done much today as I haven't felt very well - in fact I went to bed for an hour this afternoon - think I am getting OH's cold just in time to go back to work tomorrow :mad:
However, I have:
made a curry for tomorrow's supper from left over cold meat and some bendy veg from the bottom of the fridge, so will only need to warm it up and cook some rice tomorrow evening after work
made OH prepare some sardines that have been lurking in the freezer since I bought them in a fit of enthusiasm last summer ( I wanted to try them after seeing them on cookery programmes etc though I am a bit funny about fish to be honest). Once OH had done the messy bits, I grilled them with herbs and garlic and we had them with a tomato salad and bread and butter for supper. They were quite nice, though perhaps not worth all the fish slime,scales etc that I had to clean up after OH :eek: but at least they are not looking at me every time I open the freezer any more!
Made some cranberry sauce - sounds funny I know as it is a Christmas thing,but I bought some reduced cranberries for 25p after Xmas and they too were glaring up at me from the freezer basket ... Anyway, I do really like it with chicken and other meats, and it has so much booze in it,it keeps for months in the fridge.
Cleaned up kitchen after lots of messy cooking!
Made my sarnies for work tomorrow
Off to bed (again) now, good night :wave:0 -
Hi all
Late posting today, but here goes…
Things done today:
- Ironing, ironing and more ironing….and still more to do
- Checked bank, no change
- NSD
- Got some stuff ready to ebay
- Entered the latest Pepsi comp, twice
- All meals from store
- Watched film from Lovefilm, (will post it back tomorrow)
- HC and airer dry
And for the rest of the evening…
- Going to read MBaz’s thread – £40 to feed a family for a month – to get some tips
Full LBM 26 Sept 110
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