Sat 17th/Sun 18th April - What small DFW things have you done today?

skaps

Got some free pots from homebase yesterday and some plants from my mum.

determined_new_ms

Morning everyone , gosh some of you are up early, I thought I was until I stummbled onto this thread...

Still not feeling great, my stomach bug has morphed into a throat/fluey thing , will not let it spoil my day! Although oh can be really militant when the weater is good and no doubt will want me walking miles...



Ok today:

• [STRIKE]bootfair shortly , get any cheap veg/meat for the monthly shopping, meet up with friend for cup of tea and delight over bargains:j[/STRIKE] got a purse & a bag for £1! 6 strawberry plants & a winter coat for oh :j
• [STRIKE]Grate and freeze additional block of cheese so the 2 blocks last until end of month [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]chop and freeze mushrooms[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]make banana & choc cake from last week's thread (have got the frozen bananas out of the freezer - loving old school!!):D[/STRIKE] in the oven with the chineese chicken mmmmmmm
• [STRIKE]go to b&q and exchange laminte for beading (and soil if there's enough)[/STRIKE] :eek::eek: beading is £3 for a 2 meter strip, we need 29 mters!
• clean pil's home before they return from holiday (thy were supposed to be flying home yesterday but obviously weren't able to, weidly when we were talking about the volcanic eruption we didn't put 2+2 together and make the link about his parents! )
• [STRIKE]take rubbish from pil's to the tip - they had their bathroom redone while they were away[/STRIKE][STRIKE]do another 1/2hr gardening and get oh on board again (he got right into it yesterday but it took some persuasion on my part )[/STRIKE]garden starting to look good, but we need a lot of plants...
• [STRIKE]dinner from meal plan (have done so well on this this month!)[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]hm bread[/STRIKE] gurning away in the machine
• [STRIKE]sweep kitchen floor[/STRIKE]

Phew that's quite enough for me! Hope its glorious where you guys are, sun is shining here x :j:j:j

OrangeFairy

Morning all!! I love waking up with the sun shining through the curtains

Today i have / will

hang washing i did last night out on the airer (no washing left other than what we are wearing)
Take kids swimming (if they start behaving)
Lunch from stores
Dinner at MIL's
Start a new book
Ebay today if i can be bother
Practice assessments
sort out the little pile of paperwork on the computer desk
check banking
surveys

Thats all i think......will see if i actually get to ebaying today!! REALLY got to get started with it again!!

i hope everyone is having a great day!

Cleosmum

I have:

• Checked banking
• Checked PB
• Checked Amazon sales

I need to:

• Buy new car insurance
• Cancel renewal of current car insurance Done
• Do 1 MS and submit report Done
• Fix old car to get me to work, fuel is killing me in new car - £80 used in the last 10 days and havent even started the daily trek to and from training :eek::( Doing...
• Put away dry clothes from today
• Get quote for car ins on old car, if it can be fixed!
• Take back a pack of laminate flooring that wasnt used and get a tenner back Done
• Lunch out using CC deals vouchers Done
• Water plants Done
• Bit more housework Done
• Work out budget for next pay day - next Friday :T
• Get kids school stuff ready for Monday Done
• Get OH and my work stuff ready for Monday, inc breakfast to take with us (6am start) Done

Cheery_Daff

Morning all, sun's shining, isn't it amazing the difference it makes??

On the moneysaving list today is....

* ordered book for cousin's birthday off Amazon - saving £2 on Waterstone's price
* checked online banking
* bought tax disc for van for year (£15 more than expected, but still budgeted for!)
* home made bread for breakfast
* emailed some work I've already been paid for - good to get it out of the way!

And I will...

* buy cheap milk from newsagents
* make yogurt
* make soft cheese
* do a bit of gardening, plant out some peas
* go to community garden work day round the corner
* experiment with sewing elastic into corners of flat sheet to make it fitted
* finish off some voluntary work
* start some paid work
* make lunch to take to work tomorrow
* read about electricity meters!

We're terrible lately for not turning things off, especially things on standby... We're going to have a big review of bills this month, so today I've just ventured into the cellar to read the electric meter. Gosh, it seems to be fair whizzing round!

ONly got things plugged in in the kitchen, but in there we've got..

- 6 lights (all energy saving, and it's dingy in here, but still!)
- 3 phone chargers without phones
- mp3 charger (in use)
- laptop charger (plugged into my laptop)
- lots of Mr Daffs' guitar pedals

Might have to do a bit of jiggling so the phone chargers aren't on the same multi switch thing as the lights... (seems ludicrous just even writing it!)

Have a good day all...
x

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

It's a lovely day here. I love Sundays, especially when there are no clouds in the sky! :cool:

Today I'm going to:

• Sell/list at least one thing!
• [STRIKE]Took out recycling and rubbish[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Finish this Flylady business - is a great motivator/kick start[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Do May meal plan and do an online shop[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Go to the shop with a list for 'supplies' to last until the shop gets delivered[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Grate and freeze some cheese - Good idea Determined new ms! [/STRIKE]
• Had Weetabix loaf for breakfast http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=215590

And leftovers from yesterday:

• Get a charity/car boot/ebay bag together and decide what to do with those CDs...
• [STRIKE]Quick hokey cokey on 30[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]No trip to the beautician so far in 2010 :A - so some DIY pampering later[/STRIKE]
• Wedding planning (with no unplanned/spur of the moment buying going on!) only after everything is done!

Hope everyone has a great rest of weekend.

Will pop back later

La xx

rachelmk wrote: »

Up early again today - just can't sleep once it's light.

Rachelmk - I've got myself a funky eye mask - great for pulling over my eyes at 6am for an extra couple of hours!

Beencounting

Morning :hello:

Enjoying a slow start to the day, still in me jammies though will get moving soon.

Loving this gorgeous weather, long may it continue!

So, for today I will/have:

• [STRIKE]Quick shower[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check bank & update spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
• HC & line dry – does it ever end? - Grrr:mad: two loads of washing have been ruined by someone starting a smoky fire, have to re-wash two loads right now:mad:
• Take some pictures ready to ebay (should’ve done this yesterday)
• [STRIKE]Check ebay every five minutes for stuff finishing today![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Onepoll surveys, if any available[/STRIKE] - 5p wow!
• Enter some comps (aim for 15)
• [STRIKE]NSD[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Dinner from stores[/STRIKE] – prawn risotto tonight….yum
• Change lottery numbers, the current ones seem to be very unlucky!:p
• [STRIKE]Ironing, especially uniforms[/STRIKE]
• Clean kids bedrooms - changed the beds....
• Clean loft windows
• Clear some (more) of the paperwork backlog
• [STRIKE]Repair to DSs school top and trousers[/STRIKE]

Also been for a lovely walk with OH to the coast and visited DM, so lots of exercise and free tea and cake

Didn’t get round to doing any gardening yesterday, but have been inspired by the OS Greenfinger thread, so maybe today!

Hope you all have a great day.

Been

savingforarainyday

Morning Everyone. Sooo sunny again here.

This morning. I have had a lovely cooked breakfast yum yum, and added all my points up like a good girl:rotfl:

Two shepherds pies made one gluten free with grated carrots (to hide the extra veg lol) which 2 portions will end up in freezer, the other full of lovely veg will be dinner when MIL comes later this afternoon

Should be a nsd
Washing ready to go in will have to dry in garage room as dh is monopolising the garden with some DIY project
Ironing later when MIL goes home (I only iron items that desperately need it:p)
Someone mentioned cleaning a blind and it saving them some money and it got me thinking, DD was complaining about curtains in her room letting light in, I was going to buy/make some linings, but I still have the ones from her old room which were lined, a little alteration and:D hey presto.
I will do a quick swish around bathroom, so it smells nice and looks a little less grimy.

I need to find my shiny new file to put all my bills away for this year.

So I am off to make a cup of tea and chop fruit for lunch

Enjoy your sunday everyone:D

Bagpuss741

Today I have/will:

1. Checked online banking
2. Set budget for next week (car needs yet more repairs:()
3. Sort out vouchers ready for shopping
4. NSD
5. Store cupboard meals
6. Walk dog locally and take water with me to avoid local co-op
7. Filled in Boots questionnaire
8. Consumer pulse
9. Free scratchcard

sans_2

Hi all,

Not much from me today

My dfw thingsfor today
· piggy clicks = will do shortly
· Hoovering done
· Ebay got bid on 1 of my items