Sat & Sun 15th & 16th May - What small DFW things have you done today?

Cleosmum

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free, or staying debt free

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important :T

I seem to be up at silly o'clock today, woke up at 7.15, alarm was set for 8.15, stupid body clock lol. Busy day today, not so busy tomorrow, so I shall see what I can achieve!

Today DD has a party to go to in another town, I have a lift there, but not back Its £2.40 for us to get back by train, but I have budgeted for it and hopefully can get a lift back with another parent

So, my list:
Today I have:

• Decluttered a coffee
• Checked MSE to see if it had mysteriously disappeared overnight :rotfl:
• Checked in with my house bunny and made sure he was happy :T
• Checked for sunshine.......there is sunshine!!! Damn, I said if it was sunny I would try and do some fence painting lol

And I will:

• Get organised for party and take drinks for after Done
• Sort my lunch to take as its over lunch time, and I must stick to SW! Done
• Check banking, PB and Amazon sales Done
• Check list from yesterday to see what I didnt get done (I fell into a large glass of wine at 8.45 so gave up )
• HC x loads! Line dry hopefully! Done
• Send OH off to work with dinner Done
• Do some housework Done
• Meals from stores and stick to meal plan Done

I best get organised! Hope everyone has a fab and productive weekend, with tons of sunshine :j:j:j

pixiechick99

Morning Cleosmum...and anyone else who follows:T
Thank you for your kind offer of help yesterday - I forgot you were around here,I knew someone was familiar with the lovely RUH but couldn't remember who! I keep saying I wish it was this time next week, be all over - sure it'll come and go quickly, the waiting is the worst:o

Still in bed here, will get up in a mo...only cos I want a cuppa;)

Girls spending most of today with their dear father, givesme some peace...more fun for them too no doubt:o
So, list time:

• check banking
• daily scratch
• enter daily comps
• washing HC....dry on line
• finish tidying girls room - dismantled bunk beds last night, still a bit of a bombsite there
• meal from plan tonight - chicken wraps and hm wedges...mmmmm:rotfl:
• NSD - hopefully
• ironing
• write lists for hospital, stuff girls need to take for their stay at ex mil's, dd2's birthday to-do, anything else I need to do!!

Ok, I think that's my lot for now - have a lovely day everybody:A

Pippilongstocking

Hello chaps

Hey Cloesmum my body clock is silly as well, can't wake up early on normal days at the weekends awake at 7am!

Today lots to do in the garden
Amazon listings to do
Ebay things ending today
Garden show on here so go and look at locally produced chicken houses order one if I can
Take back something that's playing up (TV for DD's room) = phoned and will take it back this morning
Another load to the new house - take the campervan for lots of room
Try and get to a beach today its lovely
Fill mower with petrol bought from a pal who used petrol in a deisel car - whoops - sold it to us for cheaper
Water greenhouse and conservatory
Check seedlings and do more
Do more cuttings from the nepeta (cat mint) got a lovely couple pots I've got aboiut 100 cuttings from so far (free plants!)
Get DS to help mow gardens and shred old tree bits for the path (free path)
Look out pressure washer and do the conservatory and the greenhouse if it works
Clear out potting shed into Darwin
Bit of cooking
Check freezer for goodies
HC in sunshine
Move furniture into lodgers room for poeple coming at end of month
Clear out DD's room
Carefully move tiffany lamp don't want to break it!!
Fill dogs bone with some cooked chicken liver - that should keep him happy for ages (cheaper than new bones)
DD get a lift to a music festival - free transport
Call pals with free weekend calls
Move more leaves to veggie garden
Make apple sauce with apples now wrikly
Phone the freesat people and find out about freesat at the new house
Freeze free tray bakes DD brought home from helping at bingo night

OK I need a cuppa

xxxx

Pippilongstocking

Waves to Milly - lots to organise this weekend for next week - good luck with it all - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PS random change of topic - my morello cherry tree is in blossom -

OrangeFairy

ggggrrr to kids getting me up at 7.30am when they didn't go to bed until 11pm!! :eek:

Going out with OH for dinner tonight!! On tesco vouchers!!! SIL and BIL are having the girls overnight but in a way iam a little ugtted as they won't be there on the morning of my birthday It will be a little strange!

Today

Clean up after boys night!!!!
tidy house
friend coming round with her kids - free entertainment for DD's
make bread
lunch from stores
hockey cokey
make my excercise plan
update meal plan with changes we have made (like forgetting to take food from freezer in time!!)

Not much but having a relaxing day!

catmiaow

Hey all,

Today I will:

[STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Watch rental dvd 1 [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Comps[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check job sites
Email friend back
Enter received post in[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Post two ebay parcels
List another item on ebay[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Post proof of no claims off[/STRIKE]
Use free texts
[STRIKE]Vacuumed both cars, OH to wash them
Been into town and got cough medicine[/STRIKE]
Watch DVD 2 today, on a 14 day trial so want to post it back on Monday.

Triangle

Morning all :hello:

Hope everyone is well and happy Cleosmum - thank you for that website link to the gorgeous westie website - It made me want another one! But our little lad is more than a handful! Big hellos and welcome to JIG and AoB And sorry to hear about the job Rachel - keep at it tho,you'll get something amazing soon

Well so much for a quiet night in last night! Mum and sister pursuaded me and DH to go to our local - and had a fantasic night! Lots of people we knew, lots of fun and dancing, didn't spend much at all - the perfect tonic! :j


Today's list:

• Pop out in a min to get paper and return lib book
• Walk pup down the beach
• Finally get home and contents insurance - it's been on my list for the past week!
• Little bit of housework
• Catch up with people via email and free texts
• Watch Eastenders on i-player
• Read through my finished essay a couple of times to check for mistakes
• Couple of hours revision this afternoon
• Paint nails
• Watch Dr Who tonight
• Meal out tonight with DH, mum, dad and sister as my sister is off travelling next Friday for 6 months - she's only been back home 3 weeks after doing a winter's ski season! Very proud of her and excited about meal - local tapas bar and it's walking distance for me and DH

Lots of love
T
x

Cleosmum

:rotfl:I frightened the life out of DS3, who didn't realise I was up early. He asked me if I had work, I said no, just not enough hours in this morning I am now waiting for DS2 to finish unpacking the DW and then I can get in the kitchen, sort tonight's dinner, my lunch and do a quick S&S round.

Cleosmum

Triangle - I find the words handful and westie always appear in the same sentence lol. My Dads westie is very much in charge in their house, and a biiiiig handful lol. There are lots of volunteer positions going on Westie Rehoming, they often need people to collect westies for rehoming, or maybe to do home checks etc.

La_escocesa

Morning everyone :wave:

It's a gorgeous day here. Not going out until later tonight but still pretty to look out at Looking forward to a garden one day!!

Here's my weekend listypoos:

• Washing is on the airer - did it last night so it's had a few extra hours to dry but I'm sure it'll still take about 3 days! I did it on quick wash at 30.
• Painting my nails using freebie nail polish :money:
• Got 2 parcels delivered from ebay - 1 for a pressie and 1 for the wedding
• Check out my ebay sales and pack up any that pay
• Catching up with the flylady madness
• Do a meal plan of sorts for next week
• See if I have any books to sell :A
• Put some coins in the jar - almost £30 - going towards a meal out
• Cancelled experian but will check it tomorrow before my month runs out IYSWIM

Out tonight but getting a lift there and back so that's good. Have only spent £20 on booze so far this month (+ the box of wine with the groceries but that's a different budget so doesn't count...right?! :rotfl:). Hoping not to add too much to that tonight! £20-£30 max.

xx

josiebabie

Morning Chaps!
Welcome to our new posters, stick with us! You will find you'll go off track if you don't!

Well last night we went for a night out with work, three course meal and two drinks on the house. Before we left we did a whip round for a fiver each and sent my drivers to Mr T's to buy lots of booze for the bus down there! (The company laid on transport, it wasn't a service bus, lol) So we all ate drank and got very merry. I did a fair bit of table hopping as it was all our three sites there and lots of people you don't get to see very often. Everytime I sat at a different table my sweet order got taken!!! So I ended up having two chocolate fudge cakes, one with cream, one with ice cream, a toffee sundae and lemon merangue pie! LOL head a bit fluffy this morning but nothing I can't handle....

Anyway so today:-
- Deliver friend's dresser to Warminster, DFW as he over paid me on fuel money
- Lunch at said friend's house with DD
- Check banks etc as I didn't yesterday
- Update MSE diary with spends etc
- Respond to non payer on ebay
- 2x HC
- Sort dry clean washing
- Ironing
- Rejig meal plan as it's been shifted around a bit

Thats it for now as the trip to warminster will take most of the day up!
Jx:rotfl: