Sat/Sun 29/30 What Small DFW Things Have You Done Today?

catmiaow

Morning all,

Did everyone like the Germany song?

I have:

Enter some comps
Emailed friend back

I will:

[STRIKE]Have a quick shower
Have breakfast
Tidy up after cats & Take rubbish out
Take my nan out for the day[/STRIKE]
Dinner from stores
Cleaned oven last night

Hope everyone has a good day

La_escocesa

:wave: to everyone.

I'm being a good DFW today by:

• Checking banking and making sure it's all in order
• Putting the coins from my purse in the jar
• Going out for a meal with MOC and the coins from the jar (well, not actually the coins - I put them in the bank and swapped them for notes IYSWIM)
• Wedding planning [STRIKE]but no buying!! (My new motto!)[/STRIKE]:o:p
• Entered a comp
• Updated my spending diary

Wasn't v DFW-esque yesterday but I did make my own chips last night after the pub instead of going to the chippy! :T

Happy Sunday everyone!

xx

ETA - just realised the cash I spent yesterday and Friday is actually the same amount I got from ebay sales and surveys!
I offsetting!

Krisp_3

Hi all

- Did my free daily scratch
- Checked my banking
- Played around with the snowball calculator
- Thrown 10ps and below from purse into demi-john - almost full - last time we emptied it, there was £90 in it, this time it will be more as there's more silver in there!:T
- Yesterday me and the OH had a fantastic talk about our future, what we want to do together, what I will do to take next steps in my career change (so EXCITED!!!) and our aim to pay off our mortgage in 2 years (even more EXCITED!!!)
- Will continue going through books
- And sort out household filing

Have a great day, all

WelshWoofer

Morning all - feeling much better today - thank you for all of your good wishes!
Had to go to MIL's birthday party last night - was the last thing I felt like doing but I managed to survive it. Didn't get home until 1.30am though - not ideal! Definitely no drinking and minimal eating though!

Today, we're meeting some friends for lunch and a few drinks (one is heavily pregnant and so won't be drinking either). Could do without it really but OH is looking forward to it so have to go.

On the DFW front...

• Taken dog for a good walk this morning to blow away the cobwebs
• Hoover downstairs again (OH traipsed muck through last night)
• Checked banks
• Checked ebay - have a few watchers, nothing closes for a few days
• One load of washing
• Go for lunch and not drink
• Look for cheap holidays
• Try not to spend much (had a NSD yesterday)
• Clean the upstairs bathrooms

That's about it for today - have a good day

mogchops

Good morning all!

Ready for day 2 of decorating........:rotfl:

We did really well yesterday; just clearing the room & prepping took till about 2pm, and we still managed to get 2 full coats on the walls!! :j

Its looking lovely as well!!

Today:
- final coat on the walls
- skirting & windowsill
- hokey cokey with all the bedding
- tea from meal plan
- all comps ending 31/05
- got 16 items ending on ebay tonight
- start putting room back together when paint dry!

Have a great day everyone xxx

elfen

Today I have/will:
* Had an NSD
* Got through the first day no smoking
* Tidied the front room
* Done some cross stitch
* Tidy up kitchen - done
* Tidy up bedroom and shelf bit
* Not think of spending money
* Clean bathroom
* Check onepoll
* Check quidco
* Check other sites

LuckyBiscuit

Morning All,

Mogchop's - Good luck with ur day 2 of painting, we recently did our lounge and it was 11 days of tourture so will take me a few months before i do anything else.

Elfen - Well done on ur non smoking!!!

Today i am going to church - lunch is provided
Have a LSD as need bread, milk and potatoes
Tidy lounge from yesterdays chill out day:o
Pick OH up from work
Cook tea
5 Things on ebay.

Thats enough, Have a good day everyone..................

XXX

Wee_Jo

Hi everyone!


My first post on this thread - it's great reading everyone else's posts as it gives me fab ideas! This weekend is going quite well, as I have been doing lots of research on how to cut down my bills / maximise my money (don't know if research counts?!) The only money I have spent this weekend is on viewing my credit score as (following advice from here!) I think it would be beneficial to change my bank account and switch to a 0% credit card. I have also:

• Decided to switch to a sim only deal on GiffGaff which saves me £5-10 each month
• Done 1 survey
• Rated 10 tracks on Slice the Pie
• Spent £7 less on weekly shop than budgeted for through using the deals on MySupermarket.com (though this was on Friday so not strictly speaking the weekend)
• Saved 33% on price of MOT by booking online
• Put my change in my piggybank

Today I plan to:

• Photograph 4 items and put up for sale on Ebay (must look at the forum thread for tips)
• Make soup for my lunches this week
• Do some more music rating on Slice the Pie
• Apply to switch gas & electricity providers
• Enter some competitions
• Buy 2 itunes vouchers from Clinton Cards (25% off) which will do nephews' birthday & Christmas pressies :T

I think that's it for the moment - but have lots more on my list which is next door with sleeping hubby! :rotfl:

It feels so great to be doing something about my finances - although I am not in a lot of debt, I found myself spending on my overdraft for quite a few months, leaving me in a bit of a spiral (a few hundred pounds)- I have cleared it now and I am now determined to clear my credit card (£900) and start to work on building my financial strength. It's actually really exciting and empowering! As a bonus I will hopefully get to know all you lovely MoneySavers better :money:

Frugally

Jo

katsu

Welcome Jo,

I totally agree with you, this thread is so helpdful for ideas of things you can try to increase your MSE mentality and reduce unnecessary spend.

Weather today brighter than yesterday so:
* there may be washing to hang out.
*Main plan is to get out hedge trimmer and attack hedge o'doom.
* Also some dreaded housework
* and of course some comping

Have a good Sunday everyone.

WelshWoofer

Had an unexpected ebay sale (a "buy it now") of £10 plus postage.
Will find some other stuff to list later I think!:j