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Goals for week: 27 August

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  • Hi all

    I'm a bit late joining this and I've missed a couple of weeks due to DS taking very quickly and seriously ill (meningitis). He's out of the woods now so I need to get back to things and also try and limit the financial damage (taxi's, hospital food etc)

    Goals for this coming week are:

    1. continue emptying freezer (only 'odd' stuff left in), defrost and restock with healthy options.

    2. Ditto fridge.

    3. Respond to all post/phone messages that have piled up.

    4. Try to restore balance and calm to self and household.

    Enough for now, I think.

    Good Luck everyone.


    'Live simply so that others may simply live'
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Thought i would try this for the first time.
    1. Start using older stuff from the freezer
    2. Have 3-4 no spend days
    3. Not buy any food at work for week
    4. Sort stuff to go to charity
    5. Shred paperwork in filing cabinet and file stuff laying around

    think that will be ok for starters
    Lem
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Here we go again :)

    Last Week

    1) No set weekly food budget as joining in monthly food budget challenge (£150 for month for 2 adults, 1 child & a goldfish) but need to do (and stick to) meal plan for week. - Done-ish (1 x takeaway but good rest of week)
    2) 2 x no spend days - Done
    3) No more than 13 alcohol units - Lost count, but think I managed this!
    4) 2 x exercise sessions - Yes! Squash, aerobics, plus long walk round park and loads of gardening
    5) Really lose 2lb this time - Nope :mad: despite reasonably healthy diet and exercise (what's going on???)
    6) List 3 items on eBay - Only listed one - but £4 profit for an old McDonalds Happy Meal toy :)

    This week

    1) Stick to meal plan & shopping budget challenge
    2) No take aways
    3) Lose 1lb (setting more realistic target this week lol!)
    4) 2 x exercise sessions
    5) List 2 items on eBay
    6) 2 x no alcohol days

    Good luck everyone!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    I'm a bit late joining this and I've missed a couple of weeks due to DS taking very quickly and seriously ill (meningitis). He's out of the woods now so I need to get back to things and also try and limit the financial damage (taxi's, hospital food etc)

    Thank goodness he's okay, what an awful thing to happen. Big hugs to both of you xx
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,576 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    How do you intend to do this? how did you find out your kettle uses 200x more than light bulb.

    you can use this link here http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp to work out power use round the house. If you don't know the wattage of your particular appliance you can often find it out by looking it up on the web, look up its brand plus the word "wattage". Then you need to work out roughly how often you use it. I might start a thread about this because it's useful...
  • piglet6
    piglet6 Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Last week:

    1. Have one no spend day – achieved!:T
    Monday


    2. Take lunch to work 3 days out of 5 – achieved!!
    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (and boss bought me lunch on Monday so really managed 5 days!)
    :beer:

    3. Have 3 no alcohol days – achieved!!!
    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday (5 days again - practically unheard of...!!!:p)


    4. Make use of the "gazelle" air walker machine that is gathering dust in the
    corner of the lounge at least 5 days out of 7 - achieved
    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
    :j

    5. No takeaways! – failed
    Pizza on Saturday – oops!
    :rolleyes:

    6. Pack up some boxes to take up to storage when we visit parents next weekend, and also start sorting cupboards/drawers to throw out any rubbish – achieved
    Took a car load of boxes – cleared/sorted half a large cupboard in the lounge and nearly half of our bedroom, so very pleased with that!
    :D


    Goals for this week:

    1. Have one no spend day
    2. Take lunch to work 3 days out of 4
    3. Have 3 no alcohol days
    4. Use “gazelle” 3 days out of 4 (am only at home this week Tuesday – Friday)
    5. No takeaways – try again…!
    6. Post 2 b’day cards and a present to friend, and buy wedding gift for next weekend
    7. Lose some weight at Weightwatchers weigh in on Friday
    8. Sort out another cupboard and pack a storage box

    Good luck everybody...:D

    Piglet
  • mrs_mug_2
    mrs_mug_2 Posts: 172 Forumite
    1. Have 2 no spend days
    2. Stop cooking and eating cakes
    3. Start getting bits together for Christams - make bramble jelly, mincemeat and lemon curd
    4. Take meter readings
    5. Transfer money from savings account to pay off a chunk of the credit card
    6. Bargain hunt for christmas/ birthday presents for the children

    Have a good week every one
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Last week - didn't set any goals apart from 'must sort stuff out' as away from home most of week - but managed to achive this - submitted & got paid expenses for July & 3 weeks August, took lovely new skirt with broken zip in to get repaired, 4 items at dry cleaners, all filing done.

    This week:

    1. Lose 2lbs (1 put on from last week :mad: plus 1 more :D ).
    2. Submit expenses claim for the rest of month.
    3. New fridge freezer arriving today - organise it!!!!! and put old one on freecycle.....
    4. Sort out yahoo id etc so can put ff on freecycle!!!
    5. Fix number plate onto front of car (fell off last week, DS driving along 2 days later and found it!!!! Bit battered but OK).
    6. Buy new chuck for drill so can achieve 5!!!
    7. Apart from groceries on Friday, 2 no spend days.
    8. Lunch to work 2 days.
    9. No alcohol Weds (birthday today :j , away with work Thurs, weekend Fri & Sat!!!!)
    10. Keep on top of filing, and stop house looking like Hurricane Katrina stoppped by!!!
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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