What small DFW things have you done on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June??

Cheery_Daff

Morning all, thanks to Fay for starting us off, and good luck with your house moving today! :beer:

Need a productive day here after yesterday's fiasco Here goes...

* [STRIKE]WI for cheap cup of tea and free cake samples[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]help LETS people set up tent at mini festival[/STRIKE] (get paid in fake currency which I can then 'spend' on frivolous things like massages)
* read gas meter
* clean and paint attic stairs (oops - more DIY...) :rotfl:
* plant out free tomatoes
* plant out home grown rocket :T
* 2 hours transcribing work
* al anon voluntary stuff
* surveys
* find lost cds to put on magpie
* find 5 things to put on ebay
* watch cheery programme and knit later :j

Fay's right - these little things do add up!! I've become so much more aware of small things, saving pennies here and there and keeping track on a spreadsheet, I'm amazed how much it all adds up to! And next month I'll reap rewards of bits of second job work, and other stuff too, hooray!

Sun's shining, best get some lunch. Have a good day all! :j

(ooh, also signed up for taste radar panel today, anyone else here had a go?? Thought it might be worth a try anyway!) :T

determined_new_ms

Hapy weekend everyone! Fay - loving the marketing! We definately need to re-brand our thread and get some newbs posting - the other daily thread gets 100s of posts (not that I'm competitive!)

Have been away the last few days as have been feeling really low (more chaos with dd - will it ever end?) & work is really getting me donw, but need to snap out of it today! so ggetting ready for cornwall on Monday! :j we've done lots of research on things to do so should be filled with lovely things :j

This weekend have loads to do to get ready:

• hm breadx2 for ds while we're away
• take ds shoing for food for next week
• pack suitcases
• clean car
• car maint - tyres, oil, water
• make banana breead to use u bananas
• sort out spare room ready for student
• put blinds up for student
• HC x2
• add my first post to to virtual savings thread :j:j (as have nearly slayed ods am in credit about 2 weeks a month so will be doing this from now on - didn't want to do it until I had money myself )
• check banking
• visit mil tomorrow
• clean house :eek:
• bath, pedicure & manicure when oh is out watchin football :T

ok will no doubt be more but that will do for now! Have a great day everyone x

3431Anna

Hi everyone hope you are all having a good day mines not been so good up till now i've just had to spend £37.00 on tablets for one of my dogs and now the pump in my fish pond looks like it is going to need replacing, I do have a question does anyone have any ideas for cheap places to eat in london as we are going there soon and a friend has just come back and said how expensive it is, i'm not sure if this is the right placwe to ask this question if its not i'm sorry thanks for any help

catmiaow

3431Anna wrote: »

Hi everyone hope you are all having a good day mines not been so good up till now i've just had to spend £37.00 on tablets for one of my dogs and now the pump in my fish pond looks like it is going to need replacing, I do have a question does anyone have any ideas for cheap places to eat in london as we are going there soon and a friend has just come back and said how expensive it is, i'm not sure if this is the right placwe to ask this question if its not i'm sorry thanks for any help

I would suggest saving up some Tesco deal vouchers, its a god sent and you can find a list of restaurants where they are accepted on the Tesco deals website.

DawnW

Good afternoon :j

Good luck with the moving Fay, and hugs to those feeling down or poorly.

Today I have;

Checked online banking - as expected

Been to hairdressers (ok, not very MS, but I only had it cut; now I look less like an old English sheepdog and have supported a nice local business )

Been food shopping, used various accumulated money off vouchers.

HM meals

HC on line - OH has been away with work this week, and seems to have worn every garment he owns :eek:

Pennies in pot, purse much less full now

Check ebay listings - due to finish tomorrow. Hmm loads of watchers but very few bids

Ought to get on with cleaning up the house and weeding the garden, but feel too lazy. Fay, just reading your list wore me out :eek: I wish I could feel so motivated!

Will walk doglets later

Have a nice afternoon everybody :wave:

sans_2

Hi all,

My dfw things for today:

• Found 1p
• More watchers on my Ebay items
• 3 lots of washing done and hanging outdoors
• Hoovering – nearly all done
• Ikea got £1.99 off my £2.79 plant, got free Ikea bag and free cheap plastic plant pot (had a voucher)
• Ikea – paid £5.97 for 2 x kids meals, cake, tea and 2 pieces of fruit which I thought was good value
• Recycled glass
• Bagged up item to get refund for tomorrow
• Taken out 2 mocs and put away
• Entered 1 competition

Still got photos to tke for Ebay - sigh... alot of photos

determined_new_ms

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Hapy weekend everyone! Fay - loving the marketing! We definately need to re-brand our thread and get some newbs posting - the other daily thread gets 100s of posts (not that I'm competitive!)

Have been away the last few days as have been feeling really low (more chaos with dd - will it ever end?) & work is really getting me donw, but need to snap out of it today! so ggetting ready for cornwall on Monday! :j we've done lots of research on things to do so should be filled with lovely things :j




This weekend have loads to do to get ready:

• hm breadx2 for ds while we're away 1 done, 1 to go
• take ds shoing for food for next week decided to give him abudget and get him to do it online- promotes independence + gives me extra time
• pack suitcases partially done
• clean car
• car maint - tyres, oil, water
• make banana breead to use u bananas
• sort out spare room ready for student partially done
• put blinds up for student
• HC x2 done just need to hang u 2nd
• [STRIKE]add my first post to to virtual savings thread[/STRIKE] :j:j (as have nearly slayed ods am in credit about 2 weeks a month so will be doing this from now on - didn't want to do it until I had money myself )
• [STRIKE]check banking[/STRIKE]
• visit mil tomorrow
• clean house :eek: I'm getting there kitchen & bedroom done
• bath, pedicure & manicure when oh is out watchin football :T
• yay no spend day :j
• went for a lovely walk with oh :T
• chpped nd froze mushrooms & peppers that would spil while we're away;)
• made an apple crumble with elderly apples - kills 2 birds really fancy something sweet

ok will no doubt be more but that will do for now! Have a great day everyone x

feeling positive about getting things done - or partially at least - am going to do some gardening when oh goes out

Phudge

Hello, I hope you don't mind me joining in a bit. I am new to the DFW section but we are trying to economise and get into the habit of doing small DWF things.

So today I have ....

This is a NSD for me!:money:


Dried a wash outside on the line.


Ate homegrown red chard and rocket salad for dinner along with some cold roast chicken which was leftover. So with a jacket potato it was a cheap meal

DS gave me £10 which he owed me

Pippilongstocking

Welcome Phudge/Penny! xx

picasso2

picasso2 wrote: »

Morning everyone - its the weekend woohoo , and I'm not working woopydoo :j:j:j

Managed to sleep in for 3 hours which was lovely, staying in bed a little longer as today is my chillax day. Then after posty has been going to take DD to local market where they are having a crafts fair.


To do today :

• check banking - back on track
• check ebay /ebid and wrap sold items for posting monday
• HC x ? need to do 3 but not sure how quick it wil dry all done and folded
• chat to freinds on free landline
• comps about 20 done
• surveys cba
• meals from cupboardsmeatballs and jacket

To do tommorow :

• check ebay / ebid
• rummage in loft for something student might find useful
• list more stuff
• meal planner
• shopping list
• competitions
• surveys
• make soup from not quite rotton veg

At some point this weekend :

• tidy up / washing up/rubbish out 80 % done
• look into claiming back PPI
• check out detail of courses on uni website

Will keep checking back to add/ update wherever

Well the Arts fair was a big disapointment, ended up wandering around charity / cheap shops. Got some bits and pieces there and sainsburys £25 pound down but thats my spends for the weekend.