Sat/Sun 3rd/4th July - What small DFW things have you done today?!

sans_2

Nomorespending - hope things get less stressful for you soon!

My dfw things for today
· 2 x lots washing done and dried
· Recycled glass
· Asda – put in photos to develop for free
· M&S – got a duvet for £19 instead of rrp£49.50 – put away for Xmas present
· M&S – got birthday card 50p after using £1 off voucher & popcorn (reduced as it was part of fathers day range)
· M&S outlet – 3 fathers day cards 29p x 2 (rrp £2 each)and 49p (rrp £3.49)
· Tesco – used £5 off £50 spend voucher, £8 of vouchers from yesterdays D Mail (£2 I didn’t use – left on shelf for someone to pick up), pretty much stuck to shopping list apart from a few extra offer items I seen or cheaper than items I had already put onto my shopping list
· Tesco – reused bags so I should have got 10 extra points
· Tesco – found receipt – got points added
· Tesco – filled up with petrol – used 5p off/ltr petrol voucher
· Brought D Express for the free strawberries voucher from Asda 65p instead of £1 for strawberries
· Will enter competitions
· Organised my card stash/found more rolls of selloptape
· Greggs – used luncheon voucher – paid 13p cash
· Cut out Sunday express coupon – put into purse

La_escocesa

nomorespending wrote: »

I'm sorry for the long rant - Just wanted to share why i'm not posting all the time,I'm struggling a lot, spending money on take away food which is neither good for my health weight, wellbeing or my pocket but am jsut about gettign by at the moment so not worrying about things if i can ignore them!!

Hi nomorespending, sorry to hear things at work are getting on top of you. Just remember that your health definitely is more important than anything you do for a living so please please please take at least 10 minutes out for yourself and some destressing. I've just come back from a yoga course today so am on my high horse

pixiechick99

Add to my list....
I went online to BT as I noticed my £36 direct debit hadn't been taken this month - from seeing my account online, I was in credit so they gave me a month off paying and from next month I'll pay £29.50 instead - lovely!!

Also, had a revised housing benefit notice today which is giving me almost double what I have been getting - just twigged that it's due to Uni end of year, so they don't use my student loan income over the summer. I'll get more loan in Septemebr so HB will drop again, but nice extra bit over the summer:D

Not really done much else today....I'm bored:o DD2 is back at 9.30 tonight, so I will have some company!!

determined_new_ms

nomorespending wrote: »

Hi Everyone,
Not been writing regularly for a while but getting on and reading everyones posts when I can. Hope all ok..

Had a few very very tough weeks, work is very difficult, Head of service has gone off long term sick, I'm deputy which has meant that I'm doing my job and my bosses. No support is in place so i'm on my own. I work within the council and our finances are a mess which means I need to sort them by january in order to keep everyones jobs ( about 50 staff) I know this is priority but am just sinking undr the pressure - and keeping a positive face on to all staff is draining but important.
My partner says walk away its not worth it ( i cry all the way home each night having worked lots of overtime and just dont want to talk about work to my Oh , i'm exhausted) he talls me to walk away, and i knwo i'm not indispensible but i also knwo the relity is that if i dont' stay and sort things out lots of people will lose their jobs. The other side is that if i change my job ( i could go back to what i did before which is teaching) i'll take a pay cut which will mean pushing my debt free date back and I cant bare the thought of it being even further away. ...


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{{{hugs}}} nomore - ur post reminds me of where I have been (and am intermittently) with my job. Keep ur chin up, now's not the time to be looking for another job (that's my mind currently at least),i worry about my position (currently company having "another" restructure), am short staffed (should be me and 3 ft officers in 1/2 of my team but currently me & pt officer) but you can only do what you can do, and if things don't pan out then you can at least feel secure that you did what you could, keep flagging it up at supervision so if you have to take the fall you have evidence that you tried to access additional support from ur line manager. That's all I think I can do xxx:A

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm housesitting for the inlaws this week so will probably not be posting but I will still be thinking about you guys and about the small things I can do.

Here's my list:
- Update spending diary
- yoga course to keep me on the straight and narrow :cool:
- washing round the inlaws' and can hang outside
- check online banking and ccs haven't done this for a while

Piddily list but chillaxing is keeping me out of money-spending trouble

xx

nowpanicking

Hiya

Would it be ok for me to join this thread? Thinking it might help keep me focussed. I joined the board about 4 weeks ago seriously panicking about the amount of debt and am already feeling a lot more positive about everything.

Today I've

• done 3 loads of washing and hung out (used to tumble dry almost everything!! (meant to rain tomorrow so that's it all done)
• made lentil and veg casserole for tea, now 2 batches in the freezer
• made ham and leek quiche for lunch - loads left in the fridge for eating over the next couple of days
• had an NSD

nomorespending

Thanks all... You're lovely ! As the day goes on I'm feeling better and better...planning to watch a film and have an early night and a long lie in tomorrow!

Determined - I know what you mean about staying where I am... Just need to take control of myself and try and get some suport and accept that I can't do everything!

nowpaniking - welcome!! stick on here - everyone is very lovely and it will keep you on track!

milly - fab newas about your phone bill - its reminded me i need to see if i can downgrade my contract as i think 02 have a thing where you can get a cheaper package after youve been on contract 9 months - must check this out.

la es - yoga sounds good - i'm impressed with you going on the weekend and so you should be on your high horse!!- i used to go ages ago, but i was a lot thinner ( although not thin by any stretch!) not sure i could actually do the downward facing dog for more than 5 seconds now!!

I think tomorro i might have a go at sorting out a cupoard or drawer..... will see how i feel !!

Thanks a million everyone , really have noone to talk to about this stuff so its great to be able to get it out of my system.

DawnW

((Hugs)) to NMS and DNMS - I have / always end up with jobs like that :eek: Do take care

I have just had a week off (and have slept for a lot of it ), but have had a sneak preview of my handover from colleague, and it doesn't look good, and that is on top of the other things that are just mine, and we don't share responsibility for, and everything that comes up over the next few weeks when she is away (only one of us, as opposed to two). Not looking forward to Monday

Today I have:

Checked online banking

Seen to animals and plants

HM meals from stores and garden :j

Sent OH shopping - big mistake, despite detailed list :eek:

Luxuriated over Saturday newspaper (big one with lots of sections, usually takes me all week in spare moments to read)

Did a bit more of self assessment tax thingies - brother has arrived, but is no help I WILL get it done somehowthough :think:

Finished hoovering upstairs

Helped OH sort and load up lots of things out for car boot sale tomorrow, so hoping for good weather

Made lovely summery things - lavender shortbread and raspberry muffins from nice garden things :T

pixiechick99

Morning all:p
It's lovely and sunny, clear blue skies here which Ididn't expect - thought the forecast was cloud and rain....nice surprise!!
I woke up early (considering it's Sunday)...not quite got up though - I've made a coffee and brought laptop back to bed with me....8am is too early for me to get up!!!

Off to my youngest's gym competition today (she's 11), so that'll be nice. Eldest is with her dad and youngest will go along later if she has time. So, no NSD for me as I have to pay to get in to the comp and no doubt will buy drinks/cake! Also dd needs a new leotard, the curent one I bought at the comp 2yrs ago...so may treat her toa new one.
Ok,list:

• daily scratch...double, fingers crossed!!
• check banking....excited about the new HB amount:T
• take drink for me to the comp
• dinner from stores - pork steaks, roast pots etc
• pork and stuffing out of freezer is defrosting now
• sort my list for Asda shop tomorrow
• ironing
• Sky+ T4 on the beach - cheaper than a ticket:rotfl:
• Hoover through downstairs
• Get DD1's ingredients for cookery tomorrow - scones, hooray!!

Ok, that'll be all for now. Hope you all have a lovely day:)

Angyles

Managed to clock up a NSD yesterday and cooked up a large pasta sauce which did pasta bake for tea and 3 portions to freezer and only cost £1.50. Am working overtime this morning and as I work close to my parents I am going there for roast lamb. Petrol light came on this morning so going to have to fill the tank today so not going to manage a NSD so will pop to Asda for Petrol and will get Robinson Squash while there as only 50p a bottle.