Mon 9th Aug - What small DFW things will you do today???

cc1982_2

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 :money:

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

Hope noone minds me starting this... trying to do it everyday

Today:

Daily scratches
Some comps
Chicken already out freezer to defrost for tonight
Need to post book for Amazon
Need to get caught up on housework (go to work for 2 days and the place goes to pot :mad:)
Maybe visit a local free museum if weather picks up, otherwise might just have a jammie day
Check bank

Whats everyone else up to today?

determined_new_ms

hey cc1982, thanks for starting the thread! No one minds, in fact everyone will be grateful!

ok today (as ever need to be quick!)

• [STRIKE]lunch from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]sausage out of the freezer for dinner tonigh[/STRIKE]t
• [STRIKE]check banking[/STRIKE] yay been paid 36p interest for having a positive balance all month :j
• [STRIKE]hc on line[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]dinner (for me) as dd's , taking ingredients to make chocolate fudge pudding for desert (her & mine favourite )[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]drive carefully to work, to dds & home[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]take note of mileage & update expenses form[/STRIKE]
• be super efficient at work to make up for taking sat off
• any surveys (if I have time)
• possibly NSD - but may need to get milk for desert... grrrr had to buy a drink when I met up with one of my staff who is returning from maternity leave next week...
  
• [STRIKE]get last week's petrol off of girl I give lift to[/STRIKE]
• pay in above to bank
• post off royal mail insurance claim
• feed toms tonight
• [STRIKE]pad to loan [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]update sig[/STRIKE]
• hm bread
  

ok that's enough I think! Better get into the working week (only more working days till I get some time off :j) have a great day everyone x

stitching_witch

Good morning all!

I am pleased to announce I did ALL of my 50 housework jobs over the weekend :T DS2 helped with two, DS3 did one and DH helped with one too, but by the time I went to bed all 50 were done.

So far today:

• checked banking
• checked for surveys
• found bits of food to take to work for lunch
• fed and watered chickens and asked for at least 3 eggs today

I will also:

• take bike to work as it takes very little petrol and far cheaper than the car
• charge mobile at work
• just buy 2 rolls to fill with left over roast gammon
• get into sewing room this evening to look at a customer's order (haven't been in there since starting work in June )
• check out electricity suppliers tonight

I'm going to request a week off work to de-clutter the utility room and shampoo living room carpet. Isn't it awful that these things can't be fitted into a "normal" weekend?

Hope you all have a good day.

WelshWoofer

Morning all!
Hope everyone is OK?

Not too much on the agenda for me today - did a lot of the essential jobs over the weekend so not much in the way of housework to do.
So, in theory, there's plenty of time to do schoolwork!

So the list....

• Take dog to the park for a run around and maybe do a little bit of running around myself;)
• Pop to town for school supplies - need folders etc - a budgeted spend and will be no more than £10 so won't count towards a NSD
• Put dry washing away
• Do at least 2 hours schoolwork (did tons yesterday so feel better about it now)
• Email teacher friend about work
• All food from stores - fish kebabs for OH and morrocan butterbeans and couscous for me for tea
• Water plants
• Do any surveys that come
• Do a face mask and scrub later
• Stay in and watch the soaps

That's all I can think of this morning so far - nothing very adventurous today!

cc1982_2

50 housework jobs???? WOW!!

Fancy coming over to mine? I have loads

josiebabie

Morning all!

cc1982 thanks for starting us off, but could you put a smiley at the start so we can all find it? Thanks!

Today I am back in the swing of things, I had a really bad DFW weekend with shooting around on my bike and buying lots of stuff!

So today I have/will:-

- Use chicken from freezer for dinner
- Snacks and lunch from stores, incl apple crumble donated by DB3 and DM
- Check banking
- Try and work out budget, looks like it's going to be tight this month
- Withdraw log man money, used some of the cash at Poole Quay the other night
- NSD today, don't need anything
- HW off and TV etc off at wall
- Bought a DVD off amazon with £4.00 from Paypal survey money and £3.99 of real money

Jx

mogchops

Gooooood Morning!!!!

Family Mogchops are back from holiday! We had a totally brilliant time :j:j:jreally lovely caravan, good weather, even swam in the sea!!! :eek::rotfl:It was fabulous!

Now back to normality

Today:
- check online banking
- more hokey cokey (done loads already over weekend)
- tea from meal plan
- DDs over to mums
- hosp appt this afternoon
- change beds & tidy through
- do all comps ending 10/08
- ironing


Have a lovely day everyone!

foxgloves

Loads of stuff in our veg patch is ready all at once, so I'm going to spend today making loads of meals for the freezer which we can eat through the autumn. Going to start with tomato soup, lots of Carluccio pasta sauce, courgette curry, maybe pizza, then divide peas up into bags to freeze & make fish pie with some leftover salmon so I can use our potatoes on top. Loads of greengages going to be ready soon so going to look out a chutney recipe too, cos I can trim the jars up nice for Christmas presents.

catmiaow

Hello all,

I have:

Emailed friend back
Done some comps
Checked bank
Posted test letter
Vacuumed upstairs

I will:

[STRIKE]see to pets and take rubbish out
Get shopping for my nan from Tesco and in town and drop it in - done her housework yesterday
Go to my mums and do some cleaning there
Do more comps
Vacuum and dust inside car[/STRIKE]
Phone tax office to say last job finished - just in case any confusion - tomorrows job as back so late
[STRIKE]OH to change cat litter
Dinner from stores -
Washing on - will hang to dry[/STRIKE]

Hope everyone has a good day!

pixiechick99

Morning:j
I nearly missed you all - can we have the smiley on the thread title pretty please?!?!:):)
Mogchops - glad you had a lovely break - I was wondering where you'd gone, d'oh!!!

I'm still on my own here boohoo (girls with their dad) - but I have been good and been doing my uni work, yawn.....
So, more of it today.
List time:

• check banking
• daily scratch - 10p
• onepoll
• daily comp
• post ebay sale:beer:
• LSD - need milk
• carry on with presentation preparation for Thurs:eek:
• highlight my hair myself
• meals from store stuff
• hoover through
• get Next return off
• return Lovefilm+Blockbuster dvds
• Ring Sky to cancel one variety pack - I ummed and awwed yesterday and subscribed to the movie channels - £15 extra but we'll def use them:o
• water heating only for for half an hour

Ok, that's me - first thing is to shower and get dressed:T

elfen

Check quidco
Check bank
Check surveys
Sort out clothes for charity shop
Take clothes to charity shop