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

La_escocesa

Wee_Pilsbury wrote: »

• My turn to take in goodies to work today so yesterday I made Twink's hob nobs for the first time. All I can say is OMG:eek:. They are the most wonderful biscuits ever and no matter how good anyone on these forums says they are, it isn't true - they are better:T:T:T. Best of all they are so cheap to make!

Shall give 'em a go! I made hazlenut tiffin yesterday that was on Something for the Weekend. Much cheaper than the snack machine!!

redsam

Pommygirl wrote: »

How do you sell books on Amazon ? Is it worth it?

Just strating on this and I am proud to say I am a newbi debt free wannabe.
I have a confession to make though... I am scared to look at my bank account! Does anyone else suffer from this stupid thing?!!

Heard two good ones yesterday to get some money in
Musicmagpie.com- just put your barcodes in and they give you a price for dvds, cds and games. At the least 30p, but some I have got £3 for. Worth doing it to get rid of some clutter! :T

Also, rag and phone man, on the internet - they will pick up clothes you want to get rid off, and pay you 50p a kilo. :j
Its a start but long way to go yet!!

hiya..i have sold books on Amazon, v easy, but tend to only sell ones that are popular not obscure or really old unless they are classic, recently sold DVDs and most recently board games. They take more fees than ebay but definately worth it as another avenue to de clutter and start chipping at debts.

I have been selling shoes on ebay..something is better than nothing, you might want to see if you have a 'Gumtree' in your city as good place to advertise aswell. Clothes, a good carboot is always useful and you would be suprised what people buy. Makeup tends to go quite well at carboots if your decluttering.

And my top tip, is you have any space no matter how small, grpw some salad leave, as expensive to buy but when a packet of seeds for £1 or so and you can have fresh 'cut and come again' almost daily think how much you can save! Free food - blackberry picking, apples, sloes etc...picking and storing/freezing/cooking your own is a bril way to save (as long as you dont do what i did and spend the saving on frivilous stuff you dont need!)

And I am very good at avoiding looking at my bank account!!

Welcome to this DFW site its great and it really makes me think about dosh and wonga a debts its all small steps but there are lots of nice people on here to help and support.

Lottebear

Today has been a long day back at work.

- Daliy cards
- A couple of Survey but i have been kicked out of a couple.
- Checked online banking
- trying to bid on a hat on ebay to save spending loads

Pippilongstocking

Hello
I'm so late these days or I fall asleep before I can actually post

Today
Checked banks
Paid balance of one CC to avoid interest and keep up improving credit rating
HM dinner from freezer
Washing is being 'rewashed' on the line by the rain - guess its free
Put spare money into online saver
Need to UP the oil DD until its paid
Checked both CC's
Moved the rent money into savings for this month

Thats my lot I think

determined_new_ms

redsam wrote: »

And my top tip, is you have any space no matter how small, grpw some salad leave, as expensive to buy but when a packet of seeds for £1 or so and you can have fresh 'cut and come again' almost daily think how much you can save! Free food - blackberry picking, apples, sloes etc...picking and storing/freezing/cooking your own is a bril way to save (as long as you dont do what i did and spend the saving on frivilous stuff you dont need

:rotfl::rotfl:that's twice in 2 days you've given that tip redsam, you on commision?

Pommygirl wrote: »

How do you sell books on Amazon ? Is it worth it?

Just strating on this and I am proud to say I am a newbi debt free wannabe.
I have a confession to make though... I am scared to look at my bank account! Does anyone else suffer from this stupid thing?!!

Heard two good ones yesterday to get some money in
Musicmagpie.com- just put your barcodes in and they give you a price for dvds, cds and games. At the least 30p, but some I have got £3 for. Worth doing it to get rid of some clutter! :T

Also, rag and phone man, on the internet - they will pick up clothes you want to get rid off, and pay you 50p a kilo. :j
Its a start but long way to go yet!!

welcome pomgirl (guessing your from oz?)! stay with us its so much fun on this thread - everyone is so warm and welcoming & gets excited about everyone's news.

Way to go with the selling.

re the bank - go slow don't burn out too quick. Before you know it you'll be checking twice a day :rotfl:Once I started plucking up the courage to check it regularly I started to see loads of dodgy transactions (i.e. vodaphone taking more than double my monthly plan :mad:) then phone the company in question complaining and getting that money back

Wee_Pilsbury

La_escocesa wrote: »

Shall give 'em a go! I made hazlenut tiffin yesterday that was on Something for the Weekend. Much cheaper than the snack machine!!

I promise you will love them . Meant to say it is the easiest and quickest thing I've ever baked too so from beginning the recipe and having one with tea it will be about 20 minutes - well maybe 25 to 30 minutes if you don't want 3rd degree burns on your lips :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

determined_new_ms

hey fay - whats up lovely? you haven't been ur usual chatty (mahoooosive listing) self recently... {{{{hugs}}}} if you need them x

kayho123

Just starting out on no spend days am planning all days in advance to keep costs down

just out of interest how much do you leave for yourself a week?? i am trying to get by on £50 is that around average?

nowpanicking

Hiya everyone,

Just left the kitchen after cooking some meals up for the week... waiting for water to heat up to do dishes then hopefully can chill for the night

nowpanicking wrote: »

My list for today: -

• [STRIKE]make HM rolls for during week for lunches[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]make HM bread[/STRIKE] in BM on timer so will be ready tomorrow at 8 am (first time using timer so fingers crossed it works!!)
• [STRIKE]make tea per meal planner and freeze 2 portions which will be left[/STRIKE] oops! had a chinese for tea was in town later than planned... did make tea though which we'll have tomorrow
• [STRIKE]make lentil and veg casserole for during week (and freeze a couple of portions)[/STRIKE]
• NSD nope - chinese for tea
• [STRIKE]check surveys[/STRIKE] yep, 40p
• [STRIKE]check on-line banking[/STRIKE] on track but less than a week since pay day
• [STRIKE]think of meals to make with courgettes as getting some from sister tonight[/STRIKE] used most of them in 2 meals made tonight
• iron work clothes for the week forgot about this!!!! will do after dishes
• have also put spare change in teapot

Have a chilled evening everyone x

determined_new_ms

kayho123 wrote: »

Just starting out on no spend days am planning all days in advance to keep costs down

just out of interest how much do you leave for yourself a week?? i am trying to get by on £50 is that around average?

hey kayho :wave: erm it depends what you mean. I don't include food or petrol in my "pocket" money & allow myself £250 each month. For the last few months as I had some unexpected expense (can't actually remember what these were now ) I cut this down to £100 pm month so I could keep up with debt repayments. I guess what Im saying is its relative to how much you earn, how much debt you have & how quickly you want to pay it off.

Hope that helps!