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Sat/Sun 4th/5th September - What small DFW things will you do today?

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  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    I have:
    Put washing on
    Put washing to dry
    Batch cooked mince - 4 portions of bolognese with lots of veg
    Had an NSD
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • Wannabe01
    Wannabe01 Posts: 573 Forumite
    edited 5 September 2010 at 3:27PM
    I don't seem to have got very much done yesterday therefore I have a lot to finish off today but OH is going to help me today so it shouldn't be too bad.

    Ds is feeling a bit better today he managed to get a full nights sleep last night (hopefully back at school tomorrow but DM coming over tonight just incase I need a babysitter :))

    • Catch up with emails
    • Sort the plants and water as required
    • Re-pot the plants that have outgrown their pots
    • Cut the grass
    • Tidy the garden and surrounding area
    • Do work on E assignments
    • Quick Shower
    • Complete required copywriting work
    • Clean and tidy upstairs and downstairs
    • Look for seeds on ebay I have added some to my watchlist
    • Catch up with laundry
    • Sort work related problems
    • Complete surveys
    • Look into new work related book and get some ideas
    • Make homemade biscuits
    • Finish sorting accounts for last month
    • Look into new freelance jobs
    • Look into new temp jobs
    • Do some of the ironing pile
    • Update My Fitness
    • Sort a reward chart for DS
    • Spend quality time with DS
    • Spend quality time with OH
    • Complete all work from this week
    • All meals from store
    • LSD
    • Sort college bag for Monday
    • Sort work uniform, college gear and school uniform for the family for next week
    • Wash the car
    • Check oil and water in the car
    As usual some of my things will not save me any money but its all stuff that needs to be done and I am more likely to do it if its written here.
    Aiming to get Debt Free.
  • elfen wrote: »
    I have:
    Put washing on
    Put washing to dry
    Batch cooked mince - 4 portions of bolognese with lots of veg
    Had an NSD

    Hi elfen, how was ur holiday?
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2025: £87.12
    NSD March: YTD: 35
    Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
    GC annual £449.80/£4500
    Eating out budget: £55/£420
    Extra cash earned 2025: £195
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Was good thank you DNM
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • Bagpuss741
    Bagpuss741 Posts: 2,291 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Today I have/will:

    1. Checked online banking
    2. Paid £11.92 to Tesco cc as it brings it down to a nice round number:o
    3. NSD
    4. Set budget for week
    5. Sort through vouchers for shopping
    6. Walked dog locally
    7. Sort nails out:eek:
    8. Store cupboard meals
    9. Relax as I start my OU ECA tomorrow and will no doubt get really stressed
    10. Free scratchcard
    11. Consumer pulse
    12. Pinecone survey
    Tesco: £1361.19, Vanquis: £2644.73, Very: £563.08, Next: £1636.95, M&S: £1049.92. As of 5th February 2024. Slava Ukraini
  • Amara
    Amara Posts: 2,176 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hello!
    I:
    -polished my car:)
    -cooked a lunch
    -watched "Ugly Betty" :)
    Now I'm relaxing :)
    Still to do:
    -ironing
    -put some Betterware books into bags
    See you soon!


  • morning everyone :wave: (up early enough to start us off today :j as I am on call and received a call from a young girl who is worried she is becoming unwell :( (I work in mental health) poor thing)

    this weekend:
    • [STRIKE]file away mountain of paperwork[/STRIKE] yay while doing this I realised that I have now paid off the debt in rent arrears :j have been paying this off a year & in fact we are £2.26 in credit :rotfl:
    • list 3 things on ebay
    • 1 NSD not any chance :o
    • [STRIKE]go get head lights & fuse changed in car - nice man at the shop said he'd do it for me today (for free) if I go down first thing :)[/STRIKE] ok it cost me £16.98 in parts, but becuase it was really difficult & took 45 mins (I have a KA & I needed 2 headlights changing, a fuse replacing & my stereo was sunken into the dashboard which now isn't :D) I bought the guy a crate of Stella for £12. I thought it was a small price to pay for his generosity
    • [STRIKE]dinners & lunches from stores[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]get trout out of freezer for today & chicken in the fridge for tomorrow[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]go for a run tomorrow (week 1, run 3 :j, it steps up a bit next week _pale_)[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]keep house tidy, but no cleaning as Mrs Flylady has seen to it that there's none to do :j[/STRIKE]
    • check for surveys
    • [STRIKE]contact AA savings as I forgot my memorable film (turns out its not so memorable after all :)) and have locked myself out of the account...[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]1 load of hc in already & line dry[/STRIKE] x2 :)
    • [STRIKE]check banking & transfered some funds[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]dragged myself away from ebay before I did something drastic like spend money![/STRIKE] ;)
    • lay tiles on bathroom floor :)oh doing not me :D, looking good (a little p1ssed, but I'll gloss over that as I have put zero effort in ;))
    that's all I can think of :o, oh well it is the weekend :D hope you all have a fab weekend x

    well all I can say is if anyone wants me to forward the running scheldule let me kinow. It called "from couch potato to runner in 9 weeks" and I feel fantastic! I NEVER EVER thought I would enjoy running! :)
    also I have
    popped to supermarket & got fresh fish portions x2 reduced from £2.78 to 35p :T (so that 2 extra meals ), bag of pots which will last the week for 40p :)

    also intend to make my own yorkshire puds (instead of buying ready made) as I have eggs that need using quickly & lots of milk :), so that's a saving of 50ishp ;)

    off to update sig re GC. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the day x
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2025: £87.12
    NSD March: YTD: 35
    Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
    GC annual £449.80/£4500
    Eating out budget: £55/£420
    Extra cash earned 2025: £195
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Determinednewms, just realised 'it was good' was an understatement....it was FANTASTIC!
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Just popping in quickly to say hello!
    Had the wedding weekend and have been mega busy so no time to post.
    Will be back tomorrow as usual!
    Have a good evening
    Rachel. x
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