Sat/Sun 30th/31st October - What small DFW things will you be doing today?!

determined_new_ms

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

Good morning everyone :wave: working today, so a quick coffee & a shiftie on here then I'm off



Today:

• [STRIKE]check banking[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]drink coffee [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]quick shower[/STRIKE]
• get my bike out of the garage & take to work. One of my tenants is going to service it so we can go on a bike ride :T
• [STRIKE]get petrol on the way to work[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]drive carefully to & from work[/STRIKE]
• update expenses
• Going to see Chris Jagger in concert today (Mick's bro) tickets given to us for free by a friend's dad who couldn't go :T
• porridge for breakfast, leftover pasta for lunch and only satsumas for snack all day opps didn't do well with this as there was a slice of cake & some pringles lying around at work
• make banana cake.

ok that's enough hope everyone has a fabulous day. Sorry to hear about the job hunt redsam, really hoping something comes up for you very soon

unsavy is it free lisiting? seems to be eveyr weekend at the moment!

and hello to everyone else

Lottebear

This weekend I will

- Check online banking
- Take cans to Mr T for points
- Maybe vist the gym, I will see how I feel
- One Christmas present to get in town
- Meet friend tonight
- Washing
- Put Dishwasher on

Candy0107

Good Morning All,

Thanks for starting the thread Determined

Today I have/will:

• Breakfast, lunch and dinner from stores
• Checked bank – moved small change over to savings account
• Empty purse and put the spare into giant coke bottle
• Need to work out what’s going on with our printer – it had a ‘magic moment’ last night and has been deleting a document for about an hour…might get hubby to look at it
• Set up a new budget for the year ahead
• LSD – only spend will be a MS but some of the money will be reimbursed
• File my MS job online tonight
• Go to the gym this morning and have a shower there
• Need to sort out the MS accounts
• Make soup for lunches through the week
• Read papers online

Think that is about it, take care everyone
Candy xxx

josiebabie

Morning all!

Here is my list today:-
- 2 x HC @ 30
- Dry naturally
- HW off after washing up
- Check banking
- Eye test at 1.45, will claim back from work
- Buy fence panels and posts for DB3 and his friend to put up :eek:
- Send DB3 to town with list for fruit from market
- Make bolognase for dinner from stores
- Lunch from stores, use up lettuce bought the other day and just turning!
- Drop DD at her dads tonight for the weekend
- X factor!!!!!! :T
- Remove all tools from my house and put in shed :rotfl:
- Drop friend's son's birthday present round?
Jx

OliveOyl_2

Morning All :hello:
Hot and sunny here :j:j
And I had a NSD yesterday - doesn't quite make up for the day before and for today


So today I have/will:

• go to Makro for Popeye's party catering - 2 weeks today :eek:
• go to bank for my garage card -again :mad:
• check banking
• make the invites........
• make brownies for the freezer
• sit in the garden and enjoy the sunshine :D

and collect my worms finally for the worm farm - everyone has been out of stock for weeks and the worm farm has been ready for AGES
Have a great day everybody :A

stitching_witch

Good morning peoples. I've been up for hours but didn't get round to post as I wanted to finish my book - it's one of those that you just can't put down.


So far I have:

• run WM overnight on Economy 7
• run DW overnight on Economy 7
• checked banking
• checked for surveys
• updated my household accounts with all the DDs coming out on Monday so I can see where I stand
• written my weekend jobs list

I will also:

• feed, water and clean out chickens
• make strawberry jam with allotment strawberries from the freezer
• make some "witches fingers" for the 'trick or treaters'
• make a new skirt from charity shop fabric - lovely length of dark green cord for £1:j
• finish allotment order and submit it on-line
• do all the jobs on my list
• write next months goals list
• all meals from stores
• have an NSD

Crumbs, that looks like a busy weekend! Catch up with you all tomorrow.

WelshWoofer

Morning everyone!
After a difficult week I'm back again - had to visit family in Wales, go to OH's nan's funeral and then, at a Frankie Boyle gig on Thursday, OH had a funny turn and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance and was kept in overnight - I was stranded with no car and no moneyin the centre of Manchester at 3am - great fun!
Then had to pay £25 for a taxi home and then £15 the next day for a taxi to go and get the car again. He's OK and home again now (feeling sorry for himself) but the half term week wasn't really what I was looking forward to!





Today I have tons to do to catch up -

• 2 loads of washing and dry naturally - done
• Write shopping list and meal plan done
• Walk dog for free exercise (one down, at least 2 more to go)
• Maybe go food shopping although may leave this until tomorrow done
• Hoover and dust the house done
• Clean the bathrooms
• Do at least years 7, 8 and 9 lessons for the forthcoming week (loads of work:eek:)
• Stay in tonight and make sure OH is ok
• Checked banks done
• Emailed quidco about the cash they are holding ransom done

That's all for now - hope everyone has a good day.

catmiaow

Hello, hope everyone is well

My list,

Check bank
Email people back
Do comps
Get washing done
See my mum
Go to travel agents
Phone my nan
Sort cats out

Hope everyone has a good day!

Lemon_Tree

hi everyone
today i have:
run washing on cheap leccy
run dishwasher on cheap leccy
washing out on line (keep your fingers crossed please)
already defrosted some sweet chilli sausages so think we'll be having sausage pasta for tea
got to send OH to allotment
got to audit my mum's British Legion accounts (keep getting sarky comments about them)
go to the gym at least once this weekend, hopefully twice

tomorrow is my dad's birthday so we're off to theirs for a little party.

Pippilongstocking

Hey LT

Hello everyone - sorry been off at mainland galavanting and brother up movign a polytunnel (free tunnel if moved) for me - chaos here - but we've been doing our small things!!

Today
Bank checked
sorn'd darwin for a few months
blog done
batch cooking later for ds party
asked OH to pick up a kindle case for him at the airport tax free
Must go into town and help on a project for an hour
HC on over night - I'm getting into the swind of it
food to box up for the freezer
pick up dd when out to pick up OH from airport
GIve OH a big hug
Text grannie to check on her
walk doggie

Hug to you all - LT your dad and my boy have identical birthday................................

KittyBoo_2

*Using last nights bolognese up to make a chilli.
*Check bank statements.
*Make homemade soup for lunches next week.
*Make some bread to go with above.
*Check what needs replenishing in the pantry/store cupboard.
*Do next weeks meal plan.
*Clear out veg. plot.