Fri 7th Jan - What small DFW things will you do today??

ixia

Hi everyone

Today I have:
washing on quick wash
Packed lunch for work
went to aldi for some veg
found 50p
Haven't had a cigarette

Have a good weekend everybody I'm a bit grumpy must be the lack of nicotine.

NAEFAGS

NAEFAGS wrote: »

Good morning Everyone

Well i managed to get on before bed time lol

been a busy morning

ive done
2 x washing on
tumble dryer on :eek:
ironing done
checked banking

todo
meals from stores
hoover upstairs
clean bathroom
collect mum
small shop
babysit
fingers crossed chill out by 8pm with DH ( that would be nice)xx

have a great day hope the snow keeps away

xx

Hi managed to get it all done feel alittle rough hope a nights sleep will clear it fingers crossed not the flu :eek:

have a good night xx

Bagpuss741

Today I have:

1. Checked online banking
2. Low spend day
3. Free scratchcard
4. Pinecone survey
5. You Gov survey
6. Consumer pulse
7. OU Welsh Course
8. Walked dog locally
9. Store cupboard meals
10. Received bank statement and gone through it to see if there anyway I can save money (Will cancel credit expert)
11. Applied for 0% credit card and if accepted will balance transfer M&S balance to it (Don't expect to be accepted though)

Miss_Piggy_2

poorbutrich wrote: »

Hi there, sorry to leap in univited! Just thought I'd mention that I went round in circles trying to keep Paypal happy and nearly sent myself insane. I telephoned them in the end and explained that I had sent them every document that I could and that I simply wasn't going to use them anymore. The person I spoke to was very helpful and removed the restrictions there and then - hope that works for you...

Thanks for that - will ring them tomorrow as they're driving me mad!!

nowpanicking

Just been to the shops and only spent £22.49, was aiming to spend £21 so am pretty pleased, especially as DH and DS were with me

nowpanicking wrote: »

My list for today: -

• [STRIKE]check on-line banking and update ss[/STRIKE]
• check surveys forgot about this... will do it now
• [STRIKE]breakfast and lunch to work[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]dinner from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]weekly shop within budget[/STRIKE] £1.49 over, not bad
• make HM bread tonight will put on timer for tomorrow morning
• think of cheap activities for the weekend still thinking!!!
• also just updated vsp thread and transferred £4.21!!

Not so many things crossed off as normal but still things to do! Have a great Friday night everyone, whatever you're up to x

DawnW

Evening all :j

It is Friday :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

Stitchy - your IT skills are impressive (I have worked in a computer science department, and you would be amazed at the lack of this type of common sense even there - I was :eek:)

Erme - you are in the right place here - you 'fit into our criteria'

Emsky - Wow, your boss pays for Friday lunch??? :T
Pernicious - we agree, we all decided at work how 'long' a week it had been, given that it was actually a short one :huh:

Suzie Wong - My DD2 and I both bought nice soup pots in none other than Mr S whom you are trying to avoid - it is a copper bottomed, stainless steel stock pot which cost £15. Check it out!

Today:

Porridge and a rather grotty apple left over from Xmas :eek: for brekkie

Read news online for free

Parked in 'cheaper' car park at station (the joys of living in a rural area). NSD apart from that

Fed dogs and chooks

Nightmare day at work :eek:

Took lunch and snacks to avoid canteen (best avoided tbh :eek:)

Ongoing saga of tryng to get S*ntander to sort out missing cheques, paid by them into somebody else's account before Christmas :mad:
Please don't believe anyone who says that a personal cheque made out to you cannot be paid into a totally unrelated account - they lie (and have accomplished this, apparently :eek:)

OH had a day off work and went fishing in the rain this morning :eek: (I thought he had really lost the plot this time :rotfl:) and caught some grayling. I have never heard of them, but cooked them a la Hugh FW, and they were lovely

Big confession time - I haven't taken the Xmas tree down yet :eek::o

Good night :wave:

suzie_wong

suzie_wong wrote: »

Plans for today are:

Check online banking Done- still no tax rebate :mad:
Look for things to ebay- list over the weekend whilst it is free Not yet!!
Go to market for fruit and veg, and butchers for weekend meat Done
Check other market stalls for bargains Done- some fab bargains
Try to find a reasonably priced large pan for soup making Done
Make leek and potato soup (dependant on the above!) Done :T
Check current ebay listings Done- one item sold so far- for 99p!!
DO NOT set foot in Sainsburys!! Done :rotfl:

Not a bad day all in all- and my soup is yummy- pleased as have never made soup before

Lottebear

Today I have

- Checked online banking
- Cashed on unwanted Currency £15,50 back
- Confirmed Villa for August just need to pay €100 deposit
- Bought Birthday Gift in the sale with staff discount
- Cheap work breakfast and fruit for lunch, store cupboard meals

Candy0107

Hi All,

I've had a bad day so will be back tomorrow posting.

Have a great evening

Candy xxx

determined_new_ms

picasso2 wrote: »

Hey folks , am aware I haven't posted for a while and some of you know life has been a bit difficult to say the least so a quick update is due.

Between christmas and new year I started to think about life in general. Decided that I didn't want a part in a harsh world and would build a bubble round myself. Seems a bit mad but it was a start to a new positive frame of mind.

Since then I have taken steps forward and with my positive outlook my luck seems to be changing.

- I approached a non public service company to see if they had a training position , they didnt but asked me to visit them with my C.V. We got on well and she was impressed with my CV. Told me a few places to get extra free training that would help me get a better job and gave me a contact at university to help convine my employers to allow me study time. She also said to speak to her regularly as she hopes to have a training position this year and had already told her bosses she wanted me ! Even if the post doesnt materialise I am a lot more savvy about things and feel I will be out of my hateful job by the end of the year. This also gave me the confidence to respond to my managers continual ' you have a time management problem ' with a 'thats rubbish and you know it' and she agreed , so hopefully we won't hear that again.

- I applied for a 0% credit card from martins email , didnt think i stood a chance as only just closed an account with them. Just got an email to say it has been accepted so can balance transfer my horrid one in a few days.

- I swapped energy suppliers at christmas and came home today to a cheque from my old one for being in credit.


So im hoping that my positive frame of mind will bring real results and banish the horrid years for good. It is going to be painful financially as i may have to reduce my hours at work and pay course fees but it could lead to a better paid job in a better environment with better prospects.

Im gonna keep popping in here and there as I have developed some good habits here.

Best of luck in 2011 :beer:

:T That's fantastic news picasso :j:j:j I'm so happy you've had a run of good luck, long may it continue - I have a good feeling for you

I woke up yesterday thinking about you as I had had a dream wondering how you were as you hadn't been on! did ur fam like your frugal & thought chrissie gifts x