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Tuesday 11th January - What small things will you be doing today?
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Morning all.
Today I will/have:
- work hard
- check accounts
- check freebies board
Have a nice day everyone xEmergencies account: £500/5000 -
Morning Moneysavers!
Today will be my first actual NSD following many attempted ones
Really proud of myself, going to keep going 'til I reach/beat my target of 12!
Things I'll be doing today:-- Check online banking x 2
- Exchange t-shirts I got for Dad for Xmas for bigger size
- Finalize budget for February
- NSD!!!
- Print off Music Magpie labels @ work and send off tomorrow
- List books on eBay after adding new card to Paypal
- Lunch from stores - [STRIKE]tomato & basil soup, yum yum[/STRIKE]
- Had chicken curry instead but feel really sick now 
- Look up [STRIKE]Challenges[/STRIKE] - (I meant Competitions) thread on MSE Forum, need to get in on that!
October Grocery Challenge - £67.18/£135
Save up £500 - £0/£500
NSDs for October - 0/100 -
Morning all,
Thanks for starting us off in such an upbeat way DNMS! I'm with you
Wow Moneypenny, that was a close one!! I'm dreading when it's time to renew my car insurance as it doesn't seem to be going down anymore, despite no claims!
Milly - At least you have an amazing holiday to look forward too over the coming months, I hope to be doing the same soon :j
Today I have/will:-- Finish up organising the accounts paperwork
- Find more items to ebay
- [STRIKE]Check ebay items, gone up to 3 watchers last time I checked but still not good enough, I need bids![/STRIKE] More watchers, but still no bids
- [STRIKE]Enter comps[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Check for surveys[/STRIKE]
- Finish tidying study
- Finish tidying bedroom
- Spend at least 10mins going over my tkd terminology
- [STRIKE]Lunch & healthy snacks from home[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Dinner from meal plan[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Rigidly stick to list at the supermarket later[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Hopefully a LSD as I need to buy a couple of cards[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Log calories on foodfocus[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Look at Martin's email again so I can go through things properly[/STRIKE]
- Fold up & put away clean washing so it doesn't get dirty again
- Read wedding tips thread
- [STRIKE]Make use of free coffee/water at work [/STRIKE]
- Call E.on to ask for a final bill so I can pay & then cancel DD
- Google some hen night ideas for my best friend
- [STRIKE]Check status of cashback[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Update bills/spending diary[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Washing on quick wash[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Get an even earlier night as I'm still sleepy![/STRIKE]
:idea:Debt at July 2012: £12,862.57 :eek:
:dance:Current Debt: £0 :j
100% paid off!
:think: Savings Goal for November 2016: £5000 :cool:
Current Savings: £1176.24 _party_
23.52% Saved!0 -
LIfe is a bit crazy with mood swings right now; being back on the cigs and not sleeping so sorry for not posting much but doing what I can to stay sane...
Anyhow just wanted to tell folk I'm off to pick up a scrap piece of carpet in a mo from a carpet place I found in YP to cover the worst of the lounge
. Saving £20-30 from round the corner
...I offered him homebaking but he declined 
E:dance:
I believe in the power of PAD
Come and join us on the Payment a Day thread
:dance:
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Morning all!
I'm in DNM, need motivation today cos I'm feeling a bit lazy....lol
Today I will:-
- Check banking
- Do some surveys, not done any for agggeeeeessss
- Do some work in progress
- Nip to town at lunch to return DD's skirt (£17!!!!)
- Purchase DB3's birthday present
- Snacks from home
- Lunch from home, left over bolognase from home
- 1 x HC, didn't do yesterday
- Tea from stores
JxNothing to report as yet...give me a minute...!0 -
Morning :hello:.
It's an at home day day for me today so I hope to make it a productive one.
I have-
-Checked Onepoll for surveys- I am so close to the £40 threshold
-Done Swagbucks clicks- I highly recommend SB. I've had four £5 Amazon vouchers since I joined in September- happy to refer if anyone's interested
-Check for MS
-Breakfast from stores
I will-
-Walk to Dr with LO for his jabs, leaving the car at home.
-Walk to town- exchange a jumper that doesn't fit to buy a present I need to get making it money neutral:money:.
-Continue with the diet
-Batch cook some healthy meals from stores
-Sort out a minimum of ten items to eBay, plus clear out a minimum of one bag of things for the charity shop to help with the declutter
-Do phone interview for part time census jobs at 5:30pm.
I love this thread- it helps me feel in control!:DYummy mummy, runner, baker and procrastinator
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determined_new_ms wrote: »
Morning everyone :wave: another day :j (yesterday was a little sucky, not work stuff but personal) but I've put it behind me and I'm ready for a brand new day :j get in I'm, up for it - who's with me????
:A
:T Ha ha, this is exactly what I just said to you on your diary thread before I saw this
Knew you'd be back on it
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Anyhow just wanted to tell folk I'm off to pick up a scrap piece of carpet in a mo from a carpet place I found in YP to cover the worst of the lounge
. Saving £20-30 from round the corner
...I offered him homebaking but he declined 
E
Probably just on a January diet, E, and nowt against your baking
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Morning peeps,
Today I will/have- Check banking & update spending diary with any DD's Done no change
- Check E-mails Done
- Have to wait in for OH's parcels to arrive One has arrived just waiting on the other
- Box up DVD's & CD's ready to post to Music Magpie :money:
- General tidy up Done
- Carry on with the decluttering I started yesterday Doing
- A little bit of work from home (probably only 30 mins)
Hmmmmm ....... - NSD (10 so far :j)
- Food from stores Done
- Girly film night 2nite with my friends at mine, I'm supplying the film (Twilight) and they're bringing the munchies!!:jReally enjoyed film night who needs the cinema anyway??? Same again next week me thinks!!!
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Coo ee :wave: me again...
Not at work today - just getting organised at home before it all gets on top of me...- Wait for postie - Milly told me about the perfume oils from the Perfume Parlour and they are now en route
- 2 for OH, 2 for me and one for candle making so great deal @ £10 for 5 
- Check banking
- Become a kitchen cleaning and cooking marvel :cool:
- Make a start on the laundry

- Send yoga teacher training application form :T
- Open another savings account so i don't spend money for ^
- Catch up with Prison Break boxset - need to watch it so I can sell it on again :cool:
- Read a bit
- Made my own lip scrub - caster sugar, honey, olive oil
0 - Wait for postie - Milly told me about the perfume oils from the Perfume Parlour and they are now en route
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