Sat/Sun 15th/16th January - What small DFW things will you do today?!

nowpanicking

Morning everyone and thanks to Determined for starting us off

My list for the weekend: -

• check on-line banking and update ss
• check surveys
• all meals from stores
• get washing up to date
• tidy house
• think of things to do - weather is miserable here and family are ill with colds
• check meal planner to see if I need to prepare anything for during the week
• HM bread
• make treats of some kind, maybe banana bread or flapjacks (or both!!)
• HM soup for lunches during week

That's it for me I think, have a really nice weekend everyone - hopefully we'll survive without the forum today!!! x

moneypenny2k

moneypenny2k wrote: »

Morning all

Thanks for starting the thread dnms, loving your positivity.:j

How long is the forum going down for today? I'm going to have withdrawal symptoms I think

Today I will

• Polish and hoover It will still be here in the morning
• Tidy kitchen done
• Read a bit of my xmas book
• Go for a run will do this tomorrow
• Sleep couldn't snooze in front of the telly, which I was hoping to do
• Watch a bit of telly done quite a lot done lol
• Not drink coke done and continue to eat well not done, can't stop eating today
• look at finances for the coming month - I've been avoiding that one for the last 2 days done - not as bad as I thought. I finish paying for my car this month so from Feb I'll have an extra £220 pcm to pay off of my credit cards
• do some washing and dry on the airer done
• wear a jumper and socks in the house to save turning on the heating done
• all the shopping done so don't need to go out at all so a nsd I should think

Have a good one all

Whoo hoo we're back online early

I've also

De scaled the kettle - it rattled when I picked it up this morning
Had a rattle through the fridge and cooked fried rice to use up left over basmati from curry on Wednesday night. Dinner done.
Done a couple of surveys (64p)
Updated my spreadsheets
Counted up my penny pot ready to be put into my bank account and then to savings
Sent off a purely creative claim no for another tenner.

Pookie_lou

Came on just to check forum was still down, and its back! So heres my list for today..

* Both OH and myself worked 4 hours o/time = £80 towards baby fund
* Had a LSD, £2 on brekkie, I dont normally buy anything as we pack a HM brekkie, but morning sickness kicked in, and I felt I need something a bit more substantial than coco pops!
* Will read newspapers online
* Washings in on 30, and its blowing a gale here, so hopefully I can dry outside
* Update spends diary, loose change to baby pot & update CCs
* Call Virgin CC to check up on balance transfer I did the other day
* Dinner from stores
* Keep eye on ebay items all finishing today
* Stay in tonight with OH and watch love film dvd

Have a great Saturday everyone!

WelshWoofer

Afternoon all - I'm another one that doesn't quite believe what I'm told and was determined that we'd be up and running early!

Had a proper hangover this morning -don't know why because I didn't drink that much:beer: blleeurrggg!

So in the interest of surviving the day I haven't actually done that much....

• Been to Mr T and spent £60, £10 over budget, prices are really creeping up now aren't they?
• Walked dog - needs doing again soon but can't face the wind and rain just yet
• One load of washing in
• Had a NSD (don't count the weekly shop)
• Tidied kitchen
• Checked bank
• Put £2 in Xmas tin

And I will...

• Walk dog
• Stay in tonight and watch a box office film rather than go to cinema and spend the best part of £20 on tickets and naughty treats
• Hoover upstairs if I get a spurt of energy
• Make moussaka, salad and garlic bread for tea

That's all for now - need a sit down again ......

Nottoobadyet

Forum back early, hooray!

This weekend -

• catch up on work for my volunteer gigs
• stay in today and go on a long walk tomorrow to Highgate cemetery and Hampstead Heath
• NSD today, LSD tomorrow
• meals from stores and from meal plan
• keep making a list of upcoming expenses and work out where they will come out of my budget (currently - £380 to get to America to see my granddad for his 90th birthday, £280 for a new camera which I will get in America as they are much cheaper, £50 for flights to Edinburgh for a wedding in March)
• research cheap hotels in Edinburgh for wedding in march (travelodge looks like the winner for now)

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Hugs for you, Cat

snoop2008

:D

Happy Weekend everyone!!!

I feel really happy, relaxed and refreshed. Today I shall be enjoying the day doing

Already done, my daughter and I cooking a lovely fried brekkie together. Our kitchen is small so we always have a laugh bumping into each other.

Watch a movie together!!

Later decide what to cook for dinner, It could be a takeway not sure.

Enjoy some music, whilst relaxing in bed.

Enjoy my brother visiting later, he always brings chocs, nice!!!

So have a lovely one everyone!!!:D

Pernicious

Hi everyone,

Glad to see the forums back up to keep me grounded

I'm feeling better today since I am not dealing with the hell that is my job! I was close to tears pretty much all of Friday as I just couldn't cope with it all, was so relieved to be out of there when 5pm came but at the same time was dreading it as I was expecting to have to sort out an awful lot of problems with various utility suppliers & try to get god knows how many other things sorted out.

Fortunately I came home to my OH already on the phone sorting out the utility problem for me :A Not only that but he used some of his "fun money" to buy some garlic bread, oven pizza & cider for me from Tesco as I was having a pizza craving! & instead of the now usual Friday night in as we don't really have the money to be going out, he informed me we were going to a friends house for a few drinks & then might head into town for one or two, on him :happyhear He is good to me bless him.

Today I have/plan to:-

• Finish up organising the accounts paperwork
• Find more items to ebay
• [STRIKE]Check current ebay auctions[/STRIKE]
• [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]Brekkie from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Dinner from meal plan[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Log calories on foodfocus (& backlog!)[/STRIKE]
• Fold up & put away clean washing so it doesn't get dirty again
• Read wedding tips thread
• [STRIKE]Washing on eco setting[/STRIKE]
• Hang up washing to dry
• [STRIKE]Try to keep heating off as long as possible[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Aiming for a NSD[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Visited some travel agents to see what they can offer us[/STRIKE] - Not a whole lot from the looks of things
• Try & find a holiday for September now instead of April
• [STRIKE]Make a start on meal plan for next month[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Paid cheque into join account[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Inform ebayer that the ticket he bought has arrived & when I shall post it[/STRIKE]

Have a great, moneysaving day everyone x

rising_from_the_ashes

Pernicious wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Glad to see the forums back up to keep me grounded

I'm feeling better today since I am not dealing with the hell that is my job! I was close to tears pretty much all of Friday as I just couldn't cope with it all, was so relieved to be out of there when 5pm came but at the same time was dreading it as I was expecting to have to sort out an awful lot of problems with various utility suppliers & try to get god knows how many other things sorted out.

Fortunately I came home to my OH already on the phone sorting out the utility problem for me :A Not only that but he used some of his "fun money" to buy some garlic bread, oven pizza & cider for me from Tesco as I was having a pizza craving! & instead of the now usual Friday night in as we don't really have the money to be going out, he informed me we were going to a friends house for a few drinks & then might head into town for one or two, on him :happyhear He is good to me bless him.

Awww big hugs for you, there's nothing worse than hating your job and it's even worse just now as there's just nothing around to move to. Even bigger hug for your OH, gold star for him!

rising_from_the_ashes

lilylass wrote: »

Ok, here goes:

[STRIKE] Check bank accounts online[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Update spending spreadsheet[/STRIKE] & have also created another one to keep track of cc spending (do a spending diary but cc cut off doesn't tie in with week/month ends!)
[STRIKE]Do meal planner for next week[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Go to Asda - remember to take vouchers from last weeks' NOTW - sticking to shopping list!;) [/STRIKE](and not spend more than £25):mad:Didn't quite make that - can't believe how much things are going up, esp fruit-n-veg... nearly £2 for a cauliflour:(
[STRIKE] Make a list of what's in my freezer[/STRIKE]
Wash car, check tyres & fill windscreen washer bottle did clean inside & had another load of washing from the dogs towels etc
Uni work
[STRIKE]Lots of washing[/STRIKE].... then lots of ironing:(
[STRIKE]Tidy house & hoover[/STRIKE]:(
Finish book started last night working on it, taking it to the bath in a mo!
Take dog for walk on the beach (Sat) and [STRIKE]to the woods (Sun)[/STRIKE]:D swap on these, too wet & windy for the beach today

Will probably think of some more, but that's it just now!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Not doing too bad so far!

determined_new_ms

Pernicious wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Glad to see the forums back up to keep me grounded

I'm feeling better today since I am not dealing with the hell that is my job! I was close to tears pretty much all of Friday as I just couldn't cope with it all, was so relieved to be out of there when 5pm came but at the same time was dreading it as I was expecting to have to sort out an awful lot of problems with various utility suppliers & try to get god knows how many other things sorted out.

aw perni that sounds horrid have a big :grouphug: from me. What's going on wth your job? Is it that bad all the time or just going through a rough patch? I do know how you feel as I was like this last summer, crying on the way home from work & having anxiety attacks in the evening about returning the following day, but things have got better for me - so maybe they will for you too? I've also given myself a 4 month window to fall back in love with my job or move on x

your fella sounds lovely :smileyhea