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Tuesday 18th January What small DFW things will you do today?

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  • Yargo1
    Yargo1 Posts: 1,047 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hello all of you

    well another nsd as popped home at lunch.. so feeling good about that.

    charged mobile at work..

    checked online banking

    did a washing load at 30 degrees

    going to the gym after work today to burn off some calories...
    DEBT FREE - MARCH 2012 - NOW JUST THE MORTGAGE!
    MFW 2012 No.148:£1600 / £450.00
    Mortgage - 102,57.16
  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Hello all! Great to see so many posts!

    Today I have,...
    • Had a NSD
    • Taken lunch to work
    • Done some marking I didn't expect to have time to do
    • Walked dog twice - once more to go
    • Checked bank
    • Transferred money sister owed me to savings account (£25)
    • Got chucked out of 2 surveys
    And i will
    • Have storecupboard tea
    • Do some more marking tonight
    • Put dry washing away
    • Wash towels
    • Stay in and watch telly
    January grocery spending - £82.73/ £120
  • moneypenny2k
    moneypenny2k Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I like your thinking, only thing is if I eat even one then I'll eat half the tin :o ...... none so far :D

    I know the feeling :(
    Morning all

    Today I will
    • Charge my phone at work done
    • Free tea at work COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Take a packed lunch, home made COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Post Ebay parcels (This time with addresses) COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Check bank COLOR="Red"]done and moved a little money to the current recipient of my efforts aka Egg card[/COLOR]
    • Surveys (need only 15 points on mysurvey to get a fiver) COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Move the money from Music Magpie from my bank account to pay off the cc I want to pay off first. COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Meet a mate for dinner :j She's not well so came home to eat before Salsa
    • Go to salsa :j
    • Put change into my penny pot COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]
    • Try not to strangle the manager at work who has the social skills of a Neanderthal football hooligan; whose email to me about something I'd done that she didn't like made it very hard for me to sleep last night :(COLOR="Red"]done[/COLOR]



    Off to work I go... R*chel in a bearskin skirt with a club in one hand and a footy rattle in the other :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


    All in all a good day. Thanks for the good wishes folks. I hope you all had a good day
  • La_escocesa
    La_escocesa Posts: 3,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Rock_Cakes wrote: »
    - have homemade soup for lunch. Work is getting rid of staff room, so might need to invest in a flask bowl to take my soup to work. Will be losing microwave within weeks :mad: Management solution is to eat @ staff bar or restaurant which don't allow you to bring your own food. Not very helpful! (Rant over, sorry!)

    Hey Rock_Cakes - have you thought about a bento box? They've always seemed a bit pricey to me but my friend has one and loves it and I guess you'd save in the long run...
    Pernicious wrote: »
    La escocesa - I wouldn't feel too bad as I guess you need the money more than the pressie at the moment! Your evening plan sounds fantastic :)

    Yay! You're with me :) Told OH it was much better to sell it now while the series is popular too - otherwise it'd sit on the shelf for a year and then I'd sell it but by that time I'd only get £10 or £15 for it. :p

    Ooh, chocolates in the office! I sit next to the cupboard that everyone puts them on! Sooo bad! :rotfl:
  • I admire you're will of iron but....



    this is more my kinda thinking (I always think when I'm torn between something I SHOULD do and something I WANT to do if I got run over by a bus tomorrow and I am lying on my death bed would I be glad I did it or glad I didn't? Invariably it leads me toward hedonism :T :j)

    You're a bad influence!!! I opened the tin and had 4, that's not too bad is it??!! :D


    My list for today: -
    • [STRIKE]breakfast, lunch and snacks to work[/STRIKE]
    • be healthy - no treats for me :Dhmmm see above :D
    • [STRIKE]pork casserole from freezer for tea[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]check on-line banking (pay day on Thursday :j)[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]go out at lunch time to get some fresh air[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]check surveys[/STRIKE]
    • do load of washing tonight

    Chilled night for me, have a good one everyone :) x
    New starting debt 30/12/2018 £30,164.76:eek:
    Revised debt £29,361.70 2.66% paid
  • You're a bad influence!!! I opened the tin and had 4, that's not too bad is it??!! :D




    Yay :j it was always my ambition to be a bad influence :rotfl:
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2026: £25.70
    Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
    GC annual £389.25/£2700
    Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
    Extra cash earned 2026: £185
  • DawnW wrote: »

    DD'S wedding dress has arrived :j:j It is absolutely beautiful and only cost £85 on Ebay. It looks as though it cost loads! I must now think of a way to keep it nice till July :eek: I may wrap it in a double sheet and hang it up - if anyone has any better ideas, I would love to hear them! It is really HUGE (as in very full, loads of silk, not that DD is huge :rotfl:)

    I've got a couple of spare of clothes cover bags (the ones from Ikea - bought to keep stuff clean when I went to a car boot) - if you'd like one, PM your address and will send one off to you.

    Day started out well, went to the shops at lunchtime and resisted the temptation to buy a very nice skirt....

    Got home and mum phoned and one of our animals has died - had him 20+ years so pretty down (trying to keep busy & have a feeling I'm not going to sleep much).
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • hugs lily xxx
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2026: £25.70
    Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
    GC annual £389.25/£2700
    Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
    Extra cash earned 2026: £185
  • Hey folks,

    Bit of a late post ....

    Today I have:-

    Quick tidy

    Checked banking & updated spending diary with DD

    Dry clothes on airer

    Sourced cheaper life insurance saving me approx £45 a month. Just need to get my OH to change his now!!!

    Food from stores (tea at my friends 2nite followed by New Moon - Team Jacob!!!!!)

    NSD (16 so far - had a spend yesterday only £2.35 on a few essentials)

    Started making my friend's & sister's birthday cards!!

    Just going to watch Silent Witness on sky+ then i'm off to beddy byes!!!

    Catch you all tomorrow!!! x
  • Erme
    Erme Posts: 3,597 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped! Debt-free and Proud!
    Just wanted to let folk know I've had a few bad days but this challenge is very much part of my WRAP (wellness recovery action plan) and I hope to be rejoining soon...


    today has been the first day in about a month that I've had no paranoia :j

    Yay go me...:D

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    :dance:
    I believe in the power of PAD
    Come and join us on the Payment a Day thread
    :dance:
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