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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today

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  • laurasavon
    laurasavon Posts: 475 Forumite
    Had a declutter this afternoon - one wardrobe is now tidy and I have a bag full of clothes to car boot / take to the charity shop

    Does anyone know if there's a Pheonix Trading board on here - I've got a couple of demo folders and I don't like throwing things away if they could be of use to anyone
    Jan 2010 - Overdraft £9,500 / Credit Cards £5,000 / Loan £9,500 / Mortgage £128,000
    Jun 2010 - Overdraft £0 / Credit Card £0 / Loan £0 / Mortgage £125,250
    Oct 2011 - Overdraft £7,000 :mad: / Mortgage £115,295
    Dec 2014 - Overdrafts 15,000 / Credit Cards 16,000 / Loans 25,000 / Cars 18,000 / Mortgages 232,500
    • £11.50 due from quidco in the next payment run :D
    • Used a £6 off a £40 spend in mr T's
    • The big bottle of persil small and mighty was on offer for £6 and they sent me out a £2 off voucher so got it for £4 :j
    • Defrosted one of the freezers and the drawers wouldnt close properly, hopefully this will make it run more efficiently
    • Went to the carwash earlier but it was closed...will try and do it myself tomorrow and save a fiver.
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I'm glad I've just seen the posts about the charity bin bags. I have been astounded about how many have come through the door - as it happens I have been buying new suits for new job and there are a lot of suits I can't fit into any more so I think that I will do what's suggested here - for recognisable charities - I might out out the bags but there are so many that I'm sure are not!!

    I have run out of bags to take to specific charity shops so will adopt those bags for that purpose!!!
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    The facial scrub I use in the shower (well, bath for now, but will be in the shower once the shower's been fitted) is about to run out. I've gone down a brand and halved the price. Only from about £6 to about £3, but this thread is supposed to be about small things, right? ;)
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    The kids wanted to play snakes and ladders after my sister brought round her garden one yesterday. I made one by drawing on paper. :rotfl:Kept us all entertained for ages, and no silly pieces to do my head in either. Just a piece of paper. Different coloured lego blocks for pieces, and a dice from another game. Totally free.
  • usa1
    usa1 Posts: 538 Forumite
    Over the last few days my offerings have been:

    1x VO Tescos Vouchers ordered.
    10p on One Poll
    Panel Base £12.00 BACS ordered
    CP £10.00 Top shop voucher ordered for DD1 shoes shoes. Top Shop may have sensible looking black shoes for school.( I live in hope) LOL

    Brought home on 1 old broken pallet from work for DH to break up out open fire.
    Done a pasta meal bulk cook

    I have `won` a HP 3-in-1 printer scanner and fax for 99p.
    and brought an old second hand freezer for my bulk cook, its a bit old and ugly but no-one will see it in the garage.
    It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
  • I've returned a non essential Kipling bag:eek::A (£32 to come back to me)

    Feeling faint now.

    TPAx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've returned a non essential Kipling bag:eek::A (£32 to come back to me)

    Feeling faint now.

    TPAx


    NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    I feel your pain :(
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • The biggest 'small things' that I do/have done are:

    * Cutting my own hair using Wahl clippers - absolutely crazy to pay a barber £10 a pop when I wear my hair so short and can do it myself in the space of five minutes.
    * Changing the deodorant that I used. I'm sad to admit that I used to regularly put Lynx deodorant into the shopping trolley - then I had a reality moment as to how much the stuff costs! Now use a supermarket own brand version which is just as good and about a quarter of the price!
    Highest mortgage debt - £167k in Dec 2008 :(
    MFiT-T2 challenge - starting balance of £144875 in July 2011 - aiming for £130k by December 2012
    Currently overpaying & hoping to be mortgage free by 2025 :D
  • AuntieMabel
    AuntieMabel Posts: 216 Forumite
    I've returned a non essential Kipling bag:eek::A (£32 to come back to me)

    Feeling faint now.

    TPAx

    O. M. G.

    That's MF dedication if ever I heard it!

    I hope you've had a nice long lie down in a dark room after that terrible ordeal :eek:
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