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

cod3

Today I...

* was paid £7.65 from Quidco
* bought £450 premium bonds for my emergency fund from September savings
* resisted buying usual Friday night junk/snacks and made a lovely dinner from stores instead

cherylypop

Hiya. Haven't posted for a while but in the meantime I havepaid off myoverdraft which has been hanging around like a bad smell for quite a few years. Baby M was born 6 weeks ago which has vastly decreased our going out and spending-hence overdraft gone so except the mortgage we are entirely debt free which is a lovely feeling!
-3 nsd this week so far (lots of free things to do with baby!)
-bought fruit from Aldi rather than Tesco
-researching home made/personal xmas pressies-will be on SMP by xmas so need to do xmas on shoestring and hope family and friends will understand given the circs-thinking home made fruit liquers (seems to be a case of getting hold of some fruit/vofdka and a few other bits)-although could be disaster...

cod3

Aaww...congratulations on the birth of Baby M x

Christi

This weekend I have:

• Done some more Xmas shopping while I have the spare money and the luxury of time instead of panic buying everything. It's all nearly done now and for a fraction of the price I normally spend
• Wrapped up said Xmas shopping
• Gone yellow sticker hunting in Mr M getting sandwich steaks, BBQ beef burgers, chunky cod steaks and a pasta ready meal for lazy times for £3.96 instead of £12.20 saving £8.24
• Planned meals around above and written a shopping list for Thursday
• Done some research online to see where I can get a cheap traditional Scottish meal in Edinburgh considering me and the OH are off for a minibreak from tomorrow
• Joined some challlenges on the boards to keep motivated
• Cashed out £5 amazon voucher on swagbucks (that's £15 in 10 days now )
• Had a look around a carboot for something to do but didn't get anything
• Listed some items on ebay to end next Sunday
• Switched eletricity supplier as Southern Electric are raising their prices soon
• Written to Thames Water to try and get the overpayment on my account back

Phew! Thats all I can remember now.

cherylypop

Thank you cod3-moneysaving's now extra important!

cod3

Today I...

- Listed one thing on ebay. Yes ONE thing! Took me ages as I have not done it for years. Had a couple of heart-stopping moments when the screen went blank after uploading loads of photos and I suddenly remembered why I hate listing on ebay!

- Went shopping for food using cash only. This new tactic will hopefully curb our spending.

- Typed up this week's menu and will print it off at work tomorrow. Sick of the kids saying we have no food in the house so I now print a menu of all the the possible meals available with the ingredients we have and stick it on the fridge door. Now I can just point at the menu and shake my head when they want to go to the shops. Saves my breath and hopefully some money too. I don't fancy a rigid meal plan so this is a compromise.

cod3

^^^ I have a bidder already! :shocked::shocked::shocked: Only listed 90 minutes ago.

I will need to make a new spreadsheet (any excuse for a bit of excel) hehe

edinburgher

• Claimed £18.02 from TCB (airport hotel spends)
• £62.01 into the OP Pot
• £62.01 into the Emergency Fund
• Shrapnel in the bowl
• Waiting patiently for groceries to arrive although we just got back from hols and are dying for a takeaway :rotfl:

unhappy_shopper

After a long break, I have started doing surveys.

• Bagged 20p from 1poll. Still a long way off from reaching payout.
• Was disqualified from VO survey. But, asked for £10 S@ins GC from earlier rewards.

edinburgher

• No spend day
• Packed lunch
• Changed 60 Euros back into Sterling, got just over £40
• £20 into Emergency Fund
• £20 into OP Pot
• Shrapnel into the change bowl

Hope everyone else had a productive one :T