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

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  • museumworker
    museumworker Posts: 2,240 Forumite
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    edited 29 March 2011 at 9:47PM
    wabl - well done on payrise!
    tinkerbel - welcome and good luck with house deposit savings, you definitely have a MFW attitude, even without a mortgage.
    Greenninja - well done on dress refund!
    accountant-kerry - perhaps a money saving step too far :rotfl: I would email the customer services of whoever you bought the £10 dine in deal just to say you were severely disappointed with your experience, and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
    smlsave - yay for hm lunch - there is no going back now!

    And well done to everyone else too!

    Today I:
    * went for cheap and healthy soup option for lunch
    * put down pricey water in shop, and found it half price in local co-op
    * got statement from isa I cleared earlier in the year, they gave us interest for the time we had the money in, so an unexpected £83.54 oped
    * checked fd account, and got £100 opening account bonus from them, £100 oped
    * checked our old mortgage account, have had refund from mortgage transfer, £1116.46 oped.
    * bought own brand asprin and paracetamol from boots, if i'm going to get a headache at least I can treat it cheaply
    * ETA: checked tcb and requested a £9.93 payout, will OP that when it arrives.
    Mortgage [STRIKE]16/03/2011: £190K 01/01/2017: £107,729.65 [/STRIKE] 01/07/2017: £95,979.89
    OPs 2011-2016 = £45K 2017 OPs = £9250.20
  • DawnW
    DawnW Posts: 7,759 Forumite
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    Today:

    HM food from stores and packed lunch to work

    Washing on line to dry

    Posted ebay item

    Lit fire (with free wood) instead of putting heating on, as it got chilly this evening

    Used camomile tea bag twice :rotfl: you can laugh (OH did!) but I don't like it too strong in any case. Why would I use a whole new one if I want a second cup :D
  • tinkerbel
    tinkerbel Posts: 1,795 Forumite
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    Thats amazing museam worker well done!
  • Today...
    • Posted six ebay items and have another one ready to post in the morning
    • Rounded up the £43.50 from ebay to £45.00 and have paid this off the mortgage
    • Have sorted and washed lots more clothes to get ready for ebay, on a 30 degree wash of course :D
    BTW dawn i always use one teabag for 2 cups of tea :D...OH never does and it drives me mad :rotfl:
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    Not that great for me as i spent the whole day it felt like dealing with DS2 having accidents. No idea why as he was doing great with the potty training, but i have a huge mountain of washing again, which i am not amused about. 7 bottom half outfits for one child is a bit of a joke.

    I did write a 60p DY review, and managed to do 75p and 55p surveys on surv network. I also have a special survey tomorrow to do with a DVD. Onepoll has been rubbish but i didn't have much chance to look.

    Tea was roast chicken dinner, and i even made yorkies to use up some OOD milk before it turned.

    Then this evening has been a waste so far, as the people we ordered the sofa off sent a text to get in touch with them, so we turned the house upside down as we couldn't find the paperwork, and then spent about another 45 minutes trying to log onto the website but it wouldn't work.

    Tomorrow i've got App food order coming, and i need to ring the sofa company now. Grrr. I hate phoning companies.
  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,023 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Today I:

    * only bought one portion of chips and shared with DH, bulking them out with bread and tinned mushy peas (and got them from the cheaper chippy, saving 10p :D)
    * cancelled my car insurance within the cooling off period and got new insurance elsewhere
    * did look at TCB and quidco and tried some quotes
    * collected some new library books for free reading
    Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Evening :j

    Today I:
    • 15p on 1poll :p (up to £3.05)
    • nothing on Tooloona :mad:
    • £1 on VO (up to 5.75)
    • Took homemade sandwiches to work
    • Found a B&Q voucher for Iris to save her some money :cool:
    • Went to work :o
    That' all folks!

    Sweet dreams

    Froggy :rotfl:
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    You are a kind soul Froggy finding the voucher for Iris.

    After my last post, i have been and emptied my inbox of surveys, so another 30 points on 1p505, and 75 on YG taking me to £29. I have actually earned £3.25 on there this month, so if it continues at that rate i could have reached payout in another 6.5 months. That would be great. DH is at about £46, so his payout should be soon too. :D
  • curlygirl1971
    curlygirl1971 Posts: 1,367 Forumite
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    Aw Froggy is our Frog in Shining Armour :D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    edited 11 April 2011 at 7:35PM
    Mornin all!
    aw froggy nice of you to help out!
    yesterday I....
    drumroll please....
    spent no money whilst in town so a NSD ...unheard of for me on a lunch hour! :)
    lunch and dinner from leftovers and same again today!
    next 3 birthdays this month/next month all wrapped out of present box so no extra spends there!
    Got number of cheap/council garage for MOT
    Went to work!
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