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

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Started making ice for a get together we are having in a few weeks - with one ice tray I need to start now! Will save about a fiver on buying bags of ice.

cha97michelle

Secret_Saving_Squirrel wrote: »

Started making ice for a get together we are having in a few weeks - with one ice tray I need to start now! Will save about a fiver on buying bags of ice.

:rotfl:That will take forever.

Have you seen that you can buy freezer ice bags? We got some ages ago so no idea how much they currently cost, but they are a bag with little pouches in it for each ice cube. You fill the bag at the top and tie, and leave to freeze, and then pop each cube out the bag as you need it. Each bag only does once as it gets ripped. Worth looking into?



Money making from me - not really. Got screened out of 2 surveys i tried, and i have been kitchen bound again. Following my own instructions to not be lazy and use up rather than buy stuff, i have made 2 batches of breadbuns, one white loaf, and a puff pastry block for a pie for dinner. Pie will be chicken and veg using some of the chicken i roasted the other day, and white sauce to use up some of the excess milk we seem to have. I never know how much to get as sometimes the boys are drinking it, and sometimes not.

TallGirl

Today I have:
Got my freebie from the Bodyshop DH always buy that paper anyway
Chashed a cheque
Had lunch at Weatherspoon instead of Local Pub with friend saved a fair bit

Tried to return an item to Game but they claimed I had broken the seal so would not take it back only £3 so not worth getting upset about

Resisted buying anything at the expensive farmers market and DH paid for the shoppping.

Chilling out with a beer now.

summerday

Hope you've all had a good week. I feel like I've been so busy with work and haven't been very mindful of saving money but let's think of anything positive I have managed:
-Sent off lots of old CDs that were cluttering up the study to Musicmagpie, and went via Quidco for extra 10% so should be due about £14.50.
-Earned £45 by doing 2 sessions of tutoring this week.
-Have found a website to book restaurants with discounts for when we go to Paris in 2 weeks time. Hotel is booked- I found a cheaper deal than the one I'd previously reserved so cancelled it and booked the better one.
-Washing dried on line today.
-Booked a financial consulation (for remortgage) to get £20 M&S vouchers, also applied for a credit card that I'll hopefully get £10 M&S vouchers for. We have earmarked them for some nice wine glasses that we can't justify buying at full price.
-Bought a few cheap large frozen pizzas, garlic bread and salad to have the family round tomorrow, cheaper than paying for takeaway or posh food.
-Filled in a claim form to get back £18 in DH's old savings account that he's not used for years.

On the downside, I'd sold a bag on Ebay last week and was so pleased that it sold quickly on Buy it now, but the buyer has emailed to say that it is not black as I'd stated, but dark brown I was sure it was black, it really did look like it but she has a good feedback score so will do the gracious thing and take it back and give a refund. Hopefully there will be a free listing day in 2 or 3 weeks time when I'll have received it back to re-list!

Hope you're all enjoying the weekend!

tinkerbel

I've finally caught up on my rates on DY! I've done as many as I've got now! but man I have spent a long time reading lol!
Might help me on my way to my next voucher though! I'm about £13 towards my next cash out but it is very slow for me at the moment! Need to find more things to review me thinks!
Apart from that I had a v. low spend yesterday and I'm off to a boot sale now to look for some bargains!

firesidemaid

Hi all.

Have been subscribed to this thread for a while, after being a long/full-time member of the first 'Mortgage-Free in 3' thread.

Hello TallGirl again btw!

Continuing with the overpaying, thought this might keep me on track.

This weekend i have:

Found 5p and bagged loose change to take to bank £7.00
Bought some stock to sell on ebay for a good profit.
Received £3.00 from Quidco
£99.00 Profit transferred from Ebay

Going to do some business listings on ebay whilst avoiding the free personal listing weekend.

On the downside, work income is due to decrease in the next few months due to NHS changes.

katsu

Today I've:

* cycled approx 10 miles, saving petrol
* been to a car boot sale and got a cheap gift for my DH/his friend
* got a squeezy torch (like wind up but, erm, has a squeeze handle) for £1 at the car boot - we needed an additional one for the emergency kit as we broke the winder on the old one
* cycled to 2 supermarkets to get what we needed

Yesterday I:
* turned off the central heating so now it will only come on when we turn it on, no longer on daily timer
* got cheap fruit and veg at market (but have bruised and ruined the pears, cycling and bashing them on bumps in the road! )
* used my greggs deal voucher to get croissants as a treat for visit to friend's house
* stayed away overnight with said friend (DH was away) so saved using my elec to make dinner and entertain myself
* exchanged useless lakeland item for another one - lets see if I was unlucky or not?

mortgage_girl

This weekend I have:
-dried all of my washing outside (managed to avoid the showers thankfully).
-baked a tea loaf to stop me going to Mr T's for chocolate
-batch cooked 3 meat pies - eaten one, two are in the freezer
-called the mortgage company to arrange making extra overpayments :j
-bingoported
-dug compost into the veg patch
-planted my onion seedlings outdoors
-said some very kind words to my tomato, pepper and chilli seedlings in hope that it will make them grow faster :rotfl:

Sepa74

I have...

Hung clothes on the line
Yesterday's lunch was cheese filched from work (but would have been thrown out if I hadn't taken it!
My desert tonight was slightly burnt custard that I decided not to throw out... strangely it smelt burnt, but tasted fine once I was eating it
Found a cheap present for my mum to accompany my sister's Radley purse. BUT realised that if I post them to Oz this week, it will arrive while my aunt is visiting from Canada.... so I think I might need to find something small for my aunt, as well!!!
Planted some seeds using coir bricks and compost from my heap as the potting mix. I kept some spare seeds just in case they don't thrive, but I think they'll be fine.

My kitchen is being properly measured up tomorrow, it's so exciting!!

Tesco_points_addict

Today we took MIL & FIL out for mothers day, total spend £15 cash, paid the rest in tesco vouchers, not bad for a two course meal and drinks for 4 of us!:rotfl:Last of the big spenders me!

TPA