Tuesday 8th March - What small DFW things have you done today?!

pixiechick99

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free, or staying debt free :money:

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important.:T

Gooood morning everyone - how are you all today?:j
Looks like it's going to be another lovely, sunny day here - makes it easier to get up:D
My scan went fine yesterday - I shall get the results tomorrow when I have my appt with the hosp doctor. I did feel awful when I got home though, woozy and with very unsettled insides:( Hopefully ok today though - i have to get back to work!

So - let's have a sparkly, full-of-beans day shall we....hope you lot going to join in! List time:

• check banking
• check onepoll
• packed lunch for dd2 to school
• free cuppas at work
• lunch from home for me
• tonights meal from plan - roast chicken (I couldnt face doing it last night:o)
• wrap and post ebay sale
• heating off during the day
• do meter readings and submit online
• more uni work
• relax on sofa tonight and watch Holby:T

Ok, thats my lot - hope you all are well...have a great day:beer::beer::beer:

determined_new_ms

Morning Pixie - sorry to hear you were feeling woozy after your tests, loads of positve thoughts coming ur way from me for the results tomorrow x

As for today yep I'm up for being sparkly and being pumped up & excited! Going to a training course today about dealing with Anti-social behaviour - really need the course so exciting its come round!


Today:

• quick shower
• checked banking & paid cc in full
• check for onepoll - only £3 till I get a pay out :T
• tuna pitta & fruit for lunch & water for drinks all day scrapped this as realised we have LO pasta that needs to be used up
• go and collect a cooker after work :j yay I can start cooking properly again!
• run after work - didn't go yesterday as still aching from Saturday's pump!
• update GC totals...
• pancakes for dinner - thanks stitchy!
• fix curtain track tonight!
• porridge for brekkie before leaving for work

ok that'll do me! Have a lovely day everyone x

DebtfreeBY40_2

Morning! Back to work this morning but only for three days. I suppose it makes the days off better because you go to work!

1. Check on line banking (done and made a £10 payment to Egg credit card)
2. Enter comps
3. Pack lunch (OH did it this morning, bless him x)
4. Concentrate on diet today, got two stone to lose before holiday in May! Sure that's achievable. I may change my siggy!
5. Have a NSD
6. Get dinner out of freezer (done)
7. Decide what I am giving up for lent.
8. Have a great day!

And to you all too, have a great day xx

stitching_witch

Good morning everyone. I'm on "slow-start" again for some reason, probably because I know I ought to be getting into work early

So far I have:

• checked banking and moved money around between accounts
• checked for surveys
• brought my accounts up to date on Micr0s0ft M0ney
• made packed lunch for work
• fed and watered the chickens

I will also:

• do an hour overtime before and after work
• phone HMRC about tax rebate
• sell some eggs - 1 or 2 boxes depending on how many we need to keep
• dinner from stores - bottom of fridge soup followed by a pancake or two
• have an LSD - just fruit
• take corset samples to DD's house tonight to show potential customer
• have a sleepover at DD's house

It's a Grandma Day tomorrow so I won't be here until the evening. Have a good couple of days folks.
Stitchy x

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

:dance:to the new cooker DNMS!! :T

Fingers crossed for the results pixie!

:grouphug: everyone

Me:

• Breakfast at home - yay I remembered
• Leftovers for lunch :T paella made with Sunday's leftover roast chicken :T
• Free cuppa in work
• Changed onepoll password so I remember it when I get to work
• Doing a jigsaw I got for free - a Wasgij one - seriously weird
• Bit more organising around the flat
• Catch up with some things on iplayer/4od??? See what OH is up to later.
• Called about something I bought 6m ago that broke and they're sending a replacement today! :T If you don't ask you don't get and all that
• Sewed a seam on my cardi
• Defrosting frost free freezer again :mad:
• Big shop being delivered tonight

Probs catch up on lunch

:coffee:

La_escocesa

Hi stitchy, ooh, pancakes forgot about that for a min there!

elfen

Today:
Check bank
Check onepoll
Try and find small cross stitch patterns/kits in house so I can start them
Readings for uni - get up to date
Find Henry V and watch it
Look through Henry V again - have read it but want to look again
Watch Funny Games

determined_new_ms

stitching_witch wrote: »

• dinner from stores - bottom of fridge soup followed by a pancake or two
• take corset samples to DD's house tonight to show potential customer

Stitchy x

bottom of the fridge soup - is that a bit like ifit? (if its there we'll have it, if its not we won't?) :rotfl:

good luck with ur first corset customer! :j

ceejaydee23

MORNING!

Last night I dug out the electricity monitor again, its been stuck in a cupboard!

I swept my kitchen floor, and cleaned the inside of the microwave, my god i'm surprised it hadn't grown its own legs and walked off!

Actually Switched heating OFF after it came on yesterday @ 3.50pm, though did put it back on again at about 6.45pm ish

Dinner yesterday went down a treat! even my son loved it soo much he smothered his hair in mashed potato and carrot!

-Checked online balances (got child benefit today) transfered over £15 to top up for next weeks rent and council tax payment.
-switched kettle off after using it!

Today isn't going to be a NSD as i need to get a few top up bits, mainly fresh fruit, yogurts, bread/rolls all i have is the £7.17 in my purse, so gotta be strict!

Its pancake day today, and i really do have the ingredients! (albeit the lemon juice is from last pancake day, unless i get some fresh lemons)

Asked the other half if he fancies jacket spuds or something on toast tonight, as i'm not doing anything too fussy cos of doing pancakes lol

stitching_witch

determined_new_ms wrote: »

bottom of the fridge soup - is that a bit like ifit? (if its there we'll have it, if its not we won't?) :rotfl:

Certainly is! It's all the leftover bits, wobbly carrots, limp celery sticks, bits of brocolli and the left over cooked veg from the Sunday roast. I even chop the brocolli and cauliflower stalks into small cubes and bung them in the freezer so a handful of those go in. When it's all cooked down and blitzed it tastes great.

When my children were small a dinner known as 'ifit' was "if it gets cooked you can have it" as there were days I really didn't want to stand in the tiny kitchen on my own and cook a meal. :rotfl:

ceejaydee23

My mum n nan used to have a saying when asked "whats for dinner?/lunch?" the reply would be - "bread and ifit", "whats that" was normally the reply "IF your lucky you might get a bIT" was the last line. Its amazing how the same little "ifit" word can mean so many things but in a similar context!

stitching_witch wrote: »

Certainly is! It's all the leftover bits, wobbly carrots, limp celery sticks, bits of brocolli and the left over cooked veg from the Sunday roast. I even chop the brocolli and cauliflower stalks into small cubes and bung them in the freezer so a handful of those go in. When it's all cooked down and blitzed it tastes great.

When my children were small a dinner known as 'ifit' was "if it gets cooked you can have it" as there were days I really didn't want to stand in the tiny kitchen on my own and cook a meal. :rotfl: