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Sat 26th/Sun 27th March - What small things will you be doing today?
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Morning all,
Had a bad day for money yesterday- due to a spontanious trip to the pub for dinner i had to pay to withdraw my own money, criminal! Although didnt spend too much and stayed in last night.
Today:
-Breakfast and lunch from home.
- try to retrun my beautiful new yet faulty top that i only wore once for 2 hours!! but i dont have a reciept only a bank statement what are my chances, i really want it replaced???
- post ebay & amazon items paid for, find a PO open on sat round here. may have to drive
- Try and go for a run
- left over HM fish pie for dins
- shop from attempt at mealplan
- lift share with housemate toAld! so we can get it cheaper!
-stay in and watch a DVD
Sunday:
- NSD
- stay in, do bits around the house
- Boyf comming to stay in the evening for a few days (and eat me out of house lol)
Have a good weekend all!Paying it all off in 2017:
Finance 1- [STRIKE]115[/STRIKE] Paid Jan 2017
Finance 2- 335
CC - [STRIKE]2000[/STRIKE]1800
OD 1 - [STRIKE]2200[/STRIKE] 1850
OD 2 - 25000 -
brizzledfw wrote: »
DNMS..do tell what your Day Zero budget is..was looking at your sig and wondering
Cheers
brizzle
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2648105
join us! I put £2 into savings everytime I achieve a gaolDF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1950 -
determined_new_ms wrote: »yup freeze them whole with the skin on & then when you want to use just defrost! Also you can peel, chop & freeze in bag to put in smoothies if you have a maker
Pixie did you see my room question????
! x
Do you know, I never thought about freezing bananas...thats fab, thank you:D
As for 'Room' - I have a copy, but it's not mine, my friend sent it to me.I started it, but found it a bit odd, didn't seem to be going anywhere so I gave up...but I will try again:oI really need to sort out a new signature!0 -
Saturday:
*Check online banking
*Babysit neice for a couple of hours (take advantage of washing machine, shower and breakfast at my sisters!)
*Cook a chicken and mango balti for dinner
*Buying only essentials from my list Saturday
*Keep up with my spend diary (which now has pictures drawn all over it from babysitting!)
*Movie night in with BF
Sunday:
*Check online banking
*Phone Lowell to make a token payment as can't afford a full one this month (phoning the companies still really makes me nervous!)
*NSD
*Dye my hair at home
*Have dinner with BF parentsMy Debts:
Barclays Overdraft - £1600 Capital One CC - £1200
March Targets:
Barclays Overdraft - £500 Capital One - £75.52 (Double minimum payment)0 -
brizzledfw wrote: »BTW NTBY..hope work sorts itself out .. Maybe the Chief exec can be at least moved to the abstention corner instead;)
Thanks, love! He can be really, really stubborn but I've pulled my former boss onto my side, and she's one of the people that really has his ear. Fingers crossed...Mortgage free by 30:eek:: £28,000/£100,000Debt free as of 1 October, 2010
Taking my frugal life on the road!0 -
Morning all,
My plans for this weekend are:- Doing a MS job this afternoon
- Buying a birthday gift for a friend in Mr Ts to get a DTD voucher
- Listing lots on ebay
- Moving odd money to my Virtual Sealed Pot and watch it grow
- Going to a friend's for dinner - very DFW!
- Have a NSD tomorrow
- Read newspapers online
- Do as many surveys as is humanly possible!
Oh, and hopefully enjoy the weather - that's free
Have a lovely weekend everyone x0 -
Today I have:
- Hung up washing that I set to start at 6 this morning, currently in hot patio window as its warmer than outside
- Have put more washing on - on quick wash 30
- Tesco food shop arrived at 9.30 and thats put away - online shop to avoid any extras finding their way in! No veg though as Aldi 5 mins from me and about half the price of tesco :T (saved £14.02 on multisaves and used a £5 off voucher)
- Put 2 receipts into that tesco price check thingy, no idea what it is but mentions of refunds enough for me
- Dug out census to fill out
- Stuck to my SW diet - lost 1.5lb this week, I will get back to my target before I go away on 24th april!
- Sorted ipod case for DH to take back to tesco as doesnt fit, fiver back
- Paid £350 off summer hols
- Filled car with fuel, cost £90 :eek: never ever ever been that much! Have challenged myself to walk as many places as poss and for it to last the whole month
- Got DS bargainous ipod case from argos, was £49.99 down to £5.99
- Found bargain in Boots, new Lynx Excite shower gel for 67p a bottle....and on 342! Used points :T
- Do another few washes, inc bedding, all on 30 quick wash
- Airer dry above
- DH to work, send him with food from home
- Meals from stores
- Sort meal plan
- Work out birthdays for next month and check cards
- Suppose I ought to actually FILL OUT the darn census!
- May clean car out and poss wash it by hand :eek:
- Dig out fence paint and see how much is there
- Sort mountain of clean dry washing that is waiting to go away
not my most fave of jobs!
- Check banking but not much will change from last night
- Bag up the kids money box money to bank next week
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Hello all,
I have:
Done some comps
Emailed people back
Checked FB
Tidied after cats
Got breakfast ready
I need to:
eat breakfast
Ring my nan using free mins
Check bank
More comps
Check job sites
Get washed and dressed
Shopping delivery between 5-6pm
Friend coming over later having a takeaway and a chit wag
Sunday list:
Check jobs
Check emails
Do comps
Tidy after cats
Use free mins & texts
Go wedding ring shopping
Go suit shopping
Go to Ikea and look for new desk
Hope everyone has a fab weekendNo you're not a vegetarian if you eat any animal or fish, so do not insult genuine veggies by calling yourself one! :mad:
Thanks to everyone who posts competitions. You are the stars of the board :T:j:T0 -
Thanks DNMS..looks like a great idea and right up my street. I will compile my list and then take the bold step of listing it on stitchy's thread!
Thanks for thisMFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T0 -
Morning people - happy weekend:beer:
Lazy morning so far...enjoyed an extra couple of hours in bed and bacon sarnie for breakfast;)
Here's my list for today:- check banking - moved a few bits around, all ok:D
- check onepoll - hooray, back to full speed
- washing done last night, quickwash
- washing is on the line
- leftover bacon put in freezer
- entered receipt details from yesterday in tesco price checker
- counter offer to ebay buyer - fingers crossed
- meal from plan tonight - quesadillas and wedges (we had HM curry last night, in case you notice that this was my planned meal from yesterday!)
- go to town with dd1?? If she gets up....:o
- heating is off:beer:
- friend collecting dd2 from her afternoon out - saves me petrol:T
Have a lovely old day:jI really need to sort out a new signature!0
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