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Sat 26th/Sun 27th March - What small things will you be doing today?

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  • Tiggy10
    Tiggy10 Posts: 443 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    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! :D
    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 - 2500
  • 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 gaol :D
    DF 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: £195
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    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 :D

    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:o
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • 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 parents
    My Debts:
    Barclays Overdraft - £1600 Capital One CC - £1200

    March Targets:
    Barclays Overdraft - £500 Capital One - £75.52 (Double minimum payment)
  • Nottoobadyet
    Nottoobadyet Posts: 1,754 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    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/£100,000
    :DDebt free as of 1 October, 2010:D
    Taking my frugal life on the road!
  • Siouxsie32
    Siouxsie32 Posts: 1,987 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Cashback Cashier
    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 x
  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 26 March 2011 at 12:20PM
    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 :o
    • 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
    And still need to:
    • 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 :D 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
    And lastly, enjoy the sun! Was supposed to be chucking it down all weekend?!?!
  • catmiaow
    catmiaow Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    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 weekend :)
    No 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:T
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    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 this
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    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::T
  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,729 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    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
    Ok that'll do for now - I'm sure I'll think of more things later:)

    Have a lovely old day:j
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
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