Sat 14th & Sun15th What small DFW thing will you be doing today?

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

Thanks for starting us off Ixia. Can we have a please??? Happy Birthday!

Today I'm staying in all day so hoping not to spend any cash...

Friend came over this morning - made scones instead of buying 'spensive snacks :cool: Tasty tasty :T

Knitting some more

Taking it easy

Putting any pennies that stand in my way in the penny jar

TV night in :beer:

Pookie_lou

Hi guys, Happy Sat everyone! and Happy Birthday Ixia!

OH & I worked 4 hours o/t today = £90 towards baby fund.

Was hoping to get quite a bit done today but I have a cold coming, really sore throat and runny nose, so have my list has gone out the window and im putting my feet up!

So today I will-

* Keep my eye on ebay items I have finishing today
* Read newspapers online
* Meal from stores
* Stay in tonight and watch love film dvd

Have a great day everyone xx

Candy0107

Afternoon All,

Thanks for starting the thread and happy birthday Ixia
Determined – good luck on your run
Hi to all new members and regular folk

Yesterday and today I have/will do:
• Meals from stores
• Read paper online
• Checked online banking – moved pennies to ISA
• Worked out some finances
• Need to pay NI bill
• Do online comps
• Need to watch bits on the sky box rather than going out
• Will have an NSD – even avoiding spending anything on the lottery
• Fill in my food diary
• Watching bank of mum and dad – they have so much to learn!
• Drink plenty of water
• Take meds to sort out hormones
• Have an early night – need to catch up on some sleep
• If I get time, sort out pamper kit to treat myself (scrub, nail varnish etc)
• Need to work out how to get out of going to Windsor next week – will cost about £60 for the day incl travel, entertainment and food – instead going to meet a good friend in town where I can get away with about £5 (plus need to have a gossip with her)

Think that is about it – I am sure there will be things I have forgotten.

Have a fabby one!
Candy xxx

DVardysShadow

ixia wrote: »

... 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

The average charge on a phone is about 4 Wh. So about 250 charges for 1kWh, costing about 10p. Really, some 'savings' are just not worth the effort.

elsiepac

Hi everyone and Happy Birthday Ixia

I haven't posted on these threads before, but after noticing my to do list for this weekend matches quite a few peoples postings, I figured I did have the right to post!!!

Here goes...

[STRIKE]Dark wash[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]White wash[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Hang all up to dry in utility (warm and teeny in centre of house - perfect!)[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Attend tutorial for OU in Bristol - £5.50 parking [/STRIKE] done - really annoyed as stupid car park has gone up in the 5 weeks since I was there last and now £6!!!!! Grrrr!!! :eek:
[STRIKE]Work out meals/create shopping list[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Finish OU financial support app for Oct course[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Print above[/STRIKE] never ended up doing this - however will do in work tomorrow so no printing cost!
[STRIKE]Do perishables shopping[/STRIKE] - £15 done - £10.13 but forgot milk
[STRIKE]post financial support app while there[/STRIKE] as above forgot to print but will post at work tomorrow after using their resources
[STRIKE]Also while there pay money into current a/c to compensate for overspend - £28[/STRIKE] (turns out the Post Office shuts at three... I had assumed 5 and arrived there at 10 to 5. Now will have to go Monday lunchtime at work and waste petrol. Grr)
[STRIKE]Lunch of something[/STRIKE] hadn't planned but found sweet potato and spinach dahl I made a few weeks ago in the freezer, so had that
[STRIKE]Tweak budget for June....... again[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Change S/O's to savings and ISA for June on online banking[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Make soup for tomorrow lunch from all veggies that are going a bit mank in fridge![/STRIKE] done - made two portions so that's Monday lunch for work as well!!! :A edit, my dad ate the spare one so bang goes that one!!! :rotfl:
[STRIKE]Do a good portion of OU work[/STRIKE] did some, not loads. ho hum!
[STRIKE]Make breakfasts for Mon -Thu[/STRIKE] done, have my brown rice breakfast
[STRIKE]Make lunches for Mon -Thu[/STRIKE] done, have bulgar wheat with veg etc and feta/goats cheese on alternate days
[STRIKE]Try and make Sunday my first planned NSD [/STRIKE]Rookie fail...forgot milk in my shop earlier so either have to hope I have enough and then be early enough for work on Monday that i can stop and get some, or I won't achieve this one - I happened to phone my mum when she was at Tesco so asked her to grab milk for me and paid her back. Also flaked almonds for my brilliant brown rice breakfasts. Total £2.76, however she said call it £2.50, so I gave her £2.56 which was everything in my purse except for the £28 I am paying into my bank account tomorrow. Darnit!
[STRIKE]Decline offer of going down to friends this avo due to cost of petrol (I currently live miles away from my work and my friends [basically my whole life] because of my bad money-related decisions in the past)[/STRIKE] done - 32 mile round trip worth of petrol saved
[STRIKE]List Stieg Larsson books on Green Metropolis[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Submit assignment for OU[/STRIKE] done

Hope this is ok for a list..!!

Hope everyone's had a nice day!

LC x

stitching_witch

Morning all. Busy day yesterday so didn't get chance to post so I'm making up for it with an early one today.

So far this weekend I have:

• stayed over at DD's house on Friday so used her stores for breakfast yesterday
• helped everyone get ready for their sponsored spin, including last minute costume alterations and repairs
• used park and ride bus on the way into town with the rest of them so only had to pay a single on the way back
• sent DH to do the shopping so he paid
• used motorbike to visit DGS's new house (very economical on petrol)
• cleaned out chickens and collected four eggs
• dinner from stores

Today I will:

• go into work for three hours from 7 - 10am
• go to allotment and plant out French Beans, peas and anything else that's big enough
• quick shower after allotment
• go to Southampton with my box of corset samples to drum up some more business
• lunch and dinner from stores
• have a LSD - will need to pay for parking and one drink each in the pub
• catch up with accounts and May budget tonight

I'm sure that will be enough for a weekend.

stitchy x

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm up early because my back is killing... £120 already spent at the Chiropractors...

I'm going to do some yoga practice and read Hip Tranquil Chick http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hip-Tranquil-Chick-Guide-ebook/dp/B002GEKJC2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM

Meeting friends for lunch - old flatmate's 30th bday - not seen some of them since October so will be nice. Take some coins from stash to pay Print off 2 meals for £12 voucher

Sort clothes for work

Remind OH he's getting the groceries...

xxx

Candy0107

Morining All,

Stitchy – enjoy Southampton
LaE - Hope your back is better
Hi to all new members and regular folk

Yesterday and today I have/will do:
• Meals from stores
• Read paper online
• Checked online banking – no change
• Need to pay NI bill
• Do online comps
• Need to watch bits on the sky box rather than going out
• Will have an NSD
• Fill in my food diary
• Drink plenty of water
• Take meds to sort out hormones
• Have an early night – need to catch up on some sleep
• If I get time, sort out pamper kit to treat myself (scrub, nail varnish etc)

Think that is about it – I am sure there will be things I have forgotten.

Have a fabby one!
Candy xxx

determined_new_ms

hi everyone, just popping in to say hi before my run! I hope the rain holds off as I hate the feel of rain on my neck! x

katie1968

Hello everyone.

I have been lurking around on these boards for quite a long time but never got around to posting much so thought I would join in on this one.

Today I have/will:

Put load of washing on at 3am when I woke up due to problems with painful arm - thought I would turn this negative into a positive. Done
Put washing out on line - Done
Sort out freezer and create a 2 week menu from what I already have in there. Done
Sort shopping list to take to asda later armed with vouchers and do in 2 x lots as they only take one of those vouchers (priceguarantee) per shop.Done
Arrange to collect mirror from freecycle I was supposed to collect earlier in the week but ended up being ill.Done
Put petrol in car.Done
Repot growing veggies.
Weed front driveway/patio with boiling water.
Check for surveys.Done
Do online scratchcards.Done
Reduce some prices on our ebay shop - has been the worst week sales we have ever had! Done.
Take more pics of clothing to sell and get listed today.Done
All Meals from stores.Done
Get some housework done as visitors coming tomorrow for dinner.Done
Take more pics of caravan and revise listing on ebay to get the damn thing sold, really need it off my drive now.
Batch cook anything for this week that I can cook with todays dinner.Done
Take son out to practice in the car before his 1st driving lesson. Done

I am sure I will think of more I need to add to this later.
:-)