Weekend 28th/29th May - What small DFW things will you be doing?!

Sparkerly

Already started the day with a family meeting to discuss cutbacks, but I'm also planning on:

• Preparing packed lunch for tomorrows outing
• sort through stuff for a car boot sale
• menu plan for the week ahead
• try to find a voucher for a cheap meal out
• identify what appliances can be switched off when not used and label plugs to make it easier to switch them off
• Sort out the timer for hot water (been on my list for a few days so must def do it today - or should I say get OH to do it)

determined_new_ms

Hi guys :wave: late posting for me. Have been doing a super clean for the flat swap but they decided the street wasn't for them even before they visited the house ah well have another couple to view next week....

Happy birthday pix to your young laydee, hope you all have a fab time :T





This weekend:

• gym
• check banking
• meal plan & shopping
• make soup for lunches over the week
• an hours work
• out with oh later
• watch a film
• go watch a life in a day courtesy of see film first (will take snacks & drinks)

ok that's all I can think of right now, maybe more things will come to me...

La E hope your back's ok soon trecs

perni good luck with the wedding dress mish!

pic of my new & much shorter hairstyle (t'was long until last night) am now deciding whether to dye it blond?

http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n509/dnms1/IMAG0028.jpg

Amara

Hello!
Today, I have:
-had a shower
-washed and blow dried hair
-cleaned the bathroom
-decluttered spare bedroom
-taken stuff to recycled tip
-checked my emails
-checked my ebay
-washed some clothes
I will:
-[STRIKE]change cat's tray[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]tidy up kitchen[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]wash the floor there[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]hoover[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]clean the mirror[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]iron a big pile of clothes, after the mini-break[/STRIKE]
Possibly, if I'll have time
-[STRIKE]cook a soup[/STRIKE]
See you soon!
And now I'm going for running workout, my Race For Life is due in 25th June, not so much time!
When I'll come back, I'll update my thread.

elsiepac

Hi everyone!

I'm very late on today, been busy!

Pixie - Happy Birthday to your daughter!

Jules - Happy Birthday to your OH!

La E - Hope you feel better soon!

Orange Fairy - Have fun organising and going through wedding money!

Wannabe - cloudy, grey and dull here too today, although a bit of blue is peeking through!

mcjordi - good luck going through the finances!

Perni - have fun in Leicester, good luck with the dress!

josie - good luck finding the house warming gift!

Asiacat - fantastic news on the auction, what a great start to the day!

DCM - Well done on your Virgin Media victory!

chris - was the Hangover 2 good? I'm hoping to see it on Tuesday during the day!

Sparkerly - sounds like you're making a really good start on things, fantastic!

dnms - I almost got those tickets for Life in a Day as well, but then realised it would cost me a load in petrol and I hadn't heard of it so thought wouldn't bother!! Let us know if it's any good?

Amara - sounds like you've been really busy already!

Here's the list for today and tomorrow:

[STRIKE]1. Dark wash on 30 - hang up to dry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2. Whites wash on 40 Eco - hang up to dry [/STRIKE]
3. Towel and bedding wash on 60 Eco - these will have go in TD
4. Re-make bed!!! (lovely clean sheets, mmm)
5. Finish Unit 11 OU work
6. Do 1/2 of Unit 8 OU work
[STRIKE]7. Do a meal plan for next few days[/STRIKE] done one of sorts...it'll do!
[STRIKE]8. Do small shop based on above utilizing Nectar bonus points vouchers (don't seem to have a minimum spend!) and Tesco MoneyCard and extra points vouchers[/STRIKE] I was SOOO MSE it's unbelievable :j racked up 502 points at Sainsbury's on a £1.99 spend, and 124 points at Tesco on a £12.17 spend, of which £5 was a money card for complaining, so spent in actual money, under a tenner in total and have enough food to last for the next few days and a couple of treats too! Yay! Plus, first ShopAndScan, so will also have earnt a £10 Amazon voucher! Hoo-bloody-ray!!! :D:D:A:T
9. Put away all clean washing!!!
10. Update weight loss charts
[STRIKE]11. Check for surveys and complete[/STRIKE] Made £1.50 on VO and £0.30 on OP! Plus 15 random points for non-qualifiers on MS/LS and 50 points on OW!
[STRIKE]12. Change all survey emails to the same address (currently split over two!)[/STRIKE] should be much easier now!
[STRIKE]13. Do a plan for Tuesday, payday, exactly what I need to do on the day[/STRIKE] done - I'm so anal
[STRIKE]14. Do budgets - coincides with above [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]15. Charge ShopAndScan Clicker and install drivers[/STRIKE] installed, charging now
[STRIKE]16. Remember to scan small shop![/STRIKE] Done! Was easier than I thought it would be, and quite fun scanning barcodes!!! Also fairly quick, all done and uploaded in less than 15 minutes!
[STRIKE]17. Update new DFW Diary[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]18. Do tuna and pasta bake with veg in which will be either 3 or 4 portions[/STRIKE]

I think that's it for the moment, I feel like I've forgotten something though! I actually have both Monday and Tuesday off which is great - lovely long weekend for me! Hope everyone is having a fantastic BH weekend so far!

LC x

La_escocesa

Hi guys, a couple of paracetamol sorted me out. Own brand, of course

I've nicked OH travel card and I'm heading for the bus to my mate's house. I think I'll need to get a taxi back though as it will be about 11ish - don't fancy the walk from the bus stop at that time - about 20min.

Just caught up with Glee today and a bit of Desperate Housewives. Relaxing Saturday afternoon to be honest.

Did tidy up a bit too but OH did most of it

Have a good evening everyone.

xxx

Oooh, lovely new short do DNMS - Wow! Blonde! Have you ever been blonde before? I've always been too scared. xxx

Twins

Hi all,

First time replying on here, really nice to see how everyone is managing their DFW and sharing tips. Well for me is:

Checking my Ebay bids (I've had 6 bids on 10 of the items and I've got on 3 watchers on the rest!)
Completed my Tesco's shoppers thoughts survey
Did a Tesco shop and made sure I added everything up on my iphone as I went around and used my coupons at the till
Got some reduced party bag fillers for the kids birthday coming up
Got a birthday card for brother in law for 25p!
Checked bank balance and worked out budget for the month
Used Tesco petrol coupon at the pump for 5p off a litre
Made pasta for dinner instead of a take away

Wow, that's quite a lot and I'm surprised how I'm more careful about money now than before! :T

Hope everyone has a great bank holiday weekend and here's hoping we get some sunshine too!

Pookie_lou

Hi guys, today I have -

* Did weekly shop, stuck to list and used vouchers, bill came to £28

* Listed more on ebay
* Washed at 30 and dried 2 loads outside
* Read newspapers online
* Spent the day doing housework and de cluttering, so wasnt tempted to go out and spend
* Added some £2 coins to sealed pot / baby fund

Thats it for me, hope everyone has a great night x

elsiepac

La E - glad you're feeling better and were able to go out! good call on the taxi - money saving isn't worth it when you're potentially putting yourself in a vulnerable position! Have a great evening!

Twins - HI :wave: welcome to the thread, I'm glad you're finding it useful! I haven't looked back since I started doing a list everyday - really makes you think about stuff and where you can save or even earn extra money! Good luck with your eBay items:j

Pookie - sounds like you've had a similar day to mine! It's amazing how much you can find to do when you're deliberately trying not to go out and thus spend money!! have a great evening :beer:

batgirl21

Haven't posted last couple of days as they are my busy ones but have been good!

On thurs got some of the cheap pasta sauce from tescos and querried my receipt with them and got £2.82 refund that I would not normally have noticed.

used something out of my cupboard for a school donation on friday

today
done some surveys
prepared a load of ebay stuff
checked bank account
had to go to tescos but was very restrained £7.10
spent 60p on a magazine off the market have a magazine addiction!
spent 6.05 on fruit from the market very tasty
persuaded son to have friend who was over for his birthday to go to macdonalds rather than pizza hut to save a bit
DH taking boys rather than us all going.

sunday
Dinner at parents
will list ebay stuff
will need petrol have a voucher
do surveys
should be a cheap day

Have a good weekend everyone:beer:

WelshWoofer

Evening all!
Still posting on weekends but have no time during the week.

Have been quite busy considering I had 1.5 hours sleep last night....

• Walked dog twice for fresh air and exercise
• Went to Mr T's armed with a list and £9.50 in clubcard vouchers, a pricecheck voucher for £2.30 and a 50p off voucher and used the lot - the shopping came in at £44 (just under budget) and I bought loads of the usual grocery stuff and hairdye:T
• Hoovered and dusted downstairs
• Made yummy mexican bake from SW for tea using up lots of fridge stuff
• Done a wash and drying naturally
• Tidied bedroom
• Phoned mum using free landline for a good old moan
• Staying in tonight

Will pop in again tomorrow with another list, hope everyone is well.