Monday 20th June - What small DFW things will you be doing today?!

rdchick

I'm been mooching a lot lately on diaries and found Stitchies lists one - La E I am so going to write to a post pal - found one who has DMD so going to write to him - makes me sad to see kids in chairs and then breaks my heart to know that little Alfie will be the same if nothing is found fast - at the mo he is a happy running around sort of kid who gets super excited about everything so it's gotta be done

Haven't really done much tbh - given a few snacks to the work guys so I don't eat them all (left overs from the hen party on Sat)
need to list more stuff on ebay, so will do that and that's about it

2nd job work later - yawn! Gotta be done though otherwise I will be poor! xxx

southernbelle

Morning all (afternoon?)

Today I am going to:

• Find the proof required to open a basic bank account ready for taking in tomorrow at lunch.
• Take some receipts in to work (they owe me about £100) to get a cheque. Once paid in I will transfer money to my car finance arrears.
• Check survey sites to see if I am due any vouchers.

ziggy2407

Good Morning all

Pixie -Thanks for starting us off
Candy & Orange Fairy - can I join you with the positive thinking (really struggling at min - sorry if I'm bring the thread down)
Welcome to all the newbies - you'll love it here it's the best thread on MSE

Arctic and LaE - Im a Sheffield girl too (Hillsborough actually)

My little list today

Check Banks - Done
Check swapits (for LO) - Done
Check Ebay (no watchers or bids yet) - Done
Bake some buns for LO (treat after another hospital visit) - Done, just need icing
Try and sell more stock (am determined to cut down on the amount I buy, its not like I have the money to tie up anyway)
Comps

Weekend was rubbish to be really honest as OH worked most of it and with LO's injury there wasnt a lot we could do.

Love and Best wishes to everyone on my fave thread :A

Back soon and hopefully will have done more xx

PS Hope everyone's ok, missing lots of the regulars

Cleosmum

Having an up and down day today, one min feel fine, next feel yuck again.

Today I have:

• Checked banking
• Put a load of washing on to finish at 6am and thats on the line
• Picked up loads of half price clothing that I had put back at work and also used a 800 point coupon :T
• Started flylady for today but its a slow process, keep needing to sit down (hate being ill!)

And need to:

• [STRIKE]Finish flylady area before school pick up[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check pigsback[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Change bedding, wash and line dry[/STRIKE] Had to airer dry :mad:
• Sign up justgiving and start getting sponsors for sept midnight walk
• [STRIKE]Walk to school to collect kids[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Walk DD to swimming lesson[/STRIKE]
• Check to see which area flylady for tomorrow
• Put away some laundry in mine and OH drawers as soon as it goes upstairs (floordrobe not an option)
• Buy a PO and send it today

Be back to update with anything else x

Pernicious

Hiya,

I didn't end up posting yesterday as I wasn't very DFW...but I was being fairly MSE about it! We bought a groupon for 5 nights in Marrakech Works out at just under £225 each, 5 star hotel & flights included, & even free entry to the aqua park, I'm really excited! I haven't been on holiday since my friend's hen do in March last year, & I haven't been on holiday with future hubby since Mar/April the year before that, just need to figure out how to book the thing now :rotfl: I should also add I have NOT put this on credit either, wahey! :j

It's going to be a busy week as well because instead of going to tkd tonight I'm going to Polenastics with some friends, but in order to keep up my level of tkd training I'm going to get a lift with a friend to the lessons in a nearby town (about 30mins away) on Tue & Thur, as well as attend our usual local session on Wednesday, & being the idiot that I am I volunteered to bake some cakes ready for Friday to sell for charity, I have no idea how I am going to pack this all in!!! :eek:

Today I have/will:-

• [STRIKE]Heating off [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Food from stores [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make use of free water etc at work[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pay cheque into bank today rather then leave it for days on end [/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Return to work straight away afterwards to avoid the shops![/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Dinner from meal plan[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Charge phone via pc[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check for surveys[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Enter comps[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Polenastics tonight,[/STRIKE] bought this via Groupon so got a good deal & we are all piling into the one car to save on petrol costs Kinda nervous but at the same time looking forward to it
• Book holiday - Turns out I can't book until tomorrow, hey ho!
• Check out flylady thread & at least do 1 thing, despite how busy I will be this week! Rope OH into helping as much as possible

Serendipity - Enjoy tkd tonight
Candy - Chin up, hope the car doesn't cost too much
Picasso - Enjoy your last day off
La Escocesa - Don't stand for this fridge rubbish, they need to fix it properly this time! Get mad :mad:, well, not too mad, but just enough that they pull their fingers out!
Ziggy - Hope you feel a little more positive soon

Have a great, moneysaving day everyone x

allydowd

*Got free fruit at work: health week.

*Valeted car myself instead of paying for it to be done.

*Checked Quidco - £60 cashback due sometime.

*Checked Royalties - £16 cashback due this week.

*Posted Laser Eye Surgery voucher to someone. If they use it I get £150 cashback.

*Leftovers for lunch today.

*Checked banking.

tigermoon

Afternoon all,
Have just rejoined the forum after a long absence and a change of username (my old one gave away far too much personal stuff about me). I used to be quite a regular on this thread (and I’m still a lurker) and I miss the accountability that is gave me as well as the ideas everyone else has so I am going to try and jump back in here.
My list for today:
Check banking & update spreadsheet DONE
One expenses claim paid (3 weeks late :mad:) so PAD to NW CC for that DONE
File expenses claim for last week - £89DONE
Phone Natwest to get balance on CC DONE
NSD DONE
Walk to free bus stop and get bus to work (and back again) DONE
Free lunch at work DONE
Free fruit at work DONE
Meal from plan tonight DONE
Start new diary on here and write first entry.DONE
It is my payday on Friday and I am hoping that I will clear the balance off my two credit cards this month once and for all, meaning I will plastic free for the first time in a decade and over halfway to being totally debt free. Have just done a complete brain dump to my new diary thread and I feel better already, am looking forward to being able to have a bit of an outlet and company on what will hopefully be the last 7 months of my DFW journey.

All in all not a bad day, also managed to check tyre pressures tonight, a job I have been meaning to do for at least a month. Feeling quite chuffed with progress :j

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

Hey Ziggy and Arctic Sky - I'm an adopted Sheffielder - Scottish really

Perni - holiday sounds fab!!! :j Gosh you sound busy this week!! My plan for the fridge is to now call them out all the time, rather than just defrosting it and dealing with it myself. The trouble is that you need to speak to about 4 different people to get someone to come out, none of whom know anything about what's happened before etc, and then the guy that comes out gets the fridge working again so I can't really argue even though it never lasts :mad: Then the whole thing has to happen all over again the next time...

josiebabie

Man I am rubbish, since work blocked the forums it's really hard to get on here!
Here is my list anyway:-
- Checked banks
- Ordered parts for car at less than trade price
- Organised bro to fix car while I am on holiday
- Worked my a** off (although only because I kept doing things wrong and had to repeat things.... lol)
- NSD
- Lunch from stores
- No dinner, too late, not hungry and bro not here demanding food so not bothered. lol
- Used Wii Fit 1/2 hr
- Will clear and repaint nails
- Drink lots of water
- Sold two purges
- Tidy around
- Organise with friend/lil sis arrangements for holiday on Thursday
- Caught up with friends on FB rather than text
- Definitely sparkled

Jx

Pernicious

La_escocesa wrote: »

Perni - holiday sounds fab!!! :j Gosh you sound busy this week!! My plan for the fridge is to now call them out all the time, rather than just defrosting it and dealing with it myself. The trouble is that you need to speak to about 4 different people to get someone to come out, none of whom know anything about what's happened before etc, and then the guy that comes out gets the fridge working again so I can't really argue even though it never lasts :mad: Then the whole thing has to happen all over again the next time...

I'm so excited! Neither of us have been out of Europe before so it will be a real eye opener when we go out of the resort, but at least we have that to come back to if things get a bit too different for our liking! I think we will really enjoy seeing a completely different culture though. I have just priced up holiday insurance quickly & found out we can get a bus that drops us off at the hotel rather then booking pricey transfers, yay! All in all looking at about £316.69 each by the time we've booked parking etc too, so just need to cut back on going out at the weekends to give us some spending money

Can you not put a complaint through that it keeps breaking & you keep having to explain it to people so many times? Surely they are able to log notes against the account?