Sat 16th/Sun 17th July What small DFW things will you be doing this weekend?

allydowd

:j PayDay! I made it to the end of the month with £2.17 to spare! :j


Settled bills.

Paid off lots of CC1 and a bit off CC2.

Going to town to finally spend Argos voucher.

Go to Primark for a new t-shirt mine are all too scruffy. Hoping to find one for about £3.

Stay sane and not be too mentally unwell by trying to be positive about everything.

Buy my OH a well deserved inexpensive gift.

Make dinner from stores.

Plan how long it's gonna take to pay off CC2. About a year I think. (CC1 will be paid off in November.)

Give OH a free haircut.

josiebabie

La_escocesa wrote: »

I'm also trying to resist the Next sale... Might just have a little look...

I looked, but there was nothing I wanted/needed! Soooo good today! :money:

browneyedbazzi

Hi All,

It's a pretty miserable looking day here but it should be a good MSE weekend for me:

I will:

-breakfast and lunch from stores
-work 8 hours overtime today
-get expenses (including dinner) paid by work
-sort and photograph things for ebay
-list things tomorrow on no-insertion fee
-check online banking


Hope everyone has a great weekend!

x

Wannabe01

Good afternoon everyone. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

My main priority is to spend quality time with DH and kids.

Other things that I want to get done is to sort paperwork for Monday and do S&S submissions.

determined_new_ms

Hi guys sorry I haven't been around lately - I've been so unfrugal I felt like a fraud being on here! But I've decided to get back on track today

Lovely to see you Stitchy good to hear about ur business

Today:

• [STRIKE]put some washing on at 30 using soapnuts[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]made meal plan around items in the cupboards
[/STRIKE]

• go shopping & stick to list
• opened a savings account to transfer Brasil fund into :money:
• buy tax disk online - 12 months saving £10! :T
• washed up rather than loaded the dishwasher
• check banking & tranfer some funds
• made banana bread/HM bread

ok that'll do for today - weather is lousy so no temptation to go and spend cash

La_escocesa

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Hi guys sorry I haven't been around lately - I've been so unfrugal I felt like a fraud being on here! But I've decided to get back on track today

Lovely to see you Stitchy good to hear about ur business

Today:

• [STRIKE]put some washing on at 30 using soapnuts[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]made meal plan around items in the cupboards
[/STRIKE]

• go shopping & stick to list
• opened a savings account to transfer Brasil fund into :money:
• buy tax disk online - 12 months saving £10! :T
• washed up rather than loaded the dishwasher
• check banking & tranfer some funds
• made banana bread/HM bread

ok that'll do for today - weather is lousy so no temptation to go and spend cash

Hey missus

Do tell about this savings a/c for Brasil fund...is this for your holiday there or for your 'move there forever' fund????

I guess you don't have to be as frugal as before now you are debt free :j

xx

determined_new_ms

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hey missus

Do tell about this savings a/c for Brasil fund...is this for your holiday there or for your 'move there forever' fund????

I guess you don't have to be as frugal as before now you are debt free :j

xx

its the holiday at xmas/new year fund! :j four adult flights to Brasil don't come cheap! We've been having students since Easter to raise the cash. we think we need about another £500 in the fund & the best time to buy the flights is around Sept. Can't wait

Yeah I know now I'm DF I don't have to be so frugal but if I carry on like we have recently it'll be tough times. Having students really pushed our grocery costs through the window & we found it really hard to buy enough for 5 ppl recently so we were forever popping to the supermarket. Then we went to a festival & bought a Wii - well that is now keeping us occupied!

How's Mr La E liking his job? x

La_escocesa

Uh that's great all of you are going over there. Will be worth all the frugalness. I've not learnt tbh - I just booked the SA flights with a 0% deal on credit. Oh well, life goes on

He's not started yet. Takes about a month to get all the credit checks/references done etc. He's meant to get his contract through on Monday and they're hoping he can start on 8th August. Works out quite well because we get back from our holiday on 2nd Aug. Think he's more excited about leaving his current job than starting his new one but sure it'll sink in soon.

catmiaow

Hey all,

I slept really badly so got up this afternoon, however still got loads done:

I have:

Checked bank
Rang my mum
Rang my nan
Been on FB
Looked on job sites
Vacuumed the house through
Sorted out washing hanging to dry
Toothbrush on charge
Got OH to make pizza bases and take rubbish out
Fed fish
Done comps

I will:

Help OH do pizza topping before friends come tonight
Continue to use free texts
Tidy up kitchen
Entertain friends
Catch up with comps once they leave

Tomorrow:

Chill with OH
Watch Lovefilm to post Monday
Do stuff online
Tidy after cats
Use free texts and mins
Food from stores

Hope everyone has a good day!

Twins

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all having a peaceful weekend and hope you haven't had too much rain It's been down right miserable here!

Well my update for this weekend below:

Checked online banking - still no payment in for my PPI payout! :mad:
Popped to Next sales and was quite restrained and bought two pack dress for DD, tops for myself, bag (DD has claimed already) and two pack bra. Must have been my lucky day as when I got home I noticed they forgot to charge me for the bra's!!

Found somebody's purse lying on the floor, so dutifully handed it into Sainsburys who said somebody had already come in looking for it. Hopefully they will be reunited

2 lots of washing done and hanging on clothes dryer inside instead of tumble dry

Have finally booked my holiday to Dubai! :T So excited! Had a bonus from work so this helped to pay for it

Will check online surveys now

Tomorrow, must return dress back to Matalan

Must try and list some items on Ebay

:T

Have a good one everyone :beer: