Friday 22nd July - What small DFW things will you be doing today?!

pixiechick99

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

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.:D

Goood morning from a rather cheery me - it's the end of term:j:j:j
So, I thought I'd start the thread then you probably won't see me much for a while;) We're off to SPain in a few weeks for a week all inclusive...bliss. Other than that we have no plans....lots of lounging about, sorting house, selling on ebay....:rotfl:

So - time for a list from me:

• check banking
• check onepoll - I'm on 15p - finally reached £40 and claimed it last night:beer:
• dry washing off the airer
• lunch from home
• dinner tonight - well it has to be pizza takeaway, I'm having a night off:T
• packed lunch for dd2
• Enjoy the last day at work:)

Ok - must get ready now. Have a lovely Friday everyone:A

98jdougl

I have menu planned for next month, got some inspiration from the OS boards for a bit of variety otherwise I end up feeding OH the same meals over and over, going to finish batch cooking my grocery shop from yesterday to stop OH from making it and not having it go as far and having frozen home made 'ready meals' stops me going for takeaway on the nights I can't be bothered, otherwise and just sorting out my august budget but am sure I have forgotten something because I have over £100 left, even after bumping £150 into wedding savings :S

stitching_witch

Morning everyone, and thanks to pixie for starting us off today.

My list so far:

• ran DW overnight on Economy 7
• checked banking - dire!!!
• checked for surveys
• fed and watered the chickens and asked for 4 eggs today
• boxed half a dozen eggs to sell
• "fed" the sourdough starter - might be able to start using it over the weekend
• made packed lunch and snacks from stores - left overs and lots of fruit/nuts
• scoured local paper for a part time job but nothing suitable

I will also:

• get paid for eggs
• keep an eye on surveys throughout the day
• do a half hour walk at lunchtime - this has slipped since doing the Race for Life as I'm not 'in training' any more
• try not to shout at the UPS office person when I phone to complain. They've left me a "second" delivery attempt slip and will try to re-deliver today, but I'll be at work. If they'd left a slip the first time I could have rescheduled it!
• try to get through my day at work without wanting to hand in my notice - a very big DFW thing to do today :rotfl:

Right then peeps, must get a move on and not hang around here until it's time to go! Have a good day.

stitchy x

Candy0107

Morning all,

Thanks for starting us off Pixie – enjoy the last day at school

Hi peeps! Friday Finally!!! :j :j :j :j

Today I have/will
• Will have a NSD – bought lunch and snacks with me so no need to buy anything
• Do any surveys in my mailbox
• Look for MS jobs
• Meals from stores
• Checked my online banking – no change
• At lunchtime, see how my auctions are doing – Bessie has a couple of bids, but no change from Wednesday!
• Charging phone at work
• Breakfast at work (using their milk)
• Think positive today
• Read newspaper online
• Read the freebie paper on the train
• Need to check out the freebies and the competition boards
• Enter comps online
• Drink plenty of water
• Take meds and vits to control hormones
• Update food diary (online and paper copy)

Will see what happens....

Take care everyone
Candy xxx

josiebabie

Morning all! Nice day this morning here, makes adifference from last night when netball was rained off, so ended up going to the gym instead... £4.50...boo!
List:-
- Check banking
- Order tickets at 9am...eeeep thanks mummy xxxx
- Recheck budget following gym spend last night
- NSD
- Pick DD back up from nursery, I have her back!!!
- Remind DM I am working tomorrow...lol
- Sell a purge or two!
- Check my WIP at work for any uninvoiced labour
- 1x HC
- Washing is on airer
- Keep house tidy!
- Vacuum downstairs tonight
- Dinner from stores - freezer dive
- Lunch/snacks from home
- Write shopping list.....
- Sparkle

J xx

Tebheag

Good morning All
Thanks pixie for starting us off and hope you have a lovely last day of term.

Today cheked surveys still not been credited final pound from a survey aaaah
Check bank
Try and do some washing
Get some cucumbers etc from garden
Try and do bit of work didnt do any last night
Feel awful so very short list already been bad and put kids in nursery as no way i could cope with them so off back to bad as soon as i have put washing in machine and checked bank.
Hope you all have a great friday.
x

carrielovesfanta

Morning everyone.

Today's small list is to:

Charge phone in work

Lunch taken into work - other half of homemade spag bol I found lurking in the freezer last night!

Put £60 into bank at lunchtime and pay off bus tickets bought on cc.

Charged toothbrush this morning on E7. Remembered to turn off shower and extractor

Anticipate pay day on Monday!

Hopefully get payslip today and tweak budget!

Have a good dfw day all!

starnac

morning all.

coming to the end of my week off booo!!

Thanks for starting us off Pixie enjoy your holidays. (lucky for some to have so long off)

Stitchy did you see my message wednesday I think about the bra stuff??

okay my list for today

[STRIKE]check banking[/STRIKE] not looking too bad but roll on payday
[STRIKE]check surveys[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]HC[/STRIKE]
airer dry as it's raining
[STRIKE]eyebrows waxed [/STRIKE] okay not DFW but it makes me feel better about myself
[STRIKE]make cakes for this afternoon[/STRIKE] DD is having a friend from nursery home
tidy front room
[STRIKE]tidy DD's bedroom[/STRIKE] so they have room to make a mess!!!
[STRIKE]tea from stores[/STRIKE] home grown potatoes and leftovers mmmmm
[STRIKE]box up fabric from spare room[/STRIKE] How can I hide the amount of fabric I have from DH when he's the one who needs to move the boxes??
[STRIKE]sort 3 boxes from spare room[/STRIKE] at last the spare room is looking a bit emptier

that'll do for now I think. Got quite a busy day today with lots to do.

Happy friday everyone

tigermoon

Morning everyone,

Happy holidays and happy Friday to everyone who is looking forward to some time off!

Payday is feeling like it is a long time coming for me this month (next Tues) I have £30 left and I need £10 of petrol, I've run out of make up and I'm supposed to be meeting a friend for lunch. :eek:

Anyway, my list for today:

Check banking and update spreadsheet DONE
PAD to Natwest DONE £1.72
Finish chartership report
Breakfast at home from plan
Dinner from stores (quiche out of freezer - need to pick up some salad)
Go to Aldi to buy make up
Go somewhere cheap for lunch
Pre-paid riding lesson tonight - that'll cheer me up

That's all I can think of for now, hope everyone has a great day xx

Amara

Hello!
I'll:
-go to my three customers
-iron
-give a call to my other customer
Then I'll see

ziggy2407

Good Morning all

Pixie - Thanks for starting us off
Hugs to all that need them esp Stitchy and Tebheag

Sorry didnt get on yesterday as it became a strange day, I even forgot to pick LO up from school (im my defence I thought it was Science Club but it finished last weeks -oops, thank goodness for good friends)

Today's little list

Check Banks
Check Swapits (for LO)
Comps
Lightspeed surveys
List items for sale on gumtree/netmums
Request shed window on Freecycle
Order free pics from Snapfish
Return items to Next
return Library Books after school and hopefully "play" in park after

Have a great day everyone, love and best wishes to you all on my fave thread

C x