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Fri 29th July What small DFW things will you be doing today?

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  • Clarienne
    Clarienne Posts: 58 Forumite
    Ugh. Client has not turned up this morning, and can't be contacted, so now i'm worrying they've done a runner and I won't get paid for the rest of the month. So much for the budget. I could cry. :mad:

    So struggling to get motivated. Must:-

    Do some more Lionbridge tasks
    Vivatic (nearly there at the £10)
    Couple of computer games on ebay
    Make the most of the day off.

    PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS

  • Pookie_lou
    Pookie_lou Posts: 298 Forumite
    Hi guys, I'm back on the net, whoo hoo, I've missed this thread, and after the house move, need to get our spending back on track!

    So today...

    * Read newspapers online
    * All meals from stores
    * Go and get car tax, but have NSD apart from that
    * Finish packing hospital bag
    * Find material to make some cusion covers for nursery
    * Clear ironing pile

    Think thats it for now, have a great day everyone xx
    Living as simply as we can


    Baby Girl Due 1/2/2016 :j
  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Afternoon all!!!

    I had a fab day yesterday

    Emptied DD2's bedroom!! And i mean pretty much EVERYTHING! All there was left was her curtains and bedframe!! I moved the position of her bed and then i decluttered and sorted everything back in using new under bed boxes. It looks great!!! I went through everything down to her jewellery and check through all her socks and tights for holes! A HUGE binbag that was nearly ripping for the binmen, a binbag full for the charity shops and about 10 things to sell on ebay!! DD1's room over the weekend if i can muster the motivation again!!

    Today

    Work hard and finish a little early
    Get home and dlutter one of the areas from my declutter list.
    Lunch from stores - lemoncurd sandwiches :D
    Dinner from stores - not sure what yet!!
    Check banking
    Sent tax credits form back - sent a letter changing my address and seems they havnt bothered!
    Read a bit of Harry Potter
    Meal plan for august - first 2 weks
    Shopping list

    Thats me i think

    HAve a great day all - will catch up later x
    Orange Fairy
    House Purchased April 19 :) CC1=? CC2=? DH CC= Mortgage Overpay = £0 Savings = £0 Xmas savings = £0 Weightloss = 0 lb


  • Clarienne wrote: »
    Ugh. Client has not turned up this morning, and can't be contacted, so now i'm worrying they've done a runner and I won't get paid for the rest of the month. So much for the budget. I could cry. :mad:

    So struggling to get motivated. Must:-

    Do some more Lionbridge tasks
    Vivatic (nearly there at the £10)
    Couple of computer games on ebay
    Make the most of the day off.

    aw that sucks Clarienne really crossing my fingers for you that there is some totally justifiable reasons for this - car crash, family member in hospital etc (not that I wnat to wish bad luck on anyone!) x
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2026: £25.70
    Grocery spend challenge Feb £285.11/£250
    GC annual £389.25/£2700
    Eating out budget: £ 48.87/£300
    Extra cash earned 2026: £185
  • kjp
    kjp Posts: 428 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Hi all!

    Thank you Ally for starting the thread, hope you feel better soon.

    Hope everyone's well and enjoying their Friday - sun's disappeared here unfortunately, hope it comes back for the weekend!

    Today I have...
    • Checked banking
    • Checked if phone has been received - it has, just waiting for money to be sent!
    • Transferred money from Paypal to bank account (less unbilled Ebay fees)
    • Posted test item
    • Taken money out for tonight
    • Carshared to work
    • Ate lunch from stores
    I will do later...
    • Go out after work and spend no more than £20 - might be tricky, a pub meal and drinks? Will stick with cider though, wine will be a bad idea!:beer:
    • Get lift home from boyfriend - saving veeeery expensive taxi ride, and give colleague a lift home too to have a nosy at her new house (my encouragement for saving at the moment)
    • Keep checking TCB and phone people to find out if cashback is ready to be paid!
    • Enjoy the McFlurries our manager is buying for us as a Friday treat!
    Have a great afternoon and evening all!!

    Kx
    House Fund: £2,800/£20,000 - 14%
  • allydowd
    allydowd Posts: 4,965 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Name Dropper
    kjp wrote: »
    Go out after work and spend no more than £20 - might be tricky, a pub meal and drinks? Will stick with cider though, wine will be a bad idea!:beer:

    Free food at Yates': http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals/yatess

    Pizza Express buy-one-get-one-for-40p:
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals#pe1

    Free cocktail at Pitcher:
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals#latasca

    2 mains 'n' drinks for £9.99 at Sizzling Pubs:
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals/sizzling-pubs

    Loads more deals:
    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals#latasca
    Debt-free day: 8th May 2015 "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck," Dalai Llama
  • kjp
    kjp Posts: 428 Forumite
    100 Posts
    allydowd wrote: »
    Loads of amazing deals!

    Hi Ally - thank you so much, you're so kind!:A We're off to a local pub - but I've printed off the Pizza Express deal because last time we went the power went out and we ended up at Pizza Express!

    Hope you are feeling better!
    House Fund: £2,800/£20,000 - 14%
  • Pernicious
    Pernicious Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    Ally - Thank you for starting us off, hope you feel better soon. I can't believe your ex did that to you! How horrid.
    Stitchy - Glad things are on the up for you - good luck with your customer
    DNMS - Oh I wondered how things were going with the move, so sorry it fell through, I will keep my fingers crossed that this place is just as good if not better & it all works out!
    NTBY - Wow, I want to do your job! £1k a week sounds pretty awesome to me. Hope you manage to see the giraffes.
    Clarienne - I hope it's just a misunderstanding that all becomes clear soon!
    OrangeFairy - Oh wow well done! Do you want to come & declutter my house too? :D I managed 2 items today - tried on 2 tops suitable for a mufti day at work but decided they didn't look very good on me so I wouldn't wear them...so the only place I would wear them is round the house & I have plenty of more comfortable tops for that so onto the ebay pile they went instead of back in the wardrobe!
    :idea:Debt at July 2012: £12,862.57 :eek:
    :dance:Current Debt: £0 :j
    100% paid off!
    :think: Savings Goal for November 2016: £5000 :cool:
    :D Current Savings: £1176.24 _party_
    23.52% Saved!
  • Tiggy10
    Tiggy10 Posts: 443 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Have you thought about doing the VSP challenge Tiggy? every Friday I round down whatever is in my bank acc to the nearest £10 into an online savers acc. It really builds up quickly

    That sounds like a brill idea!! I might have to look at doing that from next friday, its payday then. if i round down my bank today it will = 0 :(

    Thanks!
    Paying it all off in 2017:
    Finance 1- [STRIKE]115[/STRIKE] Paid Jan 2017
    Finance 2- 335
    CC - [STRIKE]2000[/STRIKE]1800
    OD 1 - [STRIKE]2200[/STRIKE] 1850
    OD 2 - 2500
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