Sat 6th & SUN 7th Aug What small DFW things will you do today?

ixia

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. :money:

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

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.

Morning everyone up bright and early this morning


Today I have:

• Checked banking/emails
• checked quidco- purchase now tracking I raised a claim for

Still to do:

• Tidy house
• decide what to have for dinner meal plan went a bit off during week due to whoopsies etc- will be from stores though
• go to Mr S with list and voucher and stick to it
• Sort ou a pressie for DD2's friend and card from stash

Can't think of much more have a good weekend everyone

Tebheag

Good Morning

Hope you all have a lovely weekend fancy being naughty and going out for breakkie not very dfw I know but not got kids so feel like i am on hol !
Check bank surveys
Today pick up a job
Try and do some of the job tonight
Do some washing and line dry not sure on weather and got lots to do so only just reduced spin cycle
Pick up kids
Do some baking as lots of ingedients in
lunch dinner from stores.
Pack up car for carboot DH is going to do.

Take care x

La_escocesa

Hey everyone :wave:

Thanks for starting off ixia

• Main DFW effort I am putting in this weekend is working overtime @ £23/hour for 6 or 7 hours :T Yay!
• Take lunch to work
• Free cuppa in work x 2
• Go to house party tonight - might take non-alcoholic drink - host doesn't drink - so will be pretty cheap - and she always puts on loads of yummy food.
• SC chicken
• Tied my hair up - avoiding using straighteners and forgetting about needing it cut :cool:

Catch up with the thread later for 'company'. Think I am the only person in the office - spooky! Hearing all sorts of noises! :rotfl:

determined_new_ms

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hey everyone :wave:

Thanks for starting off ixia

• Main DFW effort I am putting in this weekend is working overtime @ £23/hour for 6 or 7 hours :T Yay!
• Take lunch to work
• Free cuppa in work x 2
• Go to house party tonight - might take non-alcoholic drink - host doesn't drink - so will be pretty cheap - and she always puts on loads of yummy food.
• SC chicken
• Tied my hair up - avoiding using straighteners and forgetting about needing it cut :cool:

Catch up with the thread later for 'company'. Think I am the only person in the office - spooky! Hearing all sorts of noises! :rotfl:

Are you in the office already La E??? :eek: I have to work too :(:( my member of staff has been signed off & no one to cover, tomorrow as well :(:(:( & no overtime for me (its a problem when you're the boss!) but have Monday afternoon & Tuesday off... although I'm starting late & finishing early

Today:

• brekkie, lunch & dinner from stores
• pizza base made last week out of the freezer for tea tonight
• excellent am supposed to be going to a bar b q later & just checked the weather & its going to be raining - my oh my its not my day today!
• post magie parcel - prepare it before I go off, post at the po near home not work so as not to transport it
• check air, water & oil & get petrol before work
• get money my ds owes me & house keeping off of him
• get sack of potatoes from farm on way home tonight 25kgs for £6! :T potatoes for tea for the next 2 months then!
• read/finish 1884 tonight

ok that's all I can think of. Happy saturday guys x

josiebabie

Morning!
Wow La E that is some overtime!
Thanks for starting us off ixia.

I am currently sat at DB2's house using his iPad which I am finding very difficult! Think it's actually easier to post on my phone!!!
This is me today:-
- [STRIKE]Check banking[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Go into town for hair cut in a bit, DB2 paying as I drove up here last night to bring his Son up[/STRIKE] :-)
- [STRIKE]Check 'spare' money to see if I can afford to...[/STRIKE]
- ...Buy expensive heat defence stuff, might stop me needing my hair cut every 4 weeks with all the drying and straightening I do :-( - didn't need too! Hairdresser said my hair wasn't as damaged as I was whining about and that it was nothing to worry about
- [STRIKE]Trip to coffee shop we normally do here[/STRIKE] :-)
- [STRIKE]Drive home economically[/STRIKE] Home with 1/2 tank left to spare!
- [STRIKE]DD's nursery fayre later, don't spend too much! Must withdraw cash for this![/STRIKE] OMG! I actually can't believe they charged to get in, then all the activities etc were 50p/£1 each! What a rip off! It's not as if they don't get enough in fees anyway!
- Was going to pop up to another fun day but DB3 has gone away and his gf has to work so we might be like lemons... Not going, can't afford it now anyway!!!
- [STRIKE]Baking this afternoon, need choc chips[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]1x HC[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Dry on aired if weather still iffy[/STRIKE]
- Mow lawn
- Dinner from stores
- [STRIKE]Buy envelopes for eBay sales in 99p[/STRIKE]
- Stay in tonight and watch film friend has leant me, have DD so no great loss!
- Update MSE diary later
- See if I can skip a weeks shop, don't seem to be eating much at the moment! DB3 has gone camping and seems to have emptied the cupboards to do so! Was a bit annoyed that I couldn't make DD a sandwich when I got home because he'd taken the loaf of bread and not got one out of the freezer...oh and also I couldn't empty the kitchen bin (HIS JOB!!!) because he'd used the last bin bag to hoof out his car!!!!!:mad: (Mum.....like father like son huh?!)

Got an idea that today will be a very spendy day...see you on the other side!

J x

Wannabe01

Good morning everyone. It’s a lovely sunny day here today.


My list for today:

• Catch up with emails DONE
• Daily clicks DONE
• Do some of the ironing mountain DONE
• Complete surveys that are in my inbox DONE
• Check one poll DONE
• Check pure profile DONE
• Quick shower DONE
• All meals from stores DONE
• Bath dd DONE
• Email mate rather than phoning
• Wash dh's work gear ready for next week - hang outside to dry DONE
• Tidy the office and desk
• Catch up with freebies thread
• Package up the sold items – ready for posting on Monday
• Clean and tidy the kitchen and living room DONE
• Do some work on toy DONE
• Clean the toys that mate dropped off for dd last night
• Do required ms work and look for more
• Write up the report for client (2000 words)
• Look into available work
• Decide what I’m wearing tonight as dh and myself are taking ds out as an early birthday treat. DONE

I think that is everything that I need to get done today. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

La_escocesa

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Are you in the office already La E??? :eek: I have to work too :(:( my member of staff has been signed off & no one to cover, tomorrow as well :(:(:( & no overtime for me (its a problem when you're the boss!) but have Monday afternoon & Tuesday off... although I'm starting late & finishing early

Started at 8 so not quite as bad as my post made it sound

That's not good that you're left to cover. Boo. Will be nice to get a wee bit of a break next week though. xxx

Eek, josiebabie that sounds like a busy day! Have fun!

xxx

Candy0107

Hello to all

Ixia – thanks for starting the thread

Not a good evening yesterday – managed to have a major falling out with my Brother In Law (who I was really close with)…TBH it’s really upset me as we have known each other for 19 years, and I classed him as a brother….oh well

Today I have/will do:
• Meals from stores
• Messaged brother on FB asking him to read out/pass to BIL to explain what happened and put my side across (they are in a civil partnership)
• LSD – might have to buy something small to cheer myself up
• Do my nails – file and buff to within an inch of their life
• Put change in coke bottle
• Read newspapers online
• Watched a couple of things on the sky box
• Checked online banking – no change
• Do online comps
• Done a couple of surveys
• Drink plenty of water
• Take meds to sort out hormones
• Put washing on at 30 degrees
• Need to catch up with the thread from this week as been really busy

Think that is about it – I am sure there will be things I have forgotten.

Have a fabby one!
Candy xxx

Amara

Hello!
Today, I will:
-[STRIKE]have a shower[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]tidy up my lovely house, it's a mess now[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]hoover[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]clean the kitchen[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]clean the bathroom[/STRIKE]
-[STRIKE]take papers out[/STRIKE]
-take papers and bottles do the recycling point
-[STRIKE]empty the dishwasher[/STRIKE]
-do some ironing, providing clothes will be dry
Bye!

WelshWoofer

Morning all!
My carpet and floor are getting fitted today so I'm bored stiff already waiting for the fitters to call to tell me what time they'll be here. Today will revolve around that really - lots of sitting around whilst they're working and then a mammoth clean up operation afterwards - I keep telling myself that it'll be nice when its done:o


Already today I have...

• Moved fridge to living room - looks lovely - NOT!
• Taken all bits out of the way for the fitters
• Walked the dog
• Popped to the shop for milk and kitkats to keep the fitters sweet!
• Had a quick shower rather than a bath

and i will...

• Sort out mortgage letter that came yesterday - need to keep the ball rolling
• Clean upstairs as soon as the bedroom carpet is done - making the small bedroom into an office/guest room - have bought a chair bed, desk, chair and shelves
• Put everything into the "office" getting rid of piles of work stuff and books
• Sort through final box of novels for mum and charity shop
• Put pictures up when everything is done (if I still have the energy)
• Take anything leftover from the work to the tip (if there's time)
• Walk dog and try to stop him licking fitters to death:eek:
• All food from stores
• If there's time later do a small supermarket shop (will try to spend less than £25 and will use Clubcard vouchers to double the value for dog food)
• Stay in tonight and collapse in a heap and watch one of the free Lovefilm DVDs that should arrive today!:rotfl:

Just waiting now.............

stitching_witch

Good morning everyone. I've been up for hours and achieved nowt to speak of! I'm in the mood to do absolutely nothing so first off is to find a big bucket of enthusiasm!

So far:

• ran WH overnight on Economy 7
• fed and watered the chickens
• breakfast from stores (that's if you can count a small wedge of coffee cake as breakfast )
• checked banking
• checked for surveys - only prize draw ones recently

I will also:

• hang HC on airer as a bit dull and dreary outside
• finish cross stitch card for friend
• prepare DGS4's quilt for stitching
• make 2 corset patterns
• make beetroot chutney as I was too tired the other evening
• do loads of housework - saves me hunting for a cleaner which I'm feeling inclined to do at the moment
• all meals from stores
• have an enforced NSD :mad:

I need to get into town today but DH, in his wisdom, decided I wouldn't need his £300 cash until he gets home from work at 6pm. How can I do shopping and pay my OD off when the shops/banks are shut tonight??? :mad:

I'm gonna sit and stitch now...