Sat/Sun 3rd/4th September What small DFW things will you do today?

Candy0107

Welcome Miss Orangey Goodness

Candy

Chrisblue1962

The thing i have done is I've started in a very tiny way to make some of the money in my current account "earn its keep" so to speak.

I normally pay for my petrol by debit card as I need it but budget for £5.50 per day, based on usual mileage. However, I've hit on the idea of paying a week's worth of money (£27.50) onto my credit card first and then purchasing my petrol using my credit card instead BUT closely record and monitor my "Petrol Spending". Benefits of this....

• Money already allocated from current account so can't be spent on anything else!
• Money will temporarily reduce credit card balance and so reduce interest charged each month
• If I spend less than my budget, money saved acts as a "snowflake" towards CC debt

I know that this may only save me coppers each month but I think by "ringfencing" what is a regular but frequent expense it will allow me to budget better .

What does everyone else think?

~Yorkshire_Belle~

Hello everyone
Sorry, a bit late today, but have been busy

• tidied and sorted items for boot sale which we did this afternoon. Didn't make a lot (not many people there tbh) but at least got something for the bits we no longer want and it's more clutter out of the way
  
• did weekly shop using list and stuck to budget
• put meal plans up on fridge for week ahead
• arranged swop of coat with sis - she's going to come and see us in a week or two which is brilliant (lives 250+ miles away)
• read a bit more of decluttering book
  

Tomorrow I need to:

• make some Twinks hobnobs
• get OH to carry on excellent progress with clearing some of his clutter and likewise pick a drawer for me to complete
• allow OH enough 'off task' time to make scrummy Sunday dinner
  
• do some preparation for going back to work on Monday. Been on 3 weeks leave so it's going to be very hard
• get clothes lined up for next day so am not in a panic about what to wear (least of my worries really :rotfl:)
  
• take DS1 to football but NOT spend any money whilst waiting around to bring him back
• take DS3 to rugby and ditto
• make weekly timetable so I can see what nights I can fit in things I want to do around DSs activities/sporty stuff
• have an early night (bath, book and relax)

Hope you are all having a great weekend

Wannabe01

Late post from me today. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Completed list from today:

• Done some of the required work
• Checked emails
• Completed available surveys
• Completed daily clicks
• Got some of the washing done
• Got some of the ironing pile done
• Had a quick shower
• Bathed dd

My list for Sunday:

• Do the required work
• Check emails
• Complete daily clicks
• Sort paperwork
• Submit s&s paperwork
• Sort diary for next week
• List 5 items online for sale
• Finalise accounts for August and raise due invoices
• Catch up with the washing
• Quick shower
• Bath dd

I think that is everything for this weekend.

Chrisblue1962

Sorry, forgot to mention I got another Piggy Bank for 99p from a charity shop. I now have four in total - one for pennies and tuppences, one for five pences, one for ten pences and today's addition is for twenty pence pieces .

I'm not sure how much is in them but I don't want to know either . I am very good and never "dip" into them.

ixia

Welcome miss orangey goodness and blue elephant
Todays list:

• bedding washed and out to line dry
• meals from stores
• check banking/ emails
• make up sandwich fillers
• iron clothes for the week
• visit my sis and see my nieces

Had a good night out last night, caught up with my friends had a few drinks and something to eat. OH with me so spent a grand total of £7.40 as he paid. :beer:

Have a good Sunday everyone.

WelshWoofer

Monring all!
At last the visitors have gone:j:j It seemed like a marathon stay this time......
So today is getting back to normal and getting ready for first day at work after 6 weeks off:eek:

I've already taken the dogs to the park and picked a load of pears off the tree in the back garden for mum to take home and packed them off with a packed lunch for the journey home.


The rest of today....

• Do 2 loads of washing - bedding and towels from visitors done
• Quick hoover round and dust done
• Get clothes ready for work tomorrow (inset day) and first few days back in 'proper' work done
• Make sweet potato soup for tea changed mind as it was too warm
• Stick to diet - been difficult with visitors but haven't gone mad thankfully done so far
• Maybe dye hair with bargain hait dye (its was priced wrongly on the shelf and so ended up costing me £3 after I'd taken overpriced receipt to customer services:T for a refund) Can't be bothered!
• Do physics scheme of work tidying up (probably about 2 hours) done
• Look at first few 6th form lessons again done
• Maybe do a couple of biology lessons if time done
• Stay in tonight and watch extra Corrie and Fred West thing
• If the front lawn dries out mow it! (Noone can see the back so that can wait!) done
• Update diary done
• Get textbook ready to send after selling it for £15 on Amazon done
• Go through meal plan for the week and jig it about if necessary done
• Have a rest in my lovely quiet house! doing now!

Right better get cracking!

Aria`s_Tail

Morning everyone.
After yesterdays wet and soggy day the sun is out today! :j
Haven't done much today so far, had a £1.70 sale on Ebay so hopefully that will be paid for today and I can get it wrapped to post tomorrow and help with my declutter! Have taken interesting recipies out of a supermarket mag which has gone in the recycling and fed pooches.
Gonna get a quick shower and dressed in a min and think about brekkie as OH still in bed.
Not a lot planned, will take dogs for a long walk as the weather is good, might pop up to Aldi for a couple of bits and spend the afternoon doing boring diploma assignments,then get a few bits on Ebay this evening.
Was given a bag of apples off my aunt yesterday so they are to sort and stew for the freezer at some point too but not urgent!

Have a nice relaxing Sunday everyone!

La_escocesa

hi guys :hello:

I'm working overtime :T

Brought lunch in but hopefully won't be here that long...

Sorted out laundry too - MIL said we can do it at hers as we're going round for Sunday lunch :T Yay!

Have a good rest of weekend everyone!

~Yorkshire_Belle~

Sounds like lots of people having good Sundays :j

So far I have

• done some prep for back to work
• cooked rhubarb ready to make Bagpuss's microwave pudding (quick and yum)
• made batch of twinks for DSs snacks in week ahead ( they are not back to school til Wednesday
• lunch from what we had in
• done football & rugby training (OK, not me :rotfl:)
• OH cooking Sunday dinner as we speak
• read another chapter of declutter book
• hokey cokie of sports stuff underway
• checked bank - all as expected
• taken out cash we need for this week
• got lunch money for DSs portioned out
• chosen clothes for tomorrow so I don't have to think in the morning
• will attempt to get DS1 to put in application for Christmas job (he wants to, just hasn't 'gotaroundtoit' ; no wonder my BP goes up!) ditto DofE presentation; ditto tidying room etc
• plan for bath & early night