Wednesday 19th October What small DFW things will you be doing today?

kjp

kjp wrote: »

Morning everyone

Thanks DNMS for starting the thread!

Today I will:
[STRIKE] Check banks[/STRIKE] £3.46 to last me until next week - no expenditure planned so should be ok!
[STRIKE] Check CC[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Check TCB[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Go to work in OH's car, as mine has a nail in the tyre - grr![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Fill OH's car up - diesel, diesel, diesel[/STRIKE] Got the nectar points too!
Update spends spreadsheet
[STRIKE] Review Xmas spreadsheet[/STRIKE]
Read newsletter properly!
[STRIKE] Send test items[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Breakfast/lunch from stores[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Work hard![/STRIKE]
2lts water Halfway there!
[STRIKE] Sparkle![/STRIKE]

Hope everyone has a great day!

Kxx

Quick update from me - hope everyone's had a good day! xx

lemmings1986

hi everyone i am new to this thread and wondered if i could join??:)
i have just worked out how much i spent on grocerys for the last 3 weeks and i have spent £265.08 theres only two of us and a cat :eek::eek::eek: and i thought we was doing well this month cutting back and trying to pay off debts and save etc obviously not.i did buy a budget planner the other day so plan to fill that in on my day off tommorow.
also sounds silly but does nsd mean no spend day?? and what does lsd stand for?? sorry for asking but now sure thanks in advance

determined_new_ms

hi & welcome lemmings! yup NSD is exactly that & low spend day - when you keep ur spending as minimal as possible. I totally hear what you are saying re groceries but I am thinking that the cost of things has risen steeply. This time last year I was able to get our monthly food down to around £160 for 3 adults with a lot of planning & shopping around. On Saturday I nearly fell off of my chair when the bill came to £88 for a week - have had to speak to oh & we now have to start putting more in each month

DawnW

Welcome Lemmings, LSD = low spend day; NSD = no spend day!

Today:

Just back from L*nd*n for the fifth day in a row and got to go back on Friday :mad: Apologies to those who live there, and I don't mind it at all as a place, but it is a 2 hour journey for me, with work in between, and I get shattered when it is so frequent I can't believe it is only Wednesday :eek:

Still, on the plus side, I have next week off as leave , if I ever get away on Friday that is :eek:

So, not much moneysaving going on here, but:
Leftovers for lunch on the train
OH dropped me at the station as he was going that way anyway
Free papers on train, plus meeting papers to read, of course
OH cooking supper - stuffed jacket potatoes

Not doing much this evening, and will try to get an early night. I might look at a ob description I have been sent in another team though - looks interesting and might be slightly less hectic! I have been messed about at work for the past year (almost) and have been covering almost 2 complete work packages This might be a new start - or would I hat not being involved in what I currently do?? Hmm... knowing me though I would probably end up taking a lot of it with me anyway :rotfl:

lemmings1986

determined_new_ms wrote: »

hi & welcome lemmings! yup NSD is exactly that & low spend day - when you keep ur spending as minimal as possible. I totally hear what you are saying re groceries but I am thinking that the cost of things has risen steeply. This time last year I was able to get our monthly food down to around £160 for 3 adults with a lot of planning & shopping around. On Saturday I nearly fell off of my chair when the bill came to £88 for a week - have had to speak to oh & we now have to start putting more in each month

i know i didnt realise i had spent that much hope you dont mind me asking but do you all have a set budget of what you think,would like to spend on food,grocerys a month and then try to stick to it.my cupboards are quite full and freezer is full so am going to try and eat out of my cupboards and make me and oh pack up everyday for work its quite hard as i work mostly earlys and easily do 50 hrs a week unfortunatly not payed for most of it (training to be a manager) and oh works nights so hard to plan meals i dont need anything this week apart milk so from monday am planning to budget £10 for next week just for milk and catfood. i think i have proberly got enough food for the next month and i have got all the ingrediants to make my own bread so will do that instead of buying it.

catmiaow

Hello all,

I keep forgetting to post on here and I don't want to get back into terrible habits.

Todays list:

2 X washing
Dust downstairs
Sort out animals and take rubbish out
Comps
Job search
Use free mins and texts
Watch free stuff online
Catch up with friends for free

Hope everyone has a good day

determined_new_ms

lemmings1986 wrote: »

i know i didnt realise i had spent that much hope you dont mind me asking but do you all have a set budget of what you think,would like to spend on food,grocerys a month and then try to stick to it.my cupboards are quite full and freezer is full so am going to try and eat out of my cupboards and make me and oh pack up everyday for work its quite hard as i work mostly earlys and easily do 50 hrs a week unfortunatly not payed for most of it (training to be a manager) and oh works nights so hard to plan meals i dont need anything this week apart milk so from monday am planning to budget £10 for next week just for milk and catfood. i think i have proberly got enough food for the next month and i have got all the ingrediants to make my own bread so will do that instead of buying it.

when I was getting our fod bill down to £160pm I was doing a variety of cost cutting - planning out meals, having 1 night a week meat free, going through mysupermarket.com to find out the prices in sainsburys & asda and then going to lidl & aldi, if they were cheaper there I would get them or if not pop to where they are (we are lucky we live near to 4 supermarkets), stretching meat dishes out by adding lentils & veg. I haven't been as disciplined recently but clearly given how expensive everything is now & inflation is going up I will need to start doing this.

Most weeks I do an inventory of what we have & then planning out the meals around this. What I'm really bad with is if say we have something with sour cream one night I need to plan something the following night with it so I don't end up throwing half away. I will invest some time in this this week!

Hi Cat - any news on the job front? I saw in ur sig you've won an ipad how amazing!

freebyfifty

[STRIKE]1. Check online banking[/STRIKE]Bloomin' skint
[STRIKE]2. Update spreadsheet[/STRIKE]Bloomin' skint
[STRIKE]3. Keep an eye on surveys[/STRIKE]One today
[STRIKE]4. Lunch and dinner from stores[/STRIKE]Soup and a roll for lunch again but my wonderful mum made tea for us all
[STRIKE]5. Go to Yoga class (free :j)[/STRIKE]Now I can't move
[STRIKE] 6. LSD (dog food ONLY)
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]7. Try not to fall out with MIL when giving her a lift (20 minutes with only the two of us in the car - might struggle with this one :rotfl:)[/STRIKE]Success!

lemmings1986

morning everyone plan for today
have driving lesson-free as family pitched in for my birthday and got me quite a few lesson
go to mr a's and get free hovis homebake bread (free on facebook if anyone interested)
do washing
cut and send sun perks coupons for vouchers
send claims form to for dentist costs
do hoovering and polish
go get element for cooker (it broke on wednesday so need a new one around £30 i think hopefully wont need a new oven and its just the element i hope that has gone)
hope everyone is having a great day