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Saturday/Sunday 29th/30th October 2011 - What small DFW things will you do today?

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  • kjp
    kjp Posts: 428 Forumite
    100 Posts
    edited 30 October 2011 at 2:57PM
    kjp wrote: »

    [STRIKE]Check Banks
    Check CC
    Check Paypal
    Check TCB[/STRIKE]
    Update Microsoft Money
    [STRIKE]Start writing listings for free ebaying later[/STRIKE]
    Start writing listings to get these darn car parts on Ebay as soon as courier who may be able to take them gets back to me!
    [STRIKE] Sort out dying plants!!!![/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE] Catch up on recorded TV - currently enjoying a bit of guilty pleasure Gossip Girl![/STRIKE]
    Vacuum and change beds
    [STRIKE] 2lts water[/STRIKE]
    NSD Didn't happen!

    Morning all!

    Hope everyone's enjoyed their extra hour in bed this morning!

    Today I will, along with the above remaining:
    Work out money swaps from gifts account to main account
    [STRIKE]Take out cash to give to friend later[/STRIKE]
    Going out tonight - drive economically, and eat at home beforehand rather than go out with friends first!
    [STRIKE]Pop to Mr T's in a mo to get stuff to make a bean chilli to pop in works freezer for lunches[/STRIKE]On the hob cooking away, also have a pot of sweet potato, carrot and chilli soup chilling ready to be blitzed and finishing off a packet of rice for a little lunch of chilli and rice
    Package up Ebay item ready for posting tomorrow
    [STRIKE]Put stepper in charity box - sure someone can use it more than I - been stuffed under bed for months. Use extra underbed space and newly cleared cupboard to store Xmas presents which are taking over my room!!![/STRIKE] Space! Probably used more energy moving the stepper to the charity box than I ever did using it...

    Right - must get cracking!

    Have a great day everyone!
    House Fund: £2,800/£20,000 - 14%
  • Pernicious
    Pernicious Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    • decided that Halloween costumes are a total scam and I refuse to dress up for going out tonight - if people ask what I've come as I'll say, "A cynic."


    That's totally not in the spirit of things!! Get creative & you can make some very cheap costumes, look at what's in your wardrobe already that you can adapt.
    :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!
  • Pernicious
    Pernicious Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    edited 30 October 2011 at 11:49PM
    Hello everyone,

    I had a great time last night, lots of laughs & my make up didn't melt off my face straight away like I feared, it did actually last pretty well! On the DFW front, despite running out of money towards the end of the night I did refrain from taking out more.

    Today I will:-

    • [STRIKE]Charge phone via pc[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Used vouchers to buy lunch, was a pretty good deal in the end[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Dinner from stores[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Create meal plan for the month ahead[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Check for surveys[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Enter comps[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]
    • Check out this weeks flylady thread & do something
    • [STRIKE]Try & keep the heating off again[/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Do at least most of my Xmas shopping online, remembering to use cashback/nectar where I can[/STRIKE]
    • Enter receipts into Mr T's price checker, keep forgetting to do this!
    • Use washing up liquid sent free as part of trial
    • [STRIKE]Use tissues sent free as part of trial[/STRIKE]
    • Washing on eco setting - Decided against as there wasn't a full load
    • Hang up to dry
    • [STRIKE]Practice for my grading tomorrow, so nervous![/STRIKE]
    • [STRIKE]Used 20% off codes for Barr@tts & New L00k[/STRIKE]
    Have a great, MSE day everyone x
    :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!
  • DawnW
    DawnW Posts: 7,798 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    DawnW wrote: »
    Morning all :)

    Today:

    [STRIKE]
    HM meals using ingredients I already have in
    [/STRIKE] Succumbed to cake and coffee in the supermarket cafe :p

    [STRIKE]Bit of shopping at Mr S, for dog food, washing tablets etc, a few store cupboard items etc using vouchers[/STRIKE] Done, used vouchers :)

    [STRIKE]
    Pop in B&Q while out, and try to get a new light bulb for the kitchen. Why are there so many different types of lightbulbs? Why is it so confusing?
    [/STRIKE] Managed to work it out, and all kitchen lights now working :)
    [STRIKE]Perhaps also go to garden centre to look for a few plants for the pots in the front garden. Depends if the car park is overflowing - shan't bother if it is, which is very likely, as they seem to have turned the place into a sort of Christmas wonderland[/STRIKE] Got a new thyme for the herb pot to replace the dead one, and a pretty pink dianthus to replace the pansies that a snail had eaten :mad: from B&Q. That was full of really tacky Xmas decorations too! Electric reindeer anyone? :eek:

    [STRIKE]
    Sort out bowl of windfall apples on dining table (I am really determined this time!)
    [/STRIKE] Yes, made an apple sponge with the best ones, gave some bits to the chickens and the rest in the compost bin at last :T
    [STRIKE]Text friend and thank her for the flowers she sent [/STRIKE]:) Spoke to her on the phone instead :)

    [STRIKE]No heating on, light woodburner this evening if chilly[/STRIKE] too hot! Got the door open - what is going on with the weather?
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