Tuesday 17th January - what small things are you doing today?

Pinkpenguin

Morning all

Yesterday didnt go quite to plan... So here we go again....

- Check banking - DONE
- Work hard - clear some of the backlog of files that appear to me dwarfing my desk!
- Go into town on lunch and buy a diary so I can keep track of my finances
- Go swimming after work
- Home and short blast of heating before bed - hang up washing to dry
- Do one of my 'to do list' that I wrote at the weekend (perhaps have a look at the job I was thinking of applying for)
- Early night
- When i'm feeling down in the dumps remember how lucky I am to have a roof over my head and a job!!
- NSD!

Have a good day all,

PP xx

OrangeFairy

Good morning all!!!

I hope everyone is well.

Today is a big cake making day - 15 vanilla cupcakes with white chocolate chips and butter cream topping decorated with dolly mixtures (for my Nan and she loves Dolly Mixture), and 15 chocolate cupcakes with fudge pieces and a buttercream topping decorated with chocolate stars and sprinkles

MUST NOT eat left over buttercream with a ladel :rotfl:

Today for me

Cake making
Help DD1 finish her homemade card for my Nan
NSD
Dinner from stores
Surveys
Wear a jumper and dont put heating on
Do the kids lunches early
Send off form for our chosen couple experience - it was a wedding present
Tidy house
Go over mealpan as we have changed a few things
Book table for OH's birthday (using tesco point vouchers )

Thats me

DNMS! Congrats on the end of your job - good luck with the orchid! I'd have the same problem! It would be dying in a week!

DizzyB

Morning everyone

I'm making a big effort to be more MSE and so today, my list is:

- Stitch the hems on DS1's school trousers (DONE)
- Clean coats myself instead of delivering to dry cleaners
- Check banking (DONE)
- Menu plan for the week
- Transferred pences from accounts to savings (Now have a grand total of £3.05 hehe!)
- Count out money from large whiskey bottle (I expect there'll be a fair bit in there :-))

And a not so small or helpful thing is to book a speed awareness course at £95 - but I guess I have to offset that against savings on insurance over the next 5 years, were I to take the points instead!

natlie

Hello:wave:
Thanks LaE for starting
Thanks DNMS I managed to change my dentist appt to next month phew

I need to post more ebay stuff today and I managed to sell a suit that didnt sell on the weekend for £29:T

I fillied in OH appeal form for his benefits yesterday so he'll get paid basic rate until his appeal and he starts counselling on Thursday :jafter a year on waiting list :mad:

Need to tidy a bit - decluttering is not going well seems messier? loads of washing to do and extra now as need to wash all work clothes I packed away last year when I was pregnant, have found some tops which I will give to my sister as she has new job and no tops as she used to wear a uniform

Check onepoll done swagbucks
maybe list some ebay stuff

something with chicken and potatoes for tea

clean out fridge

change bedcovers

Had a £5.99 refund from Amazon today:j

Decide if I will work in the restaurant saturday night :eek: still feeling guilty about leaving baby
Nat

Wannabe01

Good morning everyone. I think I might be coming down with the cold feeling a bit stuffy today.

Thanks for starting us off this morning La E

My plans for today:

• Check emails
• Daily clicks and surveys
• Look into jobs
• Collect freecycle items
• Collect ds from school - walk instead of taking the car if it is dry.
• Find out where the venue is for tomorrows meeting.
• Attend tonights meeting
• Work hard and try to get everything finished off (still got some work to do from yesterday)
• Get DH to look required items out of the garage including the book I just sold on G.M
• Treat myself to a McD when in town using vouchers
• Dinner from stores
• Heating on low as will be out for half the day
• Get DH to get coal so that we can get the fire on
• Dust and hoover the house
• Catch up with the laundry
• Do some of the ironing pile

I think that is everything that I need to get done today. Hope everyone has a productive Tuesday.

determined_new_ms

DizzyB wrote: »

Morning everyone


And a not so small or helpful thing is to book a speed awareness course at £95 - but I guess I have to offset that against savings on insurance over the next 5 years, were I to take the points instead!

OMG snap! I ogt caught doing 37 on a 30 road :mad::o:mad: so disappointed as it ruins my unblemished driving record! Its £85 where I am. Going to wait until after Friday when I get paid and know where I am for the rest of the month

DizzyB

determined_new_ms wrote: »

OMG snap! I ogt caught doing 37 on a 30 road :mad::o:mad: so disappointed as it ruins my unblemished driving record! Its £85 where I am.

Me too 37 also! I had no idea it was a 30 road and it's right by me... it's NSL all the way up, except for a tiny portion before the end. Lesson learned!

My insurance is already through the roof as I've been in two accidents... my insurance has risen so much even though they were both 'no fault' claims as I was hit from behind both times - grrr! I dread to think if I had points on top!

Where are you? I am in the South East too, but my closest centre is Ealing... I'd travel out a bit to save a tenner - provided the train fare wasn't any worse!!

starnac

morning all. This thread is busy isn't it??

DNMS enjoy your 6 days of unemployment. although I was disappointed to see you posting on here at 8.53am. Call that a lie in???? Although thinking about it I would love to stay in bed til past 8am!! :rotfl:

Morning to everyone else

Had a surveyer round this morning measuring up for new windows and doors :eek: needs doing as we've got mostly single glazed wood framed windows and the house is freezing as some of the wood is rotting. But :eek: at the cost.

my list for today

• [STRIKE]Check banks[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]Meals from stores[/STRIKE] DD had tea at my friend's house
• [STRIKE]Heating on low[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]HC[/STRIKE] done
• [STRIKE]Packed lunch for DH[/STRIKE] couscous and veg
• [STRIKE]Walk 5000 steps[/STRIKE]
• LSD seem to have got into the habit of buying DD fruit every day instead of buying enough for the week
• [STRIKE]Daily clicks[/STRIKE]
  
• [STRIKE]Lady coming round to do a survey later should get a £10 voucher for doing it[/STRIKE] £10 love to shop voucher :T
• eb4y listings listing on turbo lister at mo and will upload coser to payday when hopefully people will have money
• finish blanket I'm knitting
• look at (cheap) venues for birthday party
• make veg soup
• [STRIKE]track food on phone app[/STRIKE] ongoing
• [STRIKE]cleaning for friend later[/STRIKE] done and she fed DD
• Get DH to set up wii this evening

That'll do for now I think

Happy Tuesday everyone

jayss

Morning

Packed Breakfast and lunch.
charge phone at desk
check topcashback
check bank
update budget sheet
No spend day, hopefully.

Brrrrrr keep warm all.

JustDave_2

Oooh I forgot to mention: I cancelled the OH's Graze boxes today, saving just under £14 a month. :j