Sat 7th/Sun 8th April - What small dfw things will you do this weekend?

missrlr

Hello, well got birthday money from parental type, and extra fom DH as he got overtime pay this month but ended up spending it on an iPad best news work going to reimburse me so still have £110!!!!

wannabee_in_credit

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Morning all!

Happy Easter
I am ashamed to admit that I've woken up with a stinking hangover this morning. Wasn't even a planned night of drinking (but aren't they always the best ones). We went to a friends house to catch up over takeaway and a couple of drinks, and then I woke up this morning with that awful niggling headache and not wanting to move feeling.
I've had a bath and a couple of tablets and about 4 pints of water so fingers crossed for an improvement soon.
Today's list will be small.

:easter: checked banking - it looks like I may be one of the lucky few who still get tax credits. £51 a month
:easter: did the kids Easter egg hunt indoors in their bedrooms using only Ald! chocolate.
:easter: planned nsd
:easter: meals for OH and kids from stores
:easter: back on the diet wagon before I turn into a blimp
:easter: tutoring this afternoon to make some £££
:easter: consider writing evening invites for wedding now that the day invites have gone out
:easter: have a nap
You can tell I'm not quite with it.

daisy_darling

My day will mostly consist of ignoring hubby's determined pestering for us to eat out. So that's a saving of 60 or 70 quid.

Yesterday i spent all day in the kitchen catering for a friends easter get together. It was meant to be just a favour on my part with them covering the costs of the food, but they really enjoyed their food and when they gave me the money to cover the bills, there was an extra twenty quid for me

Hubby has also been meaning to build a bigger hen cabin [ our hens keep multiplying ! ] for a while but the cost of timber is scary. So yesterday he saw a big shed advertised on the board in Sainsbury's for 25 quid and with a bit of adjustment inside for nest boxes/perches etc it will be perfect.

determined_new_ms

ha ha ha daisy_darling (what a lovely name btw) good luck with ignoring the call to eat out! So easily done and then regretted!

Happy easter everyone x

Plans for today:

• checked cc to see if the meal has been posted....not yet...
• checked banking
• wash up the mountain from yesterday
• drive economically
• all meals from stores
• keep cost of today to a minimum
• roast for dinner but may use lo rice instead of potatoes
• pledged weekly budget
• did vsp & updated sig
• cut up rest of gammon joint after dinner & freeze into portions for pasta bakes
• go to Thortons/Tesco & see if they have reduced easter eggs

think that's it. Will also spend 1/2 hr trying to learn Portuguese & email lovely friend from Holland to see if we can organise a time to get together in the next few months. She's away travelling at the moment but believe she will be in Greece in June so will see if we can hook up :T

SailorSam

I'm working out in the garage. The other day the wind brought down a few fence panels and trashed them, i had timber up in the rafters that had been there years from another job so i'm cutting it and pulling out all the old nails. Never throw anything away, i knew it would come in useful.
Oh for a couple of weeks i've been meaning to check when my Mot is due, it's around about now so i must dig out the paperwork. First job though is fill the Panny that takes 5hrs to do.
I've just remembered i have to change the clock in the bedroom. When the clocks went forward i never changed the one by my bed, i need my glasses to see the buttons but keep forgetting to take them upstairs and it's not until the next morning when i keep having to add one to the time that i think about it.

kjp

Morning all

Happy Easter!!!!!!!

Today's list is pretty much a rehash of yesterday's list where I was mostly unproductive! Did list three things on Ebay though and chuck out some stuff from top of wardrobe...

Check banks
Check credit cards
Check TCB
Update MS Money and try to work out why I am now so suddenly poor?!?!
2lts water
Food from stores
Log food with calorie counter
Bit of OU
List more things on Ebay
Look into travel insurance, usually just go for cheapest but after having cause to use it a little while ago, and having an awful experience, will look into it a bit more!
NSD apart from postage
Read Martin's ISA guide to figure out what to do next...
Continue to tidy/chuck/recycle
Vacuum/dust/change bed!
Sort out pictures that have been sat on my floor for 4 months now...

Have a great, chocolately day everyone! Happy Easter!

Kxx

Aegean

Ahh well, today for me will consist of doing abit of writing for a novel competition I want to enter, and resting up for a rave I'm going to later - I have set aside £20 for it and am not going to spend any more than that. I made sure I was writing about it for a magazine so that I can't get too drunk and spend too much money PLUS - I get some beer tokens, so it's not all expense!

Food - already in the house

Today will probably be my most expensive day of the week even so. I've got to try and keep my costs down!

Also:
*Wash bedding
*Tidy room & kitchen
*Put washing away
*Learn a new song on guitar

Happy Easter everyone!

daisy_darling

determined_new_ms wrote: »

ha ha ha daisy_darling (what a lovely name btw) good luck with ignoring the call to eat out! So easily done and then regretted!

Happy easter everyone x


Plans for today:

• checked cc to see if the meal has been posted....not yet...
• checked banking
• wash up the mountain from yesterday
• drive economically
• all meals from stores
• keep cost of today to a minimum
• roast for dinner but may use lo rice instead of potatoes
• pledged weekly budget
• did vsp & updated sig
• cut up rest of gammon joint after dinner & freeze into portions for pasta bakes
• go to Thortons/Tesco & see if they have reduced easter eggs

think that's it. Will also spend 1/2 hr trying to learn Portuguese & email lovely friend from Holland to see if we can organise a time to get together in the next few months. She's away travelling at the moment but believe she will be in Greece in June so will see if we can hook up :T

Thank you Well it's gone 3pm and MrDarling has given up on getting me to eat out and he's nodded off on the sofa instead. The rest will do him a power of good and it doesn't cost anything.

Today's dinner will be using up an excess of tomatoes and some stale ciabatta in a panzanella salad with roast chicken. That's later though, right now i'm having a lazy hour with the lap top, a cuppa, and Small Fat Dog curled up with me in front of the fire

Wannabe01

Good afternoon everyone, I had a lazy start to the day as I didn’t get up until about 11 and I’ve not really done much since then apart from playing with the kids but then it is Easter.

Today’s list:

:easter_osRead some of the useful business book that I got and do some work on my business plan. I am officially starting my own business in a couple of months so busy doing preparation work.
:easter_osDo some studying as I have a lot to catch up with before the end of this month.
:easter_osSubmit barcodes and receipts
:easter_osGet a much needed early night
:easter_osSpend some much needed time with the kids
:easter_osUpdate diary and organise for next week.

Sunshine22_2

Hi all

Can I join you this easter weekend?

Plans for today (done or to do)
* Load of washing on AA wash and on line
* Dress hemmed ready for another lifetime of wear (bless it's heart, its more repaired than dress by now)
* Have NSD number 3 of the long weekend
* Speak to OH on Skype rather than phone (much cheaper whilst he is sunning in Australia!!)
* All meals from stores
* Research cheapest way to get some plants in the sad looking pots in the front garden
* Clean bathroom and use up some of the products in the cupboard!
* Try and resist robbing £2 out the jar to buy an easter egg tomorrow as I haven't had one yet!

Hope everyone is well.