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Tuesday 26th June - What small DFW things will you do today?!?
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Morning all. Hope everyone is feeling better soon.
Well done on your debt busting carrie
Hope you keep your positive mindset wannabe
My list today
Check banking Rent still not paid :mad: nat west
Daily clicks
Meals from stores
HC
Prep for youth group
Find minutes for meeting tonight
Quick tidy as mum babysitting tonight
Lunch from stores Tea at friends house before meeting
Catch positive mindset from wannabe
Ring work
That'll do for now
Happy Tuesday everyoneGoals for FebruaryDeclutter 2/50Money Made £0/£200Overpayments £0/£2000 -
Morning All :j Lovely and sunny here today so I'm hoping to be nice and positive about things. Hope those that aren't well are feeling on the mend. My list for today:
Working from home again, so hopefully can be super quick as as no travel, have a bit of time for some 'me' things in there
Popped to Mr T early armed with list, which I was good at sticking too. Use a price promise voucher they gave me before when they only had 1 of something that was 2 for £20 - so got 12 pack of baby wipes today for 2p
Used my own bags for green points and an bonus clubcard voucher
Lunch from stores
Tea from planner
Washing on, dry outside
Check banking - update spreadsheet - one of my favourite jobs- wish I had become an excel geek years ago, would have made my debt busting start sooner I reckon
Finish work expenses and submit them
List some more on fleabay - I managed one thing the other night
I guess it's better than none :rotfl:hardly going to make me rich though!
Went to pay off gas/elec bill and they ahd credited my account with £100 that was half of my sign up deal - so I am now £9 in credit ;-)
Think that's about all
Have a great day everyone
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Hello!
I hope you don't mind if I join...today, I:
- made soup with bendy carrots: 4 portions!
- will catch the bus instead of the tube
- checked banking on-line
- drew a budget based on my new income: I got a job!!
- opened e-Saver issue 5 with Santander: will be putting dispossible income there as soon as I start my new job. And probably my OH's too, as otherwise it vanishes into the ether
- planned meal to use vegetables in the fridge before they go off.
- will talk to husband about putting his left over money together in savings account so that it doesn't go away too soon0 -
Today I will:
- Find some new cheaper car insurance, I will go through cashback sites for my comparisons and then buy through a cashback site if it's the cheapest option.
- Update my little black book (which is actually pink) with balances.
- Transfer some money that I owe to my horrible ex-boyfriend.
- Set up a SO for payday to pay back my parents for some money they lent me.
- Post a letter of complaint to Santander, who have charged me £1000 in charges over the past year, and had the cheek to send me a letter saying that! Probably won't do anything about it, but will try my best.
- Post a letter to HSBC [STRIKE]begging[/STRIKE] asking nicely for them to stop interest on my o/d which is being paid by a DMP. Barstewards.
Total Debt: £0 [STRIKE]£33,043[/STRIKE]
Official DFW Nerd No. 763:jDMP start date Aug 2011~DFD Aug 2013 :j0 -
Good Afternoon All
Wannabe - Thanks for starting us off, stay positive
DNMS & NTBY - Hope you both feel better soon.
Sunshine and showers here today meaning all washing was dried on the line before the showers - yippee. Another book started and really enjoying (The Death & Life of Charlie St Cloud), enough waffle heres today's list
Check Banks - Done
Check swapits - Done
Work (11.30 - 1.30) - Done
Help LO with homework -
Comps -
Keep up to date with surveys -
Keep on top of emails -
Quick tidy round - Done
Finish ironing -
Update food tracker (38lb off) - in progress
Meals from stores - Done
Read - In progress
Have a great day everyone, love you all :T
C xxGoodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/520 -
Afternoon!
Well done carrie!
Today I have:
-checked bank, transferred the remaining £4 (!!!) into my savings to pay of big cc- now I'm all ready for payday on Thursday! (2 sleeps!!) lol
- checked cc's- all ok, going to start leaving them at home tho as I get tempted to spend! ( like today, went into a clothes shop, took two tops to the till and then came to my senses and turned around!)
- lunch from home
- NSD so far!
To do:
- call vanquis as soon as I get home to ask why they haven't closed my acc and sent me my credit!
- make lunch for tomorrow
- start by budget on my phone app! I've worked out I should have around £70 left over for general spends, doable.. But going to be VERY tight!
- go to Asda and buy the cheapest birthday cards I can find! Haha! Lots of bays in July!
- also need to think of ideas for my dads bay present.. He's so difficult to by presents for!0 -
Good evening

Today I:
Checked bank
Filled tyres with air
Packed lunches all round
Dinner from stores
Hired new book from library
Prepared snacks for tomorrow
Took kids out a walk in the rain
they loved it
Early bed now and going to do list for holidaysOfficial DFW nerd no 551 - proud to be dealing with my debts
Debts as of March 2014
Nationwide - £5745, Overdraft - £350,
Debts as of January 2015
Nationwide - £4997, Overdraft - £0:j0 -
Hi everybody!
Pay day for me today so:
- Reduced my overdraft by £100 as part of the 1 debt vs 100 days challenge
- £42.40 paid off my credit card (balance now under £900)
- Did my weekly supermarket shop and narrowly avoided being drawn in by a Buy 2 for X when I am only trialling one because Tesco no longer seem to sell my conditioner, and this new stuff is expensive! I almost bought the shampoo, but I buy a £20 bottle of shampoo that I buy elsewhere which is infinitely better value - lasts me a year!
- Transferred some money into another account for a rent payment.
I still need to dig out my MOT and insurance docs so that I can get my car tax this week, and I also need to find my Duke of Edinburgh paperwork because I go on my residential for that on Saturday! :cool:0 -
- also need to think of ideas for my dads bay present.. He's so difficult to by presents for!
Bt1, for difficult people in the past I have bought them a calendar from getting personal.co.uk
Think they are £14, you get loads and loads of different ones and can start them from any month. And you personalise it with their name, I got my fil a fishing one for his bday, he loved it!Can't think of anything smart to put here...0
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