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Thursday 26th July - What Small DFW Things Will You Do Today??!!

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  • ziggy2407
    ziggy2407 Posts: 4,108 Forumite
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    edited 26 July 2012 at 11:01PM
    Good Afternoon All

    DNMS - Thanks for starting us off and Hi to everyone else :wave:

    Another quiet day here in paradise, the sun is shining and my mood is improving, LO still not feeling great and hubster now at work. Its lovely to see all the "old" faces popping back, really love the support and encoragement of this thread - you really are special people :A

    Check Banks - Done
    Check swapits - Done
    Coke zone Codes - Done
    Washing - Done & line drying
    Ironing -
    Keep up to date on emails - Done
    Surveys -
    Ponder money-making opportunities -
    Quick tidy round - Done
    Update food tracker (38lb off) - in progress
    Meals from stores - Done
    Read (Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson) - in progress

    Hope you have all had a great day, love you all :T

    C xx
    Goodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
    Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
    Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/52


  • pixiechick99
    pixiechick99 Posts: 3,743 Forumite
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    edited 26 July 2012 at 5:35PM
    Evening all;)
    Thought I'd better show my face too seeing as all the familiar faces have reappeared!
    I have had another lazy day...tough this long holiday lark y'know:rotfl:
    My list will have dones as well as still to do things...
    :)Check banking....grrr ex's money not gone in (he just set up a standing order but bank did it for the 1st not 25th:mad:) Still, I'll have it next week
    :)Check eBay listings
    :)Wrap and post eBay sales from last night...another £40-odd for me:D
    :) towels, bedding and 2 pairs of canvas shoes all washed and dried in the sun
    :)Meal from plan tonight - jacket pots, chicken and salad for dd2 and I, dd1 off for a sleepover
    :)Rang council tax and changed direct debit to 15th...phew, I was worried about the amount coming out my account on the 1st, that's helped a bit

    Was about to add that I've had an NSD...then remembered I've ordered a new vacuum-£110, coming tomorrow. Is it weird that I'm quite excited?:rotfl: My old dys0n has lasted about 7 years but isn't so good anymore. Can't wait to use new toy tomorrow:)

    Anyway, that's my lot. Have a Great evening all you lovely people:A

    PS...I need to start a new diary here as my old one has died off and I need to keep focused and organised...but I am having a mental block with an interesting/catchy/fun title...any ideas?:D
    I really need to sort out a new signature!
  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630 Forumite
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    Hey Pixie - what vacuum are you getting? We just got a new one as our dyson had died! We got a little light weight Vax and i LOVE it!

    Perni - it isn't anything huge but my boss (Uncle) is in charge of our lottery Syndicate thing. There are only 7 of us in it. He use to keep the winnings money in the drawer and it is not there any more. He has been using it him self. Plus we have won £10 on 3 out of the last 5 weeks - he hasn't mentioned this at all which is weird! I have gone back to the last time we split/used the winnings money and since then there should have been £120 in there. I am basically just spending a £1 a week to give him a tenner once in a while! :mad: He has taken on the company on his own after forcing a director to retire last year. After a big talk of no payrises and that we have to pull together to get back on track he is taking the !!!!! (we are only an office of 4 and the one person who works 1 day a week and then my Aunt who works from home) Since then money has been taken out to pay for xmas presents, meals out, birthday presents, to buy a horse, to up keep horses, and to buy a car! All done with 'creative' accounting. They say it is none of my business but i shall laugh when they get caught!

    Rant over! :p

    Lovely MSE day. Found a geocache, had a picnic, paddled in the river, played in the park and DD1 went swimming while DD2 had swimming club. So a grand spend of £2.15 today and no diesel! :T
    Orange Fairy
    House Purchased April 19 :) CC1=? CC2=? DH CC= Mortgage Overpay = £0 Savings = £0 Xmas savings = £0 Weightloss = 0 lb


  • kjp
    kjp Posts: 428 Forumite
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    Hello lovelies!

    Just stopping in to say hi to you all! Today I've...
    Checked banks
    Checked CCs
    Checked Ebay
    Listed 2 things on Ebay
    checked TCB
    Bought lunch - naughty naughty, but only £1.25 and have free lunch for tomorrow after rep popped by!
    Bought 4 new tyres for car - grr - and found out one of my wheels is knackered - double grr, but lovely OH has agreed to go halves with me for it.
    Drove economically to work
    Did a bit of OU at lunchtime

    Think that's me for the day - have a great evening all, i'm off to shuffle money around to pay for a new wheel. yay!

    Kxx
    House Fund: £2,800/£20,000 - 14%
  • evening all

    iam back on days so that me home and in my pjs today been a very warm

    todo wash on
    check banking
    do rota
    try and get a early night

    dnms glad things are better

    well better get my wee list done xxxxlppxxxx
    debt total £71k AGE 47 TRY TO BE DEBT FREE BY 50
  • Pernicious
    Pernicious Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    Oh OrangeFairy that's awful! Maybe now it the time to drop out of the syndicate & ask for your share of the winnings? He either has to own up or at least give you your share...I'm pretty glad I don't need to mix work with family like that, sounds disasterous!

    Glad you had a good MSE day at least :)
    :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!
  • ziggy2407
    ziggy2407 Posts: 4,108 Forumite
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    ziggy2407 wrote: »
    Good Afternoon All

    DNMS - Thanks for starting us off and Hi to everyone else :wave:

    Another quiet day here in paradise, the sun is shining and my mood is improving, LO still not feeling great and hubster now at work. Its lovely to see all the "old" faces popping back, really love the support and encoragement of this thread - you really are special people :A

    Check Banks - Done
    Check swapits - Done
    Coke zone Codes - Done
    Washing - Done & line drying
    Ironing -
    Keep up to date on emails - Done
    Surveys -
    Ponder money-making opportunities -
    Quick tidy round - Done
    Update food tracker (38lb off) - in progress
    Meals from stores - Done
    Read (Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson) - in progress

    Hope you have all had a great day, love you all :T

    C xx

    Managed quite a bit and even managed a few comps too
    Goodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
    Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
    Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/52


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