Tuesday 6th November - What small DFW things will you be doing today?

stitching_witch

LeoLasagne wrote: »

One load of dishes a day. This is my new challenge, as I seem to constantly run a bowl of water for only a few dishes. Will attempt to leave all dishes until dinner this evening has been eaten!

Since having the water meter fitted we now wash up on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Anyone who knows me finds this hilarious as I can't stand a messy kitchen!

Pernicious wrote: »

Stitchy - Just make use of free internet, heating etc & relax for that extra hour Congratulations on the bonus! Will you put it straight towards debt or treat yourself?

After tax and NI my bonus will only be £200. I might just spend £50 on myself (I don't have a waterproof coat!) and then pay the rest off a CC. After all, my whole tax rebate was swallowed up buying the new sofa-bed just so DS2 and his GF have somewhere to sleep when they visit every month. In effect I spent nothing on myself from that!

rising_from_the_ashes

allydowd wrote: »

Couple of ideas here:

:DSell you old boiler to a boiler breaker to reclaim some cash that way. (Works in the same way as selling your car to a scrap dealer.)

:DConsider buying a refurbished/reconditioned boiler instead of a new one. Article about it here.

Ohhhhhh thanks for that Ally :T I have never heard of boiler breakers so off to do some research into that and ..... hadn't even considered a reconditioned/refurbished one so will keep that in mind too.

Fingers crossed it does continue to work OK for a while yet - it's been regularly serviced it's whole life & last time the engineer said it was fine & should last a while if it's serviced each year .... it's just getting the parts are difficult now as it's so old they don't make them anymore so if something does break .... that's it

stitching_witch wrote: »

I might just spend £50 on myself (I don't have a waterproof coat!) and then pay the rest off a CC. After all, my whole tax rebate was swallowed up bying the new sofa-bed just so DS2 and his GF have somewhere to sleep when they visit every month. In effect I spent nothing on myself from that!

mmmmm think you def deserve that waterproof coat Stitchy!:)


Feeling a bit better now I've been out for my 10 min wander down the street - honestly, I'm so irritable atm ... think it's down to all the extra drugs I'm on ..... apologies everyone! Off to work on my list

sibles

hugs to you RFTA - we're all familiar with irritability... we won't hold it against you!

allydowd

rising_from_the_ashesy_replace wrote: »

Ohhhhhh thanks for that Ally :T I have never heard of boiler breakers so off to do some research into that and

If you can't find a boiler breaker there's always scrap metal merchants. Anyone who replaces boilers should be able to point you in the right direction; after all a lot of these tradesmen/women sell on the old boilers they replace for scrap.

When comparing scrap prices you can tell ferrous from non-ferrous metal with an ordinary fridge magnet. And if you happen to have any copper appliances scrap copper prices are fantastic just now.

rising_from_the_ashes

sibles wrote: »

hugs to you RFTA - we're all familiar with irritability... we won't hold it against you!

Thanks the slightest thing seems to be so overwhelming & sets me off atm - I will try harder ......:)

On a positive note - just logged onto online banking & discovered this month's payment to the monthly savings account has gone through ...... it was a monthly saver 12 month account so not quite sure what happens with it now - has anyone had one?

allydowd

La_escocesa wrote: »

· Paid up for euromillions syndicate - you never know…

I had a look at the odds.

The chances of winning the EM smallest prize is 1 in 23.
The chances of winning the EM biggest prize is 1 in 116,531,800.

The chances of winning the UK National Lottery smallest prize is 1 in 56.7.
The chances of winning the UK National Lottery biggest prize is 1 in 13,983,816.

You therefore have more chance of winning the EM than the NL.

Good luck!

rising_from_the_ashes

So .... a bit of a mixed day:cool:

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

• Boiler ..... Happening tomorrow
• OH work referral tel appointment at lunchtime to discuss being off Went OK - glad it's done
  
• Place order for cats stuff- still in basket from last night Still not done .... wondering if I can hold off ordering until the 16th (cc cut off date so would have an extra month before having to pay for this)
  
• Sort cats Done
  
• Check online bank accounts / shuffle money around Done
• Try to have a walk later (raining atm) Done ... just a little one!
  
• Thermals on ..... heating off Done
  
• Don't smoke!Another day down!
  
• Hunt MSE for more tips on money saving Had a trawl ....
  
• Re-do SOA as have made some savings on insurances etc recently Done
• Start new jar for money saved from Toiletries challenge (going to put £1 away for every item I use up .... £5 so far ) - not sure what it's going to just yet - might be treats or I may pay towards OD every month Have jar .... need change as not been anywhere!
  
• B / L / D from stores Success!
  
• Work on shopping list for Thurs Done & printed off for DM!
  
• Found a rather nice bit of material stashed in a drawer (when decluttering in the lounge;)) that I may be able to make a nice cover for the new (old) table - it's def seen better days and would look so much better with a nice cover over it! Started .... sewing machine not been used for ages (was waiting for new table!) and really needs some attention / oiled etc - have got a bit of thread stuck so will have to investigate tomorrow
  
• Knitting a bit more of DM scarf mmmmmm
• ETA print off mobile bills for past 4 months ready to send away cash-back claim at the end of the month Done

Have a lovely evening all .... off for a quick bath and bed I think

tatabubbly

Had a few bits :

Brekkie, lunch dinner from cupboards
Small walk with my doggies
Found a euro
Picked up a forgotten paper and read it (free! )
Realised I have 70c credit on my internet account!

headoutthesand

Evening money savers.

Today I:-

Breakfast at home
Worked some flexi hours
Lunch from home
Checked banks - no PAD
Checked for som MS jobs - none
Found some items for facebay
Washes on at 30 with extra spin before TD (only the whites in the TD, everything else on horse)
List what I need in Morrisons staff discount day tomorrow


A wee short one today

La_escocesa

Just finished day 1 of Deepak's free meditation. Ahh. Was lovely. http://www.chopracentermeditation.com/bestsellers/programpage.aspx?bookId=172