Sat/Sun 10th/11th November - What small DFW things will you be doing today?

allydowd

RFTA says: Sort out / service sewing machine (never got this done yesterday) - again thanks to Ally for the links Done as best as I can .... have had the end plate off and been inside and it was def jamming but couldn't see any obvious reason for it. Have oiled all the moving parts I could reach and put back together - seems to be moving better but still not totally smoothly. Just had a thought: wondering if a good spray of WD40 on the whole inside section (where the metal moving parts are) may help - anyone tried this?

WD40 website says the product is suitable for lubricating machine needles http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/category/hobby-and-crafts/

Sewing machine forums seem to say that sewing machine oil is more suitable and that whatever you use you should use it sparingly.

Stitchy, any ideas?

rising_from_the_ashes

allydowd wrote: »

WD40 website says the product is suitable for lubricating machine needles http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/category/hobby-and-crafts/

Sewing machine forums seem to say that sewing machine oil is more suitable and that whatever you use you should use it sparingly.

Stitchy, any ideas?

mmmmm interesting and would be more inclined to go with the sewing machine forum advice (never even occurred to me to look for one ) - it was SM oil that I used.

I've some odd bits of old material and will give it a run on them - hopefully as it moves, the oil will lubricate in and it'll run better. I may well give it another oil / run again tomorrow:)

Pleased with the throw for the table, it'll look so much better than the actual table itself as it's old and has def seen better days - but at £20 it's solved the problem and will certainly do me for a few years.

I just hope the cat doesn't pull everything off all the time as she likes to sit on top of it.:cool:

allydowd

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I just hope the cat doesn't pull everything off all the time as she likes to sit on top of it.:cool:

If you're not that proud of the table (sounds like a bargain) you could put a attach sticky-backed velcro dots to the table and the underside of the tablecloth. Or use table cloth clips:

Dots

Clips

Think I've bought both in the past in £Land.

If you do go with the velcro dots idea don't put the tablecloth in the washing machine with delicate fabrics in case the spikes damage the delicates.

allydowd

Horrendously busy day preparing to move house. But well fed and rested now. Just a short share this evening:

~Heavy furniture all in room nearest front door, lightweight furniture in room furthest away. Back is agony. Therapist OH will work on it this evening. The more efficiently we can move the least time we waste and the more time there is for money-saving.

~No luck with B&Q dispute. Solved it. :cool:

~Stuck a giant week-planner on kitchen door. Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail!


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Pernicious

Evening all,

Thanks for starting us off Ally, love what you wrote here, I need to remember that sometimes too...

~Remembering this: No-one is rich enough to buy back their past. If you keep looking back at your past you are missing out on your now. You are making yourself suffer. Forgetting past mistakes will help you deal with today's challenges. Whatever you're going through, you can cope. Make a plan of action and stick to it.

Today's list is more what I have done as it's so late!

Today I have/will:-

• Food from stores
• Dinner from meal plan
• Charged phone via pc
• Heating off as long as possible, lots of layers instead
• Daily clicks etc on Sw@gbucks
• Need to log calories using free app
• Check online banking
• Surveys
• Declutter & flylady
• Check for more mystery shopping opportunities
• Take a photo for NUS card
• Enter some comps
• Thinking about what to get people for Xmas & how best to stick to my budget for DH...so far we've found not 1 but 2 bottles of very nice whiskey my DH can regift this year. Approximately a £50 saving there!
• Go to second job tonight
• Popped to Mr T's - returned some sweets we bought for Halloween but never used, £1 saved there, & stuck to our list for the rest of the shop
• Got my hair cut & coloured at the usual place, not as DFW as I could be but I have been going there for so long now that I get a good price, & I did eek it out an extra couple of weeks!

Have a great, MSE day everyone x

La_escocesa

determined_new_ms wrote: »

La E sorry to hear you have slipped off of the wagon, horrid for you to make a £35 rapped knuckles. You guys have had it tough financially though so I can understand why this has happened for you. Now Mr La E is working and things are looking good for you guys I'm sure you'll resolve it quickly (((hugs)))

Cheers chickadee, I know we'll get there one day. Making tracks today...

Here's me
Freecycling the leather armchair the puppy ate - can't afford to get it reupholstered and I quite like the new bit of space we've created in the living room :cool:

Free spa day - MIL's treat

Food from stores

Using bus pass and getting there a bit early rather than driving and paying parking

Tidying round when I get back - need to tackle the material mountain :eek:

Thinking up packed lunches for work this week

Sticking up a meal plan on the board

Re-jigging my cv - job I'm going to apply for still hasn't been advertised and is burning a hole in my cv-holding pocket!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Yesterday we took the puppy out a long walk through the muddy fields - think wellies covered in manure :eek: - and then back to OH's parents for tea/drinks/tv. Was lovely.

Also sorted myself a free lift to my sister's for Crimbo so now just need to book myself travel back. Think I'm going to go on my own this year - bit sad OH won't be there but will be extra saving on travel and we won't have to put the dog into kennels. So probably save about £100 overall. I'll survive without him for a few days

rising_from_the_ashes

La_escocesa wrote: »

Free spa day - MIL's treat

Ohhhhhhh lovely LaE ..... enjoy!:D

Candy0107

Morning gang

LaE - enjoy your spa day
Ally - hope you managed to get back to sleep

Plans for today.....

• Meals from stores
• Read papers online
• Need to make lunch for tomorrow
• Spend at least 5 hours on college work
• Need to check banking
• Need to transfer cash onto prepaid card
• Ŵill try to get a pair of shoes for a friend using student discount - her grand daughter wants a pair of vans for £53......basically a pair of canvas shoes :eek:
• If I can't buy the shoes then I will buy my railfare using the cad
• While I am in town, buying 2 cards for friends birthdays
• Get hubby to drop me off and pick me up as he is passing
• Will try to get to the gym today - depends on how the college work is going
• Will have an early night - back to work tomorrow

Take care all
Candy xxx

determined_new_ms

Morning gang :wave: happy Sunday don'tcha just love that moment when you wake up a little disorientated and then realise today is Sunday? :j

I ended up not doing very much on my list as I went out with my bff yesterday :happylove we went to a little town and went round the charity shops. I managed to get a lovely green, strapless evening dress, a bag, a corduroy day dress and a lovely little pair of cream court shoes to wear with evening dresses all for £15 :T

Things for today:
* updated spending diary - have now gone over on how much I have to spend for the rest of the month
* all meals from stores - roast dinner mmmmm
* go for a run
* take photos of ebay items
* start job applications
* strip wallpaper in kitchen
* order plasterboard sheets for next weekend
* look into where to get a new bumper for my car - I ripped it off yesterday
* visit ex-mil for coffee this morning
* did meal plan for the week and shopping list
* might try and get to the allotment for an hour or two - don't know this seems like a big list now!

ok that's it for me x

rising_from_the_ashes

Just had to show off the table cover / throw on my diary ......

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=57153917&postcount=833

Hope no-one minds me putting in a link