Wednesday 23 January - What small DFW things will you do today?

tryingtocutback

Hi everyone

I am really enjoying reading all your posts and gaining tips from you! I must say my list always looks rather dull compared to all of yours!

Here goes:-

- Check bank - done
- Email friend - done
- B and D from stored but didnt bring any lunch so cheap salad from canteen
- pop into superdrug for a few bits - with list! - done and stuck to list!
- pop int sainsbury for a few bits - with list! - done and stuck to list!
- Food plan for the next week - partly done

Im off to slimming club tonight - I have been awful recently with my diet but just hoping it will click sometime so I keep on going. Hopefully meal planning my lunches and dinners for the next week will help.

have a lovely day all.
xxx

raq

hi all

Just wanted to say I haven,t done a full food shop for 2 1/2 weeks now and it is amazing what with the weather and what you got in your cupboards

Sunday: Freezen chicken veg dinner - lovely
Monday: Fish fingers, chips and beans
Tuesday: Spag bol with garlic bread
Wednes: Cornbeef hash and beans.

Still got more than enough tins in cupboard and a few bits in the freezer but it just goes to show that we haven,t wasted a thing

Oh forgot to say, just popped to iceland on monday for 3 bottles of milk and 2 loafs of bread and that was it.


Tomorrow do need a few things in aldi

Feel quite proud of ourselves and have managed to save £150.00 in the process

Sanchsoot49

Hallo everyone hope things okay today!

Thanks Ally for the links and hallo to the new poster's from a another newie

here is my list for today:-

Walk dog locally (whilst still light, done)
Work hard
Do some housework tonight instead of sitting on the computer
Parcel up Ebay parcel for posting tomorrow
All meals from stores
Early night as up early tomorrow (and not listening to radio half the night!)

Thats it for now x

ellesbellesxxx

Hi All
Josiebabie and Stitchy, I must be really thick if hadn't cottoned on that you two are related!!!!!!

Today I have-
Got £20 pre paid master c from flyb!!!(Signed up to free trial after booking flights)
Sold another eb item so need to transfer to acc yay!
Chase case on non payer on ebay who "changed their mind" grrr!
Stay in and keep warm!

Have a good eve all x

elfina_2

Not sure where the "following users say thankyou for this useful post" has gone today, so I can't say thank you to all of the posts I want to thank.

My story (as a newbie) is that my husband was made redundant after 29 years last august. I work part time. Our income has gone down from 49k to just under 9k pa. We have a 19 yr old at uni who can't get a grant due to hubb's 19k redundancy. Now, as we have more than £16k still saved (redundancy) Hubby's JSA runs out on 1/2/13 and so no more benefits (which were £71 pw btw). Then we are down to £650 pm income (down from £890 pm). Luckily we don't have a mortgage so I am hoping we can stay in our current house that we own and love (it is a bog standard semi but in a lovely part of the world)

Anyway, I log on to you lot every am and find you all inspiring... just wanted to say!!! seeing the " thanks" are back on, so here goes!

rising_from_the_ashes

Hello all ... I'm late again :o

Struggling to get back into a routine ... and really tired:( but I'll get there!

Very small list from me:

• B / L / D from stores done - new meal planning challenge is helping me loads :T and I'm sticking to my plan really well
• Go to Al*di for "bits" as these are soooo much cheaper than the "big" SM done
• Start to look at Feb budgets - :eek: Can't believe we're nearly one month down already!
• Walk dog x 2 done but 2nd one wasn't as far as usual as really tired today - luckily she met a few other dogs so had a good run around!

And that's about it from me!

elfina_2

Me again!

Just love reading what we all can do to save a bit of money and try to stop debt. Have learned so much from these forums and realized now how much I was wasting!

Sazdaz

Well bit tired today and think maybe coming down with something.

Well today I have:

- Stopped at the Waitrose I pass during my work today, purchased a sandwich for £1 (I know I should have made one but its my little treat) and picked up my free coffee which would have been £1.85

- Managed to buy myself the book I wanted that is currently just under £4 everywhere in the charity book shop in the 3 books for £2, so a great saving and I got two other books. Once I am finished with them I save them and sell at the bootfair at 50p a book so only costs me 50p to read three.

-Left heating off all day till 5pm.

- Feed dogs dinner off pigs trotters brough cheaply at butchers, rice and mince, plus a bone each as they were driving me mad and keeps them quiet.

-Dinner out of the freezer which cost less than 55p.

- Finally filled up Dishwasher on day three, so will be putting a wash on.

- checked bank account so I know how much I need to put in tomorrow to pay bill.

- Completed application for course so that I can learn my new skill and make some extra money.

- Will run a hot bath, turn the heating off, lights etc in all rooms apart from bathroom, and lay in there to read book.

- Decided I need to keep to a time scale on MSE as I seem to spend all night on here and get not much else done.

Hopefully have a good day tomorrow as well.

lulabelle

Today has been great from a DFW point of view - old boss took me to lunch and paid! So have spent a big fat nothing and too full from lunch to have any tea!

stitching_witch

ellesbellesxxx wrote: »

Josiebabie and Stitchy, I must be really thick if hadn't cottoned on that you two are related!!!!!!

My lovely daughter got me hooked on the 'small things' thread so we both post here now. It does confuse the newbies! :rotfl: