Sat 16th/Sun 17th March - What small DFW things will you do this weekend??

josiebabie

Morning all!

Not a lot DFW stuff for my today as I am in the house most of the day using lots of leccy! So more of a to do list:-

- [STRIKE]Take bike to OH's garage so I can declare it SORN (insurance runs out Monday so
MUST be done today despite the rain)[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Stop and get a few bits of veg on the way home for roast[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Been round the house with tub of polyfiller patching up to reduce drafts and therefore saving on leccy[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Make my 5 porridge pots for cheap/quick/filling breakfasts next week[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Declutter living room and the dreaded dresser drawers![/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Declutter mine and DD's clothes for charity collection on Monday, see if DB3 has
anything to add[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Cleaned bathroom floor[/STRIKE]
- Cook roast dinner for tea time
- [STRIKE]While oven is on bake cake and make flapjacks[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]Batch cook chilli and bolognese while cooking[/STRIKE]
- Going to hold off batch cooking the curry until I see what chicken is left over from roast
- Washing ironing today, iron minimal items!
- Find ALL the hairbands and kirby grips lying around this damn house and put them all in one place - this will save me buying more every few months when I can't find them!!!
- Nice relaxing bath and pamper session tonight using all the various toiletries that have survived the declutter

I suppose the decluttering could be DFW, as I'll have less stuff to move when we do move and therefore fewer trips and less fuel

Jx

Have also painted over polyfilled holes with resurrected paint from shed. Looked questionable but managed to save enough to touch in!

Pernicious

Hello everyone,

It's chucking it down here as well which is not nice, I definitely won't be going for a run at this rate!

Today I have/will:-

• B/L/D from stores
• Log calories on free app
• Dinner from meal plan - DH is cooking chicken & cashew nuts in yellow bean sauce with egg fried rice, mmm! If it goes well we may never need a Chinese takeaway again lol.
  
• Checked postcode lottery
• Charging phone via pc
  
• Heating off as long as possible & on low when needed
  
• Check online banking
• Check for new mystery shopping opportunities
• Enter some comps
• Do at least 1 survey, need to get back into this
• Declutter & flylady
• Get some free exercise either on my pole
  
• Free guitar lesson on R0cksmith
• Either list some things on fleabay or try my hand on the FB selling group, been meaning to do that for a while
• Washing on eco setting using less than the recommended dose of washing liquid
• Hang up to dry
  

Hope everyone has a great, MSE day x

The_Boss

Did a mini shop today including the below bargains :

Had a £1.50 off Irn Bru multipack can voucher. 6 cans plus an extra two free were £2.99. Therefore only paid around 19p per can.

Had a £1.25 off Lynx deo voucher. They were £3 each or 3 for £5. Stocked up on 3 and therefore paid £1.25 each.

I love it when Tesco send me vouchers for stuff I'd buy anywhere. Makes playing the system even sweeter

lulabelle

my month is not going well so far. I'd started the month full of good intentions and have failed miserably. Spent £60 yesterday as started in the pub at 12 with lunch then watched the rugby then on for a curry. Today I feel exhausted and hungover and not rested.

Have decided to give up booze again for a while, possibly until end of April when I have a hen do. Going to try to focus on getting fit and healthy.

Have not got much on this week thankfully but will have to do a food shop and get cat another bag of food and that won't be cheap.

Bobarella

Hi All

Today

1. Husband cut sons hair at home, this is the 2nd time we've done this and its saving quite a few quid based on previous spend.
2. Making dinner from the freezer stocks.
3. Brought home some free food from work.
4. Bought husband 2 beers for tonight, but nothing for myself. I have a cold so dont really fancy it, but also, looked at the money in my purse and stuck to cash rather than using the card to spend more.
5. We havent rented any films from the library this weekend. Have been introducing son to the Harry Potter films, he probably cant watch more than the next one as they get a bit scary after that, but he has really enjoyed the first one. 2nd tonight.

Skipping rented movies, and cutting hair at home means we have 'saved' or not spent £24 this weekend.

I also read Queen Frugals Blog of the day, I love that woman, she rocks! I heartily recommend a read if you havent already discovered her.

All the best

Bob

lauradora

I am desperately struggling through e bay listings which I failed on last week,,,,,its just such a drag

kjp

kjp wrote: »

Morning all!

Thanks for starting us off Josie, and hello to everyone!

Not much on today...
[STRIKE]Check banks
Check CC
Update MS Money[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Work on budget for next month[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Decide whether to pay off CC now or when I get paid[/STRIKE] Paid half of my leftover money to the CC and half to the ISA.
Spend some time pampering myself to use up stash -[STRIKE] paint nails[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]moisturise, put on a bit of make up[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Take Ebay photos for listing tomorrow
Cheeky chippie tonight - didn't have one last night
Watch the rugby
LSD - other than chips![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check TCB[/STRIKE]
Ponder whether to sign up to the First Direct deal

Have a great day all!

Kxx

Just checking in before I switch off for the night - not a bad weekend, spent £3.40 on top of planned chip spend and bought fuel. Listed everything I'd photographed on Ebay and have 1 watcher so far - woop! Lauradora - I feel your pain!

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend!

Kxx

Pernicious

Done another MSE thing today - I've declined a credit card increase, since they were willing to offer us an extra £800 I'm guessing our credit files are looking a lot better since paying off the evil CC B! So I think I may try & get a 0% balance transfer for CC H, will check out MSE's soft credit check & see how likely we are to be accepted first.