Saturday 6th/Sunday 7th April - What small DFW things will you do today?

zenshi

Well I was supposed to be working but customer not turned up!

So will make use of nice weather and have a gardening day and eBay listing evening

determined_new_ms

Hi guys :wave: thanks for starting us off katy, good luck with the ot!

Happy birthday La E :bdaycake: sounds like you've got a lovely day planned & that things are going well for you - hurrah! :beer:

Ziggy there is always a lot of competition with other but in the end the race is with ourselves and its the journey that is important. That your lo know you love him is enough and anyone else's opinion doesn't matter. I have this little motivational poster on my notice board at work that says something like "the happier you are with your own decisions the less you need other people to agree" x

My plans for the day - (largely fun/non chore/dfw-ish but...)

* all meals from stores
* going for a country walk. Will take a picnic so not tempted to have lunch in a country pub!
* plant some seeds
* a load of washing & hang up
* going for a drink & to watch a film with oh tonight - going to local uni cinema so not as expensive as mainstream
* might do some sewing if I have time

that's it! x

little_pink_purse

Good morning
Happy birthday la e

thanks for starting us katy-ann

my list for today
meals from stores
work overtime
check banking
check budget

ta
hope your all warm and well xxxlppxxxxx

asp746

Happy Birthday La E x


Well, as last year, i'm steering clear of putting a bet on the National, I found I can enjoy it just as much without putting money on it.

Also going shopping in a bit just for a few things to tide me over the weekend, i'll be going to Cooltrader as I find I can get 'treat's in there that usually I wouldn't buy ie i'd never spend £1.79 for 5 Galaxy's but for £1 which is what they are in Cooltrader then I would.

DD2s birthday on Monday so i'm getting her a card and a balloon. I have decided to give her money and £50 is all I can spare - tbh I cant really but I've juggled the finances so it's achievable.

Have a lovely weekend everyone:T

black_cat

Morning All!

Thanks, as always, for the inspiration and motivation

Plans for today:

• Check on-line banking
• Adpoints and Nectar surveys
• All meals from stores
• Menu plans for week ahead
• Housework
• 3 hours work from home
• Entertainment - reading, knitting, film from free trial of LoveFilm. Dr Who!

Not going out today!

WelshWoofer

Morning all!
Happy birthday La E! You're having a stonking day so far - hope it continues for you.:beer:

Been a busy bee this morning and have almost finished the mega spring clean now - every room has been scrubbed, polished, washed, bleached and sorted:j
Just my wardrobe to go but that can wait for another day.

So today so far I have...

• Cleaned the conservatory - all windows, scrubbed frames, decobwebbed the ceiling, cleaned all furniture, hoovered and sorted - very hard work but sparkling now:)
• Taken the dog to the park for a good run with his little canine pals
• Phoned the carpet shop to get it laid on Thursday
• Confirmed the furniture delivery for Saturday (spare room makeover)
• Got £50 from the house clearance man for the existing bedroom furniture

Still to do....

• Man calling back with mate to pick up bed later
• Do a little food shop
• Hoover and dust downstairs
• Hoover out spare room once cleared
• Take dog for a long walk this afternoon in the sunshine
• Phone mum on free landline
• All food from stores
• Have a look for new spare bedroom accessories
• Write a mealplan for the week
• Stay in tonight and finally have a sit down and watch a movie recorded last night on the Sky box I fixed myself:D
• Do a bit of a makeover on myself, all this cleaning has left me with yukky nails and could do with a bit of "me time"

Off to finish the hoovering and then have a good scrub in the shower, look like I need dusting myself!:rotfl:

MinnieMousesMummy

Good afternoon everyone, my planned early start did not happen this morning as I was 4 hours later than planned getting up, oh well I was probably needing the extra sleep as not been sleeping properly at night due to this cough/asthma.

My list for today:

1. [STRIKE]Quick shower and get the kids organised[/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Make banana bread and chocolate cake[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]Better than expected as tax credits have now been sorted out so some money has been moved around :j
4. [STRIKE]Laundry - do ful loads, empty TD, check airer and move to the ironing pile[/STRIKE]
5. [STRIKE]Free Pamper Time[/STRIKE]
6. Spend 2 hours sorting out recipes for my folder Work in Progress, I managed to do about 40 minutes
7. [STRIKE]Phone mum using free minutes[/STRIKE]
8. [STRIKE]Do some course work[/STRIKE]
9. [STRIKE]All meals from stores - steak and chips for dinner. Also going to have a cheap drink in the house tonight as it is the first weekend of DH being home[/STRIKE]
10. [STRIKE]Dailies - swagbucks, swapits, topcashback, nectar adpoints and surveys, Postcode lottery, Birthday bingo[/STRIKE]
11. [STRIKE]Check Mr A price guarantee[/STRIKE]£3.50 back from Mr A
12. [STRIKE]Surveys (remember to check one poll and pure profile)[/STRIKE]

I think that is everything that I need to get done today but I guess that I best make a start or I will not get anything done. Hope everyone has a good Saturday x

Determined_diva

Hi all

Happy weekend!!

So far I have :

Put washing on

Hanging out washing

Posted my eBay sales (but damn those new postage charges!)

Made my self a home salad which was delicious

Requested free copy of in style that was listed above - thank you to the OP for the link!

Opened up a cash isa! (Very proud of myself as I have not done one before and I plan to save my 2nd job money to be able to pay off a £8.4k debt at end of year (not being charged interest on it, so want to save up as much as i can and see if they will accept it as a final settlement))

Going to my 2nd job to earn some money - earned £66.25 woop woop

For the rest of the weekend I will be:


Loading more stuff on eBay
Gym for boxing and spinning
Tidy house
Catch up on TV
Fill petrol up for the week
Change the bed sheets
Do the ironing

foxgloves

Hi Penny-savers,
Following the lergy, still not feeling like a night out tonight so although that's ticket money wasted, we won't be buying a meal out, paying parking or any of the other stuff.
*Just about stuck to grocery budget this week. Some tweaking to do.
*Got fruit & veg from Aldi & local market. Several items we needed were on offer in Aldi. Luckily noticed the cucumber I'd picked was a minger before I left the shop so changed it!
*Ladies' essential monthly items bought from Aldi. Much cheaper than branded & perfectly ok.
*Very cold out, but sun streaming though lounge window means no heating on downstairs all day.
*Filled coffee loyalty card in local independent coffee shop so that's a nice free one next time :-) Did not have a cake.....tummy still not 100% so a couple of quid saved there.
*Didn't buy a magazine or get tempted by anything else whatsoever......am so angelic these days, would I even recognise my old self if I were able to meet her on a shopping trip? I doubt it!
*10% off all frozen food (inc branded) for 'My Waitrose' card holders.
*Popped down the greenhouse to water all my seedlings.....growing food from free seeds feels very money-saving & I want to put the effort in. Watered the Autumn-sown shallots & garlic.
*Did a survey
Think that's it....we hadn't expected to be stopping in tonight, but will cook something nice & maybe watch a film. Have a good weekend, everyone.
foxgloves x

WelshWoofer

Morning all!

Today is the start of the great paintathon in the spare room.:eek:
I'm not a fan and just want to get it over with. It will keep me out of the shops though.:)

So today's teeny little list...

• Walk the dog in the park twice for free exercise and fresh air
• Get the spare room painted (first coat), will probably take all day
• All food from stores
• Man coming to give me a quote for deep cleaning the conservatory roof
• Staying in tonight, probably collapsed on the sofa after the painting trauma:p
• Try to have a NSD

Right, better get the dog walked.