Tues 14th May - What small DFW things will you do today?

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning everyone.
Carrie - Thanks for starting the thread off this morning.

I'm not having a good day as I still feel very down and DH can't do anything right at the moment. I am going to take today in small steps and then take things from there.
So far today I have taken ds to school and dd to the childminder following breakfast from stores.

My list for today:

• [STRIKE]Sort paperwork to go with Avon books[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Attend nurse appointment for whopping cough injection[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put a load of washing on[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Phone the hairdresser for appointment for me & the kids[/STRIKE]Managed to get appointments for Thursday
• [STRIKE]Put Avon books out[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make lunch from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Order clothes for holiday[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Phone the doctor for appointment for ds[/STRIKE]Saved on a phone call, as made the apointment when I was in seeing the nurse
• Sort out the basket of dried washing (DH took it out the td last night)
• [STRIKE]Iron 10 things off ironing mountain[/STRIKE]
• Do some hand washing
• [STRIKE]Nectar adpoints[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]Swagbucks[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]Swapits[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]TCB[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]Postcode lottery[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]Birthday bingo[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check banking[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Pay the rent[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Feed all of the pets[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Dust the living room[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Quick hoover round the house[/STRIKE]
• Do some course work (1 hour)
• Do some of the freelance project that I have in at moment
• Surveys
• [STRIKE]Collect the kids from school and childminder[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make the dinner from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update this weeks list[/STRIKE]

I think that is probably enough to be getting on with at the moment due to the way that I am feeling. Sorry for breaking everything down but this way I will hopefully get the kick to do things rather than sit around feeling down/crying.

Karb

Morning everyone. Hugs to everyone who is feeling low.

I'm quite chipper today. Went out last night to a 50th birthday do. Spent slightly more than I intended - but only just. Spent about £12.50 when I hoped to keep it under a tenner, but I laughed more than I have done for ages so it was definitely worth it.

There's a 30th birthday do after work tonight, but if I go I can only stay for half an hour max as I have an appointment to give blood this evening, so at least I know I can't overspend tonight.

Other than that, it's just all the usual stuff for me. Need to pop to Aldi for salad stuff but it should be a fairly low spend day, and covered within my grocery budget.

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :hello:

I’m taking a break waiting for a process to finish running… tickety tock

Here’s me:
Cheapo porridge brekkie
Packed lunch
Checked banking & ccs
Walking pooch at lunch time rather than shopping :cool:
10 days until payday – wondering whether my bonus is due… Must ask…
Must check tax code too – make sure it’s got allowance for professional fees I pay – I had to write to them last year – does anyone know if this transfers to next year or whether I’d need to apply again???
Checked fridge contents to see what we’re using up next – OH doing something with chicken tonight and I’m on fish pie duty tomorrow
For the chicken I bought thigh fillets rather than breast fillets – bit of a saving there
Got yoga class carried over until next block – working away next week so can’t make it.

Have a good day folks – don’t work too hard (that’s my mantra of the day!)

Sazdaz

Well things are getting a little bit more back on track thank godness. Lovely that my new OH seems as keen to get things sorted as I do which is a great sign already.

Today:

- Got up an hour earlier today to get more things done
- lunch from stores, dinner from stores as well but may need to get a pepper to go with it.
- re written CV and will drop into place where I have seen a part time admin role available and hoping they will take me on a self employed basis
- got lots of work out of the way today.
- check food planner and make sure there is nothing I need for the meals for the next few days and plan the next five days.
- print off M & S voucher towards getting something for DM birthday
- need to do sainsburys adpoints on my card today, OH tomorrows
- doing swagbucks whilst working, need to check surveys
- Do one poll surveys
- do a new spenditure and debt spreadsheet
- find some bits to ebay and facebook sell
- Iron ten items and find some more bits to sell whilst going through

Ok think that is enough for one day. Hope everyone has a good day.

foxgloves

Hi,
A peaceful day here today, but managing to get a few bits done.
*Did one load of laundry overnight on Economy 7. Decided to wash next load on full price tariff as should be able to get it dry on the line today. Decided that would be cheaper than waiting till overnight tonight for cheap tariff then having to put heating on to get stuff dry. Fancy old naughty spendthrift foxgloves even thinking of stuff like this...how I've changed......AND I'm happier for it!
*Walked to the Post Office to post half my ebay parcels. I seem to have made a bit on the p&p tho' was sure I hadn't overcharged anyone...not sure how that's happened.
*Got a price for sending an ebay parcel to Poland. Despite all my listings saying I only post to the UK, I often get bids from elsewhere. High postage, but looks like buyer wants to pay so that's another parcel going off tomorrow.
*Did a few surveys...not many around today.
Still to do:
*Make dough for tonight's pizza, plus bread rolls for rest of the week's packed lunches.
*Carry on reading Alys Fowler's 'Thrifty Forager' book, which I got for my birthday last month.
*Pick a few leaves, radishes, herbs from garden to go in tonight's salad.
*Managed to get all the aubergines potted up yesterday as well as a row of lettuces planted out, so need to check they have all settled in OK.
Think that's everything. @pernicious - I was quite touched that you're inspired by my rubber chicken activity, lol. Actually, my partner has an enormous appetite too, but like me, he's long-term dieting, so this has definitely made food supplies last longer as he's had to reduce portion sizes significantly. He's done well, too, though, with 4 stones off so far.
Cheers,
foxgloves x

Pernicious

Hi everyone,

Here's me today:-

• All food from stores - Brekkie was HM porridge pot
• Dinner from meal plan - Pasta with greens, garlic & chili
  
• Making use of free water at work
• Posted 2 fleabay items on lunchbreak, only just charged enough postage, phew!
• Log calories & exercise on free apps
• Check postcode lottery & birthday bingo
• Charging phone at work
• Heating off
• Check online banking
• Check for new mystery shopping opportunities
• Enter some comps
• Do some surveys
• Declutter & flylady
• Prepaid pole class tonight
• Find receipts to return a couple of items

Hope everyone is ok & has a great, MSE day x

Bobarella

Hello Again

An after lunch check in. nice morning and as predicted its an NSD!

Did a quick check and saw that there were some dividends paid by a company I have an old employee share scheme with. So that was nice. I've had them since 2007 and they've gone up and down in value, hardly a fortune, but the dividends have been reinvested each year so the number of shares does too. I'd like to be able to hang onto them and maybe actually add to them at some point. There in one of the larger blue chip insurance companies so they are a good thing to have over a long period.

Since we have been home from my friends I have

1) Cleaned out the fridge, and audited again. Tonights dinner will be jerk chicken, home made potato wedges, and pan fried onions & peppers. We all love jerk so I cant wait.
2) Am making stock using up all the frozen peelings, bones, and fresh peelings I had.
3) Tesco have issued their points for the quarter so will be looking out for those any day.

Later on we'll have a nice bubble bath before dinner. I really do love being able to do that on the at home days, as we tend to be quite late in on work days and I never have the same level of energy for bedtime/story on those days.

Saddo that I am Im also looking forward to tonights TV. Love my Easties/Holby City nights!

Did anyone see Supercrimpers last night? I couldnt believe how much the couple spent on food for their very young family. Worked out around £1,000 a month+. All they needed was to have this pointed out and they got straight onto saving money! Amazing.

Bye for now.

Bob

Candy0107

Hi all

candy reporting for duty !

A so so day at work for me....have defo made the right decision in leaving (I've not handed my notice in as of yet) but I got called for a second interview tomorrow for yesterday's interview - if you can follow that

I still don't think much of my team leader.....I am biting my tongue at the moment

Today I have/will:

• Meals from stores
• Used rail pass to get to and from work
• Red freebie paper on the train
• Did treat myself to a coffee in the Golden Arches....got to work town stupidly early and had ages to wait for the bus
• Need to have a shower tonight - need to be at work early tomorrow
• Have made lunch and breakfast for tomorrow
• Have arranged with hubby that he is my get out of work early card
• Apart from the coffee, a NSD
• Got home to the lovely news that we have my 2 nieces on Saturday but as one is potty training, we need to buy a potty

Think that's about it's for me

Take care all, hugs to those that need the,

Candy xxx