26.5.07 what small dfw thing will you do/have you done today?

hypno06

Hello lovely DFWers. Welcome to the weekend :j :j

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free.

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging the washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important:

Today I will:

- Do a day's teaching - earning money not spending it!
- have a NSD other than children's pocket money
- yesterday I put petrol in the car after checking price on petrolprices.com
- not increase my debt in any way
- be positive

Have a good day everyone xx

crawley_girl

Morning hypno and all the flow along later

(Still loving your work hypno!!!)

Today I:
* will go to work despite feeling under the weather
* will eat lunch there for free
* will not need to spend anymore than just my bus fare
* will use my free calls and texts later in the day
* will check out quidco later

:heartpuls CG :heartpuls

GirlRacer_2

Good morning all, today I will/have
- check online banking
- piggy comps and clicks
- not increase my debt any further

Hope you all have a good day x

Sagaris

Good morning everyone!

Today I will -
- not have increased my debt
- got to grips with the 'clicks' thing (I'm thick LOL)
- checked out Ebay for sellers
- be buying the bare minumum in Tesco as I'm not driving ATM

Have a good weekend!

Karmacat

Hi hypno, hi all. Today I will be:
- walking to and from my train station as I'm seeing a friend in another town.
- keeping my spending diary up to date (not only does it show what I've spent, when I think, "oh, I have to write *that* in my spending diary?" it really makes me think twice about spending anything.
- not increasing my debt in any way, hurray.

moneymaker2

Hi All,

TodaY i HAVE ALREADY SPENT £6.10 BUT THIS WAS ON PAPER FOR COMPUTER, MILK, BREAD ETC. (So don't tell me off
i have 2 secret shoppers to complete
i will not add to my debt
and i will pack lunch up before we do shoppers so that we will not purchase whilst we are out.
will also check online banking and ebay.

Hurray

poorbutrich

Morning all:
Today I have resisted going to the enormous car boot sale in town
Will not drive anywhere
Will not buy anything other than the paper.

wherediditallgo

Decided to fill up a small chest freezer I was given during the week (friend is moving & hasn't got the room for it, so I got it for nothing ) Today I've made the following:

2 batches of onion bhajis - I've done the flat ones rather than balls, as they take up less space.
2 batches of meat loaf, to use up some mince & lamb that was taking up far too much space.
A fish pie.
3 large macaroni cheeses & 1 cauliflower cheese.
A corned beef hash.
And a beef stew.

I can't eat any of it yet because of surgery I've had, but my kitchen smells heavenly & I feel like I've been at a 5-star restaurant.

I've just got some potato & cheese croquettes to do & some apple & cinnamon bagels, & then I'll be done for the day.

becksdawe

I brought the bare minimum at Tesco

brummiebabe

Today I have

- Worked out June's budget in a speadsheet
- Checked on-line banking
- Had a NSD :T

babes21

Today i have:

* Only spent £5, normally on a weekend it's a lot more than this
* Sorted out what bills need to be paid for later in the week
* Sorted out a new weekly budget
* Declined a night out tonight (didn't feel up to it tonight anyway)