Sat 8th/Sun 9th June - What small DFW things will you do this weekend?

josiebabie

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, or staying debt free.

Examples could be hanging 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:money:

Goooooood morning DFW-ers!

All is well in Sunny Salisbury today. Got the washing on the line nice and early and am now at work and working hard (honestly.... )

So far I have:-
- Checked banking
- Hung washing on line at 6.15am :eek:
- Emailed council tax people to inform them of me vacating rented property at the end of the month
- Large porridge breakfast from stores
- Washed up and cleaned bathroom due to new prospective tenants viewing house today

Still to do:-
- Lunch from stores
- Act on Mr T's list priced up online last night, can play "beat that quote"
- Treat of Mr T's cafe with DD, she had a random nose bleed last night and dealt with it very calmly and very well - so proud of her!
- Work until 2pm today for over time of £100
- [STRIKE]Submit commission claim to boss (payroll cut off Monday morning)[/STRIKE]
- DM looking after DD for free childcare (loves ya mum )
- Drop DD off to her dads tonight, might stay at OH's and he can cook me dinner
- Sparkle!

As you can probably tell I'm in a GREAT mood today, yesterday MIL's solicitor said she wants to exchange and be done by Wednesday next week:j:j:j

Hope you all have a lovely day today as well

Jx

determined_new_ms

Morning josie :wave: thanks for starting us off. Hope the weekend shift goes quickly for you. Any news on exchange?

awww it feels so good to be the weekend :j

DFW plans for the day:

* [STRIKE]close down old cc now stoozing balance has been transferred[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]checked banking[/STRIKE] - no changes
* close down old account and transfer £4.28 into current account
* [STRIKE]email company who I sold my phone to as I haven't received payment yet![/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]update my expenses it is worth £51 in petrol over the last 2 days! :T[/STRIKE] tried but can't so will just make a note in my diary
* [STRIKE]meals from stores - need to grab something out of the freezer[/STRIKE]
* make a carrot cake as have so many carrots as bought a couple of reduced bags the other day
* [STRIKE]make a carrot soup[/STRIKE]
*[STRIKE] going to buy blinds for the spare room & kitchen today. Also need to grab a airvent cover, will go to Tool station as they are a fraction of the cost of B&Q :money:[/STRIKE]
* want to see if I can grab some oilcloth material as want to make a bag for carrying things from one office/meeting to another - decided to use some fabric from the dress I made. I have loads! Just bought some webbing for the straps
[STRIKE]* going to visit a friend at lunch, hopefully she'll make me something [/STRIKE] Met her while I was in town (rather than driving to her town ) and she bought me a coffee :T
* go for a run
* tend to plants
* [STRIKE]hang washing on line - not sunny here at the moment....[/STRIKE]

That'll do me! Have a lovely day everyone x

determined_new_ms

oh wow josie!!!!! See happens so very quickly! x

Candy0107

Hi all,


Thanks to Josie for starting the thread - congrats on the house

Yay, Saturday :T

Need to do lots today, mainly college work (and relaxing)

On today's agenda -

• Meals from stores
• Checked online banking
• Need to buy some bits for pimms as I've got a friend possibly coming round for drinks - just waiting to hear back from her
• Need to do some washing and peg it out
• Need to do some college work

Think that is about it, not much of an inspiring list I'm afraid

See you all later
Candy xxx

Candy0107

Determined, you Sneeked in there

Candy xxx

determined_new_ms

Candy0107 wrote: »

Determined, you Sneeked in there

Candy xxx

that's me a sneaky little blighter!

carrielovesfanta

Morning all!
Quick one, typing on my phone before friend arrives. Gorgeous day here too.

Washing out on line
housework 2/3rds done
went to Tesco and only got milk, marg, bar of value choc (for making cookies) and 4 packs of wraps reduced to 25p each!
Nsd yesterday
Tend to garden
have homegrown salad in my sandwich at lunchtime!
Use shower water on plants

proper post later. Have a good one all x

nattiecake

Helloo! I'm having a bit of a low day today so hoping a nice list of achieved things will help cheer me up a little
Bit poorly anyway, plus not helped by the mobile bill with last months roaming charges on it! :eek:

[STRIKE]Check online banking[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Not going anywhere, so saved money by not showering, lol[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Kids and me dressed[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dark load in machine (quick wash)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Out on line[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Package up faulty shorts to return[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Light load in machine (quick wash)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Out on line[/STRIKE]
Few dishes to wash
[STRIKE]Meals from stores[/STRIKE]
Need to cook something for tea. Cottage pie perhaps.
[STRIKE]Will sweep downstairs rather than hoover[/STRIKE]
Pack up DVDs for music magpie

little_pink_purse

Morning All

Sorry ive been missing for a few days
thanks for starting up josie bet you cant wait for wednesday

dnms your always a busy bee

so todays to do
meals from stores
wash on fast wash and hang out
get me hair cut alittle mse ive not had it cut in 4 years lol
cut my grass
keep checking banking
and start june/july budget xxx

have a great day xxxlppxxxxx

MinnieMousesMummy

Good afternoon everyone, I have been AWOL for a while again but I really need to get into the way of things.
Josie - Thanks for starting the thread off this morning.

Most of my time today will be taken up with doing course work, as I have a massive pile to catch up with.

My list for today:

• Laundry (4 loads) and hang outside, as it is nice and sunny here today 2nd load on
• [STRIKE]All meals from stores[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Check Mr A price guarantee[/STRIKE]Got 11p, every little counts
• [STRIKE]Make rhubarb crumble and tart using free rhubarb[/STRIKE]Rhubarb crumble ready to go in the oven but the pastry is not defrosted so will make the tart tomorrow so some rhubarb back in the fridge
• [STRIKE]Do course work[/STRIKE]
• Read some of the past threads for motivation/ideas
• Unpack the last of the holiday bags
• [STRIKE]Do freelance work that is in for today[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Update online income speadsheet and redeem anything available[/STRIKE]Made £15.41
• [STRIKE]Do Avon paperwork for next week[/STRIKE] Just need to print off some flyers will do it tomorrow when I have the PC on
• Fill in consumer pulse paperwork and put in the post
• Decide on a plan of action for Sunday
• Feed all pets - check the chicken house for eggs, as we got our first egg yesterday
• Look online for ideas for Fathers Day

ziggy2407

Good Evening All

josie - Thanks for starting us off

Wishing you all a great weekend, may noy make it on tomorrow as hope we can have a nice (and MSE) day out as weather forecast is good.

Hi :wave:to all the regulars and lurkers and a BIG welcome to all the newbies, this is a really FAB thread with so many lovely, caring, considerate and supportive people.

Todays little listy :

Check Banks - Done
Check swapits - Done
Check www.freepostcodelottery.com - Done
Strip all beds & re-make - Done
General Tidy up - Done
Take Trampoline to stepsons & spend time with grandkids (& help put trampoline up in their garden) - Done, wish we lived closer as the kids are growing too fast (twins are 1 now and Dylan is 3 on Thursday)
Washing & Line Dry -
Ironing -
Catch up on emails - In progress
Surveys -
Enter a few comps -
Meals from stores - Done
Update Food tracker - in progress
Read Library Book (The Frugal Life) - In progress, so far quite a bit is things we already do on here but still interesting

Hope you are all having a great day/evenings, love to you all.

C xx