Wednesday 25th September 2013 - What small DFW things will you be doing today?

ShootForTheMoon

Hi Lovely People!!

Thanks for the kick-off bt1!!

Foxgloves, do enlighten me on the porridge pots - these would be great for work for me too!!


It's finally day's off for me!! YAY!! :j So not much on my list today, as have spent most of it sleeping off nights! But here goes:

Check online banking - no nasty surprises

Nectar Adpoints & Swagbucks

Washed car at work at 5am this morning also topped up tyre pressures, screenwash, oil etc.
Car is due it's first MOT next month, so want to check it's definitely going to pass before finding the cheapest test!!

OH working overtime at after-school club...
We're finding that if both of us take what's offered OT-wise, we can earn an extra £200-£300 per month when it's busy... Making hay while the sun shines!!

Dinner from stores - cheapo Lidl pizza and rocket salad from allotment - will cycle up there for free exercise!!

Economy wash body armour cover as it stinks!! :eek:

Arrange with DMIL about house-sitting next week... Looking after the menagerie of animals in return for no bills at home and free food for a week - also closer to work for OH, saving £50 fuel, so can potentially put some extra cash away in savings!

Start making the lovely moleskin notebook OH got me for my birthday pretty - she calls it my "MSE book" :rotfl: Going to be lots of pretty charts and goals and plans and lists in there!!!!

Quick shower, pluck eyebrows, home-face mask and foot scrub to pamper after a hard week of work and rugby! No training today as body needs a break!

NSD - doing well, no more spends 'til payday now!!

Heating staying off - hoodies on!!


Think that's about it - enjoying a lazy day catching up on life!!!

Hope everyone is well!!

Shoot
xxx

allydowd

Porridge pots discussion and instructions. (Link) Other methods are available!

Tiggy10

Hi all,

Late one from me, so busy at work!
- NSD
_ breakfast from home
- take lunch to work. forgot to make something so took bread to make toast
- dinner cooked by bf from meal plan - Paprika Pork & new pots with veg
- washing drying outside after washing overnight on eco 7
- start working out budgets for the month ready for fridays pay day
- make a small meal plan for Fri-Mon (big shop mond night)
- wrap parcel for ebay ready to send tomorrow
-general tidy up

Think thats all for today!
Happy hump day!

unimaginative_user_name

14 portions of mixed vegetable soup made in the slow cooker from £2 worth of seasonal veg, a potato and a little vegetable stock! That makes seven healthy lunches for OH and me costing less than 20p each!

foxgloves

shootforthemoon- The porridge pot ideas in the links ally provided are mostly more imaginative than mine. To be honest, I thought of this very much as 'Porridge Pot Mark 1' & expected to get to about Mark 27 before mr f said he liked them, but now wrong I was! He scoffed down the sample & said he liked it. All I did was put 50g porridge oats in plastic heatproof lidded tub, added 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp sultanas, 1 rounded tbsp Co-op basics skimmed milk powder & stirred it together. To eat it, I added a little boiling water to mix it to a paste, then about another 120ml. I stirred it in, then put the lid on for a couple of mins for the oats to absorb some of the liquid. It's not smooth like the instant oats, but I prefer that. I think the individual pots are expensive to buy, but my main objection to them is the waste of resources with all the plastic pots. I think other people on here make their own & probably with more finesse than this, plus there are lots of ideas on the link, so you'll be able to try lots of different ones & come up with your own version. I was thinking cinnamon & dried cranberries but that got a less than enthusiastic look from mr f who is clearly a bit of a breakfast purist.
f x

foxgloves

unimaginativeusername - That's great. Really good value. I tried a new recipe today: a Madhur Jaffrey version of a Mrs Beeton curry sauce. It's like 'chip shop' curry sauce rather than proper curry. I've served it tonight on top of spicy chicken rice. I reckon that like your soup, it must cost pence. The only ingredients are a pint of chicken stock (I used my home-made stock from freezer with 1/2 a stock cube thrown in), 1 tbsp. oil or butter, 50g finely chopped onions, 1 tomato, 1tbsp cornflour, 1 tbsp. curry powder & a bit of salt. It made easily enough for 4, more if people just want a drizzle rather than a deluge! Although I'll always prefer cooking a proper curry from scratch with all the individual spices, etc, I think this sauce definitely has a place on the cheap & tasty money-stretching front.

bt1

bt1 wrote: »

Morning! :wave:

Hump day! Half way there!

Went out for an Indian last night (mum paid) was sooooo yum! Couldn't finish is all so got a doggy bag and now in freezer to have at weekend

List for today:

• Walked to station. Knees are aching! done
• Checked bank- final DD came out today done
  
• Checked credit card done
  
• Hope that the car finance people call - they called, I can pay off a lump sum, but has to be paid off by a card in my mums name, so need to ask if I can borrow her card, then do a balance transfer from my 0%
• Lunch from home - sandwiches again eaten
• Top up oyster with a £2 voucher I found last night didn't get round to it.. Will do tomorrow!
• Dinner from meal plan - sausage and mash, cook for two and have for lunch tomorrow done. Must buy a potato masher!!!
• Do at least 1 hour studying today nope!
• NSD - Must. Not. Go. To. Shop. At. Lunch. nope! Bought snacks to cheer me up after an arguement manager!

Not too great today - will have to make more effort tomorrow!!

determined_new_ms

Hi guys very late one from me, just finished working!

Things I have done today:

* checked banking - payday
* paid housekeeping into joint account
* NSD - well kinda bought petrol & dartford tunnel toll but will get that back on expenses next week
* had free lunch at work meeting
* made HM pizza & lemon drizzle cake for meeting tomorrow
* sold 2 items on ebay
* check cc statement and money mad and have counteracted overspend on cc this month :T
* worked my little socks off.

That'll do for today Mr DMS has just got home