Mon 30th Dec What Small DFW-Things Will You Be Doing Today?

foxgloves

Good afternoon campers!
Squally day up here in the North East Midlands......haven't ventured out of the door, as have been superglued to my desk for Budget Day :-/ or perhaps that should be :-) as i always feel more in control when I've done it.
Today's small positive things:
*Last of this week's laundry done overnight on Economy 7 tariff.
*Checked all December's outgoings & reconciled December budget. Ouch!
*Set January's budget & went through it with mr f.
*Updated my 'personal spends' budget.
*Paid credit cards in full. (Usual petrol, a few presents, but mostly those 3 large horrible unexpected bills we had. Intended to pay off over 3 months to spread cost, but instead, did a transfer from our own savings so we can pay ourselves back over 3 months without the £80 or so in interest - thanks DNMS for this suggestion. I know it will work if I am disciplined & I'm feeling very motivated at the moment).
*Read energy meters & uploaded readings online.
*Did some surveys.
*Submitted claim for my next £30 Debenhams giftcard from Toluna Surveys.
*Ordered small nephew's birthday present while it's still on special offer.
*mr f ordered new Dyson part......under a fiver.....significantly more dfw than shelling out for a new Dyson, which was what we originally thought we'd be doing.
*Continue eating festive leftovers - turkey soup with herb dumplings for dinner (& a side order of stinky sprouts for mr f), followed by the last of the Christmas cake, yum!
Still to do:
*Share a nice hot bubbly bath
*Knit.......something for myself this time, after all the time I spent knitting Christmas gifts.
*Read the free mags my Mum gave me.
OK, that's me for today,
foxgloves x

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening, Ally – Thanks for starting the thread off today

My list for today:

1. Catch up with emailsDone
2. Sort tester paperwork
3. Clean the iron, as the bottom has gone all black
4. Do MSing work that is in for todayDone
5. Clean the bathroom
6. Change all beds
7. Do New Year food shopDone
8. Spend 2 hours doing course work
9. Raise invoice for freelance projectDone
10. Check the airer and move to the ironing pile
11. Do 2 loads of washing
12. Do some work on nectar adpointsDone

Igamogam

Eaten from stores
Researched Home insurance - got it down to about half for same cover we have now - more research to be done though
Accepted graciously yet more chocolate from friend who visited today who we haven't see since before Christmas - added to chocolate mountain
Found recipe for NY contribution dinner at friend house tomorrow night ( I am on puds) which uses stuff I have 'in stock' ( Tom Kerridge's orange cake

its_maths_not_magic

Well its almost a new year and this year Im taking the frugal ball and running with it. To keep my head in the game, today I:

1. Getting my on line business organised for the new year.
2. Took the dog for walk in the forrest.
3. Cooked all food.
4. Organised my budget.
5. Practised my guitar.
6. Giving the laptop some much needed attention.
7. Organising NYE - a bit of grog, my husband, my pooch and skyping with my sis .

I think thats about it. As the year closes, I hope you are all safe and happy.

nowpanicking

hey everyone...

Today has been soooo miserable... will the rain ever stop! However, it is good that I am at home and not at work ... love holidays!!!

I have:

- tidied whole house... even managed to convince ds to tidy his room!
- parents were along for tea so slow cooker on in the morning
- hm ginger loaf for pudding. mmmmm
- zumba ended up being free yesterday so £3 in sealed pot

Not too much on the list today but still def helps doing this

Have a chilled night everyone x

ziggy2407

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Good Afternoon My Lovelies

ally - Thanks for starting us off today

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

Been a strange few days, yesterday we went to a wedding and had a fantastic time with our friends and neighbours. Today's little list:

Check Banks - Done
Check swapits - Done
General Tidy up - Done
Check www.freepostcodelottery.com - Done
Re-list a few bits for sale - Done
Enter a few comps - Done a few
Count my blessings -

Love to you all.

C x

Ooh forgot to say, son and I had a trip to the Bank with our moneyboxes and ...

he banked £212.30 (some of it Christmas money)
I banked £150 (from my £2 savings)

sparklychar

love that this thread is getting busy again!

Today weve been on the move, in a hotel onight and going to a friends house for new year.... Didn't finish the bottle of wine that was in our hotel deal so thats my booze for tmrw night, along with other stuff left from Christmas! Other things today:

used mums car to get company petrol and save my mileage on y poor car

purposefully sought out petrol station where i could get nectar points

took packed lunch and bought my OH a medium coffee instead of his requested large haha!

fpcl

hope everyone enjoys new year tmrw xx