Sat 11th/Sun 12th Jan What Small DFW Things Will You Be Doing This Weekend?

josiebabie

Gooood afternoon!

Busy morning already, don't worry starnac I was also up and going but on a tight time schedule.

This is me:
- Checked banking
- Upgraded current account to 123 account, costs £2 a month but will earn me about £7 a month for not doing anything.
- Money shuffling after trip to town, only bought steak for dinner and and a little treat in M&S coffee shop, I only had a green tea though
- Sticking to diet religiously today! Want to fit into my grey dress on Monday
- Mend pocket on grey dress
- Re-measure hardstanding out the front for planning application.
- DD watching stuff on lovefilm today while I do housework
- Busy myself around the house this afternoon so as not to go out and spend!
- Get Dsister to walk DD over to her dad's tonight
- Sort kitchen and hallway, still not back to normal since NYE!
- Hang some washing on the line, beautiful outside but very cold
- Clean bathroom

Jx

little_pink_purse

Hi Everyone

todays to do

check banking
heating on its freezing here
little shop
work
try no to spend anything else

hope your all warm and well hugs for the people with the flu xxxx

foxgloves

Ziggy - Sorry to hear you are now lergyfied too. Yes, mr f having to hold the fort here. He reckons he got the shopping in on budget & brought me a box of Seville oranges, too, so I can make some marmalade when I feel better. I am resting, promise.....I tried sorting the clean washing into 3 piles earlier......& had to have a sit down!! Ridiculous! Naturally TOTM has now rocked up on top of the flu......bloody marvellous!......Hopefully by next week, we'll all be back to normal. F x

brokemedic

I don't normally post on this thread as don't really have the time but have the weekend off and thought if I posted what I plan to do, then I can come back tmrw night and see what I have managed/not managed to do.. My weekend ( which I normally don't have to myself) is going to be spent doing:

Sorting out books that I am going to sell at uni next week
Make a list of the above so I can post on the uni walls
Sort out my paperwork and shred all old docs that I don't need
Try and find 10 things to put on eBay
Sort out items to give to charity shop
Sort out food cupboards - list all the things that I have so can sensible meal plan
Have a general spring clean ( this I am hoping wil come naturally with all the sorting that I am doing lol)
Type up cv and email to agencies ( this I aim to do by Tues at the latest) as I find it so boring.

Hope everyone has a good wkd:D

allydowd

The List 2

*Quarterly deep cleaned the bathroom ourselves. Meant to do this last week.

*Lovely drive down the coast to sunny Ayrshire for a browse in the charity shops.

*Bought £4 of freshly caught lobster tails to turn into a Chinese Fakeaway tonight from local-ish farm shop.

*Stopped in beautiful restaurant but limited selves to a small hot choc each.

Bobarella

Hi Everyone

Thanks Ally, I replied back as well.

Sorry to hear you are still sick Foxgloves. Really hope you improve by the end of the weekend. Your OH sounds like he is carrying the torch well though. Ziggy sorry to hear you are unwell too

LittlePinkStars - Wow what a stash of vouchers your boyfriend has, how did he get those?

My entry for the day.

1) The business had an excellent day. Best in about 3 months. I feel so relieved that I can start to slowly climb out of the arrears I have, & it just gives me so much hope.
2) We went to the library, son got a DVD for free using points as mentioned.
3) We played in the park all together for about an hour before his dance class, was lovely, remind myself all the time that one day he wont find it fun to play with his parents so I take little snapshots in my mind on days like this, hearing him giggle & run around like a maniac.
4) Had to go shopping to replace a lot of stuff we'd run out of for work, managed to use several coupons, including extra points for buying some items we needed & got a couple of useful discounted items for quick use. Earned around 200 Tesco points today.
5) Had a letter confirming OH can postpone jury service till November which is also a huge relief. The paultry amount they pay you is just not enough to live on if he ends up on some long case or other. Goodness knows how anyone can afford to be a jurer.
6) Had a letter confirming our Thames Water account is £10 in credit. Every little helps.
7) We have made our last council tax payment until April as we pay over 10 months. So now 2 months with an extra £136 in the budget to look forward to.
8) Used up another tube of moisturiser that was free. OH had some with a shaving kit, I may smell like a man, but Im a *free man*

Off to see if there are any new ads on the Adpoints thingy on Nectar, then dinner of chicken & pesto pasta with the family & THEN going to let OH loose on my very long hair. He already cuts his own & the boys with clippers. I desperately need a trim & as I just shove it up in a bun anyway figure, whats the worst that can happen??? (I may well regret saying that)

Night.

Bob

good_advice

Evening DFW people
I am away for the weekend, staying with family so no real cost.
keeping people company, chatting etc...
reading free book on kindle
craft - brought my knitting.
dog walking

littlepinkstars44

Bobarella wrote: »

Hi Everyone


LittlePinkStars - Wow what a stash of vouchers your boyfriend has, how did he get those?

He got £100 vouchers for his birthday and £100 again for Christmas from his dad. Only thing is they are for a cinema quite far away, he doesn't drive and I've only been driving for 6 months. So I really don't like going there in the dark cause I feel completely lost, so we are planning to use them when we both have a day/afternoon off together lol!

brokemedic

Wow, have really enjoyed this thread especially as I have just come back here and seen that I have managed to do half the list already... And I still have Sunday to go:rotfl:

I had forgotten how much I enjoy these cheap days where I get the chance to clean and declutter. I have already managed a bag and half of rubbish and a charity bag already started.

I haven't spent a single penny so far this wkd:T

determined_new_ms

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Morning everyone :wave: thanks for starting us off ally!

Awwwww sooooooo lovely to be the weekend :j Gonna make it a really lovely weekend as have had quite a tough week!

* submit expenses as didn't do yesterday and want them paid next week
* [STRIKE]decide if I want to bid on the PJs on ebay[/STRIKE] didn't *need to as got a late Christmas gift from the inlaws - some PJs! :j
* [STRIKE]flylady kitchen & lounge[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]all meals from stores - got steaks out of the freezer last night[/STRIKE]
* do some exercise - either 20 minute shred or go to gym with oh
* going out this evening. Will need to check the last bus times. Need to talk to oh and say I can't afford to get a taxi tonight [/STRIKE] decided not to go out and watched a film instead
* [STRIKE]do some sewing[/STRIKE] [/STRIKE] did and then my sewing machine broke! The foot pedal started to smoke and the machine started sewing maniacally :eek: after some research I have seen we can fix this ourselves.
* do an hours work - just 1 hour and no more!
[STRIKE]* text db and confirm he is working on our bathroom tomorrow :T[/STRIKE]

Hope you're feeling better soon foxgloves. I felt terrible for about 4 day over the last week but although not 100% felt a lot better from yesterday

That's enough I think! Have a great Saturday everyone x

Hurrah to it still being the weekend :T

Plans for today are finish off yesterday's list

Going to repair sewing machine. Have hand sown the bag together this morning . But need to fix machine to do the last 2 top stitch rows and then it is done. Will post picture later today if I am able to finish it

All meals from stores - going to make something to use up LO chicken. Maybe a pasta bake? Dunno yet

Find shoe glue and repair boots

Finish last coat of paint on the radiator

Happy days guys