Saturday 23rd / Sunday 24th August - what small DFW things will you do today

Gainingcontrol14

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:

Gainingcontrol14

Good morning and happy weekend everyone! It's finally here and it's sunny! This week has felt like the most chaotic longest week in history with miserable weather cold and well not very nice but today is a different story - the sun is shining!

So here goes for a productive weekend:

:T make use of the 100 free listings on ebay
:cool: plant my winter veg, this is all new to me.
:T go to get few essentials for week
:cool: make bread, also is new to me
:T all meals from stores
:cool: general tidy up
:T de weed garden to keep on top of it
:cool: check if any bh deals on washing machines
:T ironing!

Right off for now, have a good one everyone! :beer:

determined_new_ms

Morning! Thanks for starting us of Gainingcontrol! Good luck with the garden planning & bread

Beautiful day here :T Meeting BFF & GS with dgd for a picnic at the local park which has just been upgraded

Plans for the day:

* [STRIKE]Washing in machine. Will hang on line before going out[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]checked banking & did money shift (payday yesterday) :j Under budget on spends last month by £25 :T[/STRIKE]
* pay in money from work for some things I bought on CC
* pay in tax rebate :j
*[STRIKE] treating myself to a pair of jeans out of rebate [/STRIKE] I was after a pair in french connection. They are pricey at £65 :eek: but they are the best, very flattering and last for ages. I promised myself when I could get into a size 10 I would treat myself, and the rebate made me decided to do it. Got to the counter to pay and found out they were in sale £19.50 :j
* [STRIKE]friend coming for dinner tonight so will get a couple of bits to make beef bourguifnon mmmmmmm[/STRIKE] forgot to get the beef out & couldn't be bothered to go to the SM so made daal instead using up 2 courgettes :money:
* [STRIKE]requested £20 cashback from cc. Will use this to pay dd's friend who is having dgd for me on Tuesday while CM is on holiday[/STRIKE]
* pick some of the neighbours plums (that are hanging over into our garden - they don't do anything with them!!!
*[STRIKE] pick, cook & freeze rhubarb[/STRIKE] didn't freeze but cooked & am making crumble for tea
* pick blackberries & do something with them
* quick polish & vacuum & [STRIKE]clean bathroom[/STRIKE] while dgd is napping
* update note book with transfers made today or soon I won't know why I made them!
* do energy comparison & see if we should change
* nip into Asda & get bumper pack of babywipes while they are on offer. £10 for 20 packs. Might get 2 boxes :money:

Ok think that's all I'll have time for. Have a great day x

gemnomnom

Today I have:
* made an omelette & chocolate crepe & toast for breakfast
* found my phone charger!
* planned meals for the weekend
* 1/2 cleaned kitchen
* tidied room
* checked online banking.
* transferred MIL £70 then moved money from savings to CA.
* updated spreadsheeet of what I owe OH
* paid for eBay purchase - 42 'clip' coat hangers for £10.44 = 24p per hanger. I couldn't find them anywhere else!

Still need to:
* finish cleaning kitchen
* change bedsheets
* clean piggie cage
* clean microwave
* sweep, hoover, mop
* ironing
* check last four months' bills and ring Orange again. ask why incorrect info was given re 03 nos
* change OH's bank from halifax reward to a free account
* look up pet insurance & contents insurance prices
* get breakdown insurance phone number onto phone
* make late lunch when OH gets home - nachos.
* take chicken out of freezer for chicken fajitas tomorrow.

[Deleted User]

One of these days will get this done first thing! Today I have/will...

Taken son and nephew for walk on Gruffalo trail, just £3.20 cost for car park.

Checked banking.

Resisted asda baby event.

Listed nine thing on buy sell or swap, one sold for £7

Have aldi pizza for tea.

Have a lovely night!

foxgloves

Evening Weekend People,
Today's small positive things to keep me pence in me purse:
*Updated budgets. Grocery budget overspent by £12 this month but not too worried as it included quite a lot of ingredients for preserving & that makes stuff to eat over the next year plus a few gifts.
*Did not visit coffee shop in town. Was gagging for caffiene but came home & put the kettle on. Go me!
*Free fitness - 2 hours of getting quite physical in the garden with the edging tool.
*Watered veggies.
*Picked tomatoes & made some of them into tomato soup.
*Picked more salad & herbs for making tonight's meal.
*Picked another cup of the blackberries poking through from neighbour & added to my blackberry collection in the freezer.
*Set the washer for overnight laundry on Economy 7.
*Did a few surveys.
*Packed picnic for day trip tomorrow. Have a voucher for free afternoon tea, but will need lunch.
*Bought yarn to knit Christmas present. I budgeted £10 & spent £7.50, so that's £2.50 gone back in the Present Piggy. Will cast it on later. Love a new project!
And not forgetting mr f's contributions to the world of money saving. I'm proud of him as if anything, his attitude to money used to be even worse than mine. Today he has:
*Mended the broken shed door. Total cost = £2.49
*Re-listed some items on ebay & also listed his 'spare' multi-region DVD recorder which has been sitting around for ages for him to decide what to do with it.
*Found a gizmo he needed in Wilko's for half the price he'd seen it elsewhere.
Have a nice night, everyone,
f x

[Deleted User]

Good morning! This thread is really helping to keep me focused. I was tempted to buy new maternity clothes yesterday and resisted . Anyway, today I aim to:

Relist items for sale and add done new ones, £17 made yesterday

Do minimal top up shop at aldi, just bread, eggs and butter.

Make homemade chilli using mince from the freezer and have it with jacket potatoes which need using- nice cosy Sunday tea! Hopefully have some chilli left over too.

Do my nails, they're annoying me but I hate doing them. Will do them so I'm not tempted by a manicure.

Check banking.

Might make a banana cake with leftover nanas.

Have a good day everyone!

MrsPee

This is the first time I've posted on here, so here goes.
So far I have
1) Resisted the urge to go to the car boot sale.
2) Checked the online banking on my phone.

Later I will
1) Make a meal plan for the week
2) Do an online shop so I don't overspend in the supermarket
3) Collect loads of horse manure from Freecycle (for the allotment)

Have a good day everyone.

Pookie_lou

Morning everyone,

It's a beautiful day here, bright but cool so we're heading to the woods later to do some foraging, I will freeze the fruit for a week or so until I can make jam.

Also today..
Wash and hang laundry outside
Soup for lunch using left over veg
List on eBay later
Post love film back later and cancel subscription

Have a great day everyone x

[Deleted User]

Hello everyone, happy Sunday-before-Bank-Hol-Monday for those who are not having to work!

My urgent list (dfw as its part of prepping house for paying guests who are coming tomorrow):

• filing and move sensitive paperwork
• deep clean in lounge and kitchen
• confirm house sitting plans
• check out ebay listings for box of stuff under stairs
• pack!

Today I have a dear friend visiting :T so we will be going into town for a trip down memory lane (we met at college here) and a walk around. I am pretty sure it will involve some coffee shops and maybe some charity shops to look at books but also very certain she isn't a big spender either. We ate in last night (left overs made into a mezze!) and had talked about going to a local cheap restaurant (a student haunt of ours) for lunch but sadly its not open. I'm going to treat us both to either snacks or a late lunch from the money I am getting from the paying guests today. She is still snoozing (it is her holiday!) so part of my plan is to fill us both up with pancakes for brunch, eat out for late lunch, then come home for dinner - I have lots of soup and pasta sauce in the freezer, and need to empty the fridge really This is all a lot cheaper than a train ticket to go to see her, and having an old friend visit is such a good healer! We don't need to spend to do anything, just spuddling about will be nice!

determined_new_ms

determined_new_ms wrote: »

Morning! Thanks for starting us of Gainingcontrol! Good luck with the garden planning & bread

Beautiful day here :T Meeting BFF & GS with dgd for a picnic at the local park which has just been upgraded

Plans for the day:

* [STRIKE]Washing in machine. Will hang on line before going out[/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]checked banking & did money shift (payday yesterday) :j Under budget on spends last month by £25 :T[/STRIKE]
* pay in money from work for some things I bought on CC
* pay in tax rebate :j
*[STRIKE] treating myself to a pair of jeans out of rebate [/STRIKE] I was after a pair in french connection. They are pricey at £65 :eek: but they are the best, very flattering and last for ages. I promised myself when I could get into a size 10 I would treat myself, and the rebate made me decided to do it. Got to the counter to pay and found out they were in sale £19.50 :j
* [STRIKE]friend coming for dinner tonight so will get a couple of bits to make beef bourguifnon mmmmmmm[/STRIKE] forgot to get the beef out & couldn't be bothered to go to the SM so made daal instead using up 2 courgettes :money:
* [STRIKE]requested £20 cashback from cc. Will use this to pay dd's friend who is having dgd for me on Tuesday while CM is on holiday[/STRIKE]
* pick some of the neighbours plums (that are hanging over into our garden - they don't do anything with them!!!
*[STRIKE] pick, cook & freeze rhubarb[/STRIKE] didn't freeze but cooked & am making crumble for tea
* pick blackberries & do something with them
* quick polish & vacuum & [STRIKE]clean bathroom[/STRIKE] while dgd is napping
* update note book with transfers made today or soon I won't know why I made them!
* do energy comparison & see if we should change
* nip into Asda & get bumper pack of babywipes while they are on offer. £10 for 20 packs. Might get 2 boxes :money:

Ok think that's all I'll have time for. Have a great day x

finishing off yesterday's list.

Going to soft play with friend's ds & dgd this afternoon to give her a break & a small thank you for all the times she has dgd for me.

Take snacks

List some bits on ebay

another load of washing

That'll keep me out of harms way :money: Have a great day x