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Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd Nov. what small debt free things will you do?

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  • smeeinnit
    smeeinnit Posts: 263 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi all!

    I'm a fairly new DFW lurker/poster so hello everyone hope you don't mind me joining in :)

    Some things I have achieved or plan to this weekend:

    Replenished the sealed pot as I had been raiding it a bit :(
    checked all banking and savings accounts
    meal planned until the next payday on 27th (sealed pot opening day too :))
    OH put some items on ebay
    Finishing off some decorating in the spare bedroom. No spends needed as all supplies are already in. OH to fit a new ceiling light which was bought in the sales ages ago - £40 reduced to £13 :j

    I've done a few shops this week and bought £20 of meat from the local butchers, with what I have in the stores and freezer already this should be plenty to get us past payday, other than topping up on fresh things, milk, fruit, veggies etc. I have £35 left for this and will do my best not to bust it!

    December will for obvious reasons be more spendy, we have a long planned weekend away in London to see War of the Worlds live on stage. Only some pocket money is needed for this and I am going to buy Oyster cards for our travel (thats £50 for the two of us alone!) but hotel, train travel and gig tickets already paid for.

    Hoping my sealed and virtual sealed pots will cover most of this plus we are sticking to a budget of £10 per person for Xmas, so next year we can really batten down the hatches and kill the debt :)

    Sorry I am rambling now! Have a good day all :)
    Let's get ready to bumble! :rotfl:
  • twiggy86
    twiggy86 Posts: 2,711 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Today I have/will:
    1. Been to my parents house and transferred the money which I then used to pay off CC
    2. Had breakfast at my parents!
    3. Done a load of washing on a quick wash which is now on the line
    4. Cooking a roast (which smells lovely)
    5. Make a pasta bake for tomorrow's dinner
    6. Clean the bathroom
    7. Thrown out some flowers but kept the box/bag to use got a future present (even better that the person who gave me the flowers didn't fill out the tag!)

    Just had to quickly dash outside to get the washing back in as it's now raining :(
    Debt as at 5 June 2023 - £15,600.89
    Current debt - £4,800
    Total paid off - £10,800.89 (69% paid off)
  • MinnieMousesMummy
    MinnieMousesMummy Posts: 1,810 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 2 November 2014 at 6:12PM
    Good afternoon, I have had a rather busy day today which has been mostly about revising, however I have also taken dd to the yards for a bit, she has surprised me and was keen to ride despite having a fall the last time. I have also managed to get some more decluttering done and the skip is now ready for collection.

    My list for today:(Carried over jobs form Saturday)
    Find meal planning folder and make shopping list for this week

    My list for today:
    Feed animals and collect eggs
    Have a look for crafting stuff, as I want to start crafting again
    Check online banking
    Do daily clicks
    Revise for college assessment that have on Monday
    Write a shopping list
    Do weekly shopping list
    Sort through R.M paperwork and schedule
    Get rid of 100 emails from inbox
    Go to B&Q for paint for ds's room
    All meals from stores
    Submit s&s information
    Organise diary for next week

    I think that is everything that I need to get done today
  • maria3104
    maria3104 Posts: 921 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver! Debt-free and Proud!
    Done loads of baking and best of all had another NSD weekend complete. Hurrah.

    Now to recycle dishwasher and washer again and again etc. Like groundhog day here, but really chuffed it is a NSD. I am getting better at them. Unless it is the pride before a fall etc
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