Wednesday 4 February - What small DFW things will you do today?

lonestarsky

Morning all

MinnieMousesMummy - congrats on dh's job!! Hope you're feeling better soon though

twiggy86 - hope you're feeling better soon aswell!

threellamas - don't feel bad, we've all had moments like that and will go on to have more in the future

My list for today:

• Smoothie for breakfast using frozen fruit
• Lunch - leftover pie from yesterday
• Dinner - got free fresh caugh haddock from a colleague so that'll be for dinner along with whatevers lurking the fridge
• LSD - need a lightbulb for the spare room, but that's all I think I need to buy
• Post 2 ebay parcels
• Check Swagbucks and Onepoll
• Found 5p!! I hardly ever find roadkill these days, does anyone else think the same? Maybe folk are more careful with their coins!
• Try to finish the book I'm reading
• Possibly visit my mum in hospital, although she should get home today as it was just had a minor op
• Try and get OH's PIP claim done - tried doing it yesterday as I had a half day but their systems were down :mad:

And that's it. Have a good Wednesday

foxgloves

Morning Money Savers,
Well, we were expecting snow here this morning, but so far, it's a bright sunny frosty day. Cat even deigned to poke his nose out of the front door.
My small list today:
*Make BBQ pork fajhitas using the last of the rubber pork. (That piece of pork was from a local farm - 8 food miles - & cost under £7. It did 2 portions of roast dinner, 4 of meat pie, 2 of fajhitas, 2 of stew & 2 packed lunches.....plus our robin & sparrows gobbled up all the fat, so I thought that was good value).
*Make 2 pasta bakes to use up some ham - 1 for tomorrow's dinner & the other for the freezer.
*Did a few surveys. Only need another 10,000 Toluna points to claim next voucher & that amount of points can be added on over a couple of nights in a good week.
*Did 2 quick projects for an online survey community for a food brand which I'm on at the moment, as I've done quite well with vouchers from them.
*Opened a jar of the rhubarb jam I made last Spring. Unlike chutney & pickles, etc, jams don't 'mature', but weirdly, this rhubarb jam seems to have really improved from storage. Am counting calories, but even so, a teaspoon of this jam on a sesame ryvita-substitute ('like brands only better', lol) made a nice & very cheapo snack :-)
*A 2nd full-sized box of cereal arrived in the post for testing.
*Make tomorrow's packed lunch & work snacks.
*De-cluttered today's 4 items.
*Updated energy use spreadsheets as this got overlooked at the weekend.
*Lots of lovely (free!) leisure time today, so have lit my clay flower-pot room warmer up in my little HQ room & am intending to have another 2 or 3 hours working on my family tree. That is going to need a Big Massive Coffee, so will go & get the kettle on.
MMM - Good news about the job.
Hope all Invalids starting to pick up now.
Keep your hands on your pence. DFWs........beating The System......because we can!
f x

wishus

For me, today will include:

• Taking the free Metro home to my poorly OH
• No buying sweeties from the tuck shop trolley man!
• made own lunch
• making tea using up stores
• NSD!
• Doing some of job 2
• wearing my jim jams, onesie, dressing gown, slipper socks, slipper boots and slankie all at once tonight. :rotfl:

allydowd

Morning DFW-Jedis,

Well, life goes on, as does the almost everlasting quest for solvency and sanity. Seem to be having trouble getting going this morning. Don't know what the h*ll is wrong with me lately; feeling so blue. Must try harder and stop bl**dy moaning! After all I have food, a roof over my head and a wonderful OH. Not to mention lots of great virtual-friends. Someone give me a slap!

The List


:starmod: Check online banking and reconcile monies. Done.

:starmod: Do i-Say surveys. Done.

:starmod: Turn off electric alarm clock at the wall til tonight. Done.

:starmod: Read news online instead of buying a paper.

:starmod: Go for a run if and when the pavement defrosts.

:starmod: Read Martin's email. (Link)

:starmod: Elecricity/gas bill arrived and it came in under budget. :j Reduced my monthly Direct Debit by £2.50 and switched to a new fractionally cheaper Fixed Price tariff as our Fixed price one expires in the Summer.

:starmod: List OH's old camera bag on eBay. Done

:starmod: List old laptop on eBay. Done

:starmod: Bought a CD I wanted yesterday at a good price.

:starmod: Watch tv recorded over night.

:starmod: Fix four new wheelie bin numbers bought at less than £1 so neighbour can't claim they're his. Done.

:starmod: Deal with a few things I've been avoiding. Not going to go away on their own.

Freebies

:starmod: Free access to Ancestry.co.uk this coming weekend: (Link)

Well that's me for today. Good luck on your quests, Jedis.


MONEY MAKING AND SAVING SITES AS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THIS FORUM:

• A Girl Called Jack, cheap recipes ( Link )
• Benefits check-up ( Link )
• Birthday Bingo, daily free game ( Link )
  
• eBid ( Link )
  
• Freecycle ( Link )
• Free Postcode Lottery (Link)
• FreeStuff ( Link )
• FreeUKStuff ( Link )
• i-Say Surveys (Link)
• List of online newspapers. At bottom of the linked page. ( Link )
• MSE Boost Your Income page. Gateway to lots of money-making links. ( Link )
• MSE Abbreviations Explained ( Link )
• MSE Deals and Vouchers ( Link )
• MSE Wow Offers ( Link )
• My Supermarket ( Link )
• OnePoll ( Link )
• Quidco ( Link )
• Reclaim PPI at no cost to yourself ( Link )
• SayNoTo0870 cheap phone number finder ( Link )
  
• Survey sites that pay for your opinions ( Link )
• Swagbucks ( Link )
• Swapit ( Link )
• Toluna ( Link )
  
• TopCashBack ( Link)

twiggy86

Ally - I'm not a violent person (or alternatively I couldn't find an appropriate smilie!) so here's a hug instead :grouphug:

DawnW

Morning all :j
Grandma day today, so just sneaking on for a minute while baby is asleep
Not much done so far, except for sweeping up all the crumbs DGD made when I was going to share a scone with her earlier and she decided to eat all of it :rotfl:

To do later:
Check banks
Wash hair in a minute before she wakes up as I didn't get the chance to do it this morning
Take baby and dog for a walk this afternoon
Meals from stores - HM tomato sauce from freezer with filled pasta and salad for dinner tonight
Clear up once baby has gone home with her Mum
Collapse in a heap!

Should be a NSD though

DD265

Morning all

I overspent yesterday but was able to adjust my budget to fit so I'm not kicking myself for it.

Today looks like it will be a spend day - sister is home from a gap year and wants to go to a local sandwich shop for lunch. She has forgotten her pin code having not used the card since she left the UK so I suspect I might end up paying...

I am back to work tomorrow and will probably need to fill the car up. I need to get off my backside and go be productive with my remaining time off :rotfl:

carrielovesfanta

Morning (just) folks!


Thanks to ziggy for starting off the thread.


Dodgy hugs to all who need them :grouphug:


I think we are suffering from the February blues! I just feel very woozy and confused all the time! Must be malingering from that bug. Ally, can I have a slap after you please?


Today's list:

• B/L/D from stores - must decide on dinner. Eeep. Feels so hard at the mo! Hmmm, recipes for curried rice with prawns sound nice.
• Start packing for Tenerife
• Check online banking - done
• Reconcile spreadsheet
• List cook book on ebay - done
• Charge phone in work
• Get turkey out of freezer to make pies for OH while I'm away (hope he will eat some proper food!)
• Try to hoover if I can face it
• Flylady stuff in current zone. this has slipped the last couple of weeks due to me not being at home and ill. This is def an excuse and a bad one.
• Download shoptize app

Small list again. Need to start doing more!


Have a good one all


clf x

Bobarella

Hi All
So my easy morning turned into a bit of a marathon. Left the house at 9 to go shopping. Lidls is a bit further away than Sains or Mr Ts. Took my rucksack & 3 large reusable bags with me. Spent £2.56 in Sains on route as I needed toothpaste that son actually will use, hes fussy. And fab softner & basics washing powder. Lidl dont do the small sizes I want. So. Then I went on to there & spent £37.54 on a huge shop. My budget is £40 for the week so I am 11p over, so sue me
I stuggled home with the haul. It was ridiculous to do it actually, I mustnt. But I am pleased with it all.
Twiggy - I know you use Checkoutsmart & use Lidls and Aldi. At the moment they are giving a 25p credit for any shop in either store. So thats 27p I've earned today just by uploading my Sains recipet to claim the 1p & prize entry, then doing the same for Ls plus the ad hoc 25p.

I think the only other thing I will need to buy this week is cat food as our calculations on the massive sack we have seem to be out by 1 week, & bread again most likely. I got 2 loaves today, but it never seems to last in our house.

Has anyone else noticed that TopCashback is down this afternoon?

Oh & having cancelled Experian and now using Noodle, does anyone else find that they are super slow updating their totals? All my figures are from either late December or early Jan. No matter but its nice to see the figures coming down.

Ziggy - I am reading the Tightwad Gazette, which is flipping massive, & Warren Buffets book The Snowball. Its awesome. Husband gave it to me for my 30th. 6 years on I am just finishing it. I blame the child in between

Bob

P.S Ali - No slaps allowed Im afraid, only hugs.

And for the love of god, we dont say the F word on here Twiggy!

twiggy86

Bobarella - Thanks I'd spotted that on Checkoutsmart and am currently flattening out my receipt under my lunch box!!!

However, slightly confused which F word I used! Just for clarification I think I'm going to say it again - it is "forgot"?!?!? If not, I'm completely baffled as I've scanned my posts for other words beginning with F!!!

And yes I do find Noodle slow - had an email to say my account was up to date but like you it was end of Dec! However, my score has gone from 3/5 to 4/5!