Tuesday 3 March - What small DFW things will you do today?

koselur

Hello all

I'm new to this but feel really inspired by the DFWs so thank you so much!

I have a few BIG things I need to do this evening (check all my finances and get serious about clearing my debt) but today while I'm at work I'm going to do a few small things...

Get some sandwich supplies to make my own lunches for the rest of the week

Plan some meals to cook from scratch for the rest of the week and make a sensible shopping list (otherwise when I go grocery shopping I will just buy loads of crap)

Cut up credit cards

foxgloves

Morning all,
Absolutely NITHERING outside today, despite the lovely sunshine. Come on Spring, get a wriggle on!
Ziggy - Kitchen sounds great. I love having a bit of a makeover.
Not exactly bursting with energy today as woke up at about 2.30 am & didn't get back to sleep. Never mind, this is my bit of a list:
*Did the last of this week's laundry overnight on Economy 7 tariff. On airer. Should really be pegged out in this gale, but forecast said sleety rain showers, so I went for the cautious option.
*Watered seeds & moved chilli babies to unheated propagator.
*Sowed pepper seeds & more flowers (flower seeds were free).
*Topped worm composter up with goodies....shredded bank statements, empty flour bags & a bowl of tasty veggie peelings. Am tempting them up to the top layer as I want to harvest 2 trays of compost from the unit soon.
*Posted ebay package.
*Updated grocery budget.
*Checked March budget again as have swapped so many funds/categories that I wanted to check I hadn't made any silly errors. It looks right, but I will check online banking regularly this month just in case anything rears its head.
*Paid £100 into credit card account as we put a purchase on there that we had the cash for. I find this takes discipline, but it does help to build up points for M&S vouchers (or John Lewis vouchers if it's my card).
*Discovered that MOT is due end of this month. We were sure it was May. That made me check the car tax due date. Also end of this month. Oh, poo!! Checked Car Pig (emptied out recently for car service) & we can cover the MOT bill from there. Will get car tax from post office between pay-day & 31st March. Silly mistake to miss these. Not like me at all. Have put them on the annual planner in my filofax so I don't do it again. What a trolley!
*Did a few surveys. Up to over 63,000 points again on Toluna. Onepoll a bit slow at the moment. I keep getting kicked out for being married & not having children. Bah!
*Start next week's meal plan. Early, but mr f announced this morning that he's found another £9 off a £60 shop voucher in his wallet, so is making noises about maybe calling into Sainso's on Thurs on his way home from work.
*Made tomorrow's packed lunch & work snacks.
*Downstairs heating off till 5pm.
*Piggled a stamp.
OK, must get some lunch now, & get started on my afternoon.
Love to all,
f x

foxgloves

Oh hang on, meant to add this:
Yesterday I mentioned I was using some of the leftover 'rubber pork' to make pork hash? Well, I made it for dinner, & all I did was heat a couple of tsp oil in the wok, added 2 chopped onions, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 1 chopped stick celery & stir-fried till nearly cooked, then added about 8oz chopped up leftover roast pork, 2 tsp dried herbs & 3/4 tin of sweetcorn, stirring till meat was heated through & a few bits starting to brown, then I added 800g cooked potatoes which I'd chopped up/crushed a bit. Some salt & pepper & I served it up with a bit of veg & a drizzle of home made brown sauce. So....nothing very gourmet there. mr f thought it was delicious, asked when we're having it again (which will be soon, as these quantities made enough for a good-sized dishful for the freezer too) & kept saying every few mouthfuls how nice it was. As we often roast a pork joint because it's good value at the moment, & I do get a bit bored of making stew with the leftovers, I will definitely make pork hash again. mr f has a colossal appetite, so that was a result, lol!
f x

twiggy86

Hi all!

So my big news is after fearing last week that my job may not be secure, I have an interview for a new job tomorrow! Bad news is my current job is quite casual so I need to buy something appropriate to wear tonight!

So today I have/will:
* Check banks - £5 reward gone in so paid off debt
* Update spreadsheet, signature and snowball
* Bring lunch to work
* Fill water bottle up at work
* Take thai curry and YS nans out of freezer
* Dinner from stores
* Find something for interview within clothes pot budget
* Interview prep
* Find a way to sleep tonight!

Hope you all have a good day!

carrielovesfanta

allydowd wrote: »

Just start a new message and write down all the small things you will be doing today that will save you money and help you become or stay debt-free.

I think that TimeForChange might have meant the postcode lottery?

LullaBelle

Hi,

Mind if I join in? I am just getting started on my debt free journey!

Here is what I plan for the day:

Charge my phone in work
Homemade soup for lunch (I've made enough to last all week!)
Check freepostcodelottery
Leftovers for tonights dinner
Meal plan for the rest of the week

DawnW

Good luck for tomorrow with your interview Twiggy :j

Bobarella

Yes good luck Twiggy!

Foxgloves - Boo about your MOT being due unexpectedly...

Thanks Carrie, yes its coming together now.

Well I spent most of the day at the shop, cleaning. The electrician fixed the 2 sockets fine, and my windows are now sparkling.

I should be in a position to crack on with some baking tommorow. My new till hasnt appeared yet, but as I only paid yesterday Im hoping she maybe dispatched it today?

The cat brought a dead mouse into our room in the middle of the night which Mr had to deal with as I was zonked. But he is shattered today so I think its an early one for us tonight.

Night all

Bob

milliemummy

Good evening!

Good luck with the interview, Twiggy.

Today's list

Check one poll,etc
BLD from stores
Not an NSD as I needed kitty food and there was a bag of kitty litter on the reduced so I nabbed that as well. They tried to charge full price, good job I check my receipts... went to customer services for a refund.£1.49 saved.
Charged chargeable at work
Washer on overnight
Sorted out banking and paid a couple of bills
DS2 doing the hospital visit this evening.

Have a nice evening, everyone.

1HANNAH

Evening all,

Todays small things,

All meals from stores.

Checked banks
Did a few surveys on swagbucks
Hung towels out to dry
walked kids to the bus stop rather then going in the car

Have been reading another thread on here about Not buying in 2015, really making me think so I cancelled Tesco delivery as all I really needed was a loaf of bread for boys sandwiches tomorrow. So called in at Lidl on way home from swimming lessons and just bought the bread I actually needed.