Wednesday 29th April - What small DFW things will you do today?

Bobarella

Oh my god I could weep. Just spent the last 30 mins writing a post to you all and just clicked away and lost it. Bah!

1HANNAH

Bobarella wrote: »

Oh my god I could weep. Just spent the last 30 mins writing a post to you all and just clicked away and lost it. Bah!

I've done that twice today Bob, no idea what I did wrong

For the first time I've done everything on my list
Now time to sit & open the can of Malibu & coke that my sister got me as a freebie from cashback site :beer::beer::)

allydowd

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 )
  
• Coupon Shop Forum list of money-off coupons (Link)
  
• eBid ( Link )
  
• Freecycle ( 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 )
• Tesco Orchard product testing (Link)
  
• Toluna ( Link )
  
• TopCashBack ( Link )

allydowd

Evening DFW-Ninjas,

What the Dickens has happened to the Forum layout? :eek:

Just a quick visit tonight. Oh my, what a busy day!


The List:

:starmod: Checked how much income tax I'd paid this year. WAY too much. You can check online on the government website in just a couple of minutes whether you are likely due a refund. (Link)

:starmod: Tried calling HMRC to claim refund for third time this week on a cheap number. When I eventually got through, the automated system cut off the call because there were no advisors available. I don't recommend calling them just now.

:starmod: You can now claim an income tax refund online through the government website. (Link) Be aware that you need to go through a verification process first. Took me about 20 mins in total but it was a lot less frustrating than their flipping phone line. Apparently I should get a refund in 35 days. Believe it when I see it.

:starmod: Said "yes" to Tesco's offer of a free sample of steak through Tesco Orchard.

:starmod: Took packed lunch to work.

That's all for now. Good luck on your quests, Ninjas.

Baileys_Babe

Thought I had done everything on my list but having reread it realise I forgot to read & submit meter readings and I only managed to close the curtains in time as it's light so much later. On the plus side I did manage to get 2 x 45 minutes of dealing with the filing cabinet done, still masses to do. Today I came across my annual budgets and spending diaries from my late teens to mid twenties, way before MSE existed, they made interesting reading and I was pleased to see I had control of my money, I stopped keeping records about a year after meeting OH
Has made me think that as I was previously capable of making and sticking to budgets and keeping a spending diary I need to get back into this.

Shortie

Bob it's a pain in the rear when you lose a post :-/

So, the guest bed is in our room and soooo much better than the sofa which was way too short

And my replacement bank card arrived. Phew!

Olliegami

Not sure how many of you use Google Chrome, but there's an extension called Lazarus. It's a form filler, but it automatically saves any text you enter, which is useful in times when the browser crashes or you click away and a post is lost!

Just saying! There is nothing more frustrating than losing a post!