Sat/Sun 9th/10th May 2015 - What small DFW things will you do this weekend??

La_escocesa

La_escocesa wrote: »

:starmod: Cancel my veg box delivery Not good because I like supporting my local farmer etc but the local market is really similar (local produce etc) and soooooo much cheaper.

Hmmm...struggling with this one... would be easy if it was just a faceless company but because it's a local farmer I'm just feeling really bad about sending him the email... Eek, what to say...?!!

Bobarella

Yorkshire Lass - I have to be very organised if I shop with my family. It's way harder to be thrifty when 3 pairs of eyes are looking for things they'd like to buy. So don't take it too badly.

Today has been extremely DFW and particularly Old Style too. I will confess to meeting a friend first thing for coffee but I literally never get to meet up for a relaxed chat these days so it was absolutely wonderful. She is going through a very tough time due to her husband walking out. But it was a lovely 2 hours. And she even treated me which I was not expecting at all. So NSD after all.

Got home about 12.30 & OH had taken our son to a playdate then unblocked the sink at our shop and come back. So I heated us up some chicken soup I'd made last weekend and we had that for lunch. Then he went to collect son and I started cleaning. I then didn't stop cleaning till about 30 mins ago. I stripped & washed both sets of bedding. Cleaned the bathroom and downstairs loo. Hoovered all through the house. Mopped the bathroom & downstairs loo floors. Fully cleaned the kitchen and mopped that floor. Tidied the bedrooms.
The grossest thing was finding that the cupboard under the sink was full of mouse poo. So I scrubbed that out and threw away a lot of stuff that had been in there.
We are now having a pot luck dinner to use up 1 piece of lasagne, some pasta with bacon and veg, some linguine & pesto with fresh salad, bread & oven chips. So its a bit weird but my fridge which I also cleaned and scrubbed this afternoon is now bare of leftovers for a new week.
Have made son's lunch for tommorow & laid out his uniform. I am now looking forward to an evening of reading my library book

I also said I'd email a template budget to my friend as it turns out her husband has all the money and dishes it out to her when she asks. ...We need to get on top of that!

Night all x

maria3104

Hi All

Congratulations to Mrs F, and Ally on debt freeness. Very exciting.

I was heavily into decluttering and doing well at it over the winter. I seem to have lost my way recently. So have decided to refocus on dejunking the place. Not sure yet where I will restart, who knows. I think I may write a list. DS1 X Bedroom, full of his clutter since he was 8 and now married and moved on. Why am I keeping his old computer games? hmmm

I managed to resist buying new bedding yesterday, nothing was on offer and even though I have visitors arriving and only X childrens 20 year old bedding and reluctant to pay a fortune for 2 nights. Who knows, visitors may enjoy aladdin/barbie duvets? Why not? If I give them sufficient wine, they may not notice, keep the lighting dim...

Have fun, wish my phone was working, out of order again!

Maria x

La_escocesa

Maria, I think the Aladdin/Barbie duvets would be a nice touch in all seriousness btw!

xxxx

1HANNAH

Hope everyones well, not had time to read whole thread yet x
Daily's

• Switched mobile off over night done
• Heating off (get fleece blankets out if needed) done
• Check FPL done
• Use nectar search
• Unsubscribe from junk emails done

Food & Health - got to start looking after myself

• Drink warm water rather then tea/coffee save the cost & less calories too not managed this one today, needed coffee!
• All meals from stores - plan & prep -done well sort of, kids had ys crumpets, I had toast at mums, we all had lunch at mums, at a 3hr party with ds2 we had party food for tea!

Old school, make do & mend & use up

• Try to use something out of the use up food box erm nope
• Use up pamper box started with 18 nail polishes 4 handcreams 1 footcream & 3 perfumes - so far uu - 1np 2hc
• Use up household box started with 5 shower sprays - so far uu - 2/5 done
  
  Entertainment & Leisure
• Party this afternoon with a room full of 6/7yr olds, at least I'll have chance for a cuppa & chat with some of the mums, as I only see that at parties as kids either at breakfast club/or home on the bus done
• Check Sun perks done
  
  Home and decluttering
• Wash a load at 30 degrees done
  
  
  Earning chances
• Do some Swagbucks running apps at min but not been online for any more.
• Check email survey oppurtunities nothing avail
• Check checkoutsmart done
• Check shopitized one
• Check TCB done waiting payout
• Check Quidco/clicksnap done waiting payout
• Do Geolotto done, joined yesterday and already earnt £1.97

NicNocs

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hi everyone :hello:

DNMS - I found this blog online - http://goo.gl/XILdDq - going to print off this checklist and start Operation KonMari :T

Evening - Just been idly flicking through the forum and found your thread.....but this link has me intrigued! I've googled Kon Mari and the person this relates to and her clever ways....but what would you use this check list for? Is it basically tick it off once you've sorted/organised it, or is there something more to it?

Hope you don't mind me asking

La_escocesa

NicNocs wrote: »

Evening - Just been idly flicking through the forum and found your thread.....but this link has me intrigued! I've googled Kon Mari and the person this relates to and her clever ways....but what would you use this check list for? Is it basically tick it off once you've sorted/organised it, or is there something more to it?

Hope you don't mind me asking

Hey NicNocs - yeah, just a checklist to tick as you go. In the book she lists a specific order that you use when clearing out, starting with clothes (tops). Also she just lists 'Komono' (miscellaneous items) but this list has given loads of suggestions of what Komono might be, which I loved. xxx

NicNocs

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hey NicNocs - yeah, just a checklist to tick as you go. In the book she lists a specific order that you use when clearing out, starting with clothes (tops). Also she just lists 'Komono' (miscellaneous items) but this list has given loads of suggestions of what Komono might be, which I loved. xxx

Thank you - it looks brilliant!!