Sat 17th/Sun 18th October - what small DFW things will you do this weekend?

ziggy2407

Good Morning Everyone

CCL - Thanks for starting us off today

Love and hugs to everyone else

Hi to all of the regulars and a BIG welcome to all the newbies, this is a really FAB thread with so many lovely, caring, considerate and supportive people.

Didn't manage much yesterday, we just chilled watching DVD's from shelf. No work again for DH :eek: and Today I will:

Transferred money from current a/c to savings (garage rent & few bits sold)
Bake?
Clear dining table (again)
Bump all sale listings/freecycle
DIY manicure/pedicure
Continue purge on Emails
Surveys
Check Banks
Enter a few comps
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Read book (from groaning shelf)
Check https://www.freepostcodelottery.com - Remember there are now 5 chances to win
Check Lucky Phone

Have a great weekend, love to you all

C x

WantToBeSE

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Morning All

This weekend i will

-Get the boys out for a long walk
-Paint hallway and stairs
-[STRIKE]Sort washing[/STRIKE]
-Change bedding
-[STRIKE]Go to the gym[/STRIKE]
-Get rid of my books that i dont need anymore
-Do some baking with the boys
-Stick to my meal plan
-I am aiming to spend a grand total of £0,00 this weekend
[STRIKE]-Check OLB[/STRIKE]
-Do dusting and cleaning upstairs
-Play board/card games with the boys

Thats all i can think of at the moment. Have a lovely day everyone.

A few crossed off the list

HAd to pop into town to get my sons prescriptions, which is always such a pain. The psych either never writes a correct prescription, or the pharmacy here is useless!

uncreative

Just got cheque from Music Mag Pie for £51.85 for getting rid of a tonne of old dvds and xbox/ps3 games. Result!

Someone coming today to buy gym equipment that we have basically given away just to get rid, £50 the lot for about £600 of kit.

So, over £100 today from selling old stuff and getting a load of space back. It feels goooood!

Bobarella

Hi All

I think I'm going mad. Honestly thought I'd checked in today already!

Went shopping. Going to do a sausage and veg 1 dish oven roasted thing tonight. May have been subconsciously channelling you Dawn although the fact that 8 sausages are just £1 in Mr S at the moment may also have influenced me.
There is an apple crumble in the fridge to use up as well so bought a can of 20p custard. Cosy night of comfort style food coming up.

Found 30p on the floor by the bus stop. Then an 18p brand match coupon sitting in a trolley.

Took a load of Mr S reciepts in to claim the points. They are all ours for once but things OH had bought without using the nectar card. Think it worked out 64 points in the end.

Watching The Muppets on Netflix at the moment so cheap entertainment.

Got the CC statement. Next min payment will take us to almost sub 3k. Which is very exciting.

Think that's all for now

Bob

foxgloves

Hello Weekend Frugalistas,
Busy day today. Was on the road heading south before 8.00 this morning, to visit my Mum & Dad, & take them out for shopping as Dad still can't drive following his recent surgery. They were both on good form, all things considered.....Mum has 2 black eyes & a bruised nose from smacking herself in the face with the garage door & 3 bad bruises across her forehead from slamming it on her friend's car door! Anyway, she seemed fine & was happily knitting Christmas puddings when we left! Today's small things:
*We were treated to coffee & scones, & later to lunch, so that was nice.
*Usual completely random selection of gifts from Mum: 2 packs of bread rolls, a pile of magazines, a nice 'Monsoon' skirt (unworn) which was too long for Mum (I'm only about an inch taller, but I like maxi-skirts with my DMs, so that's OK), jam jars, 1 tin of cat food - expensive - had WHOLE PRAWNS IN. Cat was ecstatic!
*Free 'Guardian' from Waitrose (doing their shopping, which was a bit cheeky, but they already had a paper, so didn't want another one).
*Did not spend ANY money while perusing high street of town where I grew up, despite seeing some nice things.
*Back 'om up in t'barren Midlands, we turned a bucket of our apples into brown sauce - 10 jars & a small bowl of the stuff. We make it every year & very nice it is too. I always get an extra jar out of the mixture when mr f helps as he simply will not let any escape, it is forced through the sieve with his Atlas-like strength until every last scrap is collected & bottled! I think he must be thinking about all the lovely sausages, etc, it's going on that motivates him. Anyway, it's all labelled & ready to be packed away in the pantry (if I can find a space) when it's cool.
*Swerved a take-away tonight. 75 mile drive home, then f*rted about making sauce, we were very close to ordering a pizza, but then we decided we were neither hungry nor flush enough, so we're cooking something quick instead. There's a naughty little spend avoided.
I need to have a productive day tomorrow, but have some enjoyable stuff on the list, so hopefully will be able to crack on with all of that.
F x

Bobarella

Wow Foxgloves your poor Mum. Must be horrible seeing her all injured like that.
The brown sauce sounds really lovely.

crazy_cat_lady

Evening!
I don't know why I ever put 'nap' on my list. It never, ever happens. As it was I was busy until 5pm and then spent the evening reading the Frugaldom thread... Strangely don't feel tired at all now though. :mad:

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

Here's today's list:
[STRIKE];) check banking[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) ds to football[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) both kids to gymnastics[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE][STRIKE];) catch up with bestie over coffee[/STRIKE]
hoover right through the house[/STRIKE]
clean the bathroom
[STRIKE];) load of washing and line dry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) nsd[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) meals from stores[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) inventory food stocks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE];) read through my 'Girl Called Jack' books for inspiration to use up stuff I have in house.[/STRIKE]
nap

Was meant to be catching up with bestie at St@rbucks but I attempted to cancel due to sheer exhaustion. She wasn't having any of that and, even though she's in the middle of having her entire house redecorated, told me to get myself round to her house for a cup of tea. Which bagged me the nsd I had been hoping for. Also got a couple of hours of quality catch up, which was really lovely.
Foxgloves - I adore brown sauce and wish that I could make my own... sounds yummy. Hope that your mam is doing ok.
Bob - so exciting to get into the next number down.

Baileys_Babe

Hello again
ccl thank you for getting us started.

Me and my Mum spent the morning chatting & baking over 100 scones. It was good to spend time together catching up.

We have had a lovely day celebrating my sisters birthday at her house with friends and family

Today's list:
Open curtains fully to make the most of the light
NSD
B/L/D from stores
Renew library books
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
Read this thread for inspiration
Organise HE event
Educate children for free - somehow managed to squeeze in a few lessons this morning
Set DW to run over night
Entertain us for free
Close curtains before it gets dark

Foxglove please would you be kind enough to post your recipe for brown sauce.

Bobarella

Well that wasn't much of a night. A certain little lady was up for most of it. Now she's snoring away. And I am sitting here with match sticks for my matchsticks thank goodness she is cute.

I have to go to the drop in clinic this morning at the hospital to have us both signed off as they are happy she has now passed her birth weight etc. The walk will be nice and hopefully wake me up. Plus not rain.

Shouldn't have to do too much today as we shopped yesterday and all the washing is done. May try and have a snooze in front of a film this afternoon. I also bought my son a £2 pumpkin from Mr S and he and his Dad are planning to carve it this afternoon. I love Halloween so quite fun planning it all.

Hope everyone is ok today.

Bob

crazy_cat_lady

Morning all
Bit of a restless night (surprise) - but I am still in bed! Only because dh is asleep on the sofa and I can stay warm without the heating if I stay snuggled here.
Good luck at the hospital today Bob.
Here's my list of small things...
[STRIKE]:) check latest noddle report
update Natwest with the fact that they are still in the wrong (only 20 days until I can escalate to FOS)[/STRIKE]
tutoring
dd to tumbling class
visit my mam and get quality time and a free feed
big batch cook for the week ahead
one hour of school work.
another load of washing
leave the heating off as long as I dare
nsd