Sat/Sun 31st October/1st November - what small DFW spooky things are you doing this e

lego_mum

lego_mum wrote: »

Morning all & thanks for the start Jonno.

Health & Fitness plans (lose this weight once and for all, no fad diets ever again!)
:starmod: Walk at least 7000 steps to get bounts points
:starmod: Eat for health
:starmod: Drink water through the day
:starmod: Monitor fitness goals etc using my fitbit daily & adjust when needed

Daily jobs:
[STRIKE]:starmod: Wash a load at 30 degrees[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:starmod: Hang washing on the line if dry[/STRIKE]
:starmod: Check banks/update spreadsheet done
:starmod: Delete junk from emails
:starmod: Clean & tidy fridge (make sure we don’t waste anything) done ready for Mr t delivery
:starmod: Use something out of the food use up box
:starmod: Plan today’s meals from stores
:starmod: No heating on yet, plenty of blankets & jumpers available :D

Tidy home = Tidy mind
:starmod: Clean the kitchen using minimal products
:starmod: Take bags to cs (as ds2 has a party near there today) dh took it for me as I dashed into party with ds2

Money making schemes
:starmod: Inbox pounds 5 searches
:starmod: Swagbucks
:starmod: Check Fpl
:starmod: Check luckyphone done
:starmod: Check for surveys

Freebies/vouchers/offers
:starmod: Check 02 priorities
:starmod: Check tcb/quidco
:starmod: Check cos/shopit

Extras
:starmod: Get birthday card & present out of the stash & wrap.:D
:starmod: Me & dh are going to see bond this afternoon (will be taking our own drinks/snacks too!) I don't feel this was worth the £9+ each ticket price tbh

Once home tonight, we'll be ignoring the trick or treaters and plunging the front of the house into darkness whilst we snuggle up in the back of the house with a film night & cwtches with the boys currently cwtched up with the boys eating pizza, about to share the party bag from this morning and watching "Up"

Have a good day all.

Hope everyones had a good day. After the party we called in to drop my ds2 off with my dad and he said he had some lunch ready for us We had made sarnies to take with us but will use them tomorrow instead as he'd done a beef roast yummy
We called in at co0p on the way back home and picked up 3 little pizza's ys to 59p (3 for 2 also) plus a few other ys's - large bottle of iron bru down to 39p, sausages (large pack that I will split & freeze, will get 3 or 4 meals out of this ) & muffins which will be tomorrows breakfast.
Glad to hear that you are feeling better Bob.

Baileys_Babe

Jonno Thank you for getting us started.

This morning was very sunny and warm, which motivated us to get up and do somethings I spent half an hour earlier sitting in the sun, drinking coffee and perusing recipe books in anticipation of meal planning, free and enjoyable - my kind of fun

Both children appear to be coming down with a lurgy both easily to tears, not very interested in eating, lacking energy and wanting lots of hugs. Think they caught it of their cousins who have recently been poorly, but are much improved.

Today:
LSD
Write shopping list
Go shopping and only buy what is on the shopping
Buy chocolate oranges for stockings whilst on offer for £1
Post on this thread for support, motivation & inspiration
Open curtains to make the most of the natural light and heat
Dry washing outside in the sun (may need to finish off on the airier as their is no breeze)
Meal plan for November, we are trying to widen our range of meals so boredom doesn't kick in as well as to be organised to save money/reduce waste and to stop us thinking about getting a take away or going out because we don't fancy cooking.
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
Entertain us and the children for free
Use OH inclusive minutes to contact people to come and give us quotes to fit our multi fuel stove
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight
Close curtains before it gets dark
B/L/D from stores
Check FPL
No heating, we have jumpers & blankets
HWB for children's beds (if they ask for them as it is very mild here)
Make birthday cards for MIL birthday
Post cards and letters
Put fuel in OH's car today instead of Monday to take advantage of the 10 x nectar points deal that ends today

crazy_cat_lady

Hey
I am so pleased to hear that you're on the mend Bob. Nice to have you back.
Our house has been non stop with trick-or-treaters since half past four - I've left the kids in charged, and I'm showered, ready for bed and snuggled under my quilt watching Strictly...

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

Today's list:
[STRIKE]:p check banking and PAD[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p load of washing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p minimise use of heating[/STRIKE] None at all this evening
[STRIKE]:p 15 mins housework and declutter[/STRIKE] Spent 2 hours Kon-Marieing my clothes this afternoon
[STRIKE]:p ds to football[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p both kids to gymnastics[/STRIKE]
find a recipe to use up a block of brie that I have in the fridge that is desperate Can't believe I forgot to do this - got caught up in getting a bag of clothes together to sell.
[STRIKE]:p claim my Tesco points from Eon and investigate their double up[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:p check S'bury's website for slippers that my ds fell in love with last night (while on 25% off)[/STRIKE] didn't have them :mad:
[STRIKE]:p link my nectar card to eBay[/STRIKE]

It's not even November yet and I'm skint :rotfl: but I rang up both of my creditors directly to double check final amounts owing and confirmed that my settlement figures are valid until 10th December. I must ring Stepchange to confirm that my payments will get to them before the 10th (otherwise I suppose I can just do it myself). Also got a letter saying that I don't owe Moorgate anything any more - I tried to phone to confirm it's all paid off and the account is now closed but they weren't open. Ah well - they've waited 5 years, I can wait a few days more.

foxgloves

Evening Frugalistas,
Well, you'll think I'm as tight as the proverbial gnat's chuff, but I'm saving money at the moment by not opening the door to the 827,000,000 kids who seem to have knocked in the hope of trick or treat. Love this time of year & have big pumpkin in the window, etc, but I can't be bothered with endless trick or treat. Today's money saving efforts:
*Found 11p roadkill.
*Had day out which was low spend. Bought a coffee but took picnic with us to save spending on lunch.
*Filled car up with petrol in the north of the county where it's always a good few pence a litre cheaper than in our town.
*Upgraded our mobile phones which were out of contract today. More minutes, data, etc, but a £4 saving a month on each contract, so nearly a £200 saving over the 24- month contract. Phoned old provider to terminate contract. Was told there will still be one payment each as we need to give 30 days notice. I grilled them on how 30 days notice can be demanded when the contract is finished. I was very assertive, but apparently this is industry standard, despite sounding like a rip-off to me. Then after all that, I was told that we might get a rebate anyway.......???
*Paid 2 x 50p pieces into my sealed pot.
*Cut a home grown lettuce.
*Free leisure activities - have updated my blog, read a couple of magazines & will be watching a film later tonight.
Have a good evening, everyone.
Yorkshirelass - Worrying about money is horrible, I know. You can't do anything about the unforseen financial stuff which might appear (apart from having an emergency fund if you are able) but you know, the thing which most seems to be worrying you, that you might get tempted to spend much-needed money over the next couple of months, is certainly within your control. Don't overthink it all now, just make sure that when you are faced with choosing whether to buy a non-essential, non-budgeted for item or not, that you make the right choice. No point in making yourself more stressed by taking your budget even closer to the line. Worrying solves so little. Remember, when the going gets tough, the Tough PLAN! I'm sure you'll be ok.
f x

Baileys_Babe

Ally Please can you change the title of the first link in you fantastic list as Jack Monroe has changed the name of the blog to Jack at a pinch, the link is still working :A

chocolatelover93

chocolatelover93 wrote: »

Today's list:
Daily Bits
- FPL
- Lucky Phone
- Blog Post
- Survey(s)
- B/D from stores (didn't get myself any lunch ready for work today )

Extra's
- Complain to Sky
- Change Clubcard address
- Read gym contract and see if there is anyway out (I now live over 30 mins away)
- Sort out bedrooms
- Start book folding for Christmas presents I'll need to take to family in a few weeks.
- Do a bit more packing/list of what I need to take
- Phone O2 and see what their charges are like abroad
- Load of washing on

Also did an extra - purged some emails
Got a bit of an upset tummy so just gonna chill night xx

YORKSHIRELASS

Thank you for that foxgloves, sound advice. This is the first year that money has been really tight for Christmas. My boys are nearly 15 and 17, there is very little that they need or really want and we have already told them exactly how much we can afford to spend on each of them.

Both boys have birthdays near Christmas too. In the past November and December have just been one long spending spree and it sounds shallow but I suppose that's how I have always celebrated special occasions - by spending. Its not too late for me to change my ways is it?

We usually have family come to stay in early December too and it tends to be quite an expensive weekend. Even feeding an extra 4 people for 3 days is costly, without going out anywhere. I haven't discussed this with the family yet, I need to think about this a little.

allydowd

Baileys_Babe wrote: »

Ally Please can you change the title of the first link in you fantastic list as Jack Monroe has changed the name of the blog to Jack at a pinch, the link is still working :A

That's done. :A

crazy_cat_lady

Morning!
I don't know what has happened to me this morning but I've been wide awake for almost 2 hours. I am hoping to doze back over for a bit but everything I've tried so far has failed - so I thought I would get on here and put my plans for the day down. It may clear my brain enough for me to sleep...
Check banking (1st of the month - another payment gone)
PAD - I will find one from somewhere
15 mins housework and declutter
change cat litter trays (or get someone else to do it)
tutoring
dd to tumbling class
visit my mam (free feed)
haven't decided whether to look for slippers for ds at Mr S before 25% ends or aim for nsd
exercise
get outdoors for at least 20 mins
try not to lose my temper or get hysterical as I will be tired
See you all at some point later

Bobarella

CCL - I am so excited for you with your barely there debt figure! You will be wearing that wonderful red badge in no time. All your efforts over these past few weeks keeping your family going will be worth it when you are on your Xmas break. Go you!

Foxgloves - completely agree to not doing trick or treat if you don't want to but isn't the pumpkin code part of the issue? Down here we only take kids to the door if there is a lit pumpkin visible. It's the only way of knowing whether to knock. Is this a London thing??
We failed miserably at Halloween this year. We did make a pumpkin but it went mouldy before Halloween came. So we meant to buy and carve a new one but what with the illness and new baby factor we simply ran out of time. So OH took son out to do trick or treat but no one came to us for treats because no pumpkin out. Sadly as we did have chocolate and sweets here.

Have woken to extremely foggy conditions this morning. First day like it this autumn. Hoping to get out for a walk later though to make the most of the family all being here. Last day of half term today and then back to the madness for 6 weeks before the xmas break.

BB - sorry to hear your children are coming down with it. Wish them a speedy recovery.

Love to all

Bob