Sat 7th/Sun 8th November - what small DFW things will you do this weekend? :)

carrielovesfanta

Happy birthday Bob!

allydowd

Happy birthday, Bob.

crazy_cat_lady

Happy birthday Bob - hope you're enjoying your day. I'm currently exhausted at gymnastics just watching dd but very smug that I made lunch at home today rather than the cafe. Fiver saved... Plus I've escalated my complaint with Natwest to FOS. Fingers crossed

foxgloves

Hello Frugal Friends,
Just got home from city centre trip & been sitting with a coffee enjoying reading all your posts. Glad the job was a good experience DNMS. And CCL - Since becoming debt free on 2011, we have been able to manage on 1 income so I took VR in the 2nd round of cuts at work. I've carried on with all the MSE stuff I did while we were debt busting but started regular savings into an emergency fund & also started savings piggies. It's a fab feeling when 1000s of £££s of debt has finally gone, isn't it?!
Today's things:
*Made quick packed lunch to take with us so as to avoid buying lunch out.
*Free coffees & scones in John Lewis using loyalty vouchers (saving of over £9)
*mr f decided he needed a further caffeine top-up before driving home so had a free coffee from Waitrose too.
*Bought 'Monsoon' trousers. Planned spending, used cash from Clothes Piggy so no effect on bank account.Using the £10 on my reward card took a chunk off the bill, too.
*Bought a Christmas gift. Used cash from Presents Piggy.
*Updated presents planned. Hilighted everything still to buy in pink & everything still to do in green. Was amazed to find we only need to buy 1 giftcard & 3 very small edible items. The 'to do'things are stuff like baking a cake for a gift, straining & bottling my berry gin, gifts to knit, etc, so plenty to do, but nice bakey or crafty things.
*Resisted Mr f's attempts to tempt me into buying a top. Yes it was nice, Yes I liked it, but I'd already bought the trousers. Will consider putting it on my Christmas list. The old me would have had trousers, top, prob new boots too, cruised the Clinique counters looking for 'Bonus time' as well as having breakfast & lunch out before hitting M&D food hall to impulse buy a bag full of expensive calories for the weekend!!
*mr f is doing surveys. Cat is on fridge watch & I'm now going to knit more of my Dad's jumper.
Have a nice evening all,
F x

foxgloves

Happy Birthday Bobarella, you young thing, you!
F xx

determined_new_ms

Happy birthday Bob! 37? still a spring chick! x

ziggy2407

Bobarella wrote: »

Hi Gang

So today so far. Has been wild. The weather anyway. It's also my birthday. 37 years young today

Happy Birthday :bdaycake: ooh to be 37 again - wishful thinking

lego_mum

Hi all, sorry just caught up on last nights posts and not even looked at todays yet!!

CCl/Baileybabe, Traffic light rice was a recipe the kids got from doing a farm to fork cookery course last year at Tesco's, its rice cooked with peas, sweetcorn & red pepper (hence the name from the colours) its got some spices in too and boys & dh love it.


Right off to sort out the kids, will be back to read todays posts later on.

foxgloves

Thanks legomum. I want to make traffic light rice already!
C x

crazy_cat_lady

Evening
I am tired, and I still can't get over seeing that little badge when I log on here. I am starting to feel more happy about it but today has been very much business as usual. It's a tight, tight run in to Christmas and I can't afford to forget the work I've done so far.
Happy birthday to you Bob - hope it's been a lovely day for you.
Thanks for the traffic light rice recipe too legomum - sounds yummy.

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

[STRIKE]:) Check banking - no PAD now though[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) 15 mins housework and declutter for all of us in the house today[/STRIKE]
ds to football training cancelled due to weather
[STRIKE]:) both kids to gymnastics[/STRIKE] ds decided not to go today - and dd has been moved up into the next class. It will go down like a lead balloon when he finds out he hasn't been moved up
[STRIKE]:) try and catch up with the bestie[/STRIKE] lovely morning chatting over a cuppa at home.
nap later while the boys are at football maybe? Haaaaa, no.
[STRIKE]:) batch cook either today or tomorrow for the week ahead[/STRIKE] chicken goujons, beef casserole and loads of mash.
[STRIKE]:) 2 loads of washing[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) encourage dh to do something[/STRIKE] taken ds to watch Sunderland lose again
[STRIKE]:) minimise heating use[/STRIKE]
do some surveys to raise some extra cash! Not yet - still on the 'to do' list

I don't know why I ever suggest an afternoon nap - it never happens :rotfl: