Friday 13 Nov - What small DFW things will you do today?!

carrielovesfanta

Excellent news Bob! I bet you can't wait!

foxgloves

Fresh from a day of number crunching, cleaning & carrots. Energy account is indeed in credit as I suspected. £646 of credit to be precise. Have decided to leave £400 in account for now to offset winter bills but have requested a refund of the remaining £246. Here's me budgeting a tighter than usual month when that surplus could be helping us. It would more than cover the balance on that big car bill & the extra mobile phone payments I didnt expect to be making.
Then things got carrotty. Tidied something away in the pantry & spotted a load of carrots which had been overlooked. Now sliced, blanched & frozen. I hate wasting food so glad I spotted them.
Haven't knitted a single stitch yet, but the night is young!
F x

allydowd

Evening all,

:coffee:


Debt-Free Nillionaire Month 6:

* Have spent a huge chunk of the day arguing with Littlewoods Home Insurance before politely telling them where to place their insurance renewal. They couldn't organise a beer in a brewery. Safe to say that's not coffee in my mug right now. I then ended up getting a policy with the AA instead. £58 but £19 Quidco cashback due back on it. £39/year is reasonable I think.

* Went out to lunch from our entertainment budget. OH didn't eat all her starter so brought it home to the new fridge in a doggy bag.

* We're in the midst of the tail end of a hurricane so no going anywhere tonight.

Have a good evening everyone.

allydowd

News:

RBS and NatWest customer's who have Black or Platinum current accounts will be paying more each month for their accounts from January. (Link) Personally I think packaged accounts are a waste of money, but they fit some people's cirumstances.

allydowd

Freebie:

Tomorrow (Sat) the Daily Mail are giving away a Lego toy. (Link)

lego_mum

Happy birthday to your son Bob. Hope he had a lovely day and enjoys his lego.

crazy_cat_lady

Hello
Well it's even later than my first attempt because one of the cats just jumped onto my laptop and deleted the reply I'd just typed out. Blimming cat :mad:
Anyway - I knew it was going to be a long day but not this long... Still I'm home now and snuggled in bed.
Welcome to the thread pennies - it's so supportive here.
Ally, I am always in awe of how many links, tips and tricks you share with us on here. I don't know how you do it, but thank you.
Bob - hope your ds has enjoyed his birthday.
And Foxgloves - that is an amazing bit of a windfall that will help you out just when you were looking at a tight month.
I am thrilled to bits that it's the weekend - even though it's going to be manic again. A change is as good as a rest, and I can lie in until 8 if I want to.

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

[STRIKE]:) get dh to the doctors[/STRIKE] His liver function tests came back abnormal - I'm hoping this will shock him into cutting back on the drink.
[STRIKE]:) check banking and no PAD today[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) 15 mins housework and declutter[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) meal plan for the week ahead[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) shopping list for 'big' shop tonight. I'm debating whether to use my Sbury vouchers but need to spend £90 to use it...[/STRIKE] I did - the trolley was overflowing, with double cat food and loads of ys stuff and no alcohol. For the sum total of £84.63
[STRIKE]:) get ds to football training[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) Use my school free time wisely[/STRIKE] The only thing I didn't get done was book marking. All of my admin and preparation for next week is done.
try and mark a set of books
[STRIKE]:) don't get stressed[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) check foodrescue for ideas to use up my veggies in the fridge that have seen better days[/STRIKE] many plans afoot for the week ahead

allydowd

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

Ally, I am always in awe of how many links, tips and tricks you share with us on here. I don't know how you do it, but thank you.

You're welcome There's no magic. Most of it is copied from the News feed pages over here. :rotfl:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>