Sat/Sun 13th/14th Feb - what small DFW things will you do this 'luuurrvly' weekend

thriftychick

Half term...hallelujah!

Get RM Surveys ready for next week
Write a list of jobs for over half term
Clean dishwasher
Reconcile bank statement and set credit cards to pay
Make red cabbage and apple and freeze in portions

Only one more payment on my car loan, will be free of that on 1st March :j

Happy weekend everyone

allydowd

Morning all, :wave:

Having a very lazy day today at Dowd Towers watching the snow come down so this list will get added to as I do things:

* Cleaned bathroom with Stardrops. Made use of an old lid to rest things in on the windowsill.

* Shampoo bottle is sitting upside down to get the last of it to the neck end of the bottle.

* Toothpaste tube is secured with a bulldog clip to ensure it all gets used.

* Talk to OH about her birthday plans as my employer has changed my shift again.

* Do RMS Surveys.

* Drink diluted fruit juice to make it go further.

* Home-made pancakes for lunch using sugar sachet from hotel visit and wee jar of honey snaffled from breakfast buffet at same.

* Investigated why kitchen scales aren't working....cleaned the battery...fixed it!

How are you guys getting on today?

Baileys_Babe

Hello

I've been missing in action this week as our internet has been messing around, there for a few minutes disappearing for hours, very frustrating.

Jonno Thank you for starting us off this weekend.

This afternoon we are not going anywhere and we are going to continue our spring cleaning, we will be focusing on the kitchen today, I've said it now we will have to do it :rotfl: I have spent the morning doing admin and reading resource material to see how our local HE group could make the most of it.

Today I plan to:
NSD
Apply for Blue Peter badges for dd & ds for some conservation work they are involved in, this will give us reduced entry to many places
Post applications for BP badges in one envelope saving postage
Post on this thread for support, motivation and inspiration
Open curtains fully
Close curtains before it gets dark
Turn off lights and appliances not in use
Take meter readings
Submit meter readings
reusable sanitary ware
Stick to meal plan
B/L/D from stores
make bread
PAD into saving £3.66 -1p
Soak porridge overnight
Set DW to run overnight
Set WM to run overnight
Freezer inventory, keep up to date
Check FPL
Make card, ds is thinking about making a valentines card
Educate children for free
Entertain children and us for free
Do not wash hair
Dry washing on airier
Keep heating to a minimum, we have jumpers and blankets
Light the stove, burning free wood
put kettle on stove for free hot water, put water in flasks if boiled before ready to use and refill kettle, water used for making hot drinks (we drink plenty of these, cooking rice, pasta etc, washing up etc)
Cull 100 emails
Keep up to date with the shredding

ziggy2407

Good Morning All

Jonno - Thanks for starting us off today
CCL - Enjoy half term, try and get as much rest as you can - you deserve it! Your crochet work is amazing - feel proud and confident - show off your talents

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.

Today I hope to

Packed lunch for DH - Done
Check Bank - Done
Visit mum - Done brought other 1/2 of washing home, fetched her some fresh fruit & bits - hoping to get her to eat )
Shopping with list - Done
Mum's washing - Done (will take back tomorrow)
Washing -
Continue purge on Emails -
Enter a few comps -
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer -
Check https://www.freepostcodelottery.com - Remember there are now 5 chances to win -
Check Lucky Phone - Done

Have a good day! Love to you all!

C x

Kittenkirst

Hi everyone! Hope your Saturday is going well- it's a bit grey and chilly here today!

Today I will:

Free postcode lottery
Sort balance transfer on my credit card- will save £15 a month interest after the first two months (hurrah!)
Check on eBay listings
Continue to sort through flat- identify car boot sale clutter and potential eBay clutter :-)
Update budget app: ensure all balances reconcile & update spreadsheet with the girlfriend & I'd weeks finances
Move bead boxes and all craft stuff into spare space above the shop.
All food from cupboards/stores
Catch up on new episodes of pretty little liars on netflix

Bobarella

Wow LegoMum great bargains for the kids. My son is into LEGO dimensions for the xbox and the packs go from £15 to £30. Ridiculous. Glad you are feeling better.

Determined - hope you don't go stir crazy indoors with poorly little one and you as well. Ally had some great ideas there for entertainment. Also liked yours about the bath the other night you said.

BB - good luck with your spring cleaning.

So today so far we have seen off MIL. She is now safely home. We had to go to the supermarket as we'd run out of nappies, bread and milk. We got £5 off in nectar points. And I found 1p on the way home.


My phone bill is a lot higher this month than usual because of the fact they didn't have wifi in hospital. But I didn't realise that for the first 2 days. And it was my lifeline whilst I was alone in there so I think I can justify it. However my contact is up either this month or next and I am going to go to sim only for definate.

Also the NT had sent our new membership cards for the year ahead with DD due next month. But after a soul searching discussion with DH we have decided we are going to cancel. It's sad because we've been members for 7 years but as we don't have a car and I have missed so many weekends from having work on we don't feel it's cost effective any longer. We only used the membership once last year. So cost saving of £105 next month.

Our energy bill is also higher than usual for this month. £126 instead of £56 off peak or £90 recently. I think it's from having a house full for several weeks and also using the tumble drier more.

I've been sat under a blanket since lunchtime. We all had a cuppa soup and cheese and crackers and watched Reef 2 on Netflix. It's very cold here but no snow. Wrote a few thank you cards to people who have been lovely whilst I've been sick.

See you later

Bob

Amara

Hi
Today, I:
had a shower
washed and blow dried my hair
done big pile of ironing
done washing
washed bedding
changed beds
upload and started dishwasher
went to my small Saturday job
top-up electric and gas
cleaned kitchen
cleaned bathroom
took old carpets to the tip
I will:
do my business books update
write and call my customers
relax

foxgloves

Hello Frugal Friends,
Today I have mostly been spendy.
The most money-saving thing was when we called in at Waitrose because we forgot to buy spread yesterday. There was a plateful of the most gorgeous chocolate truffles to sample.......so Piggy Mrs F goes round 3 times & succeeds in purloining 6 of the beauties.....while mr f queued for free coffees to have with them!
I must do better next week or shall need to visit mrs spank from smacked bottom land!
Have a nice night all,
F xxxxxxx
P.S I have lager.

crazy_cat_lady

Hey :hello:
What a lovely relaxing day :j - it's my version of a 'nothing' day though so plenty going on.
Ziggy - I hope that your mum is ok. Thinking of you :grouphug:
Legomum - seriously brilliant bargains today.
I've bagged another nsd, but tomorrow will have to be a bit spendy. I asked dh and ds to bring back milk on their way home from football, but they were so busy celebrating Sunderland finally winning that they forgot. So I'll have to head off to a shop somewhere tomorrow. Better make sure I make a list and stick to it. This one big shop a month seems to be working ok so far though - I think we've spent a lot less than we normally would.

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

[STRIKE]:) Check banking and PAD[/STRIKE] :eek:
[STRIKE]:) Hoover through[/STRIKE]
Spend lots of time on here I meant to but got busy making stuff
[STRIKE]:) Spend lots of time crafting[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) Enjoy some girlie time with dd while the boys are out today[/STRIKE] I don't know if you can call 3 episodes of Dance Moms enjoyable though :rotfl:
[STRIKE]:) do not stress[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) Plan food for next week. This includes cutting back on sugar which is getting out of control again.[/STRIKE]
Get dh to get milk while they are out bagged a nsd but still need milk
[STRIKE]:) Stay snuggled under the blankets downstairs[/STRIKE]
Nap if I need to didn't need to
[STRIKE]:) Sort through my wool stash
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) Make my pom pom valentines wreath[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:) Look for an alternative watch - mine needs a new battery but I'm not going out just for that.[/STRIKE]

Productive, and enjoyable busy, doing things I enjoy and staying well out from the hailstones.

DawnW

DawnW wrote: »

Morning all
Thanks for the start Jonno - enjoy those 'out of date' bananas, supermarkets must really think we are daft, mustn't they :rotfl:

List for today:
*Had a shower instead of a bath, washed hair with Lidl shampoo (my favourite) and let it dry naturally - always do this, so never think of it as a money saving thing. I do have a hairdryer, somewhere, as my friend used it last time she came to stay :rotfl:
*Used up a shrivelled apple from fruit bowl with my porridge and yogurt for breakfast
*Fed hens and dog

Still to do:
*Fold washing on airer and put in airing cupboard to finish off. That way I don't get to look at the airer all day Done
*Dog walks x 2, hopefully not raining too much Only managed one short walk It has rained hard all day. I did try a walk in the rain, but himself decided after about 10 minutes that he was heading for home :rotfl:
*Read permaculture guide I downloaded (free download, not sure if it is any good or not) Done, interesting, but didn't learn much.
*Small shop at Mr S as I need a couple of ingredients for the curry I want to make (I have most of what is needed) Also scourers as Savers didn't have any yesterday (all glamour here :rotfl:) Done, also had to go to Waitrose as Mr S didn't have one of the ingredients I was looking for.
*Take paper recycling with me and put in the recycling bin at the back of the sm car park Done
*Walk for free exercise and to avoid awful traffic in town - I will take my trusty shopping trolley Took the car due to the rain
*Any online surveys and check FPL No surveys today
*Postal survey tasks (they send me really boring magazines, wish I could request gardening ones :rotfl:) Done
*Make a cake - there was a recipe on one of the other threads for a fruit cake with crushed pineapple which I have been wanting to try Not done, one for tomorrow
*HM meals Done
*Some housework Very little
*Babysitting tonight so that DD2 and her OH can go out for a Valentines meal (I will have to drive there) Currently there

Hope everyone has a good day (despite the weather - raining again here)

Not an enormously productive day, but I was able to cross more off my list than I thought!