Sat/Sun 27th/28th February - What small DFW things will you do today?!

crazy_cat_lady

Morning all :hello:
I've been up on and off since half past five after being woken by a bad dream that I really didn't fancy going back to sleep after I've been downstairs on the sofa snuggled under the quilt with a cuppa and a couple of cats doing nothing much for a couple of hours.
Still plenty of jobs to be getting on with today as well... need to get my head in gear and get sorted out.
:cheesy: PAD to my money box
:cheesy: Tutoring
:cheesy: Return £20 I borrowed from savings
:cheesy: Sort out the meat and prepare some dump bags
:cheesy: Bit of batch cooking
:cheesy: Get the boys to do some housework
:cheesy: aim for nsd
:cheesy: All meals from stores
:cheesy: Finalise mr T online shop - due tomorrow (payday :j)
:cheesy: Work on crochet projects
That will do for now - see you later

craftingmad

Hi all,


I always read the thread and only very occasionally post. I find this thread so inspirational and it really helps e so I thought I better start contributing. Hope you don't mind


Here's my list for today:-


1. Wait for lady to collect cupcake cases & toppers sold on facebook - DONE £5 better off
2. Check for mystery shopping assignments close by- None near me
3. Housework - the kitchen needs cleaning and the dishwasher
running - All done
4. Make a banana cake from cheap bananas bought earlier in the week (I'm not a good cook but I'm going to have a bash in the spirit of MSE. Plus it will hopefully keep the kids amused for an hour or so) -NOT DONE as realised I have not got a loaf tin so need to buy or borrow one. Will nip to poundshop tomorrow
5. Sort through cupboards and make a use up box (idea borrowed from here - thank you) DONE now got stir in pasta sauce, stir fry sauce, tinned strawberries, tinned apricots, 3 cans of soup, a sweet chilli sauce and an angel delight waiting to be used. Will be having pasta with stir in sauce tonight
6. Sort a bit more of the conservatory-DONE
7.List 10 items on facebook selling groups from said conservatory - DONE. Already sold 2 x photo frames (£10), 4 x Minecraft books (£6),and Lots of Avon (£25) and two books (£4) - Total made today from decluttering £50 Also got a lady collecting some craft books tomorrow which will net me another £10
8. Meal plan for week ahead -
9. Take son outside to enjoy some fresh air and quality time - DONE we walked to local park and played there an a bit of basketball
10. Make mother's day cards for my mum and MIL
11. Food shop for said meals and stick to list - Will go tomorrow
12. Swagbucks
13. Gifthulk - Guess the card played and earned 48 coins
14. Check for surveys
15. check www.freepostcodelottery.com -DONE but not a winner
16. Complete mini games to gain tokens at Dorset Cereals - DONE 3 more tokens added Have enough for 3 coupons now but waiting until I need more cereal
17.Check for any new coupons before going shopping


Think that had better be it for now

allydowd

Hi February Folk,

Mornin' all. It's lovely and sunny here again today.

Debt Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Month Nine:

* OH and I are going to pop down to Ayrshire for a coastal walk today. I was going to stay in all day but the weather is too good to miss. There'll be a bit of Photogra-faffing. Free entertainment.

< Nearly 3000 posts...must get out more!

* Take coffee and biscuits with us.

See ya later.

positivelypunked

1. Staying home
2. Job searching
3. Tidying up
4. Drink water throughout today & track using my plantnanny app
5. Keep phone on me at all times to track my steps / wear my pedometer
6. Do 10 min of fitness
7. Start to meditate before bed
8. Electronic shut-off an hour before bed
9. No sugar / coffee after 8pm
10. Write down budget
11. Sort out my pinterest boards
12. Search for cheap places to stay at weston for my birthday in may

Bagpuss741

Today I have/will:

1. Updated spreadsheet
2. Checked online banking
3. Making rhubarb and ginger crumble to use up last of rhubarb
4. Update programs on laptop and scan with free antivirus
5. Meals from stores
6. Sort meal plan for week
7. Wash all cat bowls and mats
8. Flea cats
9. Watered plants that I have started in greenhouse

Cwtches* to those who need them:) Cwtch is the Welsh word for hugs

twiggy86

Morning all!


Actually managed to get on here for once over the weekend! Good weekend so far, went out Friday and Saturday night and spent the grand total of £4! And I still had a good time!


Yesterday I:-
* Checked banks
* Load of washing on an eco wash
* Went into town but parked in MrA and walked in so I could get parking back
* Paid money from OH into bank
* Collect letter from post office (my new employment contract!)
* Got a new home card for friend and mothers day card from the card factory
* Stuck to list in Mr A
* Wombled 5p (had my eyes peeled for receipts but no luck)
* Lunch from stores
* Do money shuffle
* Pay £20 off CC
* Update signature and snowball
* Swept and mopped all floors so could use same bucket of water
* Went out with friends but drove - friends bought me a couple of cokes so spend was £0!


Today I have/will:-
* Check banks
* Walk to shop with pooch
* Buy gift voucher for friend
* Visit friend in her new house
* Wrap present for other friend
* Deliver present
* Visit parents
* Sort out laundry hill before it grows back into laundry mountain!
* Dinner from stores
* Strip bed and remake
* Wash hair and let dry naturally


Right I really best get my bum moving as I'm still in my dressing gown with pooch asleep next to me!


Hope you all have a good day!

ClootiesMum

Two days in a row - go me

Ally - thanks for that Walk Scotland link - how embarrassing there are so many recommended walks within 5 miles of the house - Guess what I need to start doing
And all this talk about an Amazon Fire Tablet - is that the same as an Amazon Fire Kindle? The one I have but only use for reading books on??? Take it I'm missing a trick...

Anyhow - update on the list

• [STRIKE]1 x NSD[/STRIKE] (I'll nip out to the shops when he comes in tonight to see if I can find any YS goodies for meals for the next 2 days - Didn't nip out yesterday - will do this tonight when DH returns
  
• [STRIKE]Money shuffle - DH has been paid & shuffle required to cover all d/d etc[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Tidy house[/STRIKE]
• Clean house - Must. Do. This
  
• [STRIKE]Take out stuff to garage (sitting in living room at the moment)[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]All washing[/STRIKE] Last load is in
  
• Ironing
• [STRIKE]Google how to fix the iron - it's playing up[/STRIKE] - Turns out you're meant to de-calc it after every 10 hrs or so of ironing. Had it 8 years - oops
• Take up 2 pairs of DH joggies he's just got (we're both short arrises and most trousery things are too long)Take up a pair of my joggies (only been lying since Christmas )
• Pack DH's hospital bag
• [STRIKE]Phone 2 x aunts & let them know he's going in next wee[/STRIKE]k - also let neighbours know - they're really good and it's good for DH to have their numbers in case he falls (as he did in the kitchen on Friday but didn't call anyone for help - he was down for about 20 minutes. Bloody man pride :mad:)
  
• [STRIKE]Plant out Mexican palms in new pots[/STRIKE] And very pretty they look too
  

foxgloves

Hi Frugalistas,
Not much money saving going on here today, but am keeping the faith:
*Called at garden centre for 3 bags of bark chips. Bought 2 only, hoping I could get away with that. Yes. It was plenty. Saved £7.
*Free fitness shovelling up all the old rotted bark chips, barrowing them down the garden & shovelling them into the compost bin. Then did a bit of edging, weeding & had a brisk walk to the postbox.
*Laundry all gathered up & 1st load in, ready to go on timer for cheap overnight wash.
*Read energy meters & updated my stats.
*Mr f popped out to replenish car cleaning/waxing materials. Remembered to use Car Piggy funds for this. £15 in total, but cheaper than using the car wash as will last several washes & he says it's a bit of free fitness too.
*Will be washing my hair & letting it dry naturally & also aiming to get 2 baths from one lot of hot water.
*Make tomorrow's packed lunch.
*All free leisure esp. reading my library book & knitting another couple of little cats.
Cheers,
F x

PurpleFairy26

La E I really feel for you on the money front. I feel your pain, I've been in exactly the same place for a numbers of years on the SE front with DH and now similar but employed. It's the source of some of my stress tbh.

I've batched cooked:
Chorizo and lentil soup
Leek and pot soup

Found a bag of green lentils (dried) OOD of course. Cooked whole bag and will portion and freeze. :T
I prepped beef casserole for slow cooker tomorrow so I can just dump in there in the morning.

Pleased with that, should give us some lunches this week, may see if I can do bread sans BM and see if it turns out alright this afternoon

allydowd

ClootiesMum wrote: »

And all this talk about an Amazon Fire Tablet - is that the same as an Amazon Fire Kindle? The one I have but only use for reading books on??? Take it I'm missing a trick...

Yes. They're the same thing. Most of the Kindles made now have a colour screen and you can read books on them but also use them as a wee touchscreen tablet computer. You can download Apps like eBay, Facebook and BBC iPlayer and so on to them and they have a web browser so you can surf the internet on it. You can download music to it too. My OH has a Kindle Fire HD 6 with a 6 inch screen and that has all the above features. I think it was £79 in Tesco in November. I think the Kindle Fire 7 is £49 just now. (Link)

(The early Kindles were more limited than this.)

Negative sides to current Kindle models:

You cannot plug a USB drive into a Kindle. There's no USB port.
You cannot (easily) use Play Store Apps on a Kindle or Android Apps. You can only use Amazon Appstore Apps.
When the screen is locked you will see Amazon adverts. You can pay to get rid of these. I don't think they're too bad but they drive some folks nuts. As soon as you unlock the screen they disappear.
Not everyone wants to put money in Amazon's pockets.

If you can tell me what model Kindle you have I can tell you what it's capable of doing and let you know if you're missing anything.