Monday 29th Feb - what small DFW things will you do today?!

ziggy2407

Dawn I had a little giggle when I read your comment about the suit your hubby bought - the things men do when we leave them unsupervised :rotfl: what will you do?

Bagpuss741

Today I have/will:

1. Checked online banking
2. Paid bills
3. Bought cat treats (Budgeted for)
4. Beauty Assignment
5. Cleaned laptop screen
6. Received subscription copy of Red magazine
7. Received sure anti perspirant to test from BzzAgent
8. Help relative research pet insurance (Have already set them up a cashback site account)
9. Meals from stores
10. Check through bank statement
11. Surveys
12. Check FPL and lucky phone
13. Catch up on war and peace

La_escocesa

[FONT=&quot]Hi again everyone :hello: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Hope everyone is doing well. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A brand new week is upon us – let’s make it a good one! :beer: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here’s me: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Smoothie brekkie – spinach, apple, frozen banana, oats & honey [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Store cupboard tea tonight – baked sweet potatoes with tuna and salad :A[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Covering two classes tonight :A [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Got dropped off so didn’t need to pay for parking – £2 saved [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]No packed lunch today – got one of the boots £1 sandwiches rather than a full meal deal :cool: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Biz planning – email newbie with info, twitter/fb, class planning, maybe write a quick blog... [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Voluntary work on lunch break...eek, I’m always so bad with this but it’s good at the end of the year as it counts towards CPD – must get on with it... [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]OH is job hunting. I’ve explained v clearly that we can’t live on one wage any longer. The flat being empty is the somewhat heavy straw that broke the camel’s back. It’s tough because we both made the decision about 2 years ago that we could live off one wage while he was building up his business, but building up has been a lot more of a slower process than he imagined. He always feels like he’s on the cusp of something working out and it seems that whenever we have these discussions he ends up getting loads of clients for a couple of weeks and everything is temporarily ok, but the good times are not making up for the weeks of no income in between. He feels like he’s failed at his biz and it’s pride that’s stopping him from facing reality and getting a job/giving it up, but I don’t see it like that at all – it’s not as though he had a great business that has now gone down the pan because of something he did; he’s just not built it up yet. I told him that was complete nonsense because surely ‘being proud’ is being able to pay your half of the mortgage... I’m sick of it now so it’s got to stop. [/FONT]

foxgloves

Hi,
Checking back in to add some extra money saving bits I have done. Didn't get my free fitness session clearing that big flower bed as received a long phone call, but never mind, can add:
*Shuffled some funds....boring process, but all done with the aim of maximising loyalty points for vouchers.
*Paid a 50p into my sealed pot.
*Updated grocery budget (£3 underspend this week, so a good start to the month)
*Entered a competition.
*Postie brought us both a 'My John Lewis' free coffee & cake voucher & another voucher for free chocolate eggs.
*Made a new desk jotter from scrap paper.
*Did some surveys. Toluna again told me there were no surveys for me, but there actually were, so I shall check this in future.
*Did 1 annoying thing from my lists.
Cheers,
F x

maria3104

Thank you all. Am on the mend. You are all so kind.
Need to get up and think about tea? Struggling for ideas.
Have s good evening all .
Maria x

make_the_change

make_the_change wrote: »

Morning all,

Little lay in for me today as DS1 stayed at his dad's last night and didn't need to do the school run!

- nursery run with DD - done
- pop to mums so free lunch! - done
- school run and meals from stores for kiddies - done
- wash at 30 degrees - done 2 washes in the end
- ironing - done
- sort dinner for me and OH, not sure what to have yet! - fritatta for dinner

Also managed to do:
- couple of surveys - done
- check banking - done

Feel like I have got annoying bits done today. Think I will do frittata for dinner tonight with salad and beef casserole tomorrow. My DS2 has cut his first tooth :T so explains the sleepless nights I had all last week!

twiggy86

Just had an answerphone message from a company saying that my energy supplier has requested a meter reading and to call them back. Well its a good reminder but I don't trust anyone, so when I get home I'll submit them online!

allydowd

MONEY MAKING AND SAVING SITES AS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THIS FORUM:

• Benefits check-up ( Link )
• Coupon Shop Forum list of money-off coupons (Link)
  
• Cooking On A Bootstrap, cheap recipes ( Link) Site name updated
  
• eBid ( Link )
  
• Freecycle ( Link )
• Free Postcode Lottery ( Link )
• FreeStuff ( Link )
  
• FreeUKStuff ( Link )
• i-Say Surveys (Link)
• List of online newspapers. At bottom of the linked page. ( Link )
• LuckyPhone free lottery with loyalty rewards (Link)
  
• MSE Boost Your Income page. Gateway to lots of money-making links. ( Link )
• MSE Abbreviations Explained ( Link )
• MSE Deals and Vouchers ( Link )
• MSE Wow Offers ( Link )
• NHS Minor Ailment Service article (Link)
  
• My Supermarket ( Link )
• OnePoll ( Link )
• Quidco ( Link )
• Reclaim PPI at no cost to yourself ( Link )
• Resolver tool. Helps you draft a letter, send it, monitor replies and then escalate it to an Ombudsman or key complaint body if it's not sorted. (Link)
  
• SayNoTo0870 cheap phone number finder ( Link )
  
• Survey sites that pay for your opinions ( Link )
• Swagbucks ( Link )
• Swapit ( Link )
• Tesco Orchard product testing (Link)
  
• Tickety Split cheap train tickets (Link)
  
• Toluna ( Link )
  
• TopCashBack ( Link )
• You Need A Budget site and App (Link)

Checked 25 Feb 2016.

allydowd

Sorry, too tired to participate today. _pale_

PurpleFairy26

allydowd wrote: »

Sorry, too tired to participate today. _pale_

Know the feeling hope everyone is ok.