Easter Bank Holiday weekend - what small dfw things will you do this weekend?!

allydowd

Hi March Money-Watchers,


Morning all. I broke the habit of a lifetime and stayed in bed til 10am. managed to resist the urge to get up and make a coffee at 6am. The weather's lousy.

:easter: to those who hold it dear.

Probably staying at home today and clearing more annoying jobs. Thanks Foxgloves.

The list will grow as I do things:


Debt Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Month Ten:


* Checked broadband allowance.

* Bought a bird nesting box for £1.50 will paint it with hut/shed paint from stores in the kitchen this morning. It's probably too late for birds to use it this year but they might show an interest next year. The entrance hole needs sandpapering with paper from stores as the box is really roughly made. Will try to use just a quarter of a sheet of sandpaper.

* Will also repaint the bird table too. That'll need a good clean and maybe a bit of sanding on top. (The decking, fences and hut/shed also need a coat if we can get a day when it doesn't rain for two days in succession.)

* Use a milk carton as a pot to wash out the paint brush.

* Sort out own eyebrows.


How you all doing?

foxgloves

Happy Easter, Frugal Friends,
Just the quickest of check-ins to wish everyone a happy day. I've made a crusty loaf & a speedy cake this morning. Really enjoyed our Family Day yesterday. Nephews very entertaining & were so chuffed with their eggs, it was so worth spending the money! Have updated my blog & am planning to relax the rest of the day....knitting, reading the big pile of mags I got from my Mum & watching a film maybe? I edited a few things off my Annoying Things list onto a separate job list for mr f & stuck it on the fridge. Seems to have worked......he did one of them yesterday. Time taken = 5 mins, apparently. Cost = nil.
OK, am off to put the rest of my cake away in the tin & find my knitting.
Normal money saving behaviour will hopefully resume on Tues......also calorie-counting as I lost two & a half pounds over the last 10 days after plateauing for about 100 years, just by being a little more coherent in my approach.
Cheers for now, Frugalistas,
F xx

Pippilongstocking

Happy Easter chaps and chappessess



I'm working and at home so its home meals and no spends for me today.

If anyone is invloved in a charity which supports people by helping with food.

They should check out this - heard about it a few times now at local networking meetings.

Some of the larger supermarkets are signing up to offer a 'food cloud' resource to folks.

http://www.fareshare.org.uk/fareshare-foodcloud/

Might mean this reduces the amount of food going to landfill significantly.

Might also mean whoopsies become a bit less common but if its feeding those in need rather than going in the bin, I'll happily alter my shopping habits.

Share with anyone which might be able to benefit from it.

Have a great weekend folks. I'm working tomorrow but its all good.

DigForVictory

Planting various veg seeds in (unheated) germinator trays.

Largely as when I'm "playing mudpies" I'm not out spending money but also as homegrown veg eaten off the plant (eg peas just out of the pod) tastes glorious.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

:easter:

Been to parents for lunch. Walked the dog with my Mum, always feel guilty because I know how much she enjoys my company. Now slightly fuzzy headed from wine and chocolate ! May snooze for half an hour.

Not been in a shop for 3 days. Have done a small grocery shop to be delivered tomorrow but kept to the essentials. Not sure what else is planned for tomorrow, more decluttering or some paid stuff maybe?

Interesting link Pippa, thanks.

allydowd

I'm back. We went a bit mad in the garden this afternoon after the sun unexpectedly came out:

The big project today was rebuilding our raised bed. We previously built this from slats from a couple of pallets I found abandoned in a ditch and carried home. (Classy lady aren't I?!) For various reasons we've moved it next to the hut/shed and I've raised it 8 inches taller to help OH look after her back. Inside there is a cut-down pallet on legs with a window pane on top to form a sturdy base. It's then lined with compost bags staple-gunned together and filled with mainly-homemade compost.

Cost: £3.45

Paint: About 50p
Staples: From stores
Four brackets: £2
Window pane: About 75p
Sundry bits of extra wood: Free from neighbour's skip.
Nails: About 20p

Last year we grew savoy cabbages in this and we're still eating them shredded from the freezer.

I also dug over the shrub border before the rain set back in hoping that this will allow the rainwater to penetrate the soil and get the shrubs back into life.

So, free exercise and pretty much free garden upgrade. :T

crazy_cat_lady

Hi everyone :wave:
I don't think I've overdone it - but I certainly won't be needing anything else to eat tonight. There were 13 (!) of us for dinner at my mams. She's happy that we're all back together again as a family.... It was lovely dinner, and even a yummy lemon meringue roulade dessert. I'm stuffed, and still shattered - early night tonight.

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

[STRIKE]:easter: PAD to money box[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: tutoring (never stops thankfully)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: family outing to my mam's later for a big feed[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: try and relax[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: minimal housework[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: nsd[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: no heating unless desperate[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: start prepping monthly shop and pet food order ready for payday![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: At least one thing from annoying jobs list[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]:easter: Do not give myself a hard time[/STRIKE]
Have a good day everyone

trulymadlyhannah

:hello:

I was lurking for inspiration and found so much that I wanted to say thanks and join in! This thread is so supportive and positive, i love it!

This weekend we finished the base for our chicken house at our allotment out of free wood

DH built me some staging for our greenhouse, again out of free wood

We had an easter egg hunt at home with the children, and they did some bug hunting. We have had a mixed bag of weather, lovely sun shine, rain, thunder, and huge hailstones (I am in Yorkshire) and their favorite part was jumping on the trampoline in the thunder and hailstone!

I managed to repot some spinach my dad gave me (he started in his grow-room so he had an early start to the growing year, I just hope they survive the frosts we still might get!)

I also planted some garlic and onion sets in my greenhouse, because our allotment looks like a pond.

We are having our Easter dinner tomorrow and I am cooking for family, so i plan to make a cake or dessert to save money.

Can anyone tell me what pad means please?

Good luck to you all, and thanks for the inspiration!

DawnW

trulymadlyhannah wrote: »

:hello:

Can anyone tell me what pad means please?

It means 'payment a day' Hannah, meaning throwing every little bit of money at debt / mortgage / savings or whatever, as often as possible, even if only pence

Welcome, by the way Normally the thread isn't as big as this as we usually have a fresh one each day / weekend, but of course this is a long weekend..... Hope you will join us again.

DawnW

Evening all
Not much done here today as we have been out again, this time to a flea market. Bought a few bits for my business, which should hopefully sell on for a profit. Only spend apart from that was some chocolate to share - we took a couple of hot cross buns and just had those for lunch

Other things:
Healthy home cooked dinner (made from stores) to make up for lunch
Updated freezer list as I have taken some things out (including beef for a roast tomorrow)
No heating on downstairs, though we have the woodburner alight now. Mainly a horrible day, with a cold wind, rain, hail, sleet, a little bit of sunshine here and there. Managed 2 dry dog walks though, surprisingly (just as well, as of course, he doesn't 'do' rain :rotfl:)
Kettle on woodstove for 'free' hot water
Checked FPL, no surveys today

Home tomorrow, so a bigger list needed, which will unfortunately have to include housework!