8/9-9.07 what small dfw thing will you do or have you done this weekend?

hypno06

Good Morning fellow DFW Peeps and welcome old timers and newbies alike :hello:

Welcome to the weekend !!!!! :cool:

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free.

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging the washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important.

So, this weekend I will:

• do piggy comps, clicks and surveys
• do some matched betting
• do a trawl of quidco, topcashback etc to see what I can sign up to!
• see a couple of extra clients
• stick to the meal plan - egg and chips tonight!
• not increase my debt in any way
• be positive!
• enjoy the sunshine if I can!

Have a good weekend everyone x

(Land_of)_Maz

I had a long lie today (which was free!! lol)

I am cleaning my house, avoiding the shops, saving petrol and planning a store cupboard/freezer dinner! Getting my washing done now and first load is drying outside. no tumble drier and no ironing!

Got a bag of apples from my MIL's garden today, really tasty sweet ones, will not need to buy apples for a week or two. Also think i will make a pie.... (should be interesting!!)

I've done my piggy clicks which made me nowt (pah!) and Quidco clicks,

Plus I got a letter from DP's saying they have paid me a refund for the difference between my charges £15 and OFT ruing of £12 - not much for 12 charges x £3 but £36 off my balance! (must update my signature!)

I got a letter from Egg saying charges on my loan were acceptable so get lost, so i will write a letter querying that today too.

Yesterday i spent £5 on a french manicure nail polish set... i did my nails last night and they look fantastic! As good, if not better than £30 acryllics which i was getting up until about 3 months ago. It has taken that long for my nails to recover and grown back!!

Have a great weekend!

consnmattsmom

I have listed 18 (yes 18!!!) things on ebay. Hoping to get nearly £60 in total excluding postage and fees! Took me all afternoon to list so at least I havent been able to go out and spend lol.

Also got my holiday photos onto comp and joined several photo printing comps ie truprint, kodak and photobox and managed to get 100 photos for total of £7 inc postage. i did it through greasy palm too so have earned cashback too. :j

Casperthefriendlyghost

Hi everyone

This month I am trying extra hard to save money and not to be wasteful, am watching every penny and cannot believe that I have already saved £38 this month, that's money that I would normally have wasted away.

Usually if I have money left over that I had allocated to something, I would just see it as a bonus and blow it on whatever! I am so proud of myself and did another amazing thing today, went into Lidl to buy milk and eggs, and came out with ..... milk and eggs, oh and one chocolate lol, but am so chuffed.

Hope everyone had a great day saving money, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself. Am saving for a trip to New York next year for my birthday so that's really motivating me too.

Cheers

CFTG
x x x x

Spendaholic_Chick

HIya gang

Quite chuffed with my little self today so far I've:

- been to Costco and stocked up on Persil tablets which included 20% xtra free so just £13.61 for 192 tablets :j (geeky fact- that's just 7p per wash!! :T )
- done two mystery shops
- done quidco clicks
- done piggy clicks - just 45 points away from another voucher now
- dried clothes on airer
- received a pigsback voucher in the post for Dotty P's and bought my Mam lovely bracelet for her birthday tomorrow with it :T

sans_2

Hi all,

Things for today:

Found 3p
Got 89p back from DH when I used my Boots points.
Brought £2 box of chocolates for DM’s birthday using BOOTS points.;)
Brought Dove handwash for 33p after using 50p coupon in Boots.
Used £19.50 of coupons on monthly Tesco shop. :T
Found a 15 point receipt as well. :-)
Brought 8 packs of 2 Oral B electric toothbrush heads for 28p but used my Boots points. :T
Used my Boots £5 skincare voucher on an Olay Effects hand cream = free.
Will hopefully do a few clicks later.

bathgatebuyer

I spent £20 today - bought a Xmas pressie for someone (picnic hamper from a charity shop for £2.75 which I aim to fill with some home made cakes, cookies, shortbread and the like), also got a wooden Jenners wine box to go in it too which I will fill with the wine I inevitably get given by contractors! (Mum, if you're reading this, then, I guess you've worked out that it's a moneysaving Xmas this year!).

Also, cashed in a free coffee voucher at a local independent coffee shop here in Edinburgh, and then spent £3.50 on 2 Diet Cokes watching the Scotland game in a bar (I did try and stretch 1 of those out over 90 mins, but instead got one in either half).

Tomorrow, I'm off to get a new gearset for my bike as I start a new job in a weeks time and will be commuting by bike (for free!) every day instead of using the bus or the car. The repair will be cheaper than a month's bus pass, so seems a wise investment. Also, going to see a free movie courtesy of Seefilmfirst in the morning.

Although I've spent this weekend, both will save me cash over the next few months.

Karmacat

Evening all! Today I have:
- done piggyclicks - didn't realise the london thing was every day, will be better at these from now on.
- done some of the surveys in my inbox.
- transferred money to a second current account to meet a direct debit.
- transferred ss money to my overpayment account.
- totted up what I've really made for the Olympic Challenge Take Two, which I was pleased with.
- put a divvy cheque into my cahoot account - and have finally run out of paying in slips. My word... just off to order them online. No I'm not, I'll wait till Monday.
- tomorrow, I will do a little bit - will try to check out what my weekly spend is from all my outgoings, and check again what I need to earn to cover that.

sans_2

Hi all,

Things for today:

put a washing on and hung it outside until it started raining...

Packaged up & posted items sold on Ebay.

Found £1. :T

got NOTW paper with my free NOTW voucher.

Went to Boots. Found a £5 skincare voucher on way out.

Went to Homebase got 2 large plant pots for garden reduced to £7.49 each (originally £19.99 then £9.99), got a bag of post concreate (£4.99 but as bag was ripped asked if I could get a discount so guy priced it at £2.50 for me), & some duct tape. Then used a 20% off voucher So paid under £17.

Went to Morrisons – got 2 packs of Slimfast snacks with free Slimfast snack vouchers, got Sharwoods green curry sauce and Sharwoods red curry sauce for free using free product vouchers. Got a reduced coconut milk for 39p. :T

Went to Co-op and got my free packet of McCoys crisps with free packet of McCoys crisps voucher from Mirror newspaper earlier on in the week.

That's all so far. :T

painted_lady

OK, here are my MSE things this weekend
- took own beer camoing so didnt have to pay £3 a time on the site (saved loads £££££)
- found £6 in camera bag (its actually OH's but he didnt know it was there, finders keepers!)
- a few item sold on fee bay, have invoiced buyers