11.9.07 what small dfw thing will you do or have you done today?

hypno06

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

Welcome to Tuesday !!!!! :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, today I will:

• do piggy comps, clicks and surveys
• send everyone off with packed lunches
• try and do a matched bet or two
• search through quidco to find some freebies
• do storecupboard dinner - salmon risotto I think
• not increase my debt in any way
• be positive

have a good day everyone xx

poppyjay

morning everyone
today i have killed my husband that will save me £10000 a year(joke)
washing on line
pack lunches made for everyone
going to try making own bread today
left overs for tea
and not increase my debt in any way
have a good day allxxx

Karmacat

Hi hypno, hi to all that follow :hello: . Today I will:
- complete my finance practice.
- answer a work email from a friend in Germany
- transfer some money to my current account so I can make the payment to the builders for the work they've done (which is going at a rate of knots, its great).
- piggy clicks - get that ten points a day from visitlondon, I'm halfway to my third voucher!
- definitely a storecupboard day :idea: - I could feed an army, oops. Now that my little freezer compartment has a door, maybe I should cook and freeze, in a few days, anyway.
- aargh, just found out my mum is coming to stay for 2 days next week! :eek: Aargh!!!! So today we will have cleaning-of-kitchens, and sweeping-up-on-the-front-patio, maybe-she-can-use-it-this-time. She can't get to the place I sit out at the back, the stairs are too dodgy (pensioners don't live round here, its too hilly).

Sorry, this list is only half about moneysaving, but this lot is definitely where my time and effort are going today. And I finished my work on my website yesterday!!!! :dance: :T :T :dance: I have to run it by my business partner today, and then upload it - I am *so* excited about this, can't believe I've finally done it!!!

:wave:

hypno06

LOL at Poppyjay's £10000 savings idea!!!

hope you manage to get the website uploaded KC, and that you get all the things done that you have planned!

redballoon_2

today: taking packed lunch to work
going to the opticians to get glasses fixed (hope this wont cost!)
going to the bank to put hubby on the mortgage (for the homeowner loan purposes-otherwise they will need a letter from a solicitor as hubby is currently only on the deeds)
recieved baby lotion and cotton wool as part of a consumer trial!
hang washing onthe line
apply for text 121 chat!

Cheery_Daff

Morning

Today I have/ will:
- make my own bread (in the oven now - smells lovely!)
- help a friend move some stuff from old house (not really DFW, but I get to socialise without spending anything, so I guess it counts!)
- eat lunch at home
- write some more of PhD so I'm closer to being able to get a real job (lol!)
- go to part time job this evening (means I also won't spend anything - hooray!)

Have a good day all

OliveOyl_2

Morning Hypno & all.

Today I am/will
-start by staying positive (this has been an "also ran" these last few days)
-will stop consoling myself with a 50p kitkat.
-done piggy & Quidco clicks
-done a survey
-have been forgetting to say that each morning I get into work 20 mins or so earlier and whack through a dozen competitions on the Comping thread. (won so far a big fat zero, but must be my turn one day )
-Now have more on Gala bingo than I deposited to get cashback on Quidco, :T must just work out how to remove it......
-if I don't succumb to a kitkat then it will be another NSD
-OH is going to assist me in e-baying tonight, as only one thing I've listed has sold in the last 3 weeks, and we're currently running at a loss with re-listing fees etc. OH has some good stuff to list.....

painted_lady

OK, hope all are having a good day, here are my contributions
- going to clean (keeps me from spending)
- going to sort out finances online
- listing on ebay tonight (hopefully will have time)
- I used a couple of resuables on baby, it all helps my purse and the environment
- sorting out a good investment project, had to make some phone calls, I will be posting about it if it all takes off or I need advice

Jacks_xxx

Hello everybody! :wave:

I have signed up for 7 million mystery shopper assignments today!
(Well... maybe not 7 million, but lots and lots and lots! :beer: )

I don't have to pay for the gym this month as I've scored a months free membership (again!) plus we've got lunch out this weekend, and a meal out next week as well. And some free prescriptions again, and some boring but you get paid ones too! Chuffed!

Love Jacks xxx

redsquirrel80

Hi all.. I've..
- done lots and lots of surveys!
- sold something for £50 on eBay - hooray!
- applied for some free training through work, well it should do me some good career-wise in the long term!
- made a slightly bizarre storecupboard tea of pasta, bits of veg and thai green curry paste, but hey it puts the shopping off for another day!

mrsspendalot

*piggy clicks
*quidco clicks
*topcashback clicks
*checked online banking
*updated spreadsheet
*shopped on budget at tesco
*bought train ticket in advance saving £5.30

there was something else ... but I can't remember what! will add later