What small DFW things will you do this week? w/c 06/03

crazy_cat_lady

P.S. As a teacher - I would like to say that I really wish all parents cared as much as you lot do. That is such a big bit of the problem - kids growing up with no boundaries, no sense of right and wrong and what is appropriate or not.

DawnW

Morning all
Lovely sunny morning here, enjoyed the early dog walk
Today's list:
Used up more stewed rhubarb for breakfast
Received cheque from webuybooks
Shopping at market + Lidls Done
Finish salad left over from last night in lunchtime sandwiches Done
Sow tomato seeds I didn't get round to yesterday Done - and the earlier batch I sowed are up :T
Also finished planting up strawberry hanging baskets and troughs
Sort out some stuff for sales unit Not done this yet
Sort out fridge, which looks like a disaster zone :eek: Made some progress :cool:
Clean bathroom Still to do
Wash blanket from back of sofa Done
Another dog walk Done
Any surveys, RM surveys tasks etc Done
Fish for dinner from freezer,just OH and I tonight as DS won't be in till late

Hope everyone is having a good day

carrielovesfanta

MSEness to report

Got 4xpacks of YS sausages in Asda (£2.25 down to £1.64). Not a massive reduction but we do use them for our meal plans so a good buy.

Also, Asda's own meat free sausages were £1.50 per pack or 2 packs for £2. They didn't go through on the offer at the till so I went to the returns desk to get my pound back :money:

OH was mortified :rotfl:

Will compare my receipt after 3 hours. I am ashamed to say that I do all my shopping at Asda as completely forgot about the price match - £1.61!

Happy_Kitties

Afternoon moneysavers

I've tried to get on the past couple of days but 2 posts were deleted just as i was posting them and real life has had a habit of getting in the way and is quite challenging at the minute.
Nothing seems to be going right. had the builders who did my bathroom before Christmas come out to look at the shower, declared there was nothing wrong with said shower and basically blamed me.
Guess what-the shower wouldn't work this morning. we have had to resort to my daughter filming the shower as it goes on the blink to basically back up that I am telling the truth:mad:

Took a parcel to the post this morning filled with bits for a relatives big birthday. I already had stamps on it from my RM surveys, when weighed it was just slightly over 2 Kg and so would have cost £12:eek:.
Even if I was loaded with money I still wouldn't pay that and said that the postage cost more than the contents! Brought parcel back home and have removed a heavy item, back to the post office this afternoon.......I will get rid of this parcel.
Have broke several things including my ipad(to be fair, I am very clumsy, it did last a long time and was held together by sellotape:rotfl:), why does everything have to happen at once:(

but still plodding on, the meals I did on Sunday have been brilliant, no real preparation to do at night.
Banking all checked, cashback coming from quidco:T
FVD- I knew the big eggs would drop to £2 at some point, took a gamble and played the waiting game. took my daughter yesterday and we ended up buying 9 between us. I hope you find the receipt to return the ones bought for £4
off to pick my daughter up from school and back to the post office again.
I hate it when real life just throws challenges in the way and all at once......I will beat them!:T

Happy_Kitties

update.......parcel still 21gram over.

chap on the post office counter must have felt very sorry for me (I had already seen him re: parcel this morning), we opened the parcel, I removed 3 chocolate coins- post office guy is weighing the chocolate coins:rotfl:to make sure I got rid of the 21g. Re taped parcel back up, weighed on the main scale and still a few gram over. at this point bits of cardboard are now being cut off the parcel:rotfl::rotfl:!!!!
Finally sent 1 gram over.......left post office chap a chocolate coin to say thank you:T:A.......it got to the point where both of us were determined that that parcel was going today:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:!!!!!

carrielovesfanta

Happy_Kitties wrote: »

Took a parcel to the post this morning filled with bits for a relatives big birthday. I already had stamps on it from my RM surveys, when weighed it was just slightly over 2 Kg and so would have cost £12:eek:. :T

Hermes is much cheaper and quite easy. You pay online and print the label. You can then drop it off at a collection place. I've used it twice and paid about £6.95 (I think) for a parcel that weighed as much as yours

oops, didn't see your new post but hth in the future

PurpleFairy26

PurpleFairy26 wrote: »

Morning all :hello: didn't manage to get on here yesterday, too long a day at work! Today I am working from home :j:j

Agree on the coffee point ladies :coffee: I too have been using up random teabags, spurred on by visiting a pal and been offered an amazing selection of brews, but have resisted buying any until my pot is empty. Although I refuse the lemon and ginger, just not my cup of tea (excuse the pun:rotfl:) and DH bought them for himself, so he'll have to drink them

Anyway today:

Check banking, surveys, FPL
Washing out on line, another load in as I think I'll be able to dry that too
Used some cleaning material I already have to dry and get rid of several 'black' spot on kitchen wall and ceiling - doors and windows open to air at the same time:D
Treat out with DH at lunch time (from personal spends) this is our 'date night' for an hour. We are making a new master plan after our big decision at the weekend
Tea from stores
Volunteer meeting tonight
message pal about popping for a brew tomorrow, now I need to go up near her way for work
Plan what to cook at the weekend when we have visitors, use what we have first
check fleabay items
Put bags for charity shop in car - I will get them out of the door at some point!


Be back later, Purps

All done, including whizz round Mr W 9as I was passing) lots of YS items. £9 worth of goodies. I also needed some ear 'ole bodgers (i'm not sure the right name for them - they've always been called that in our house, you know the white sticks with cotton wool on) They had some for 90p, when DD (7) scanned them on the hand held machine - she said £1.50 - that's expensive!!! Asked the lady at checkout and she gave them me for free :T Glad DD is on board with money saving too :T

Didn't go out but popped to amazing local artisan cafe and picked us up a fab sandwich as a treat and bought home. declined bringing home coffee as we already have that so reasonably priced all in all. Used cashback card so will get 5% back next month in my account on the spend too;)

I also collected 2 handmade gifts for 2 friends babies that arrived recently (but they will be Christening gifts) When I say handmade they are paintings, so nothing I would be able to do Need to move money from present fund.

Nearly 2 loads of washing dried - DH hung the first out without me even asking

carrielovesfanta

I am cream crackered! Ended up doing a bit of gardening and also painting an ornament of m-i-l's that OH broke months ago and we were supposed to fix. Another roundtuit job!

crazy_cat_lady

Having another night off because I'm shattered.
Normal service will resume eventually

Happy_Kitties

Carrie-I love Hermes and have a local drop off point which is great but haven't used for ages. Have used it several times for eb@y items in the past.
This parcel didn't really have anything expensive in it, just bits to make the landmark birthday abit more special, trouble is once the rest of the family got wind I was sending some items, I got their bits aswell to send.

I was determined it was going second class and under £3 and looking back it was a real comedy of errors that put a smile on my face.........the lengths us moneysavers will go to, to save the pennies:rotfl::rotfl:
I've got to send a parcel to my brother in a fortnight, which is big so will make it costly with the post so I think Hermes will be the answer, so good job u mentioned it Carrie otherwise I would probably be trying to squash my brother's and sis-in-laws presents into a small box and prob ruin them:o
Managed to cashout points from the H@liday Inn reward points program-£10 Amazon voucher now on the way which will be used towards the relatives main landmark birthday present......the day did get better in the end:T
Hope everyone has had a good day x