What small DFW things will you do this week - w/c 9th October?

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello:

Broken nights sleep so today is going to be a long day and I have to fast for something this afternoon so no coffee to keep me going :eek:

List for today:
Appointment later paid through work, would be £400 if I paid. It’s a MOT type thing. Let’s see if I pass :rotfl:
Meals from stores (after fasting)
Some washing out on the line
Quick tidy round
Check banking
Post fleabay item
Make a yogurt cake
Print the last of the invoices off so I can submit my partnership return which means I then do my tax return. Only have until 31st October for the first one.
Early night here I think.

Back later. Purps.

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks

FatVonD - I hope your headache clears
Purps - as a fellow caffeine addict, I feel your pain

Slightly bad start to the holiday. OH had to swerve to avoid hitting a child yesterday whose dear friend pushed him into the street :cool:
Unfortunately he donked the wing mirror of the car coming the opposite way. Our wing mirror glass is broken (although will be a cheap easy fix as the car isn't fancy). The other car had its wing mirror casing obliterated. Luckily only £70 for the casing and OH gave the guy the cash yesterday. If the whole mirror had gone it would have been £400 as it was a fancy heated type :eek:

On the plus side, I have had another crochet commission request for a large rug.

Yesterday's round up

carrielovesfanta wrote: »

Today's plan:

• Meals from plan - done
• Plan meals up until our holiday as much from stores as possible (only 3 days so should be fine) - done
• Plan a small packed breakfast to take to the airport on Sunday - healthier and much cheaper than fried brekkie! Flight is at 8.05am so will need to keep us going til lunch. - done
• Charge phone in work - done
• Gym at lunch time - done
• Put sheets back on spare bed
• Crochet and relax - done

Today:

• Meals from plan
• Hair cut for me - done
• Try to take down the nets in the kitchen/utility and wash them (cannot see how the bars were put up and the nets gotten on) - done. I will not speak of the horrors that lay within the nets. They were REVOLTING.
  
• Gym this morning - done. Really good workout today
  
• No drinkies
• OH working tonight - done
• Start packing
• Lots of washing to be done before we go (DNMS the timer on my new machine had been a revelation) - done
• More epilating!
• Research crochet rug and give a price - done
• Windows open to air the house - done
• Washing on the line drying nicely - done
• Mopping down the windows behind the nets. THE HORROR. In case you're wondering why I'm such a filthy mare, these windows are behind the fridge so hard to reach. I know they are horrible but it's easier to ignore them - done. I deserve a medal. Or at least a nice cuppa.

Will add as I go

Have a good one all

clf x

mumofthetwins

Morning guys ...

While I remember anyone looking for memory cards or USB sticks Morrisons reduced loads to £1 .. I picked some up yesterday for the boys for school .. oh and anyone that uses a lot of the plastic packaging envelopes these were reduced from £1 to 5p a packet .. so if your close by pop in and have a look ...

Well today started great ..
I have baked some muffins and made a quiche using up all bits that were starting to look a bit ropey
House tidied and hoovered
Packaged a few things that was paid for from eBay last night
Then I started my workout DVD ... love it as it's free and I do get good results from it .. well half way through the blooming tv decided to give up so that's now a new TV and phone (my phone gave up last week after a bit of a swim in a bag of Pepsi max) my emergency fund already took a hammering as I bought a new car in auguest and a new cooker a few weeks before this ... gutted but hey ho at least I've got some yummy quiche and muffins for lunch while listening to the radio lol

Hope you all have a better day than me ...
Lisa x

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm WFH today and tomorrow - OH had his op yesterday so I am chief looker-afterer. We still don't have all the results from the op but doc said they didn't look promising. He doesn't need another op and his condition isn't making him ill/won't kill him so that is the positive news.

Wow, CLF - how scary for that kid!! Glad it didn't cost your OH too much either.

Hope you are surviving without the coffee Purps! I was similar yesterday. Don't know why I felt the need to go nil by mouth just because OH was but didn't feel right making a morning coffee with him really wanting one. :A (that's me being a saintly wife and getting some wife points in the bank for future :rotfl:)

DNMS - which soup are you having these days??

Arghh Arc and FS - I was so annoyed with our last deposit dispute - in the end they took £15 for paw prints on the outside of the back door!!! No joke!! I couldn't be bothered with taking it further but what a b loody joke!

Right... best get off and back to work...

Meals from stores
Working job#2 tonight

Can't really think!

foxgloves

Hello Money Savers,
Oh, that's a worry for you, La E. Hope your partner recovers well, anyway x

Woke with a headache in the middle of a stressy dream this morning. Two paracetamol, toast & a humungous coffee put me to rights & I'm now having quite a productive day:
*Put a colour on my hair. Soooooo much cheaper than having it done at the salon, which I did pre-LBM.
*Did 40 mins of surveys while my colour was 'cooking'.
*Noticed more meat than I need for tonight's stir-fry so will freeze a piece to use in a spicy rice or noodles another time.
*Made tomorrow's packed lunch.
*Home made tomato soup from freezer for my lunch.
*Free exercise outside clearing & sweeping back courtyard.
*Pelargoniums all potted up & brought indoors for winter. Divided one up so as to give it as a gift.
*Knit....am on final sock for my sales basket. Am time pressured on this, so choosing a pattern with a lace panel up the side that I haven't knitted before probably not my wisest move, but it"s not too fiddley & I kind of hope they don't sell as I like them myself.
*Do next week's meal plans. Am about halfway with this so far. Mr f wants to cook Madhur Jaffrey's whole Indian spiced chicken on Sat, which means very tasty leftovers to work into other meals. If I make a big veggie moussaka too, I shan't need many more meals for the week.
Ok, sun streaming through the window. Am off outside to do more garden clearing now.
Peace to all,
F x

determined_new_ms

mumoftwins I feel your pain! In the last month our kettle and something broke on my exhaust and I ended up paying out £300 to get it fixed, we purchased a super king size bed and mattress and even though that was painful enough to see the best part of £1000 go down the drain our washing machine broke and we had to get a new one

La E - this is the soup. And as a soup connoisseur I can personally vouch it's the BEST SOUP EVER

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/barley-and-lentil-soup-with-swiss-chard-231578

I just happened to have some pearl barley that has been kicking around a lifetime but in the comments someone said they didn't but used brown rice and it worked. I also added some chilli powder and lemon juice as per comments. sooooooooo good!

DawnW

((Hugs)) La E, hope your OH is ok!
And Foxgloves, you take care of yourself too!
Late check in from me on a less than productive day
Woke at 4am after a broken night and couldn't get back to sleep - shattered now!
Walked dog x 2
Walked to post office with ebay sales. Did yet another top up shop - I have totally blown my budget this month
Sold 4 more ebay items, but one is to go to the US, aargh! I stopped selling on ebay while I was ill, and have only recently got back to it. My preferences have obviously disappeared / defaulted, so a total free for all I have discovered. Now nailed down to UK only again (I only sell small things costing a few pounds at most, really not worth any extra hassle), but in the meantime I have to queue up to do international, customs etc stuff for a £3.20 sale :mad: I will sort it out tomorrow
OH moaning about his sciatica, his pulled muscle and now he is getting a cold, apparently :mad:
My brother has at least decided to go back (not sure what to ) tomorrow :T
Cooked sausages in onion gravy, mash, carrots and green beans for dinner, apple crumble to follow. Feel like a food production machine, but if brother disappears with his enormous appetite, there will be enough leftovers for OH and I tomorrow
Listed 2 more items on ebay
Did a couple of surveys for onepoll
Will clear up the kitchen and that is me done for today I think - hope for a better day tomorrow!

uphillstruggler

Hi everyone,
Hope everyone has had a good day.

Managed a NSD today so happy about that. A colleague offered to buy me a coffee. Tough day at work and back again at the crack of dawn... :T
Off to bed in a sec but here is my list for tomorrow:
*pop to bankbank -done
*November budget
*check accounts
*meals and water at workwork -done

Night all,
US

Happy_Kitties

Hugs to everyone having a rough time or just feeling under the weather. It just seems a tough time of year for everyone at the minute.

Still managing to catch up on some badly neglected errands and paperwork. Was chuffed today that I finally managed to get my cousin's little one-his birthday presents wrapped and sent. They have just been moved around the kitchen for the last week and a half. Postage paid for by RM survey stamps
Also sent off a game I sold on Amaz@n last night. Really didn't think it would sell as you can pick the game up for peanuts and not a popular game, but it sold
Was up and productive really early this morning, by 8.30am the cats were sorted, breakfast eaten and I was working on some paperwork.
Washing out-made the most of a windy and dry day
Banking all checked and monies have gone in for the Wii games sold so far. Going to send some more off tomorrow.
Met a friend for coffee-their turn to pay and it was nice just to have a bit of time out. After they had mentioned it a couple of times previously I have finally given in-going to the docs tomorrow as I think i have a chest infection, the coughing hurts so much but I feel okay now except for being wheezy and shortness of breath. I'm just pleased I am managing to get things done.
Ordered DD some makeup today for her Christmas stocking. Technically apart from my cocktail baubles I've finished all my present shopping, but items are ones she uses all the time, they were on a special offer and at least a starving poor uni student won't have to fork out for them for awhile.
Keeping my spends book up to date, everything up to date.
Couldn't be bothered cooking, picked up a YS curry after having coffee. I did enjoy it aswell
Have a good evening everyone x

determined_new_ms

Morning guys whoop to it being Friday agreed a late start for some of the hours time in lieu I've accrued and I'm going to try to slope of 1/2 hour early (one of the benefits of community work. Although now I've said that I'll probably work later! :rotfl:)

oh away for the weekend so just madam and me

Not much smalls planned:

* [STRIKE]hung washing on the line as weather forecast is good [/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]taking a sarnie & fruit - no bought lunches for me [/STRIKE]
* [STRIKE]WM loaded up for next lot. Will set the timer so it's ready for tomorrow morning as forecast good for the next few days :j [/STRIKE]
* make note of mileage
* [STRIKE]NSD I've managed 3 so far this week and think I can manage 2 more :T this is unheard of for me! [/STRIKE] :j
* wrap presents from stores using recycled paper - party postponed until saturday as little boy has been poorly
* phone dd tonight
* go to the lottie after work and pick raspberries
* general tidy and whip round tonight to stay on top of it all

Ok that'll do for me! Have a great day guys x