What small mse things will you do this week? 19/02

One-step-at-a-time

Evening all!

Today went something like this:

- Packed up three of the items I sold over the weekend to post
- Paid another £40 off the MBNA card with proceeds from the above
- Got a First Utility referral code from my colleague (£50 Amazon voucher each if successful, in addition to £40 cashback and £400 annual savings - result!)
- Saved 30% on a yellow-stickered loaf of bread
- Deregistered my old Kindle to sell
- Found a buyer at work for our old Wii (more money for MBNA)
- Decluttered one of my office drawers at lunchtime and found £3 in change bagged up that I had forgotten to take to the bank before Christmas.

Tonight - photograph more things to sell, have a look at webuybooks.co.uk to see if I can thin out some shelves.

linz

Topped up on chicken breasts and berries for my smoothies in Farmfoods yesterday, using a £2.50 off coupon. I saw they were doing a good bulk deal on tins of tuna - 12 tins for £6.50 which I thought was good value as I can't believe how expensive tuna is nowadays! so stocked up on that too.

Worked away today and took a packed lunch and a flask to save buying lunch/hot drinks.

Made some more turkey/leek/bacon pies and turkey curry with leftover Xmas meat. Finally managing to see the bottom of the freezer

Chopped up lots of free wood obtained from Facebook which should last a good few nights on the log burner.

Redeemed £10.50 from Panelbase and £25 from Opinion Research surveys

mylastpound

Thought id pop in and add my weekly contribution.

Finished batch cooking 12 meals to take me till Sunday
Completed my Sainsbury BT 0%, ready to post tomorrow
Done Gas & Electric comparison on MSE energy club and U-switch. Both came back with the same supplier on a fixed 12 month rate with £25 cash back - Happy days! Long run should save me over £200
Want to list at least 7 items on Ebay that ive put to one side, some time this week
Sort the back and front yard out this weekend, if the weather is kind

determined_new_ms

Baileys_Babe wrote: »

This morning my parents are looking after the children so me & OH can go and look at mattresses. We need to change our bed, 15+ years old OH would like a wider bed but our stairs are only just wide enough for the size we already have, so we going to investigate zip linked mattresses.

we had this problem and got a vacuum packed/rolled mattress that way we were able to get a super king

Thanks for your thoughts re working compact hours. I'm hoping that's the trade off for me. Just a matter of adjusting at the moment!

FatVonD

Nice shiny new thread!

I feel rough and have a slightly sore throat, I do hope I haven't caught Foxgloves lurgy!

I was out with my mum today and she bought lunch so I didn't spend anything at all. We did however manage to have an argument because I was feeling ill for which she had no sympathy because everything is all about her. I came home and have been asleep all afternoon.

I dropped a job to the printers round the corner, my loyalties really lie with the ones out of town who are really nice but more expensive but I've managed to shave nearly a third off the cost.

Finally managed to get one lightbulb into a working socket, this is one out of a total of six but it made me feel a bit better.

I need to pop out to buy toilet rolls shortly and some food for DS for tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow but I'm on the late shift and hopefully with none of the menopausal witches.

determined_new_ms

Morning whoop feeling excited as not starting work until 3 :j which means I have most of the day time to myself

I'm going to take myself for a swim and a sauna this morning :money:

Have used time wisely and did a load of banking/financial straightening out since waking up

while going through town I will stop and return a bag I got for my birthday as the lining is all coming apart... will park for free in Mr W

Make pizza for oh & madam to put in oven when he gets in - using mozzarella that I stuck in the freezer before it went ood :money:

take food to eat this evening at work

check onepoll if I have time

Quickly do a bit of flying before work

sit and read this afternoon

Ok that'll do!

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: I’m posting on my phone as t’internet being useless again at home this morning. Can’t wait to leave them when my contract is up in October.

Things for today:
10p ys pork shoulder in sc for tea with some chorizo
Made boleganse for smalls and parents tea, used last of mushrooms and peppers
One lid of washing out, another in machine. Hopefully I can peg that out before work
Lunch to work, random selection of fruit and odd bits from fridge
Made coffee for commute when I booked kettle for something else
Text electrician, still not done this
Moved some money around and checked banking, refilled a money ‘pot’ that was over drawn
Some more reading tonight using free resources
Use app for MH
Use another free app from work about health

Enjoy your day folks. Hope those feeling poorly are on the mend.

carrielovesfanta

Morning all

I hope everyone is feeling better?

Put another £250 off OH's ccard last night. I'm getting impatient for the end of the tunnel now, but there's still another £2400 to go - which is still a third of the debt. But I know we will be able to whizz through it if we try.

Today's mission:

• B/L/D from stores
• Be healthy and great
• Relax and be clam
• Dye my hair
• Charge phone in work - done
• Epilate (saves on razors) - done
• Gym at lunchtime - done
• Hopefully OH will do a bit of housework
• Asked Oh to put the wash outside - which means he will need to set up the new airer - done
• Crochet
• No alcohol
• Early night

Have a good one all

clf x

DawnW

Morning all
Up early this morning and have made a good start
So far I have:
Blackening banana for breakfast
Washing out on line
Disembowelled a small YS pineapple that needed dealing with. Might use this to make a pineapple upside down cake
Stew in SC. This will be for tomorrow, but the beef needed cooking today, having already spent a couple of days in the fridge. Used lots of cheap market veg, and the beef was part of a special offer from local butcher
Chopped up and froze some leeks that needed dealing with
Stuff out of freezer for OH and I for dinner, as brother is eating at work again
Prepped another ebay parcel for posting
Postal survey tasks done

Still to do:
Shopping - not a lot, but requires going to several different shops to get the best deal
Will get some compost for my hanging baskets while I am out
And go to sales unit to tidy up. Might label up a few items to take with me in case there are spaces on my shelves
FB buyer supposed to be collecting items sold the other day, but not till this evening
Some cleaning and maybe a bit of gardening - if I get the chance!

allydowd

I was on the wrong thread again, yesterday: Wondered why no-one else was around...:rotfl:

Hi February Fabulistas,

It's a day off at the Dowds. :j


Debt Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Three:

* Good, homemade, sustaining breakfast.

* Work very hard on my own mental health issues. Do Holistrio App.

* Check online banking and broadband usage.

* Turned off alarm clock until tonight, it resets itself automatically.

* Sent a condolences card using a stamp we've had kicking around the house for ages.

* Dropped car off at the garage for bonnet catch repair. _pale_

* Go to library. Use free Wifi and exchange books.

* We bought a small electic heater a month ago. The plug gets hot when it's used. Took it back. Thank Smurf I keep receipts. Came away with a different model which has a slightly lower wattage.

* Bought YS bread. Froze some in wee batches for another day.

* Went to settle DW's dental bill. It was twice what we were quoted. Receptionist was having trouble finding the prices online. I don't trust her Maths so I'm going back in another day when another receptionist is in to check.

* Bought ferry tickets for tomorrow so I can do all my Financial calculations today.

* Went to buy puff pastry as I believe it's cheaper to buy ready made than use half a tonne of butter making it. Bought some that was YS'd.

* Checked what rates by emergency credit cards are at.

* Cover dried-up car air freshener in perfume to get more life out of it.

* Check Loyalty Points.

* LiveChatted mobile phone provider to find out why they've taken the wrong amount this month. They'll take less next month.

* Call a card company who's PIN I have forgotten.

* LiveChatted Broadband people as I was confused about that bill too. Going to be less than I thought.

* Homemade soup for lunch.

* Backed up Finances spreadsheet.


To live without risk is to risk not living.



Just given myself a good shake and sorted out my Finances spreadsheet.

When we moved in the Autumn (in a massive rushed, hurry) I wrote down approximate numbers for all my bills and I've been working off these rounded-up numbers ever since.

I was starting to feel anxious about the lack of precision.

It's just taken me an hour but now I'm back to knowing where every exact penny goes.

I know all the rates/loyalty perks for my emergency credit cards too and have got all my logins sorted. Earlier I went into the dentist to settle a bill and the PIN didn't work which was a bit embarrassing. I've got that sorted now too.

Also sorted out our mini-filing cabinet which was bursting with surplus paperwork.

Just hope that I can collect the repaired car later as planned. Nope, sigh. They ordered the wrong part.