What small mse things will you do this week? 26/02

Lottebear

Hello Everyone,

I have been snowed into today, I have done quite a bit work, I find it amazing how much I get done when not in the office. DD school has been closed today too.

- NSD day!
- I need to read meters, which I will do shortly.
- Other than that made use of free TV subscription trial.
- Food from stores, we are well stocked!

DawnW

Hello all
Hairy Bikers' curries are brilliant Foxgloves. Not tried that particular one (yet), but I regularly use several of their curry recipes
Not much accomplished here today
Walked into town for the first time for ages - I have a sore hip and am waiting to see the doctor (4-6 weeks wait here for an appointment ). Unfortunately it makes walking (one of my pleasures) quite painful
Anyway, did a bit of shopping and posted a couple of ebay items, then walked back.
Bought some old Beano and Dandy annuals in a CS for 7 and 10 year old GDs who are mad on them :rotfl:
Made BLT sandwiches for lunch, to use up some bacon and salad bits
DD and baby GS appeared at lunchtime, and stayed till it was time to pick up GD from pre-school
Leftovers for dinner, with HM cajun oven chips and an egg
Sold another ebay item
Surveys for Yougov and Ipsos (still too cross to bother with visiting onepoll after being screened out after 80% completing 2 surveys yesterday :mad:)
Checked banks
Read meters and entered readings on energy company's web site. Scary usage over the last month :eek:
Updated spreadsheet after today's spends :eek:
Going with my brother tomorrow to view the HA flat he has been offered. Hopefully can ensure the offer is definite, as OH is at the end of his tether with it all again It is going to cost me to get him in there (some basic furniture and 4 weeks rent upfront) and he will probably need some support going forward, until he can get work / benefits / budgeting sorted. I have warned him that this is his last chance, and he will not be turning up here again penniless and expecting us to keep him. We have been in this situation so many times before - though he hasn't actually got his own flat before, so hoping for the best!

ziggy2407

Good Afternoon All

Today has felt like a fresh start as I am determined that this WILL be my year to be happier and healthier, I started at a new gym for more rehab sessions and I love it! Today we have:

Checked Bank & made PAD
Relisted a few bits for sale
Entered a few comps
Done a couple of Surveys
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Checked: Tombola Stars, Lucky Bob, Luckyphone, FPL

Night all.

C x

carrielovesfanta

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Good Afternoon All

Today has felt like a fresh start as I am determined that this WILL be my year to be happier and healthier, I started at a new gym for more rehab sessions and I love it! Today we have:

Checked Bank & made PAD
Relisted a few bits for sale
Entered a few comps
Done a couple of Surveys
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer
Checked: Tombola Stars, Lucky Bob, Luckyphone, FPL

Night all.

C x

It's great to hear you sounding so positive

ziggy2407

carrielovesfanta wrote: »

It's great to hear you sounding so positive

Thank you, am feeling more positive than I have in a while.

spudsmum

Evening all! Hope you're all managing to stay warm and toasty in this awful weather.

Today I have:

:A £5.17 cashed out from online surveys
:A received £1 cashback for buying bread (£1 cashback for 3 loaves and was on offer at 50p so equivalent to 3 loaves for 50p) - will use 2 as usual and freeze one for next week
:A £6.17 from the two above transfered to debt jar
:A breakfast and lunch from stores, dinner at my mums house.
:A needed oil and coolant for my car managed to get it in a halfprice offer saving £9
:A skimmed bank £3.37 to debt jar
:A mum gave me a load of sweets for the kids as she bought them for herself and then changed her mind
:A attempted some surveys
:A heating on for an hour just to take chill off
:A started trawling price comparison sites to see if i can beat car insurance renewal

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: Ziggy hope things carry on improving for you. I've joined a new gym this week and can't believe the difference. Wish I'd done it ages ago. Saved £10/month too
Dawn ouch, take care of yourself. Can't you call the surgery and explain and see if a doctor can call you to discuss rather than waiting?

My list today:
Packed lunches all round, I'll have hm beetroot pate in mine
Something from freezer for tea from planner, mackerel and leek pasta I think
Check banking, miscalculated that 3 dd had already gone out this pay period and they go tomorrow, day before payday. Luckily it only totals £50 and I have the money still in my spends. Annoying though
If cheque clears today, pay to LPDF
Accidentally put washing on last night rather than timer (noise not a MSE) thing. It did mean when I got up extra early it was done so is already out on airer
Drawn curtains back as there is a beautiful full moon out there that's very tranquil
Do app
Hot drink for commute
Look for a cheap headband. Having my hair cut short on Monday and want one for exercise
Cat unimpressed at cold and snow, seems to think it's my fault by the meowing he's doing :rotfl:
Sort costumes and associated books for world book day for tomorrow. Reusing dance show costumes. No spend
Try and fit gym in after work. DH been 6 times between us so far this week :A

Stay safe and warm peeps.

determined_new_ms

Morning purps not sure what happened to my post yesterday. Nothing very exciting on it but I did finally post my old mobile phone :T

Purps I read your post as "Look for a cheap husband"! :rotfl:

Zigs good to hear you are feeling full of joie de vivre :cool:

today - be quick as have to leave in 30 mins and still sitting in dressing gown!

* take breakfast, lunch and teatime food!
* catch bus - much less stress and only £4 :T
* other than bus nsd
* read book on bus
* check onepoll
* oh & madam having pizza for tea - I'll have something simple if I'm hungry when I get home

Ok that's all I can think of! Have a great day x

carrielovesfanta

Morning folks!

I hope everyone is feeling better?

Well OH's gig went well and there's a pic of him with Bruce Dickinson (lead singer of Iron Maiden) on Facebook as he was the after dinner speaker at the event.
Hopefully he impressed Bruce so much that he will hire him as his new go-to session guitarist and I can retire and move to Hawaii.
(a girl can dream right??)

Weirdly I managed to get up so much easier when OH isn't here. I think it's cos I can throw the lights on and not creep about. A lot of mornings I'm still struggling to get up at this time, but today I've already checked my banking, reconciled the month start budget in the spreadsheet, had my coffee, started brekkie and paid the car tax!!

Today's mission:

• B/L from stores
• Dinner out with a couple of the girls from work. Not MSE but good for the soul
• Getting lifts with them so no transport spends
• Gym at lunch time. I will not let this freelancer eat up my day today!
• Charge phone in work
• Heating off while I'm out. I confess to putting it on low for a few hours overnight. My intention was to leave it on but it clicks and bonks so much that I gave in at 1am and turned it off. Back on high now for an hour till I leave for work.

Not much today I'm afraid


clf x

DawnW

Morning all
Hope you will still post when retired and living in Hawaii CLF :rotfl:
Modest list for today:
Brown banana for breakfast
Put some food out for the poor birds
Checked banks and updated spreadsheet
Made pastry for chicken and mushroom pie later
Minestrone bubbling on stove for lunch later (will finish cooking shortly and reheat at lunchtime)
RM surveys tasks
Make pie, and use up rest of pastry for mince pies (I still have mincemeat in the larder)
Need to redo freezer inventory and make a list of veg to buy at the market tomorrow (snow permitting, we have only had a few flakes so far, but it is really cold, the outside thermometer reads -5 :eek:)
Washing to peg out on line when the wind gets up a bit, as is forecast
Check for surveys later
And some cleaning I suppose

Looking at flat with brother this afternoon, so fingers crossed!!!!