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

Ok, because OliveOyl is threatening to "thcrweam and thcrweam until she is thick"..........here is the "what small things" thread!!

So, you know what to do - let us all know what small things you are doing today which are helping you to become debt free - these may be things that you might think of as insignificant, whereas in fact they are just as important as the bigger things because they are forming good financial habits!

So today I am/have:
  • put washing on the line, not used the tumble drier
  • piggy clicks and comps
  • check online banking
  • start doing a spreadsheet for November
  • filling in paperwork
  • doing housework which is keeping me warm so I don't need the heating on!
  • OH having leftovers for dinner
  • I am going out for a meal courtesy of my Mum tonight! I get the better food deal than OH today!!
Have a good day everyone xx
Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    So today I will/have

    -done my clicks
    -I will catch up on all those surveys I have been neglecting in my inbox.
    -return some clothes to Asda (that may sound odd as a DFW thingy, but in my past life, if things were the wrong size, they went in the charity bag...:o )
    - meal plan for the next 2 weeks.
    - housework with star-drops.


    Too late to avoid the vending machine, I skipped breakfast and had a KitKat:o

    Thanks Hypno
  • Kept doing my flylady
    Started my GTP application forms
    Writing letters to all the companies that have put inaccurate data on my credit file
    Keeping up with my 'one account' spreadsheet
    Having another NSD!
    £4000 challenge

    Currently leftover - £3872.15
  • sammiboo
    sammiboo Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    Good Morning all :)

    Until I get my net sorted at home I cant check my online banking :o

    But things I will and have done are:
    • Charge my phone at work
    • do my quidco clicks
    • meal plan for the next few days
    • take back my NEXT towel rail - its too big and cant close the bathroom door :o
    • get back my expensives from work
    • surveys
    I am sure there are a few other things I can add, but thats all i can think of for now!!
    March 2006 £15,200+ in debt April £843.64 in debt - Debt Free date Sept 2009
    Egg Credit Card - £843.64 5.7%
  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    * Check for mystery shops
    * Update all the online banking
    * Tidy my room (DFW as I have so much to Ebay!)
    * Not put the heating on even though I'm freeeeeeezing
    No longer using this account for new posts from 2013
  • Skint_Catt
    Skint_Catt Posts: 11,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    * Check for mystery shops
    * get spending diary to start on 1 Nov
    * Do budget now we've moved into house
    * Hung washing on horse and will put on patio at lunchtime
    * Bought packed lunch to work
    * Eating dinner out of freezer tonight instead of going to Supermarket
    * Booked table for tomorrow night (taking OH out) with voucher from Telegraph
    * Done piggy clicks and comps

    :grin:
  • Oh, I use to like this thread, used to make me feel good when I did something and knew I could come on and gloat!Makes you feel like yourgetting somewhere on a day you might not even do anything.
    I have
    - collected free prescripton (chest infection)
    - used washable nappies on baby
    - might make a pan of stew with whatever is left over - keep me warm and help fight this infection
    - phone loan company for settlement figure (cashed in some ISA shares other week to pay off, although am setting up a business so still have another loan)
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    i have, worked late so didn't want to go shopping on way home.
    Will check my bank online, though shouldn't have moved since Monday
    Not turned on heating and trying to hold off on the calor gas heater.
    Eaten left over curry from last night.
  • LookingAhead
    LookingAhead Posts: 4,633 Forumite
    Hi!

    OK DFW things today were:


    * Used a £2 off voucher for some hair product I bought

    * Got a lift home from work

    * Took HM lunch to work

    * Got a line full of washing dry

    * Ordered some stuff through QuidCo

    * QuidCo searches & piggy click & comps (only points from a voucher!)

    * Made a carrot & coriander soup for dinner (except I didn't realise I had run out of coriander....so I had to improvise!) and we had it with a reduced olive pave that I got for 39p a couple of weeks ago and froze. :A
    Bank Balance: In the black for the moment.
    Sainsburys Loan: Cleared July 2010
    Credit cards: AMEX Airmiles Card: direct debit set to clear balance monthly
  • JoeHel
    JoeHel Posts: 446 Forumite
    My list is small but every little counts, eh? ;)

    1. Went through my work drawers at lunchtime and collected up all the loose change to bag up and put in my account. It was so heavy it hurt to carry it home!

    2. Cancelled a direct debit for a mag that I've realised I hardly ever read, saving £5 a month.

    3. OH wanted chippy chips tonight ('cos it was HIS turn to cook!) but I persuaded him it was too cold to go outside and I'd cook him a lovely pie & chip dinner instead. Saved the price of 2 chip suppers... :j
    QUIT SMOKING 4/11/07 :j
  • cat4772
    cat4772 Posts: 2,467 Forumite
    Today I have

    * done pigsback clicks
    * took HM lunch to work
    * bought tofu from Morrisons at BOGOF (now have a six month supply in the freezer)
    * charged my phone at work
    * printed some 'info' at work
    * checked for mystery shops
    * am doing private admin work at the mo (paid for the job rather than time taken)

    I will do more though... I promise.

    Cat.x
    DFW Nerd Club #545 Dealing With Our Debt
    :onever attribute anything to malice which can be adequately explained by stupidity, [paranoia or ignorance] - ZTD&[cat]
    :othe thing about unwritten laws is that everyone has to agree to them before they can work - *louise*

    March GC £113.53 / £325
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