What small DFW things will you do w/c 19th November?

foxgloves

Awww, Katy-Ann, sorry to hear that. I hate the deceit of affairs. He's been found out, you have done the right thing in terms of keeping your self respect. Welcome back - we are good at 'keeping people going' on here. Looking after yourself & your little son is the important thing now xx

foxgloves

Greetings Frugalistas,
A decent day today with some useful stuff achieved. mr f has taken a day owed from his work & so we've taken the opportunity to get a few things from the 'Annoying Jobs' list cleared plus done a bit of planning.
Money saving things today:
*Treated ourselves to coffee in our favourite indie coffee shop but shared a toasted teacake to save a little on our 'Personal Spends'.
*Stuck to shopping list in town & we were pleased to find that most of the toiletries we needed were half price or on offer.
*Used an 'extra points' voucher in the local 'Co-op'.
*Picked up free 'Boots' Health & beauty mag.
*Withdrew £232 from our Paypal account.
*Did next week's meal plans.
*Updated my bullet journal dailies with tasks which need doing before now & Christmas.
*Posted 3 ebay parcels (a total of 9 sold items)
*Chased a non-payer.
*Did overnight laundry on cheap tariff. On heated airer as too cold here today to peg out.
*mr f mended my Fitbit charger with free glue.
*Did a few surveys.
*Tweaked meal plans for the rest of this week to make things work better for us.
*Mix up sourdough for baking tomorrow (still to do).
*Round up veggies which need using to go in tonight's spicy rice, which will accompany batch-cooked roasted aubergine curry from freezer.
NOT money saving - Lighting the fire 2 hours earlier than usual to stop cat mithering. He sat nibbling my leg until I gave in & lit it. I get that he loves to be warm, but he doesn't pay the bills, does he!!!
*Update my DFW diary - not yet done but imminent.
*Knit later.
Hope poorly folk are feeling better today.
F x

carrielovesfanta

foxgloves wrote: »

NOT money saving - Lighting the fire 2 hours earlier than usual to stop cat mithering. He sat nibbling my leg until I gave in & lit it. I get that he loves to be warm, but he doesn't pay the bills, does he!!!
F x

This has absolutely tickled me :rotfl:

DawnW

Evening all
So sorry to hear your news Katy_Ann Take care, and stay with us.
Natlie, I couldn't find any currants either :huh: Made do with other stuff, but was only making for family.
Annoyed on your behalf HK, fancy their losing all your information. Good luck with your complaint :mad:

Still coughing, survived the day with naughty baby GS, who apparently only grizzles and climbs up my leg constantly, doesn't do this with anyone else Went to DD's house instead of having GS here, to see if it made any difference, but it didn't really. Only 2 more long days thank goodness, and hope he grows out of this behaviour soon! We do have some fun when he isn't grizzling though!

Nothing else done really, although OH has excelled himself today and done the hoovering and cooked the dinner while I was at DD's :A
Took GS for a walk in his pushchair this afternoon, free exercise and a bit of peace, as he likes being pushed out
Not spent anything
RM surveys stuff done
Fire alight, nice and cosy

katy_ann

1LuckyLady wrote: »

Katy_ann Sorry to hear your news, I can't imagine how tough this is for you. :grouphug:

foxgloves wrote: »

Awww, Katy-Ann, sorry to hear that. I hate the deceit of affairs. He's been found out, you have done the right thing in terms of keeping your self respect. Welcome back - we are good at 'keeping people going' on here. Looking after yourself & your little son is the important thing now xx

DawnW wrote: »

Evening all
So sorry to hear your news Katy_Ann Take care, and stay with us.
Natlie, I couldn't find any currants either :huh: Made do with other stuff, but was only making for family.
Annoyed on your behalf HK, fancy their losing all your information. Good luck with your complaint :mad:

Still coughing, survived the day with naughty baby GS, who apparently only grizzles and climbs up my leg constantly, doesn't do this with anyone else Went to DD's house instead of having GS here, to see if it made any difference, but it didn't really. Only 2 more long days thank goodness, and hope he grows out of this behaviour soon! We do have some fun when he isn't grizzling though!

Nothing else done really, although OH has excelled himself today and done the hoovering and cooked the dinner while I was at DD's :A
Took GS for a walk in his pushchair this afternoon, free exercise and a bit of peace, as he likes being pushed out
Not spent anything
RM surveys stuff done
Fire alight, nice and cosy

Thank you all x

determined_new_ms

katy_ann that sucks, truly and deeply. What a twonk that he would not protect what you had. Easy for me to say but in time you will find something much better, what's meant for you won't go past.

And in the coming days and weeks just take each day as it comes. I think it was Elizabeth Taylor who said when everything crumbles, you just hold your head up and just keep putting one foot in front of the other (or words to that effect) You'll come through this x

DawnW

Morning all
Awake half the night from coughing, so up early (already on my second coffee, done a quick tidy round, have texted my brother to tell him to come and pick up his washing, let the dog out and sorted a few items to put on ebay later when it is light enough to take decent photos).
Determined to get some stuff done, so today's plans:
Cheapie porridge breakfast

Trip to next town, visit market and flea market. I want to buy a few plants for my front garden pots, but don't intend to spend more than £3 or so, as I can use mainly what I have. Also need some boring stuff such as loo rolls.

List above mentioned items on ebay
Make a spinach and feta filo pie for dinner, to use up garden spinach
Triage fridge and plan the next few days' meals to make sure everything gets used up.
Pay month's milk bill, which is only £8.44, and annual car insurance, which is considerably more :eek:

There will be more, back later to update

PurpleFairy26

Morning Dawn and all who follow :hello: hope that coughing stops soon, Dawn and you get some sleep. I've been awake for ages too as DH left early. Katy-Ann sorry to hear you are going through the mill. Stick with us My list for today:

Something from freezer for tea
Smalls lunch box from left overs in fridge
Make some biscuits/post school snacks
Vacuum through
Load a wash for tonight on cheap
Check banking
Upload last document to mortgage people
Pop to £ shop for a few bits
Wear bobble hat on school run = no hair wash :rotfl:
Make a note in my journal of a few items I've ordered for various things, so I can tick them off when they arrive as there seems to be a huge variety in delivery times and quality of service :eek:
WFH, aim to get through lots so I can leave work at a reasonable time tomorrow


Appreciate there are loads of deals around at the moment but if any of you are sausage lovers, check out

https://www.heckfood.co.uk/whats-new/bag-a-black-friday-bundle-with-heck-with-some-amazing-money-saving-deals

Ours arrived yesterday and was very impressed with what you get for £25 :T (wonders off to update freezer inventory :rotfl:)


Have a great day folks. Purps.

determined_new_ms

Morning Dawn & purps Dawn hope you get better soon. What a lovely nan you are looking after gs when you are not well x

Today is the last of my stint of shifts :j over the last 7 days I have done 6 x 12 hour shifts with 1 day off in the middle :eek: But will be off for 5 days after today :j predictably everything is crumbling at home :rotfl: washing is overflowing, I am having to have stew for lunch and dinner as I ran out of soup! Although I did give both me and madam a shower this morning so get some point back for that!

Today:

* quick showers
* grabbed stew from freezer & put a pot of porridge together
* check onepoll - am determined again!
* put som beans to soak so I can make soup tonight in pc
* Call Dr re madam's eye test result/referral
* contact bff re Friday
* read book/knit
* clear out drawer in kitchen
* do a meal plan and shopping list for next 5 days

That'll do!

1LuckyLady

Good morning all,

Todays list
Ds1 had the last of the ys bread with his breakfast eggs
Ds2 to free school breakfast club
Gym session done and water bottle refilled twice
Spent an hour in the garden clearing more leaves and general tidying up before the weather turns again.
Brunch using up bits and pieces in the fridge

Still to do
Do a quick 30 degree load in the washing machine to keep on top of it all.Done
Check banking/ update spreadsheet Done
Clean kitchen using stardrops
:mad: Sew up my winter coat as I put my finger through the lining this morning Done
Make cauliflower/broccoli cheese for tonights meal - we have everything in to make this Done
Make families lunches for tomorrow
Stew some fruit for dessert tonight
Radiator shuffle the washing
Took meter readings and input them into the supplier website
Not a big list as I've got to pick 3 kids (my two + my niece) from 3 different schools at different times this afternoon, zig zagging across town :eek:

Take care all.