What small DFW things will you do w/c 28th Jan?

1LuckyLady

Todays list
* ds1 had more ys bread with his egss for breakfast done
* ds2 to free school breakfast club done
* deal with a frog at ds2s school, its thrown up more questions now though so not totally dealt with but hey its a start.
* gym session & refill water bottle there twice done
* brunch from stores, done made more American pancakes as I had some sweetcorn left in the fridge from the last lot
* clean kitchen using stardrops done
* scan some proof of ownership paperwork so that another frog can be moved on a bit done
* wash a load on the quick 30 degree wash not enough of a load, will put this on tomorrow instead and make the most of seeing my clear radiators!
* run the dishwasher on the quick wash done and emptied
* radiator shuffle before the heating goes on tonight done
* check banking/update spreadsheet and email it back to me done
* de junk and unsubscribe from emails done
* hoover just where needs doing done, everywhere needed doing!
* iron dh work shirts and a couple of other items - switching off before starting the last item to use the residual heat done
* look on bbc f00d for a recipe to make a sauce to go with my pork thats a bit dry looked but didn't see anything that appealed as I didn't want a sweet sauce, so I've just done a tomato based veggies sauce instead, the kids are going to have this as wraps and dh & I will have it with mashed potato left over from yesterday

Thats my start as I've finished my :coffee: now and should make a start.

Take care all.
** rm surveys done

DawnW

Afternoon all
Boring and expensive day. dentist this morning and car windscreen replacement this afternoon Don't feel like doing much else...
Some small things:
Posted DD1's birthday present
Sold 3 small items on ebay
Friend from France is in the UK, so must arrange to meet up with her for a coffee and catch up
Did a couple of surveys and claimed a £5 Amazon voucher
I have food cooked for dinner, so only need to do some veg to go with it
The house is a tip and I don't feel remotely like cleaning, or anything else really Winter blues I reckon, and it sounds as though a few of us are suffering from it! Roll on Spring!

PurpleFairy26

PurpleFairy26 wrote: »

Morning frugal wannabes :hello:

Another day off today and I've got a list and not afraid to use it :rotfl: it's needs to be productive

Post a fleabay sale, check on remaining listings, money is already in my 1p savings account
Check banking and update sheet where a payment has moved from monthly to annual
Pop to town, collect contact lenses, take some returns back and collect something from doctors, drop off some charity shop items
Make tonight and tomorrow nights tea
Get milk from farm
Sort one box from in the outbuildings out
Vacuum car
Washing shuffling
Maybe a trip to the gym if DH is home early enough but he's on a really long day so will have to see
Triage fridge
Make some fajita spice for a meal later in the week
Drop an item at a friends on the way past
Possible tip run if it's open
Clean an area I need to paint and masking tape the edges

Have a good day folks. Purps.

Big 'small things' hugs to those not feeling themselves. Hope it doesn't stick around.

Ok, so gym is unlikely but I've been on the go all day so I'll take that instead. Decided against a tip run as it would have slowed down progress but I have done everything else, apart from fajita mix which I'll do shortly. I've found a few treasures amongst the sorting:
My lost welly
Some colour grabber and whitening washer
Industrial strength sink unblocker
A nice vase
Some garden twine
A mystery key :rotfl:
About 6 other cleaning products I wouldn't normally buy and have no idea where they've come from
Screen wash x 2
Engine oil
A box of plasters
Some things to sell at a local sale in a few weeks


I've also a box that I need to home things for, which is my next job on my to do list. Happy with my day. Think am early night is in order though. Purps.

ziggy2407

Good Evening All

PF - Thanks for starting us off today, Hi to everyone else and big hugs to all those feeling out of sorts

Today

Check Bank & made PAD - Done
Pick "Litter" blowing on street - Done
Ironing - Done
Swagbucks - Done
Check TCB/Quidco - Done
List a few bits for sale -
Purge a few emails -
Enter a few comps -
All meals from cupboards/fridge/freezer -
Check: Lucky Bob, FPL, WinaDinner -
Read book -

Have a great evening!

C x

allydowd

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Baileys_Babe

Today's list
LSD - only Children's sports training Done
HE for free, except above training Done
Meal plan Done
Write shopping list Done
All meals from stores Done, OH rustled up a beef cobbler, use l/o beef stew from the freezer, yummy
Pack snacks to take with us done
Take water and a hot drink for me to training Done
Turn off lights and appliances not in use done
Open curtains for natural light done
Close curtains before dark to retain the heat done
Make porridge done
Make bread done
Wash hair and let it dry naturally done

Also I have moved the mortgage payment in to the correct account.

OH has been informed by HMRC that he is due a £1000+ refund, we are ear marking this for mortgage overpayment fund :j

allydowd

Hi January Joy-Seekers,

Evening!:coffee: Was up early photographing the sunrise and local bird-life.

Thanks for the starter PF.


Debt-Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Four:

* Check online banking. Done. PayDay.

* Dinner is Thai curry made with leftover roast chicken. Done.

* Take Flask out bird-watching to avoid buying coffee. Done.

* Continue my Challenge 500 miles challenge to travel 500 miles for free before the end of 2019: walking, hiking, climbing, cycling, running and swimming. Will walk around bird reserve. Done.

* Finish reading secondhand book from local bookshop. Given up on it. Will donate back.

* Read free magazine from charity I support.

* Clean house with Stardrops and washable cloths. Wash floor with washable mop. Done.

* DW to make juice from cheap oranges. Done.

* Let hair dry naturally. Done.

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

PurpleFairy26

Morning all :hello: back to work for me today after my lovely day off yesterday. Need to be productive before I go though:

Quick wash on so it can be out and airing whilst I'm at work
Made the fajita spice mix I didn't do yesterday
Prep a pudding that can just be stuck in the oven later
Check banking, we've been reimbursed something so I have paid it straight off the credit card
Will check said cc too to make sure it's as it should be
Liberated some some and 2 chicken quarters from freezer for families lunches today, there's hm scones and flapjack too
Check weather as there's likely snow on my commute later
Take hot drink for commute

Have a good day all, hope you're all ok. Purps.

determined_new_ms

Morning purps hope work doesn't feel too much of a slog after the long weekend.

Not sure what is on my agenda today. Still feeling really flat. Yesterday I couldn't catch a break and everything (like EVERYTHING) went wrong! Did nothing for my mood. Hoping today is less disappointing. Might need to take some positive action....

Small things:

* checked bank acc and received £14.44 in int
* all meals from stores
* onepoll
* cut out a pattern
* I might go into town to get a book from the library
* I'd like to clean the house but struggling with finding the energy
* hang up load of washing
* 2 x walks with pup - hopefully that'll blow the cobwebs away
* bath and a pamper later

Ok that's all. I might contact a friend about meeting up for a coffee tomorrow. Have a great day x

Happy_Kitties

DNMS hoping u have a better day today. It's awful when u have a day when everything goes wrong and nothing u do however hard goes right sending hugs.

Remind me in the future that if I go off like a rocket.......slow me down.
Dealt with another frog yesterday, kept going -dropping stuff at my mums, RM surveys etc but I was flagging badly by mid afternoon.
Crawled up to bed at 5pm to rest up ready to work on another frog and fell asleep for 2 hours which is fine, and I have to rest up but if it happens early evening I can never sleep later on.......and I didn't. 1 am up making myself a cuppa. It didnt help when I woke up I had a work message and had to deal with an issue straight away so wide awake I was.

Hoping to work on 4th frog today.
Banking all checked-everything good
Remembered to check quidco after reading Allys post.
Need to prep for a meeting tonight
Going to pop out this morning to stock up on more cat food tins, just in case of snow or general very bad weather.
Need to start focusing on my decluttering again as it was going really well. I can then definitely do a drop off tomorrow.

Cant think of anything else.
Have a great day everyone x