What small DFW things will you do w/c 25th Feb?

DawnW

Evening all
Working most of today, restocked sales unit and listed stuff on ebay. Sold an item too
Other than that:
Still no news on tests - no news is good news as far as I am concerned.

Cleaned up kitchen
Made a batch of blackberry and apple pie filling to use up unpleasantly woolly apples in fruit bowl, and the last blackberries from the freezer.

RM surveys stuff, and a couple of online surveys done for Ipsos I say
Checked banks and updated spreadsheet

Ordered a case of wine (used a voucher to reduce cost, also got free delivery) in case of shortage / price rises at the end of the month. Won't drink it all at once :rotfl: - I can rarely manage more than one small glass these days, but it is nice to have, cheaper to buy in bulk and handy for when impromptu presents are needed.

Made a veggie curry for dinner, really fancied one, and ideal opportunity to use up various bendy veg in fridge / oddments in freezer. And there is enough for lunch tomorrow - bonus

PurpleFairy26

Morning frugal pals:hello:

Up early, knew I would be have something playing on my mind. Plans for today:

Triage fridge, make a veg curry - thanks for the idea Dawn and a pudding of some sort. See what else is left.
Quick load of washing and hand on airer
House doesn't need much cleaning so will be doing the minimum
Smalls to prepaid lessons
One small to party. Card and pressie from stash.
Small to do homework
Still haven't made that cake, today may be the day :rotfl:
Close February food spend book. Am very pleased with amount. Focus does wonders in this area am hoping for a similar March.
Double check money moves yesterday. Look into an couple of new accounts that may be beneficial in us opening.

Have a good day all. Purps.

DawnW

Morning all
Up early, had breakfast, emptied dishwasher, fed dog and then stopped Must get on in a minute!
Today's plans:
Bit of cleaning / tidying Done
Make a soup with leftover scraps of ham and whatever lurking veg Done
DD will probably appear with kids before too long, so no point in aiming for anything too ambitious! Went for a longish walk with DD and the kids, free exercise, which to be honest, I needed!
Had a bit of rain, but need to check garden pots to see if any want watering Done
Sow some spring onions and salad leaves Sowed rocket and mustard, but discovered I don't have any spring onion seed. Added to shopping list.
Start a new shopping list, but won't go today In progress
Wrapped a small ebay sale
Did an online survey

OH has got a bought pizza out of the freezer for dinner (was a freebie, I don't buy them). Will jazz it up a bit with some mushrooms and cheap chorizo from the market Done, ok, but reminded me why I don't buy them! Used some of the micro leaves I have grown in the salad accompaniment.
No plans for spending, unless GD asks for a 'magazine' from the corner shop She wanted to spend her own money today :rotfl:

crazy_cat_lady

Morning :coffee:
March is self care month for me. I'm so tired I need to focus on getting myself back to my best. I have cancelled my tutoring this morning, and an afternoon at football with ds as he wasn't bothered and I definitely wasn't bothered. I'm going to do small jobs I can't ignore intermingled with some crochet, reading and visiting bestie. I really hope I can manage self care with a reduced income - I'm not high maintenance but the extra cash from tutoring is always useful. We shall see.
So I have already washed dishes, sorted cats and hoovered. I've texted my sister and bestie and am catching up on here. I need to get washing started and have some exam work that I have to do this weekend, but I can do it in small bits in between my own stuff.
Fingers crossed that all goes according to plan.

1LuckyLady

Morning all,

I'm feeling a bit under today, have a headache I can't seem to shift and generally feel rubbish so I'm going to follow CCL's lead and work on the self care. (I know our food hasn't been great this week and I've not been to the gym etc)

So onto todays list
* Book hairdresser appointment for this week (I keep putting this off but its £20 every 4-5 months usually so not too extravagant) Friday morning
* Book gym sessions for Mon-Fri (works out to be less then 80p a class) Done
* Drink lots more water and less coffee/tea - money saving and less calories Got through to 4pm, without coffee or tea)
* Divvy up the sweets we have left between the two kids for today and tomorrow and show them (means I won't pinch a sneaky one if they know what there is!) Friday morning
* Use up lunch, have invited my parents over, will have leftover chicken, new potatoes, I've got peas and my dad said he'll bring some carrots, I've got some yorkie puds and stuffing balls in the bottom of the freezer too done
* Check the fruit bowl as some of its been hanging around all week - may do stewed fruit done
* Watch another film with the kids (they can have some of the sweets)

I think thats it for now. Take care all.

ditty1234

Managed to live off my weekend shop all week and barely had any spending in the week. But then went for a monster shop today. Only got stuff on list though, and gas for my new guzzeler, think this will last 2 weeks though. Hung laundry out to dry, will batch cook chili later for the week, walked dog with friend for my weekend social. Can't wait for my debt to be under £24.ooo later this month, even if it still seems like a bit of a monster.

foxgloves

Evening Frugalistas,
Decent day on the frugal front:
*Grocery shopping came in on budget, even with an unplanned bottle of wine.
*Remembered to use triple nectar point voucher.
*Redeemed £5 loyalty voucher to reduce cost of Body Shop handcream.
*Pack of yellow stickers herrings now decapitated, gutted & frozen. My nails are looking so much better after upping my intake of oily fish, nuts & avocadoes - a nice bonus.
*Tidied receipts, budget cash & various other bits n bobs away to my desk ready for my regular Monday morning budget update & banking session.
*Found a book on my wishlist in Oxfam. £12.99 cover price, I paid £1.99 & it is in perfect condition.
*Resisted a top & a dress in White Stuff & a skirt in Monsoon.
*All free leisure tonight - box set... maybe a film & reading.
*Knit more of current sock (for presents box).
*Update dfw diary.
Cheers all,
F x

Baileys_Babe

OH is no worse than yesterday, which is to say he is better than Tuesday. He has spent the day resting and sleeping broken up by food breaks.

This afternoon I took dd and my 2 neices to a free family activity session, the also had a snack and drink. Meet up with friends and their children.

Today's DFW achievements, well the ones I can remember:
PAD
NSD
stick to the meal plan
Food and drink from home
Made bread

Discussed with everyone, that when we write the weeks meal plan tomorrow, we include the meals that we have missed over the last few weeks, due either to hospital admissions or nobody being particularly hungry and people just wanting something lighter & those that use things we already have in, hopefully making some space in the fridge and freezer.

foxgloves

Glad to hear the patient is no worse, BB. Good idea to recycle your previous week's meal ideas & shop from home.

Morning everyone else,
The only plans for today involve popping out to village garden centre for whatever compost is on offer & a couple of other budgeted for items.
I intend to do a few garden jobs, tidying up the strawberries & clearing a raised bed in the veggie garden. Might finish weeding herb bed too, if weather stays dry.
Enjoy your Sundays, all.
F x

1LuckyLady

Morning all,
BB glad to hear that your DH is better then he was.
Foxgloves, I hope your weather is better then ours, its throwing it down here this morning.

Today is mainly about getting ready for school and work tomorrow after the holidays so todays list..
* Drink more water and less tea/coffee (easy start with this, this morning as ds1 drank all the milk last night!!! :mad:) done
* Check shopping list before popping to aldee at 10 to get milk + veg + fruit + chickens + bread (will go on my own as thats always cheaper!) done but only 1 chicken as the packaging on the other broke at the til - will call and get a 2nd tomorrow on way home
* Supervise ds2 make Welsh Cakes which form part of his homework to take in for the late St Davids Day celebration at school tomorrow done and they smell lovely!
* Cook 2 chickens together as the oven is going to be on anyway - meal plan is based on chicken for the next few days with chicken sandwiches in lunch boxes and salads for tea and will finish it off in a currywill be tomorrow instead now
* Make families lunches for the next couple of days done
* Check annoying jobs list and see if I can easily tick anything off (knowing me I'll add more then I take off!)
* Share bath water and continue use up of lotions and potions
* Write a little letter needed for ds2s school bus tomorrow (on reclaimed paper from rm surveys)
* Watch something with the kids later

Thats about it. take care all.