What small DFW things will you do w/c 17/02?

allydowd

ditty1234 said:

I think our big holiday outing will be a trip to the cinema to see Parasite tomorrow. (any Vue voucher suggestions).

Cheap cinema tickets. (Link) Spend a £1 at Meerkat and get Meerkat Movies 2-for-1?

La_escocesa

Hi everyone 🖐

So much for me sitting down with a coffee in the afternoons... my beloved coffee machine has broken 😱 ...So I decided to wait until tonight and sit down with a glass of wine instead! 😂 Is it the weekend yet?! 😂 My coffee machine is over 6 years old so I guess that is its lifespan... 😢 

Good tip on the cinema vouchers @allydowd I also just noticed I can do the same for 2-4-1 meals at the Frankie and Benny's near me so might go there one Sunday. 

Oooh, I got excited because someone used my referral link for YNAB 😁 I hope you love it as much as me 😁 I am a total YNAB geek 🤣

What else... 
🌈Got out of the house for a wee class I'd already paid for - £5 including free parking, a coffee, biscuits and rice cakes for the LO 😎
🌈Using up leftovers 
🌈Moved savings temporarily into my current a/c so it looks like I'm still being paid/can keep current bank deal
🌈Early night planned - OH is working away so I'm catching up on bits of TV and reading my book
🌈Free kindle book - so easy to get books with Prime membership so I never buy any anymore 

Arghh... I lost my post because I pressed 'Debt Free Wannabe' below when I meant to press the 'Preview' button... 

Right, I'm off to top up this wine glass - night all! 

Betharooni

Betharooni said:

Hi guys

Back again if you’ll have me.

Last week ended up rubbish-have had really severe migraine attack since last Thursday so been off sick from work. Therefore I’m planning on taking it fairly easy and not putting too much pressure on myself. So plans are:

• Write out budget for March and sort out any manual transfers I’ll need to do
• Continue revising for Synoptic exam on 6/3/2020
• Rewrite and update general to do list
• Start listing and prepping items for boot fair
• Update spending tracker spreadsheet
• Check receipts off statement and shred
• Go through old paperwork in concertina folder and put unwanted/unneeded paperwork for shredding

B x

Hi

Have done a couple of the jobs I wanted to do this week-sorted out unneeded paperwork and put in recycling and shredding and checked receipts off statement so that cleared some emails and some more paperwork.

Am going to start redoing my to do list this evening and would like to spend time tomorrow sorting things out for boot fair.

B x

DawnW

Morning all

Didn't post yesterday, as I felt tired and a bit low, got drenched twice, had to babysit and was wiped out after all that, so I lit the stove, made myself a reasonably healthy dinner and curled up with the dog in front of rubbish TV afterwards. Must have done the trick as I am raring to go this morning

Today's plans:

Toast and HM marmalade for breakfast as I need to use up bread

Put a sun dried tomato and pesto loaf in the BM. No idea if this will work, but don't see why not. And it will use up ingredients from the fridge. Hoping to have a slice with some goat's cheese for lunch.

Got various bits out of freezer to use up

Fold up washing on the airer and text my brother to come and get it

Another load of washing, which, looking at the sky outside, will also go on the airer

Tidy up, sort recycling and compost bucket etc

See if I can find the screw on knob for the back door bolt, as one of the GCs seems to have dismantled it

Walk dog

Walk to Lidls to do a bit of shopping

Hoping not to get wet today!

Dinner will be cold meat, jacket potato and salad. Will put a rice pudding in the oven, as I have loads of milk and OH is due back today

Hope you all have a great day

foxgloves

Dawn - Nothing quite like a home made rice pudding on a cold damp day..... Mr F insists on 'red jam' with his, though has recently conceded that 'purple jam' is also acceptable!
F x

carrielovesfanta

Hey folks.
Another shoddy night and OH asked me to stay at home to deal with the boiler man. 
Flopped out on the couch, freezing my butt off with my crochet and dreaming of a hot shower later!

Baileys_Babe

I must confess I have never made rice pudding, no idea why as I love it, with either jam, red or purple, or lots of grated nutmeg, yummy.
Is it possible to make it with UHT milk, I have some that needs using?

PurpleFairy26

Rice pudding is a favourite in our house too. No reason why it wouldn’t work with UHT @Baileys_Babe. Almond milk make lovely rice pudding too, creamy without quite as many calories. 

@La_escocesa - it was me who used your link. I’ve tried before but didn’t get on with it and am happy with my current method for major budgets and things but would like something for day to day spending as there are some changes afoot here I need to keep on top of. So decided to give it a whirl. Thank you for posting and prompting me to think differently. 

There is currently a good deal in F&B on gr0upon if your interested which maybe cheaper than 241 mains. 

My list for today:
washing out on airer, more away. 
check banking
work some more on YN AB
use ups for food and meal plan. YS burgers for tea 😃
Get some ‘new to them’ clothes out for the children and pack some smaller ones away to sell/gift/charity shop
Continue focus on lights off and sockets off when not needed to keep electricity bill down
out somewhere this afternoon, not sure where but some fresh air included! 

Have a good day all purps. 

Baileys_Babe

As it is half term some of the groups and activities children usually attend are cancelled this week or the times have changed, yesterday's was twice as long & ds was fed 😊. Today's are both cancelled, which is probably for the best as dd is still asleep, which is very unusual. I will wake her at 10:30 if she hasn't got herself up.

Plans today:
NSD
Check spends diary and make sure I have recorded all this weeks spends
Pmp etc
Read weekly email
Dry washing on the airer
Use dehumidifier in the room with the drying laundry
All food and drink from stores
Keep freezer inventory up to date
Home educate children for free
Check bank accounts
RM survey
Enjoy pain au chocolat with our cuppa this afternoon, a midweek treat - I bought them with the weekly shop earlier this week, we will warm them in the combi
Run dw on an eco wash
Run wm overnight 

allydowd

carrielovesfanta said:

:cookie: Gym at lunchtime - done . Where is the vomit emoji? *bork*

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