What small DFW things will you do this week 17/05/21?

anjyeah

Back again and trying to be consistent

Got some good news this week and finally able to shed my high interest CC to a 0% balance transfer which will reduce my DFD date. And managed to reach the first stage of my savings goal! 
On that note, I have been obsessively checking my online bank account + spreadsheets and see if I can find any loopholes in my spending (in a bid to reduce and check myself). 

allydowd

Hi May Marvelousos,

Life at Dowd Towers is still in a flux.

Debt-Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Seven:

Checked online banking.

Alarm clock off at the wall during day time.

Turn off Wifi box when not using it.

Take a packed lunch to work.

BlueJ94

Afternoon all, I’m off work again today due to still feeling rough. Not done much today but I do plan on getting up and doing some cleaning and surveys 

DawnW

Evening all

Really cold today and rained almost all day   Went to take the dog out this morning, as he seemed keen, but once we got out there, he cowered in the wind and rain and looked like an RSPCA case. So I popped him back into the house and OH and I went for a walk without him. He wasn't particularly happy about that either!

Spent the rest of the day sorting out the freezers. Did an inventory and managed to empty the smaller one (the bottom half of the fridge freezer).  Decided to replace this with a fairly tall larder fridge, though less tall than the fridge freezer - it is more than 10 years old and doesn't owe us anything, and I think a decent sized fridge would work better in our kitchen. The large upright freezer in the conservatory is plenty big enough for us, though if I had 10 freezers I would probably fill them   So not a NSD, though I found one of the right size at a good price, went through quidco for cashback, and got free delivery. It will arrive next Friday   Not unplanned, as we have a budget to make the house work a bit better for us. We have been here almost 10 years now, and although we did quite a lot of work when we moved in, some things were left till later, and also a few of the early decisions we made have turned out not to be ideal.

Left sausages out of the freezer for dinner, and also a pastry quiche shell, which I made into a dessert quiche with the aid of a tin of peaches, a spoonful of sugar, some eggs and some cream. Enough for puddings for at least 2 days there

carrielovesfanta

Afternoon folks

Looks like lots of excellent MSE action going on. 
@DawnW - your little dog is so funny 
@allydowd - fingers crossed for you re the interview
@jadewest94 - I hope you're feeling better today. I've been invited for my jab but not sure when to time it as I'm likely to feel rough
@anjyeah - great work on the ccard and savings!
@Alising - welcome aboard! Porridge oats work well for bulking out spag bol but I prefer orange lentils for a protein boost too

Well we were back from our little jaunt away. It felt very nice to be somewhere other than home. We met up with my mum and dad on the M6 and exchanged Christmas gifts in the pouring raiin! It wasn't exactly MSE but we had put money aside for it and stuck to our budget. It was also very nice to have a meal that we didn't have to cook or wash up afterwards. 

Poor OH had to turn round and head out again once we were home as he has his first gig in 18 months tonight! I went up to the allotment to "have a look". 2 hours and a lot of grass cutting later I trudged home! I saw the site secretary. She's not very happy with the state of the half plot next to us, which is the one that I have my eye on if they give it up. Site sec is going to call them so I'm hoping they might deign not to come back...

MSE things:
Pinched the biccies off the hospitality tray in the room
Took the ends of the tiny jars of honey that we started (assume that they will be binned as opened otherwise)
Used one of the jars to sweeten some rhubarb from the allotment
2 washes done and pegged out on the line
All bits put away
Do a little bit of work tonight in a data searching, internet pootling way to get ahead a bit as I owe them an hour for my extended lunch on Weds.

Have a good one all

clf x

DawnW

It has actually not rained much today - more heavy rain is forecast for tomorrow, but still....

Dog walks x 2 - DD and little GS came round this afternoon, and wanted to go and see if the swan had hatched her babies.  We didn't see them, but she may simply have taken them upriver. GS enjoyed watching the canoeing team practising

Fed everyone lunch first, cheese and chutney toasties

Very little bit of gardening, just potted up some plants and watered the seedlings, tomatoes and lettuce farm in the growhouse.

Hoping to get the tomatoes out next week, as heavy rain and high winds are supposed to stop.

Prepped RM survey items for the coming week

Bit of a tidy round

Salmon for dinner

Nothing exciting, but nothing spent

Hoping to go to a Sunday market with a boot sale tomorrow morning. This one is a bit more of a drive than the open air ones, but is based at a livestock market with hard standing and a covered area, so they can run even if it is raining or the ground is waterlogged

BlueJ94

Evening all! Feel 10x better today thanks @carrielovesfanta! 
Not long got back from Lidl to pick up some bits, I don't have much planned for the rest of the evening maybe netflix and some surveys

DawnW

Afternoon all

Glad to hear you are feeling better @jadewest94

Went to the market this morning as planned, and got a few bargains, including a big block mozzarella for £1 - short dated, but I find that mozzarella freezes fine   

Walked dog

Vacuumed and dusted bedroom, cleaned bathroom, including the floor, wiping down tiles and towel radiator thing.

Reduced paninis for lunch, with mozzarella, tomatoes and pesto

Spent the afternoon so far sorting out the larder, filling up storage jars etc.

Inventoried the 'extras' in a separate cupboard on the landing, and moved some down to the larder. These are shelf stable things (and cleaning stuff / toiletries) bought to make up minimum spends on supermarket deliveries etc during the lockdown(s) when I was avoiding shops due to shielding, and were all on offer when I bought them. I guess I saved money buying in advance, as some have gone up in price quite a bit now, but in any case they are all things that we will use up over the coming months, and then I will get my landing cupboard back!

I have a couple of ebay parcels to pack, and items to get ready to take to my sales unit - tired, so this might have to wait till tomorrow morning

But tired or not, I do need to make a big pan of bolognese, some of which will be tonight's dinner.

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

Hi all

Had a spendy weekend but all budgeted. 
I had my first gin ad tonic since new year eve
Utterly vile, went to waste. At least Christmas will be cheaper without 86 bottles of booze 

Debt is going down fast.

I have got some summer bits to put on ebay but as it's October l can't be bothered 🤣

allydowd

Hi May Marvelousos,

Life still sucks.

Debt-Free-Nillionaire Continuity Plan Year Seven:

Checked online banking.

Alarm clock off at the wall during day time.

Turn off Wifi box when not using it.

Take a packed lunch to work.

DW caved in and bought a takeaway for dinner while I was out. Oops. I am fighting the urge to go near the company vending machine.