What small things will you do this week 31.01.22?

DawnW

Morning all

OH has gone golfing this morning with his friend, so I have taken the opportunity to get on. So far I have:

Walked the dog

Home grown fruit from freezer with breakfast

Washed up, plus usual bathroom and kitchen clean up

Tidied and dusted bedroom

Hauled some items up second staircase to loft conversion / spare bedroom and put them away

Put some sales stock away

Put the recycling in the bin

Listed an annoying compost caddy on freecycle (a lidded bucket is much better, but someone might like it, and that would get rid of it without resorting to landfill)

Put a load of washing on

Put a leftover bread end into the bag I keep for the purpose in the freezer - it will do for breadcrumbs or croutons at some point.

Now sat with a cup of coffee!

It is nice outside at the moment, so will go out shortly and do a little bit in the garden

Lunch will be fridge shrapnel, and dinner will be smoked salmon pasta with chilli and lemon (BBC Good Food recipe to use up smoked salmon I bought for Christmas, didn't use and got put in the freezer. I am determined to empty that freezer!

twiggy86

Morning!

I have a broadband engineer coming out today so soon I won't be paying an extortionate amount for broadband and a TV package which we don't use (i.e. the box hasn't been connected for months after we moved the TV onto the wall and OH dropped a connector down the wall and we never bothered to sort it out!). So soon will be paying £20 per month instead of £87 (and due to increase to £92!) 

Today I have/will:

• Check banks
• Check when remaining CC statements will generate - just want to make the payments!!! 
• Text a friend to politely encourage a reassessment of the costs of a hen do planned for later this year! 
• Add yesterday's food shop spend to spreadsheet 
• Sort out what needs washing for this weekend - going away with friends
• Wash on 30 degree eco wash 
• Hang washing on airer 
• Cook spag bol in the slow cooker (never tried doing it that way so hope it's good!) 
• All food from home 
• More gift crocheting! (Although I wasn't happy with what I was making so have started something else - pattern from a book I have and yarn from stash of course!)

Think that's everything for today. Hope you all have a good day! 

EssexHebridean

Morning all - that's a great result on finding those euros Dawn! 

We've both now been paid - money shuffle all done at my end. I need to remember that there is £500 sitting in the joint account that shouldn't be there as MrEH has still not sorted out his new C0v regular saver account. Sigh. We'll need to decide whether we're best off just deferring the first payment to the beginning of February now and shoving this month's into normal savings as otherwise it comes out annoyingly late into the month. We'll see - if he can sort it at any stage this week it's probably still doable. Also need to remember that the council tax/water rates money needs to be rehoused. 

Food is planned for the rest of week and I think I'll aim for shopping in Al's this week - I'm also aiming to keep the amount we need to buy right down too. Should be achievable as we still seem to have plenty in the freezer and we're pretty well served for basic veg too. I need to really have an impact on the freezer before I can do that section of my "stocking up" list so attention to be turned to that again! 

I have a list on my diary of financial stuff that needs to be looked at/sorted out - so plan to deal with some of that today. I also think I need to list out exactly what goes where to various savings now as it's getting a bit overwhelming trying to remember!

Oh and MrEH's car is now fixed - sounds like there will be £250 for us to pay on that so not too bad although grateful for the warranty picking up the other £700-odd on the bill! SO relieved that it happened when it did while there was still just a month left on the warranty from when we bought it!  He's planning to collect the car in the morning I think, it'll be good to have it back! 

Bagpuss741

@twiggy86 That's an amazing saving, think of what you can now do with that money

Today I have/will

1.  Checked online banking
2.  Meals from stores (curry in slow cooker)
3.  Cleaned kitchen
4.  Cleaned living room
5.  Washing on airer drying, have towels in machine currently and will see
 if it's worth putting on line to dry when they finish.
6.  Duolingo Welsh
7.  Currently watching a very bad film on prime (30 day free trial)
8.  Scan laptop with free antivirus and check for updates

Deb4

@twiggy86 thank you will have a look at that.

Today I have done 

Put washing out
Put washer on 
Cleaned the fridge 
Clean sink and draining board 
Check wages have gone in and move money 

Deb4

Today I will/done

Pick prescription up 
Peg washing out 
Pick washer on 
Post parcel 
Take trousers back-  not sure what I was thinking 
Sent list to butcher's 

Hope everyone is okay 

twiggy86

Morning all! 

Today I have/will:

• Check banks
• Squeeze out last of toothpaste
• Take pooch for a walk
• Made a big batch of bolognaise yesterday so popped left overs in freezer 
• Update spreadsheet with spend
• Wash bedding on 30 degree eco wash
• De-scale kettle 
• Claim WFH tax rebate 
• Go for a quick run at lunch ("quick" as in short, I'm super slow!)
• Wrap and deliver a present 
• Dinner from stores
• Pack bag for this weekend
• Maybe dye my hair so it's fresh for the weekend - although its fancy dress which will involve wearing a cap one night and a wig the next so not sure it's worth it! 
• Gift crocheting if I have time! 

That's everything I can think of for now. Hope you all have a good day!

Bagpuss741

Today I have/will:

1.  Checked online banking
2.  Food shop has arrived
3.  Meal plan for next week and slot booked
4.  Meals from stores
5.  Duolingo Welsh
6.  Drying towels on airer
7.  Watching the tinder swindler on Netflix

BlueJ94

To do within the next few days

Offer settlements on the higher CC's
Try and get 118 to budge down again as they're firm a 25%

I have done

Cleaned sink
Loaded dishwasher (OH Leaves mugs and stuff in sink!!!!)
Washed work Clothes
Surveys

BlueJ94

Bagpuss741 said:

Today I have/will:

1.  Checked online banking
2.  Food shop has arrived
3.  Meal plan for next week and slot booked
4.  Meals from stores
5.  Duolingo Welsh
6.  Drying towels on airer
7.  Watching the tinder swindler on Netflix

@bagpuss741

Tinder Swindler? What's that one... I just finished watching Four lives on BBC (I think) going to start The Teacher with Sheridan Smith!