What small things have you done w/c 09/01/23

twiggy86

Morning all!

Today I have/will:

• Check banks
• Make lunch to take to work
  
• Drive on eco mode
• Listen to free audiobook
• Update spreadsheet 
• Charge battery pack at work 
  
• Finish a crochet birthday present at lunch 
• Dinner from stores
  
• Turn oven off at wall after use
• Park for free at netball
  
• Continue crocheting jumper which I started in March and abandoned!

That's everything I can think of for now!
Twigs

1LuckyLady

Good morning all, 

Think I finally seem to be getting back into the swing of things

Todays small things
Get chilli out of the freezer to defrost for tomorrows meal as per the meal plan I've actually followed this week! DONE
Check banking, update spreadsheets
Empty dehumidifier/sink bowl into the toilet cistern
Make sons packed lunch for tomorrow - far cheaper and healthier then if he picked school dinners (ie chips)
Descale borrowed flask
Clean out fridges before getting food shop - should be easy as the fridges are bare apart from milk and sauces! DONE
Make sure I take shopping list with me to lidl and stick to it (but do have a separate budget for reduced items of meat or fish if available) DONE - got 2 chickens with 30% off,  2 half salmon side (which I'll cut into 3 or 4 and freeze) 3 x12 bread rolls with 60% off  -  chickens dated tomorrow so will cook them and then freeze for curries/stroganoff/risotto etc - will freeze the bread rolls for kiddos school lunches

<3 Claimed a £1 coin that had been left in the trolley
<3 Took another carrier bag of clothes for the charity bin as we drove past
Claimed a £10 amzn voucher from RM surveys as I'd won a daily prize on Friday!!  

Have a good day all

dizzyblnd

Yesterday and today were my first nsds of 2023! Finally. It’s been a busy month so far. 

B/L/D from stores

DawnW

Evening all

I am more or less better now, but have been to work today so little accomplished on the moneysaving front. In fact lots of moneyspending, as I had to pay the deposit for the new skylight to replace the leaking one in the kitchen

Very small things:

Home grown berries with breakfast (that reminds me I must get some more out of the freezer)

Took some cheese and crackers to work with me for lunch

Finished off veggie lasagne from fridge for dinner

Washing dried on the airer, shortly to be folded and put away

Kettles on the stove for 'free' hot water. Any we don't use this evening will go into flasks for the morning washing up  

1LuckyLady

Morning all,  Today needs to be a day catching up on things I've not got done over the week

Check banking,  update spreadsheets LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST MADE ME SMILE
Use dehumidifier water into the cistern DONE
My dad coming to help me get out the dishwasher and give it once last chance to work before biting the bullet and reordering the one I cancelled for this Tuesdays delivery  DONE will see if it works after meal tonight
Cook two chickens at the same time in the oven to make the most of the power being used COOKING NOW
Then will put both carcasses in the slow cooker to make stock  DONE
Descale borrowed flask
Leftover chicken/stuffing from last nights dinner will be our lunchtime sandwich filling  DONE
Dinner will also be leftovers... freezer dive has given dh his favourite chilli which he'll have with chips,  kids will have some leftover sausages with beans and chips  I'll have the last two sausages with leftover mash, gravy and will pop some mixed veg in the micro.  reheating as I type
Make a crumble topping mixture to go on our already stewed fruit.  not bothering as I remembered I have a few welsh cakes left instead
Rm survey  DONE

Thats my starter,  I look forward to reading everyone elses posts later
 whilst my dad was here he had a little look at my leaky bay window as it wasn't raining and he's put some stuff on the roof of it to see if that sorts it

  Did an hour cutting back the hydrangeas' (sp?) in the garden whilst dry as the garden waste collection is next Tuesday and its forecast for rain between tonight and then! 

allydowd

Thanks, dear friends:

One car passed it's MOT.

One car 95% back on the road: driveable but not perfect.

Thank heck it's PayDay.

DawnW

Hello all,

Work again today, and feeling properly better and over my bug at last!!

HG berries with breakfast

Crackers and cheese with me for lunch

Loaf of washing on before work. OH pegged it outside when done, and it mostly dried (very windy today and no rain for a change). Now finishing off on airer

Checked banks after yesterday's big spend (deposit on new roof light window)

OH cooked a lovely dinner and I did the washing up using water from the stove kettles instead of using the dishwasher. Luckily there wasn't very much!!

Nothing spent today

1LuckyLady

New dishwasher re-ordered.... bang goes my no spend day!  ah well 

ziggy2407

Sorry not been around - I am struggling, depression is reall kicking me and I feel lost, alone and every day feels like wading through treacle.  Today has been a breathrough as I have finally admitted to hubby how I really feel, at my lowest I have never been as low, angry, moody, shouty and sweary as I am the minute.  Not a sympathy post just wanting to get back to being me and I promised to post 

dizzyblnd

ziggy2407 said:

Sorry not been around - I am struggling, depression is reall kicking me and I feel lost, alone and every day feels like wading through treacle.  Today has been a breathrough as I have finally admitted to hubby how I really feel, at my lowest I have never been as low, angry, moody, shouty and sweary as I am the minute.  Not a sympathy post just wanting to get back to being me and I promised to post 

Sorry to hear this @ziggy2407 your posts have always been so inspirational to everyone that reads/follows/posts on here. Take time to get yourself back to a happy place. Happiness is so important in life. Start by writing a list of all the things that make you happy. Maybe dig out some photos of times in the past that you were truely happy. Write all the things about that memory that made you happy and see what links can be made between the happy times. Then action plan making more happy times using those lists. We’re all here if you need help or support.