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Tuesday 5/02/08 What small dfw thing have you done today???

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  • I will spend £3.70 on a waistcoat that i've wanted for ages and scoured ebay for.
    I will spend nothing on lunch as i made sandwiches out of homemade bread.
    I need to buy milk later to buy pancakes.
    I should beable to spend nothing till saturday and i already have a small pile of stuff to ebay and will try to add to that later when i tidy my room.
    Saturday i have to get the bus to my Grandparents to help my Dad cut wood for them then Saturday night i have to pay to get the bus to the rock and roll club but OH is paying for me to get in.

    I wonder how well I get on in my first week of being a DFW!!
  • Sunnydoo
    Sunnydoo Posts: 320 Forumite
    Hello everyone;

    Today i have/will;

    Do clicks/surveys/comps
    Got £3.50 in vouchers from Hartleys for complaining about damaged packaging on jelly
    Checked online banking,worked out monthly budget & transferred click money into holiday acct
    Bagged up £10 worth of 20ps to change into dollars
    NSD apart from Amazon parcels
    Storecupboard meals-panckes for tea for DD !
    Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no. 44

  • tsharp
    tsharp Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    Today I called the AA regarding my membership which is due to renew next week. They confirmed it was due to be £73 for joint membership.

    So i explained I was going to cancel my membership, get it again at the online price of £58.40, and then use Rpoints to get £10 cashback, thus making it £48ish.

    Straight away they offered to reduce it to £58. So I agreed, on the basis that cancelling and re-signing is a hassle and I'll be without cover for a couple of days, plus the cashback might not track.

    So i saved £15 instantly! I think the trick is to suggest you'll leave and re-sign, and they'll give you the new customer price straight away!
    "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."
  • melvis
    melvis Posts: 6,006 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I've spent the whole afternoon sorting spare room and putting things on Ebay ... 16 items on there so far and ones already got a bid!
    Small business owner 🧵 Ex MSE comper 🏆 Student loan repayer 💴 Romanian dog rescuer 🐕 Hopefully a cost of living survivor 🤞🏻
  • Back home now…. Hooray. :rolleyes: Had to do ‘normal’ work today and earn a few pennies….how novel :p One of the great joys and bliss of being off the dreaded treadmill and going part-time. Highly recommended.

    Not much to report today, but may do some or all of the following this evening:-
    • Make some pancakes. Easy Peasy. I put marmalade on mine. Really nice. Not done - it was getting late and I'm past being peckish
    • Spend an hour in the garage and finish painting the walls Done - will paint the concrete floor tomorrow...a nice Battleship Grey...it will go with my complexion - hee hee
    • Write out the cheques for the monthly bills and get them ready for posting – second class of course – hooray. Done
    • Update the spreadsheets Not done - will do tomorrow
    • Charge up the mobile phone thingy…don’t know why I bother… no one 'phones me anyway – hee hee :DDone
    :)The £2 Coin Savers Club = £346.00 (£300.00 transferred to Savings a/c)

    :)"Some days you're a Pigeon...some days you're a Statue"
  • andan
    andan Posts: 2,110 Forumite
    Evening all, my dfw things for today are/have been:
    -Do a mystery shop
    -Took my home made lunch into work, having pancakes tonight so will have to find something else for tomorrow's dinner!
    -Do my daily clicks
    -Do any surveys
    -Do some slice the pie
    -Look at where my money is, in which accounts and where i need to move it to.
    Finally won on the bingo, only four pound, but will sort out withdrawing that
    -Put a wash on this evening and leave to dry overnight.

    Think thats it for me, have a good pancake evening everyone!
    :j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j


  • Mandoo_2
    Mandoo_2 Posts: 76 Forumite
    I have:
    • checked my online banking - its looking healthier than I expected!:D
    • Had a NSD
    • made meals from the cupboards
    Have a good evening,

    Mandoo.
    Lightbulb moment: August 2007. Debts totalling £15,634.
    Debt as of 19th July 2012 - £6,426.
    Estimated Debtfree Date: December 2017, but aiming for a lot sooner!
    Official DFW Nerd club member #798. Long Haul Supporter #98.
    Proud to be Dealing with my Debts.
  • today i am spending zilch :D:D:D (except electric for charging phone up)
    and im batch cooking tonight!!!! get me!
    Money's our first priority, it doesn't make sense to me -Simple Plan - Crazy
    Debt at lightbulb moment 13/12/07 £13820. Debt now 20/02/09 £11316:confused:
    'Proud To Be Dealing With My Debts' DFW Nerd #665'
  • Done piggy clicks, surveys. Made chicken curry out of leftovers. Forgot it was pancke day, but we have them all the time anyway. Agreed to ruin my weekend with another 2 days overtime.
    Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:

    Oscar Wilde
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    updated my online banking
    Storefood dinner and tea
    started 'another' spreadsheet for the grocery challenge
    refuse to bid on anything else on ebay if i lose what i'm currently bidding on, i'm gong to wait 7 days and see what it's like then
    list some more things on ebay
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