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Wednesday 13/02/08 What small dfw thing have you done today???

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  • Hope you have a better day tomorrow Andan, I had the day from hell yesterday too so know how you feel.;)
    Reduce,re-use, recycle.






  • sans_2
    sans_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Hi,

    DFW things for today:
    • Found 2p
    • Woolworths – collected 2 x free 100g pks of cadbury’s mini eggs.
    • Boots
    Bought highlighter, p+p serum and boots maximum strength cold & flu capsules TOTAL £28+
    Used vouchers:

    100 points when you buy any boots cold & cough range (health club mailing)
    £5 off no7 pc voucher
    £5 off no7 pink voucher
    free highlighter voucher
    TOTAL TO PAY £7.94 and got GiftWithPurchase and 124 points back
    • Collected Bounty family essentials pack
    Tesco
    • Used £1.80 in non store specific mocs
    • Found 2 Tesco offer leaflets left in trolleys and used 2 x 75% off tesco coupons for Persil Non Bio 3kg (paid £1.49 each)
    • Also used 75% off robinsons barley drink – paid something like 28p. (Asked at customer services and till if they had any more Tesco leaflets and was told no/ all gone yesterday.)
    • Gave one of the Persil Non Bio 3kg to my mum (she always give me stuff)
    • Got a till spit for 25 points when you spend over £1.20 on carbonated drinks
    • Got 1 receipt with points added at customer services.
    • Put washing on at 30 deg and hanging inside to dry
    • Put a 40 deg wash on just to clean out the washing machine since I’ve not done it since we got the washing machine in May last year (well I put in one teatowel).
    • Packaged and posted off ebay item sold last night.
    • Got a cake tin from my mum as she isn’t going to use it (she got it from our cousin who was clearing out stuff before she left from her student accommodation).
    • Got 2 x £4 booklets of Pinecone vouchers in the post.
    Will do piggy clicks if I find the time tonight.
    Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
    Boots points: £0.28
    Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
    Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
    Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)
  • I have
    - got form signed for hospital fund, should be £39 coming my way soon
    - got £118 tax rebate
    - going (possibly) for 2 for 1 meal in pizza express
    - bought myself a new dress, but got student discount on it and justify it by the tax rebate, however, I didnt spend loads of money on my little boy, even thoough I got as far as the queue with the very cute clothes.
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    i have eaten the food i batch baked on sunday.
    i will update my online banking
    i will tidy up so that i won't feel annoyed and try and spend money
    had a NSD
    will make OH valentines card and pressy tonight from stuff in the house
  • I have:

    Won £10 on bingo using a free bet;
    Bet another £10 free bet on Rangers winning tonight (hmmmmm);
    Done the piggies;
    Gained 87 extra clubcard points using someone's crumpled receipt;
    Eaten 1 baguette all day as it's two days till pay day!
    Almost debt-free, but certainly even with the Banks!
  • Checked online banking
    Tried Asda to see if it was cheaper than Tesco for weekly shop
    Paid credit card minimum payment early (gets debt down quicker)
    Checked to see if any surveys need doing (sadly none)
    Stuck to my shopping budget in Asda
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • sans_2
    sans_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    I have:

    Eaten 1 baguette all day as it's two days till pay day!

    You should have brought the Daily Record today as there was a voucher for a free softie or something from Greggs. ;)
    Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
    Boots points: £0.28
    Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
    Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
    Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)
  • Well i am on roll just now - well today anyway....Today I ......

    Charged my phone at work
    checked online banking to discover that my cheque from phone book delivery had cleared :j
    Sold a book on amazon
    sold a pair of shoes on ebay
    took OH for a job interview - 3 weeks unemployed and nobody wants him :mad:
    got my quote for Tesco home insurance which will last till mid May :j
    Made an appointment at the dentist for next week since my free treatment ends the following week
    done clicks

    And something that isn't DFW, I volunteered to collect/issue for the Marie Curie Daffoldil campaign one saturday next month at my local super market.:A
    Official DFW nerd no 551 - proud to be dealing with my debts
    Debts as of March 2014
    Nationwide - £5745, Overdraft - £350,
    Debts as of January 2015
    Nationwide - £4997, Overdraft - £0:j
  • I use the bags from the shopping for rubbish instead of buying black bags..thats a few quid a year
  • I have listed a few more things on ebay, have 83 items on at the minute, and 14 on amazon
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