Friday 4/04/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

headoutthesand

Afternoon folks. Hope you are all having a lovely day.

Today I....

Spent the whole day in Glasgow with my mother and spent....dun dun dun... £100

I feel really chuffed as I treated myself with my bonus from work that I wasn't expecting.

I shopped in total MSE fashion - checking the sales first and knowing exactly what I was looking for.

It has been ages since I went shopping in town and it's been ages since I bought myself something without it being second hand and feeling guilty.

The money was a total surprise so not accountfareed for in the slightest.

I feel really positive now and motivated to be debt free by the end of the year. This time last year I was not in the same position to be spending money on myself (I did also buy some things for DS1 and the house).

Oh and mum bought me lunch and paid my train fare so not too bad

Also...

checked online banking
used some vouchers for Adams towards DS1 new jacket
defrosted some HM soup for DS2 for dinner
asked dad to take OH to work to avoid bus fare
put my change from today into appropriate tubs/jars

talliedebtbuster

HI everyone, late post from me today, ive been quite bad, i spent 3.80 in sainsburys on dinner andp this morning on a cola. But will get there, this weekend, working, so will keep busy, no spending, free tea and coffee and water at work. NO SPENDING FOR ME THIS WEEKEND!!

sans_2

Evening all,

A bit earlier for me which makes a nice change!

headoutthesand - sounds like you had a great day

My dfw things for today:

• charged mobile at work
• gave my bus pass to my sister as I will be working from home on Monday :T
• Asda - used £2.25 in coupons off my shopping
• Will package up Ebay item later on to post tomorrow
• Spotted a 30p off coupon in my magazine which I will be ripping out later.
• Still filling out my food survey (sigh)

That's all I can think of - not very many compared to usual.

buttonnose82

Today I have:

* Eaten lunch at work for free
* Done clicks
* Done surveys
* checked ebay items I have for sale and replied to questions

Cleosmum

Late one from me, told myself I couldnt come here until I had completed my ebay listings!

so......

29 items listed on ebay today, think its about 40 now in total :T
Checked banking - all ok.
Checked mystery shop site, nearly fell off my chair when I found a nice £30 one, nabbed that quick :T
Listened to Martin on the radio.
Put small change in Psycho.
Bought DD slippers in the sale
Lunch from storecupboard.
Washed at 30 & on a fast 30 min wash, line dried.
Remembered to pay a bill I forgot yesterday, just cannot get it into my head to pay it each thursday :rolleyes:
Read newspaper online rather than buy, 3rd week in a row.
Started researching cheap/free days out for this school holiday, fingers crossed for good weather!

Early night, lots of decluttering to do tomorrow and also have a night out tomorrow (paid for by MS). Free babysitter already booked

bathgatebuyer

I have prepared my Particulars of Claim againsyt the Halifax for mis-sold PPI and will be sending them - and the court fee - off tomorrow. I'm reclaiming £2,000 worth of mis-sold and totally worthless PPI cover, although it may be more once I've prepared the second spreadsheet which charges contractual interest (don't ask, don't get!);
Bought 2 for the price of 1 toothpaste in Tesco.

That's good enough for one day!

sophiesmum_2

bathgatebuyer wrote: »

I have prepared my Particulars of Claim againsyt the Halifax for mis-sold PPI and will be sending them - and the court fee - off tomorrow. I'm reclaiming £2,000 worth of mis-sold and totally worthless PPI cover, although it may be more once I've prepared the second spreadsheet which charges contractual interest (don't ask, don't get!);
Bought 2 for the price of 1 toothpaste in Tesco.

That's good enough for one day!

Hope you are as sucessful wiith this one as you have been with your other cllaims:T :T

bathgatebuyer

So do I. I paid them about £1900 in insurance cover on a credit card on the basis that I was told it would cover me in the eventof accident, sickness or unemployment. Wha they never told me was that there were exclusions on there relating to illnesses which meant that I was precluded, and that there were certain employment conditions which meant that when I applied I was not eligible and that when I tried to claim, I wasn't eligible. The Halifax were the only company who refused to pay out when I needed their support. All others did and were reasonably supportive when I was out of work.

The Halifax, however, with their 8 - 10 calls a day caused the start of my panic attacks and the start of me unhooking my phone. 3 years later and I've still not plucked up the courage to even put my own home phone on because the start of a ring - even from a friend or family - always takes me back to sitting in here 24 hours a day worrying about the Halifax phoning me any time day or night.

To say I hate the Halifax is an understatement - which is exactly the reason I bought shares in them, so that I can say, "I own you".

sophiesmum_2

Even more reasons to make them pay, sounds like you had a really bad experience. :sad:

Cleosmum

4 more items added to ebay, thats my lot til sunday night!

Off to bed with a Highlights hot chocolate, DD is waiting for her next installment of Beatrix Potter, bless!