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Saturday 26/04/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

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  • nimbo
    nimbo Posts: 3,701 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    ooooh,

    i've just ordered some free fabric softner, and bulbs for me and a set of each for my mum (sad i know, but it's kept me sane on my day in...).

    this is my first official NSD...:D

    Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
    :T:T
  • sans_2
    sans_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Evening all,

    My dfw things for today:
    • washing done at 30 quickwash and line drying outside
    • Greggs -sausage roll and 4 morning rolls £1.22 but used £1 luncheon voucher
    • Boots- bogof hayfever tablets for DH and cheap paracetamol to take it over £4 as I had £1 off £4 spend on healthcare voucher
    • M&S - got free bag for life when buying crisps for DH
    • folded/refolded carrier bag in cupboard and freed up a little space to put 8 x 1 ltr uht milk i had squashed into another cupboard
    • I peeled potatoes and DH made chips from them instead of buying chips for dinner :T
    • Found 5p
    That's all for today.
    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)
  • headoutthesand
    headoutthesand Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Evening all....what a rubbish morning/afternooon but here goes....
    • Done 4 loads of washing at 30 - but dried it in the drier. I did put it on for a second extra long spin so I reduced dryer time by 25 mins
    • checked online banking - not looking good and I don't get paid till Wednesday :mad:
    • went to Pizza Hut for dinner as a special treat - not been out for dinner for about 2 years so it was a one off treat. used the money my mum and MiL gave us for anniversary....then...DS1 was running riot and found £2 :T used said £2 to put on lottery and buy a sneaky scratch card and won a tenner on each:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Chances of me telling OH...:rolleyes: Straight into the tub when I cash them in
    • sold a book on Amazon
    • listed a few things on eaby but not hopeful at all - i've had my luck for the year :p
    • Paid another £6.19 to Next and asked them again to reduce the credit limit by £1000. They told me they can only do this for 3 months at a time so I need to call them every time it jump up :mad: I did use the freephone number from saynoto0870.com though
    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
  • andan
    andan Posts: 2,110 Forumite
    Evening all, i hope everyone has had a good day, will read through the posts in a mo, but will just let you know what i have done today, first.

    -Spent all day at a training course for new career plan, plan to start doing the actual voluntary work soon.
    -Did two audits tonight
    -Got to watch a film for free due to me doing an audit
    -Got a special day ticket, resulting in cheap bus fare

    Think thats it for me, hope everyone has had a good day.
    :j Live on £4500, £2531/£4500:T 101 in 1001 (52/101):j:beer::j


  • jak
    jak Posts: 2,027 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Today I will have:
    -Worked an extra shift at work.
    -Eaten breakfast/dinner at work
    -charged my phone and dh phone at work
    -fed dh at work
    -did some housework
    -'borrowed' some blu tac and stamps from work
    -checked internet banking
    -filled in my consumerpulse shopping- got enough for a £10 Argos voucher now! Going to order it tomorrow! I'm so excited!!!
    -signed up dh for internet banking password as we can't find his...
    2022 Comp total (prizes + free spins): £494.81 #20 £12 a day Jan: £382.95/£372 #57 360 1p challenge: £17.70 £10 a day Feb: £571.09/£280 March: £311.96/£310
  • klane
    klane Posts: 272 Forumite
    - sold a book online
    - had a free work night inc free bar etc hence me posting at 2:45am......
    - major (free) progress in gardening efforts
    - expensable dinner, all other meals from store cupboard etc
    Debt - Loan: £1150 C/C: £4763 @ 0%.

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