Friday 2/5/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

sophiesmum_2

When we start out on the DFW trail we do loads of "big stuff" that makes quite a difference to our situation. These include having our lightbulb moment, cutting up the credit cards and cancelling Sky and the gym.

But once we have done the bigger stuff, we often feel that we are not making the same amount of progress, when in fact the small steps are helping us form good financial habits and helping us get closer everyday to staying in control and becoming debt free.

Examples could be charging your phone up at work instead of at home to save your electricity, hanging washing out instead of using the tumble dryer or leaving your purse/wallet at home to avoid the risk of spending.

So be proud of those small steps, they really are important.


Today I will/have:

• Check online banking
• Clicks
• storecupboard lunch
• Make loaf in breadmaker
• Cook tea for oldies and eat for free:D
• List some books on amazon

have a good day everyone, woo hoo it's friday and the start of bank holiday weekend:j .
Hi to all the regulars:hello: :hello: and welcome to any newbies:D
Klane hope the e- bay stuff goes well, glad you finally got round to listing:T

taplady

morning sophiesmum and all!

today I have/will

• hung washing outside
• written a shopping list
• going to carboot to look for veggie plants for garden
• check online banking
• update spending diary

have a lovely day all in the sunshine!

claireabelle_2

Morning all! Happy Friday...
Today I have

• paid £1,000 off my remaining credit card (3 months til I'm credit card free for the first time in 10 years!)
• Brought in my lunch (not as spectacular as the one above but hey, it contributes towards it...)
• Checked internet banking

And I will

• not spend anything
• will check for mystery shops and clicks

Have a good day all!
Claire

RedDino308

Good morning everyone,

Hope you are all looking forward to a lovely weekend.

Today I have/will

• Check my online banking
• Wrap up a parcel to send to an eBay buyer.
• Update my budget spreadsheet.
• Have all my meals from the store cupboard
• Contact some of my previous eBay buyers to let them know about my current auctions.

**Amy**

:hello:

Today:

• Send ebay items that have sold
• Update my spreadsheet ready for the weekend
• Check online banking
• Bought my own lunch in from home
• Borrow a dvd from my sister to watch tonight and have store cupboard dinner

:cool:

unhappybuuny79

Morning All

Second Day on here so I'm forming a Habit, find it useful if I write it down, then at least I know ii have either done it or need to do it!!!

Today I have

• Put one load of Washing on Washing line (Woo Hoo drying weather is back)
• Brought in my lunch
• Added some more listings to Gumtree
• Checked Online Banking (its actually looking positive this month)

Today I Won’t

• Spend any Money
• Don’t even look at eBay (I'm still avoiding it full stop after their changes)
• Won’t stay around this evening after my gig drinking like I usually do!

And then that’s it till Monday when I'm back in the office.

Hopefully I wont spend too much this weekend other than on feathers as need to make costumes so its off to the Warehouse – where I will spend a fortune do doubt – but its money set aside from my performance money so technically I'm not spending my own money.

Update on Monday guys…

brednall

Today I have/will

• checked on-line banking
• done some washing but not risking hanging it outside as I'm at work all day
• got some lovely flowers from the girls at work as it's my birthday next week but I'm off work
• sold a larger item on ebay so need to wrap that up to get it posted
• collected all my avon cash in so I can pay my commission into my ISA
• bought lunch in from home

I think we are having a take away for tea but OH is buying that.

Regards

Emma

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Hi guys :hello:

It's been a while since I've been on. Feeling really down today with having no money at all, feel such a urge to spend. Thank goodness for this forum :T

So today I will/have

- check my online account and pay another £100 off my overdraft
- look through the freebies and send away for some of them (beats spending money on them I guess)
- do a mystery shop today and tomorrow so that's a free lunch and some cash

Good luck everyone and have a lovely bank holiday.

andan

Morning all, hope everyone is well, didn't get chance to post yesterday, hectic day but very good as did another assessment for my massage course, not long now and i will have finished and finally be able to set up my part time business. Hoping for quite a productive day today, but not so much dfw things, more stuff for long term plans!

My dfw things for today.
-Must get as much of O.U work done as possible, got an assignment due soon and am behind by two units:eek:
-Have rescheduled any mystery shops
-Will check internet banking
-Move some money into isa
-Have put some loose change in money jar
-Sorted out client for next week's assessment
-Will sort out massage folder
-Look for any more msytery shops through out the day
-Am currently doing a survey and will do more
-Sort out emails
-Look into ways to set up my business
-Look at jobs for July, am only staying in my current job till then as i work in a school and it seems the perfect time to leave.
-Sort out info for mystery shops for tomorrow
-Work on household jobs
-Sort out stuff for royal mail postage stuff
-Go through letters unanswered
-Sort out big pile of papers
-Then do boring house hold jobs

Have a good and productive day everyone.

andan

wana be mortgage free, hope you feel better soon, keep posting on the forum to keep your motivaiton up.

Claireabelle, thats a huge payment youve made, well done you.:T

lauren_1

Today i have

• Cut my sons hair and trimmed the ends off of mine. Total saved £16 and it looks better than the cheapest salon i could find.
• Dyed my hair Cost £1, got 5 boxes of Darkest brown from superdrug for £5
• Made my own body scrub
• Have made the amazing discovery that HUGGIES NATURAL WIPES with ALOE VERA/SHEA BUTTER are far better than my facial wipes and at over half the cost, they are on BOGOF in boots too
• Discovered that my DD's aqueous cream is the best moisturiser for my dry knees and elbows