Sunday 25/05/08. What small DFW things will you do today???

andan

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.
Mornng everyone and hello to any new posters! :wave:

I have woken up with the hangover from hell, so will probably spend the next few hours feeling like crap until i can motivate myself to do something. Feeling a little demotivated today as things just aren't going my way at the moment and have now found out a two day course i needed to go on i order to get on my counselling course is full, so i will be unable to get on that course. There is another counselling diploma course i can apply for somewhere else, but just feel its limited my options.

Still never one to be beaten, i will get my behind into gear and start doing some dfw things.
-Will look for mystery shops
-Will sort out invoice i need to send back
-Will look at counselling books to buy - Done and used a cashback site and vouchers i had received from doing online surveys, so only had to pay £5 of my own money!
-Will work on filling in application form for counselling course
-Will work on brochures and leaflets for my business
-Will look on website for business advice
-Will sort out emails
-Will do some surveys
-Need to finish my big pile of ironing
-Will try and find more counselling courses, there must be more!
-Need to send email to someone regarding voluntary work
-Will check online banking and see if i can afford everything until the end of the month
-Will pay car tax online
-Received clubcard statement yesterday, so will put that with the others, then check how many i have and what i can do with them.
-Need to clean the bathrooms today
-Also check out the food in the fridge, use some up and then try and find space in the freezer for the rest of it, so it doesn't go off!
-I'll also look at the mystery shop jobs i have picked up and will pop them in my diary so that i don't forget when i have to do them, at the moment i have no idea!
-Ooh, i will also place a matched bet.

My list seems to be getting longer and longer!

The first thing i will probably do though is go and have a hot bath, a cup of tea and some paracetamol. Have a great day everyone and remember even if life is not going our way, we will get there in the endx

Eternal_Optimist

:hello: Andan, have you noticed it's a Bank Holiday???!!! A time for chilling and relaxing...don't stress the small stuff ....
:T Take a break, you deserve it for the power of stuff you get through every day:T and I hope the paracetamol, tea and bath worked wonders:hello:

Right:D

Today will be a NSD, spent too much yesterday:o I really need to be electronically tagged and my purse confiscated when I go anywhere near shops:eek:


Meals will be from items bought in weekly shop:A


One load of washing ready to come off line and one load doing its thing in the washing machine:A

Immerser on for hot water but heating not on:A


Checked online banking....it is what it is :rolleyes:


Nearly finished carboot sale bought novel so will be on lookout for others:T


:j Think that's about it, hope everyone has a lovely Sunday:j

andan

Not sure i know what taking a break is!! The bath and paracetamol were just the right concoction, thanks! Am having a busy day today as am going to London for the day, tomorrow and its my birthday tomorrow so thats one of the few days of the year where i may take a break, if the lure of doing things doesn't get too strong.

Have a lovely Sunday eternal optimist, hope the sun is shining for you. Take carex

jenjade

hi guys
i had a lovely lie in... yeah
[STRIKE]done daily clicks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]toulna done[/STRIKE] and a survey from them done
[STRIKE]applied for 2 credit card[/STRIKE] to get cash back £15 and £20!!
[STRIKE]tried to withdrawn bingo money[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]placed free bets[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]did dishes swept and mopped[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]charged new moble ready to get rid of the old one[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]packed 2 e bay items[/STRIKE]
will keep an eye on ebay lots ending today
might relist or list some more on ebay
[STRIKE]NSD!! [/STRIKE]yeah
[STRIKE]put clothes in airing cupboard weather is rubbish here!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]avoided car boot sale! so NSD[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]try to collect second hand uniform from friends[/STRIKE] not in!!
tidy up
DO SOME OU
write to complain to pizza hut
fix printer

xtessx

Afternoon you guys! :hello:

You all make me feel tired just reading your lists.

My day is much quieter -

Been out for brekkie - (i know, must break this habit):o
Taken dogs out and got a soaking. House smells horrid of wet dog now, got all windows open and its freezing :eek:
Going food shopping in a while, debating on whether to wait til DD finishes work so she can come, or to go without her and save loads!!:rotfl:
Cooking a roast dinner later yummy!:j

That's about it for today! Did the housework and washing yesterday so nice free day today.

Tess xx

xtessx

Andan -

:bdaycake: Happy Birthday for tomorrow! Hope you have a great time ,

Tess xx

sans_2

Afternoon all,

My dfw things for today:

• washing done at 30deg and drying outdoors
• used £3+ coupons in Asda (inc 1 I found yesterday)
• posted off Ebay item sold yesterday
• listed 2 items on Ebay

That's all I can think of.

jenjade

hi sans how did you manage to post off e bay stuff on a sunday??

andan

My gosh, its like a ghost town on here, think there must be lots of people taking a day off from dfw. I haven't done that much yet, however i have signed up to another beauty course, so once i complete that i will have another therapy to offer for my business.

Eternal_Optimist

:beer:Hope you have a lovely birthday & get lots of nice pressies!:beer:

:bdaycake: :bdaycake: :bdaycake: :bdaycake: :bdaycake:

klane

EO - you should swap your book for another on Read It Swap It. Have you heard of that site? I love it - I keep thinking I should start a post about it on here, if folks aren't aware of it already (are you guys?).

Andan - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR TOMORROW!!:bdaycake::beer::T_party__party__party_