Sunday 1/06/08 What small dfw things have you done today???

piglet6

andan wrote: »

Wow piglet, your doing well then, the thought of turning 30 scares the hell out of me, i don't really like birthdays because i don't like getting old and want my time back, never mind what i'll be like when i get to thirty. Pretend you didn't here that though Carolyn:o

I can't pretend that its all sweetness and light, andan, and I am only human, so of course I get days when I feel old/fat/miserable/like I'd like to be 17 again!:D But overall, I don't "feel" as old as I thought 35 year olds were (if that makes sense?!) when I was in my 20s:rotfl:, and at 29 I was in a lot more debt, with a much bigger mortgage...had never heard of MSE, Pigsback, the concept of paying more than the minimum payment on anything, etc...would not have dreamt of checking the cheapest price before buying something (would probably not have thought about how to pay for it at all - thats what my "flexible friends" were for!:eek:). 6 years on, I've come a long way, and I guess what I'm trying to say is that the plusses outweight the minusses (is that spelled correctly...? I suspect not!:p).

Secretly, I guess I wasn't that thrilled about turning 35 a couple of weeks ago (in many ways, that was much worse for me than 30...there's something about being on the slippery slope to 40 that I struggled with a little bit...!:rolleyes:). But, either way, I think I've come to terms with the fact that there's nothing I can do about it, so I have to bite the bullet and deal with it - I guess what I'm saying is that it probably won't be as bad as you are thinking it will be...;)

Piglet

bank_of_slate

Well I've spent 4 hours cleaning my son's disgusting bedroom with crisp packets, socks, undies, plates and old toast under the bed!
Boys are hideous creatures
...Linda xx

CarolynH

andan wrote: »

i don't really like birthdays because i don't like getting old and want my time back, never mind what i'll be like when i get to thirty. Pretend you didn't here that though Carolyn:o

LOL. Watch out though hun, I'm pretty sure I was 19 yesterday!

CarolynH

bank_of_slate wrote: »

Well I've spent 4 hours cleaning my son's disgusting bedroom with crisp packets, socks, undies, plates and old toast under the bed!
Boys are hideous creatures
...Linda xx

(HUGS) You DEFINATELY deserve chocolate now.:EasterBun

Cleosmum

I was ok turning 30, it was turning 32 that did me in and I have no idea why!

Small DFW wise - I have done some washing, gutted a room and washed the carpet, meals from stores. Still need to do PB CT and comps and check for MS then its a nice early night xx

chillypep

Hi everyone,

I’m new to this thread but I’m afraid I’ve got a big problem with trying to make some savings at home. Unfortunately, hubby would hear nothing of it.

This morning I made my shopping list determined not to spend more than 30 pounds (25 pounds really with 5 pounds off voucher at Morrisons supermarket).

Knowing that we usually do not spend more than 20 pounds a week at the supermarket, I had planned to spend up to 30 pounds and get 5 pounds off. The extra money was going to be used to bulk buy fruit juice since that is what we drink most and it can easily be stored.
Getting to the supermarket, on seeing that I was bulk buying the fruit juice, hubby protested saying there was no point in doing so. I explained to him that I had to buy stuff up to 30 pounds in order to get the 5 pounds off, in effect spending only 25 pounds buying stuff we will need at home.

He just plain refused that I buy more than 2 packs of Apple juice and Orange juice. I believe things got worse when I suggested we buy some of the value stuff rather than the more expensive fruit juice.

I have indeed noticed that he gets embarrassed at the check-out whenever I buy any value stuff. In fact the other day, I was going to buy the value washing-up liquid. He objected saying we have to buy fairy washing up liquid. I tried to explain to him that fairy costs 98p and is only about 400ml. The value brand is 1 litre and costs only 20p and I’m the only one that does most of the washing up!

Anyway, having forbidden me from following the shopping list I made, he ended up going round the supermarket picking up things we do not need in order to make up the 30 pounds. Now we have stuff in the freezer that we do not need and will probably never eat and end up throwing away!

When I complained, all he could say to me was that henceforth he will pay for all the food we eat at home. To me that simply means he wants freedom to spend money on things that we do not need.

Yes, it can be argued that it is his money and he can waste it if he wants to, but that simply means he will be wasting money that we can use to pay other bills.

He still has credit card bill unpaid!
How does he get debt free with that kind of mentality.


Any advice everyone?

annelouise_2

Hi,

Just found this thread and it's so great.

I'll do it in reverse today in anticipation of future posts.Here goes -

Swept,mopped and emptied all bins this morning - exersice IS good for you!
Managed to wash a whole weeks worth of washing inc bedding for 4 people in 2 loads using just 1 tablespoon of detergent in each wash
Line dried the lot
Danced around the room with my kids to Hairspray - good free exersice
Had a run round the table lunch with friends - pate,boiled eggs,ham,cheese,pickled onions,crisp breads,alioli,crisps,carrot sticks,apple wedges and tomatoes
NSD at the beach as friends paid for coffees and icecreams
Checked weeks menu planner and got freezer food out
Made 2 x pasta salads for packed lunches as we had no bread for tomorrow
Made list and checked it twice
Sent ebay parcels with a friend back to uk
Bartered for cash for 2 books for ebay postage - so free really
Gave neighbour back 16 books she'd lent me and she gave me 4 more
Checked ebay selling items
Charged phone in car
Put watering can out in downpour to fill up - It Does Rain in Spain!!!!!!
Skyped OH in Egypt
Remembered I needed lunch as I'm volunteering at school tomorrow so took out HM chicken and lentil soup

:A Oh I feel good about all that even though I am missing OH who has been in Red Sea for 3 weeks and will not be back until 27th June - bummer.

annelouise

EmptyPurse

Oh dear. I haven't done the things I said I was going to do today. In fact, I've done very little today other than wander about the flat aimlessly and feeling desperately lonely/sorry for myself. Again. The awful thing is that I just can't bring myself to do *anything* when I'm like that, except sleep/watch TV/surf the net. Aggh. Must try harder tomorrow. Someone give me a huge kick up the backside if I don't get my PAC code sorted please!!!!!!!

thriftymoo

today i have...

*caught up with one poll and piggy clicks
*done some slice the pie
*checked online banking
*had NSD

andan

Hi to all the new posters, nice to see you on here. Chillypep, it must be very hard having a partner who can't see things financially the same way. I can't really suggest anything other than working on your own things to start with and maybe come back to joined things later. However i just remembered, there is a thread on the old style board regarding sneaky ways to save money! I suggest you have a look at that. Also, is there no way you could do the shopping without him, that way he'll have to eat what you buy!

Annelouise, sorry your partner is away for so long, am sure you'll both make up for it when they get back. As for your list, it doesn't matter what order you do it, some of us get on here really late so talk about what we have done! You've done a lot today though.

Emptypurse, if your not feeling that great within yourself at the moment, perhaps it is good to just give into what your body may need at the moment but aim to get it done another day. Try writing small lists and ticking them off when you have done them, this may lift your spirit and help you feel a bit better.