What small DFW things will you do w/c 8th October?

Morning all. :hello: thinking of you Foxgloves.

I'm working from home today so hoping to be productive. That said DH did a stifling job changing all 3 beds, washing them and spring cleaning our bedroom yesterday so today I will:

Check banking, 1 day until payday :j:j
Something from freezer for tea
Walk tonight with friend
DW on
Washing to go away, it's mainly bedding. No ironing here
Tidy round
Pay down some savings I have managed to make this month, just need to decide which pot to stash them in
Vacuum lounge
Try and fit a run in and quick shower

Have a good day folks. Purps.

So sorry for your loss Foxgloves. Thinking of you

Morning,

I am going to start popping into here occasionally just to keep track of things. I am really starting to knuckle down on saving money now most of our big occasions of the year have passed. We have made many great memories but it is time to focus on the future now.

I have several budgets set up, each for different purposes that makes it easier for me to keep track of spends. These are updated on a daily basis, as and when purchases are made. I just transfer from the fund used, to my main account when my debit card is used so it all adds up correctly. It may not make sense to others to do it this way but it does to me. It is complicated but makes me feel a lot more organised and in control.

I have had a busy start to the morning and have a bit more left to do for the rest of the day. So far I have been to the bank to withdraw funds for my sisters wedding this weekend, my purse feels full to the brim but that will soon go once I have forked out for hair, makeup, hotel, gift, drinks etc.

I then went food shopping and spent the grand total of £21.37. This was more of a top up shop and will keep us going until next week where I will do a proper shop. To be honest we have enough food in the freezers to keep us going a while yet. Over the next few weeks, I shall be dwindling the freezers down ready for Christmas.

I then went and filled my car full to the brim with petrol ready for the long journey ahead of us this weekend. £62.50 for a full tank. Why is petrol becoming so expensive? :mad:

I have made extra repayments towards my debts as well, every little helps. I have also paid off the boys childcare fees so that is now up to date.

I have a few more things to do on my to do list for the rest of the day.

- Write out card for wedding and pop money into it. I have bought a money wallet to pop gift in and just want to find a nice poem to write into the card.
- Visit my friend and her new baby. I shall take her the presents I bought for both her and the baby. It will only be a quick visit.
- Put away some of my ironing. My room resembles a floordrobe so I really should do this, I just keep putting it off.
- Go to the dentist. I hate the dentist with a passion but needs must. I currently pay for a private plan but I am going to see if I can register as an NHS patient instead.
- Pick my sister up from her inlaws. This is a 1.5 hour drive each way, hopefully my sister will contribute towards the cost of petrol..

That is pretty much it. I don't want to over exert myself. I am already feeling pretty tired so will be consuming coffee to keep me going

Afternoon all,
Hugs to Foxgloves & family.

Todays list
* Gym and refilled water bottle there Done
* Pop to aldee with small list Done and stuck to the list
* Brunch at home - fridge use up! My dad and I shared the following: 1 piece of omelette made on Monday, a portion of cauliflower cheese which I'd put a bit of leftover gammon in last night and 1/2 portion of ratatouille - Fridge looks so much clearer now!
* Sort out the garage Straightened up in there, added a few large picture frames to my charity shop pile
* Put some wood in the loft that a friend gave me after they'd had some work done on their house - it might come if useful for something we do in the future and if not it will act as a walk way in the loft anyway Done and brought down from loft some bags of fabric/curtains/cushions etc that we think were up in the house when we bought it, will open them up and see whats there, if good will keep if not will either send to the charity shop or fabric bank at the tip. Also brought down an old tv, will take this to the tip "shop"
* Check banking/update spreadsheets Done
* Looks like we are going to have to make a visit or two up North in the next couple of weeks so I need to research hotels (as we will probably end up going straight on our little holiday from one of the visits) Done, not booked yet as I will talk it through with dh, hotel is about 3hrs from where we will be and an hour ish away from holiday location, might be better to stop an hour earlier hmmm one to ponder and also may as well think about xmas gifts for those we are visiting to save on postage etc at Xmas
* Another module of my free online course - missed this yesterday
* Make arrangements to meet up with a friend who I know is struggling at the minute. Done and within two minutes of arranging that, another friend messaged me to see if we could get together as she knows whats going on with us too
* Iron a few of dh's work shirts that I washed yesterday
* I've set up a kitchen use up box again (anything we aren't seemingly using goes in there and I'll try to get something used each day to clear it again) We got a couple of free simply cook box things which include recipe and spices/sauces etc for the meals, they've been in the cupboard for months now so I'm going to make one of the dishes today as I have everything else in that it needs Done, made two of the dishes, a Louisiana pasta and a Cajun meatballs - the pasta one I can't say I'm keen on to be honest. The meatballs one is in the slowcooker, can be had for tomorrow


Thats my starter, have a good day all.

Morning all :hello:

Update from yesterday:

merida88 wrote: »

- bike to work etc done
- all meals and snacks from stores done
- organise M&S return, done
- apply for b@rclaycard BT offer :money: done
- walk the poor bored dog done
- try and organise care for aforementioned poor bored dog for a day out we have planned on the 21st not successful so far, but only asked one person tbf
- get an early night (studying will resume tomorrow) done The world is much brighter today

List for today:
- bike to work (at least for the morning)
- breakfast and lunch from stores (supper tbc)
- continue with dog care search
- next studying topic
- call garage re OH's car

Oooh oooh update to add - I *think* I might have been successful in my washing machine fiddling :j

Hugs to all who need them x