What small DFW things will you do this week - w/c 2nd October?

Hello Monday Money Savers,
Useful, busy morning, but as last week was so stressful & much of it is still ongoing with funeral arrangements, legal stuff, etc, I've decided that I'm going to have an afternoon off. Going to make a cafetiere, get my knitting out & watch 'Cold Feet'. Such a simple thing, but really looking forward to just doing something for myself. Anyway, onto today's bits of money saving:
*Did laundry on timer overnight on cheap tariff. Half the cost of our daytime electricity tariff.
*Arranged clean laundry on heated airer for th grand total of about 8 mins when I noticed how blowy it is outside today, so I whipped it all back off into the basket & pegged it outside instead. I think our heated airer is less than 5p an hour to run, but pegging out on the whirlygig is zero p an hour so I will continue doing this while I can.
*Make tomorrow's packed lunch.
*My Big Budget Day today. Reconciled September's budget & set October's. Looks tight but doable. Was able to pay the Savings Piggies & Emergency Fund and had already committed the spends on a few presents we bought on yesterday's city centre trip. Paid one CC in full. Unable to pay the other one in full, as I usually would because of my expensive new glasses, but I certainly won't be making minimum payments either. I paid off a good sized chunk of it today & will do the same over the next 2 or 3 months.
*Did some surveys.
*Paid another 50p into my sealed pot. mr f nearly opened his while I was away at my Mum's last week!!!! I think guilt got the better of him & he put it back in his wardrobe & 'fessed up when I got home.
*Priced up vodka. I need to start off this year's blackberry & apple vodka this week. Last year's was lovely. Best price seems to be a litre bottle from Aldi. I will be giving a couple of small pretty bottle of this as Christmas gifts.
*Make apple sauce for the freezer- I will do this before my coffee & TV afternoon. We didn't get a big apple crop this year, as the tree produced sooooooo many last year, I think it's having a year off, so I don't want to waste the nice fruits that we did get. (Still knee-deep in pears).
*Noticed that mr f's CC statement is detailing a lot of loyalty points. Looks like it might be around £16, which will be very useful as he needs a warm hoodie or a jacket & actually (shock, horror, hair stands on end!!) saw something he liked yesterday while we were out shopping. Hope the vouchers arrive soon.
OK, I shall go & get those apples peeled now.
Oh.....about paying in coins. I've always found the bank to be fine about this, as long as they are in the proper cash bags & properly counted out. I've also paid them into our bank account via the post office counter too. The big post office in town is happy to do this, but our village post office refuses to take more than 3 bags at a time because it is single-staffed. This is still the case when there is absolutely nobody else in there waiting to be served, so it might be a bit of a 'jobsworth' thing.

DNMS - I think it was you who said you found it hard to find 'Stardrops' in the shops? Have you tried 'Savers'? I was in there the other day & spotted that they have the original bottles which you can use neat on really tough jobs or dilute it yourself to make it last ages (usually over a year in my case!) Was pleased to see it because when I last went to my usual store to buy it, they only had the ready-made up spray bottles. Same price, but doesn't last anywhere near as long as the original undiluted stuff you can make up yourself. Just a thought, if you have a 'Savers' branch near you.
OK, apple time.
F x

Hi all,

Newbie here. Used to be on the forum years ago but couldn't remember my username. So am back under a new name.

I need to start taking control of our finances and what better place to start than the little, daily habits and spends.

All of my "big" expenses are pretty much sorted, it's the little things and the monthly grocery spends, leisure spends etc that tend to trip us up.

Uphillstruggler, sorry for your loss.xo

Things I'm doing today;
~ taken lunch into work instead of buying it out.
~ eating dinner from the cupboards/freezer.
~ making the most of our Amazon Instant Video subscription for £5.99 and streaming prime shows instead of paying to rent the latest at £3.45 each.
~ tracking my calories using myfitnesspal to help me lose a little weight so I can still fit in my clothes without buying new ones before Christmas! ��

just harvested squashes 3 elongated rugby ball shaped ones (gave 1 away and there's another there, left to harden in the sun for a bit), 5 gourd types - thinking I will use one for Halloween instead of buying a pumpkin - and another 4 BNS have come home to a tidy downstairs - did thorough flylady of lounge and quick once over of the hall & kitchen. Now am sitting with a hm mocha before going to pick up madam

2 loads of washing done and on the line, prob will need to go on airer over night. Another in machine to set for 5 am

ahhhhhh the simple pleasures!

Hi Uphill

Sorry, I just read these threads sometimes as a bit of inspiration, and spotted your change dilemma. I had the same problem with Nationwide a couple of years ago - they said that since they are a Building Society and not a bank, they only accept small amounts of coinage to be paid in. Sorry that probably isn't the answer you want you could get round it by taking in the maximum amount allowed in separate occasions, but it depends how much of a logistical faff that is for you (for me that would take months!).

I'm sorry to hear of your loss too

Morning all.

Managed to stick to my goals yesterday, which was fab & managed a NSD! ��

Same goals today of:
~ take lunch to work.
~ dinner from stores.
~ Amazon prime instead of renting the films I reallllly want to see. ��
~ Track calories in MFP (also tends to stop me spending money on food!).

I also have our boiler service today. I put £100 aside for the service itself (£60) and any minor repairs. I'm hoping I don't have to spend the additional £40 as I really need it to go towards our MOT in a months time. Fingers crossed!

Also realised that when I'm organised and ready on time walking to work is MSE as it saves on fuel. So adding that to my list too which I also managed yesterday.

~ walk to and from work.

Hope you all have a fab day. ��