What small DFW things will you do w/c 13th August?

I don't know what keeps happening to my posts! I typed one out this morning but it's gone!

No great shakes as was working today:

* all food from stores
* madam went to bff's for the day - saving us £35 :money:
* hung out washing & just got it in :cool:
* load in machine on timer for the morning
* made madam's packed lunch for tomorrow
* £18 of mileage expenses winging it's way to me
* managed a NSD :cool:

That's all! Going to sit and read a book for a bit then have an early night x

Morning - thanks purps! Have thought I was going crazy! Working again today so not much going on!


Today:


* all meals from stores
* froze a banana to make a banana bread at some point
* check onepoll
* update work expenses
* read newsletter
* put up with annoying colleague and not let it get to me!
* hopefully can just put my head down and get some tasks done ready for my leave from Friday
* hung out washing - grey and overcast so hope it dries!
* pick up a few bits for holiday after work


That's all I can think of right now....

Morning all,
Thanks for your kind wishes, CLF - I'm ok. Things are stressful with Mum atm as she is still stranded in a hospital 130 miles away, but we are hanging on in there & dealing with what arises - although if we had a swear box in our house, I think I would be in serious debt within a couple more days!
OK, today's efforts:
*More laundry on as much of the cheap tariff as I could manage. Drying outside for free.
*Batch cooking & veg growing really paying off now - quesadillas on the menu for tonight. I am using all our homegrown stuff except for onions plus batch cooked slow cooker re-fried beans & I make up fajhita spice mix from a recipe I found online, so I think I've bought just tortilla wraps (which I could make if I had time), onions & oil.
*Mid-month budget check-in. Balance lower than original budget, but doable.....it's just from a series of very small purchases, none of them silly or frivolous, but they add up, don't they?
*2 x £5 vouchers arrived - survey income, so updated my signature, as I like to keep a tally of this to motivate myself.
*Paid credit card - couldn't pay it off (unusually) in its entirety as it has mr f's posh new birthday camera purchase on it, but I certainly paid off a huge amount more than the silly suggested minimum payment, honestly, no wonder people get into trouble with CCs, the minimum payments are just ridiculously low. Also paid across last grocery shop to the other CC, as we only use it to accrue points for vouchers.
*Feed climbing beans, courgettes, squash & everything else which is still growing - I may just let tomatoes, peppers & remaining aubergine come to a natural end now, & just let everything ripen.
*Knit (nice to see a few things going into the presents box)
*Ice my inflamed achilles tendon - this led to a tantrum first thing this morning, & I was only trying to be money saving......bah! Think will save that little tale for today's DFW diary post.
*Decide what food from home we can realistically take away with us.
*Decided not to cycle into town - there are a few little bits & pieces I was thinking about buying, but they can pretty much all wait until later, hopefully until after payday.
OK, that's today's efforts.
F x

Morning all
Awake just after 4.30 this morning so thought I might as well get up - I went to bed just after 7 yesterday as I still had a headache / sicky / migraine thing after 2 days Anyway, I feel more normal this morning, but will no doubt be tired later!

This morning I have to go to my brother's flat again, and wait in for the workmen I waited there all morning for (and OH took over after lunch) and who didn't appear yesterday Asked brother to phone the HA and ask if / when they are going to turn up as I can't be there all the time - he is working quite long hours atm. Will send OH into town with a shopping list while I wait for either the workmen or a phone call from brother.

Despite feeling ill /being stuck at my brother's flat all morning, I managed to get a few things done yesterday:
*2 loads of washing dried on line, good thing too, as it is pouring with rain this morning!
*Mashed and froze 2 black bananas to use for cakes
*Picked raspberries and blueberries
*Made butter chicken in the SC for dinner, and there is enough left for dinner again tonight, if I make something else to go with it
*Dog walk, and popped into vet's on the way back to make an appointment for the dreaded annual jab :eek: (dog is a dreadful wimp, and because he is very small, friendly and looks cute, he is particularly good at being pathetic / gathering a sympathetic crowd. Lovely lady vet was there, and offered to do it there and then. She scattered bscuit crumbs all over her table, and he was so busy hoovering them up that he didn't notice the injection :rotfl:No additional spending involved, as this, plus his wormers, flea treatments, regular health checks and various one offs such as his microchip and neuter op are covered by their monthly pet club scheme membership, which works out much cheaper than paying for all these things individually

Anyway, some at least of today will be spent at my brother's again . I did find a BT Openzone wireless network yesterday, that I could sign into courtesy of our home BT account to stave off the boredom a bit!
Will have HG fruit with breakfast
Send OH off into town to do a bit of shopping while I am at brother's flat - brother lives in a town about 8 miles away from us, where we like the weekly outdoor market OH will be armed with a list!

Check banks and update spreadsheet
Make a potato curry to go with the remains of the butter chicken - I have the ingredients
Freeze French beans in fridge
Make either raspberry or blueberry muffins!

And if I manage to get more done, it will be a bonus