Live on £4000 for a Year, 2009 Challenge, part 1

Kittikins · 4 February 2009 at 12:12PM

Wow, congrats SF, you must be so thrilled

(and vicariously, we all are too).

Sending Reiki to SF's grandad and Mumzy (please go and see someone about your neck, if you can see an osteopath, all the better - I swear by mine, she's a lifesaver; I pick DD up far too much and put my back/neck out a lot and she always fixes me far better than painkillers)

xx

mumzyof2 · 4 February 2009 at 12:17PM

afternoon all.

My neck is a bit better today. Only hurts if i sit too long or when i try to get up or bend down. I swear it gets worste as the day goes on.
Watched accidental husband with my mate last night - its good.
DD's birthday today she got £5 plus a pepper pig dvd and a car and a scooter. got another dvd coming to.
Hope everyone is good x

sophiesmum_2 · 4 February 2009 at 12:39PM

slowlyfading wrote: »

They've offered me a place to do teacher training! :j :j :j

I've just pressed accept

Congrtulations SF, great week for you

SmlSave · 4 February 2009 at 1:10PM

Hi everyone!

Just popping in to say that Jan went well with only overspending by £18.84 which I didn't think was too bad. Have managed to eat mainly from supplies we already had and the main spends were on presents and finishing paying off the sofa!

Am very happy to hear about your gentleman friend Slowly Fading, just reading your ealier post made me smile

Have you thought what you're going to do for Valentines?

Glad your granddad is back at home where hopefully he's more comfortable, fingers crossed they find out what's wrong. Congrats on the teacher training too

Belated congrats to LyndaSharp on the engagment and Mumzy on passing the exam :T Glad you're neck is feeling a bit better - keep pestering the doctors!

Good luck on getting an allotment SM, I've been on the waiting list for a year now - only two more to go :rolleyes:

Wish you all the best ISoF, hope you'll pop in now and then

slowlyfading · 4 February 2009 at 1:17PM

sophiesmum wrote: »

Congrtulations SF, great week for you

Thank you, and that is the cutest smiley!

SmlSave wrote: »

Am very happy to hear about your gentleman friend Slowly Fading, just reading your ealier post made me smile Have you thought what you're going to do for Valentines?

He's said something about a meal

he says I have to leave it to him!

Glad your granddad is back at home where hopefully he's more comfortable, fingers crossed they find out what's wrong. Congrats on the teacher training too

Thanks

I hope they figure it out too! x

sophiesmum_2 · 4 February 2009 at 1:33PM

Good afternoon frunchkins:D

Lunch hour from work so just catching up:D
Mumzy hope neck gets better soon, and DD enjoys her birthday.

General frugal aims for today;

storecupboard lunch and tea
reduce, reuse,recycle one item-
do something nice for me -
do something nice for someone else
fitter not fatter - swim and jacuzzi later,

Todays frugal meals;

HM muesli , OJ
HM batch cooked split pea and ham soup,banana
salmon eggs benedict (poached salmon, poached egg, hollandaise sauce ) with runner beans and leeks (from garden)

Fruit and veg portions;
2 fruit, 1 pulses,2 veggies,:D

Expenditure or additional income

No spend day & found £1 in locker at gym

Remaining target cash for first 6 months food spends - £253.44 left from budget of £400 for first six months.

Anyone know who has got good offers on cheese at the moment???

Just checked freezer and down to last 5 blocks normal cheese plus one block of stinky blue stilton (Yummy) so will need to replenish cheese stocks quite soon. Can't complain as most of these were bought Jan 2008 when I picked up loads of xmas cheeses for 10p a block

Oh and also have a ceramic pot of stilton in fridge one of oldies bought me

Frugaldom · 4 February 2009 at 1:47PM

Apt responses to all, I've read all the posts but you know me by now - I never get around to individual responses.

I do think about how/where/why/what everyone is doing, though and hope all goes to plan.

Sunshine and blue sky here, washing's hanging out and it's a good day for working outside, so that's where I'll be. Catch up again when I return to the work-a-day computer stuff later - self-sufficientish preparation works are calling for now.

Feb 14th - I'm a little bit 'anti-commercialism', so if I was to do anything special, it would probably be homemade, homecooked, homegrown or homebased. Hmm... now I come to think of it, everyday is Valentine's Day here! :rotfl: I'm certainly not expecting to be swept off my feet for an exotic or romantic break nor do I expect to be knelt to, proposed to or lavished with diamonds, but stranger things have happened, so I'll never say never. :rolleyes: Perhaps a nice pot plant?

lilac_lady · 4 February 2009 at 2:19PM

Just caught up again. ISOM - I lurked on this thread last year, posted a few times and then decided to join this year's challenge. I don't use spread sheets (had enough of them at work) but just keep a note of my spending and deduct it from the total in my signature. I pay cash as much as possible and am trying to stay on track.

If you find that it's too much for you to read all the post, don't.....just pop in now and again and skim a few.

If you find that it's too much to update spread sheets don't......just keep a running total of all spending and look over your receipts now and again to see where you can make a differnce.

If you want to come back....DO....we're happy to have your company.

If you don't want to come back....good luck with your finances.

nickynoo08 · 4 February 2009 at 2:28PM

Afternoon peeps,
Another nsd day for me:D, too blummin cold to go out.
Been browsing the net and i've decided i want a pair of fitflop billows. I've got a pair of the summer fitflops and i love them, but i've not wore them much lately due to weather. Only thing is they cost between £69 and £88:eek:. I can not justify spending that much money in one go even tho i know i will wear them to death. Been looking for a discount code but the best i can find is one for 5% off, plus cashback. Think i'll leave it for now and see if they come down in price a bit more or i find a better discount code.
Todays plan...
Do exercise dvd
Storecuppboards lunch and dinner
Check online banking - make sure all dd have gone out
Meal plan for tomoro

SiannieLaz · 4 February 2009 at 2:31PM

Hi All,
just spent ages catching up and just want to say well done to all that got offered or started new jobs, congratulations those of you who are getting married, and hope everyone feeling ill gets better soon xx any bigs hugs to anyone I missed out - sorry!!
Spent most of the weekend trying to clear some of my allotment, feels like a loosing battle but will keep going when the weather clears. Thanks to whoever suggest the heated airer, my flat is incredibly damp and nothing dries in there, the storage heaters are pointless and my built in wardrobe makes my clothes mouldy (which stains, hence a large pile of ruined shirts:mad: ) and it's costing an absolute fortune to use the dryer/laundrette. Guess I'm gonna have to fork out for it.
Have just been keeping a general budget, which I'm over, but have been totally inspired by the details ones shown by others, so that's the route I'm going this month.
Have been rushing around to agencies and interviews this week, just applied for the prison service (career change but tied in with my degree) and am behind with my coursework, so will try and keep up with you all for the next week.
You guys are tops :T thanks for all the inspiration xx
Take care xxx

Live on £4000 for a Year, 2009 Challenge, part 1

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