The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

chevalier · 11 March 2009 at 7:32AM

Whilst i have been sorting out food, I have been coming giggling, going back into the kitchen and repeat. You lot are well funny. And the image it put into my head with the stripy undies and over the knee socks. Well it did make me laugh

Keep up the good work, both the fun and the debt busting

chev

Pippilongstocking · 11 March 2009 at 9:36AM

Hey chev thanks for that - they are very naughty on here. I think you posted on my first SOA or sent me a PM - and I very much appreciated it at the time - my SOA is now so much healthier and its down to advice from you guys!! xx

chevalier · 11 March 2009 at 9:58AM

yes i tend to be in at first, and then lose threads cos I am not in the same time zone as you! but i do try and keep up a bit.
chev

Pippilongstocking · 11 March 2009 at 10:45AM

Hurrah for hobnobs:D

Update for today - paid for lovely shetland work and lodger - resisting the urge to send it all to scary loan - and must budget for car tax and pay some of CC that BRB was put on.

Local industrial place is selling chainsaws for £80 thinking quite serioulsy of getting one - we have a couple bow saws here but would really like to buy one of my own - giant carving knife - I have all the safety kit as we got trained at work to use one. Pixie and electric carving knife :rotfl:

Thats about it for updates today. Meal planning is making me very grumpy. But I am about to do the next few weeks to get us through this month and plan a big shop for mainland in early april where I plan to be in Edinburgh for a course (work pay for car:D ) so I can load up at asda, chinese supermarket etc - any tips and ideas for bulk stuff welcomed - do have a makro card but never found it very good value - any tips intrepid shoppers?? Thinking about bulk stuff like loo roll, flour, tins, squash etc. Ideas welcomed:rolleyes:

:confused: Anyone heard about transition movement - not read much but its basically a move to reduce/dismiss our dependancy on oil and essentially move retrospecitvely to a system which is more localised and less dependant on outside influences (goods and services) to sustain itself.

(Well that's my niave first take on it - currently reading a book about it)

I only ask this because where I live barter is still pretty common place.

Things we only pay for still are petrol, fuel for heating/lighting and other services we cannot negotiate a 'swap' for.

This week I have bartered/swapped/freecycled:

straw for the chickens for a box of hobnobs
lodgings for diy maintenance
wood for labour
childcare for a bit garden maintenance
kettle for a sticky toffee pudding
freecycle desk to us
freecycle bike to a pals daughter
dog bed for a takeaway on saturday (hurrah)

Do you guys barter much? Just wondering if its more common in rural area's than towns??

Uniscots97 · 11 March 2009 at 11:14AM

If you're heading to Edinburgh give me a shout. I'm pretty near there. My advice (if it was me)? I'd head to the biggest Poundland and stock up.

Uniscots97 · 11 March 2009 at 11:17AM

Bartering? I think it is more common in rural areas and maybe my grandparents generation but between my friends and I we do it. I got a lovely suit from my friend (I need to alter it) in return I'm driving her for a night out (I'm not going on night out, but offered to be taxi in return for the suit). We did a lot of it growing up, I'd babysit for the farmer and his wife and in return we got a pheasant!

Karmacat · 11 March 2009 at 11:17AM

Hi Fay

Not heard it called that ... its more likely to be called alternative lifestyle down here (south coast of England, about as far away from you as its possible to be!). Its more likely to be alternative lifestyle down here! I think the old ways of barter were more or less destroyed, but its slowly making a comeback through things like freecycle and gumtree.

Pippilongstocking · 11 March 2009 at 11:35AM

unixgirluk wrote: »

If you're heading to Edinburgh give me a shout. I'm pretty near there. My advice (if it was me)? I'd head to the biggest Poundland and stock up.

whereabouts in Ed is a decent one - will be based up at the Uni (down by ikea) and at the botanic gardens by inverleith?

sorry to ask but what's poundland?

is it a bit like the 99p shop use to be??

Oh how quick we forget.

I am hysterical on the mainland in big supermarkets I wander around starstruck saying 'wow' alot - OH thinks its hysterical. (and embarrassing!!):D

I am the same when I am first down looking out the car window at trees - wow wow wow - amazing what you miss!

Pippilongstocking · 11 March 2009 at 11:36AM

:rotfl: ok nother stupid question but what's gumtree??

barter rocks

my kids don't know that you buy clothes in shops we get ours in big bin bags from pals:rotfl:

Uniscots97 · 11 March 2009 at 12:19PM

Fay, this is Poundland http://www.poundland.co.uk/pages/default.aspx lots more deals in store. Ikea is about 30 mins from me.

Gumtree is the online equivalent of your local ads (or cards in newsagents window), stuff either for sale/trade etc

The revenge of the stripey socks - a DFW adventure

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