Live on £4000 for a year - Part 3

bails

Hiya Mrs Hayes and welcome to the frugal gang!:hello: Of course it's ok for you to keep posting, that way we can all inspire each other.
Go for it Janey, can I join you? (several hundred miles apart of course ) What chocolate shall we have? I'm thinking Maltesers for you

MrsHayes

Thanks bails (one of my dogs is called Bails )

You and Janey have got me wanting chocolate now! Although I can't have any as I don't bring money to work as we are opposite a supermarket and I would be in their every day! xx

bails

Sor-reeeee :rotfl:Congratulations on FrugalBaby too, he/she'll be our first one from the gang and a great start to the 2009 challenge!

taka

I'm sorry to hear your news Sophiesmum. I am sure you and your family have, and will continue to make his time here the best it can be. My thoughts are with you ((((hugs))))



Nyk - you've got me all curious about your potential project too! I'd love to know more!

Welcome jexysbird and MrsHayes :hello:

Frugaldom

Janey51 wrote: »

I have just read somewhere that threads are supposed to be no more than 1000 posts long.
Does this mean we have to pack up and move again?

Hi Janey, I need to check that out. I tried to split the challenge into quarters and the next part isn't due until end of September. So far, the moderators have been kind to us allowing these to run to their dates as opposed to number of postings so moderators, please can we run this for another month? Pleeeeeeeeeease? Then I promise to start part 4 for 1st October 2008

Oh, and are you going to tell the others, or shall I? Sorry, but it's exciting!

MrsHayes, you post away whenever you like.

I have done my good deed for the day, I hope! I'd made a start on the decluttering by freecycling my free exercise bike as it had been relegated to the garden shed by lack of space, I have now also listed some toys that DGD has outgrown. I hope they get good homes and that some child loves them as much as DGD loves her new bike. I've already had two enquiries!

OH, OH! That's not good... an ambulance just went speeding past lights blazing, siren wailing!!

Edited in - Janey, we should be safe enough for a while longer - the quit smoking thread has over 7,000 and the alcohol reduction crowd have over 3,000. So long as they don't all quit smoking and drinking then decide to live off 4k at the same time, then we should be OK.

slowlyfading

I'm sorry to hear about your brother sophiesmum, thinking about you xx

redglass_2

Sophiesmum, I'm so sorry to hear of your bad news. I will be thinking of you.

Welcome to Jexysbird and MrsHayes from a frugal lurker who's yet to come on board.... Maybe in January....

bails

nykmedia wrote: »

Oh, and are you going to tell the others, or shall I? Sorry, but it's exciting!

Tell us, tell us, PWEASE! I could really do with some good news today...

taka

bails wrote: »

Tell us, tell us, PWEASE! I could really do with some good news today...

:eek: :think: Ooooooohhhh I didn't clock that... please tell...

Frugaldom

Well! I'm still decluttering but have now found ANOTHER free group to join! It's much the same as FreeCycle and it's local! :j I've now dug out DGD's pink buggy and have been giving this a quick wash before listing it. However, I also dug out all my bridles (from horsey days gone by) but am really annoyed - they are practically ruined by dampness! I had hung them up in the hall last year when we were moving in here and they are completely green with mould! :mad: So, you can guess who is dragging everything out of the hallway tonight! We only use it for storage, as the house has been altered at some point to exclude this from the main part, but it looks like that idea has been scuppered. I'm just glad that the leather picked this up quicker than anything else (other than the crumbling walls) did!

Sorry to avoid certain subjects at the moment, I'm pretending I don't notice them until I have my best response fully prepared and ready to action. :rotfl: