Getting to know you........

rosicee

I'm a longtime lurker after my ma suggested I have a look on MSE upon beginning university! Love reading all the posts and as promised it's helped student life tremendously!

I'm a 21 year old student, currently in my second year (I took a gap year during which I nannied in the States), and work part-time as an office researcher. Live in a rented house with 3 boys, all of whom seem to sweat money, so I'm the odd one out (hoping it'll pay off in the longterm!), but I actually love the OS way so it's no great hardship!

Really lovely to hear everyone else's stories, I'm looking forward to chatting to you all yay OS!

Rosi xx

Blue_Kitten

I've been lurking on here for ages, so it's about time I said hello and thanks for all the money saving tips I've picked up over the last while.

I work in an admin job at the moment, but I am planning on re-training over the next year and a half, to hopefully gain a more interesting and lucrative career.

I have about £10k in debt which I am managing ok at the moment, but want to get paid off over the next three years, so that I'll be able to quit my job and go freelance.

I also want to save £10k over the same time period to give myself some financial security.

I am 35, live with my OH and we've been happily together for nearly 9 years.

Hope everyone is having a good day today - hugs to all!

Blue Kitten
x

Paaf

I have been lurking here for a few months now, so I thought I'd finally register.

Found this board when searching for tips and recipes for trying out my shiny new Kenwood chef, an investment I made after much careful consideration. So far I absolutely love it, and it is well on the way to paying for itself.

I am 27, and live with my husband. We lucky to be debt free, having paid off student loans last year, and OH makes fairly good money, but as a PhD student I have very little income so we do have a bit of a budget to keep. We're also trying to save so that in a year or two we might put down the deposit on a house and hopefully start a family.

I love cooking and crafts so a lot of my old style money saving is as much a hobby as it is thrifty. I am also very conscious about the source of the ingredients I use, and try to buy organic and local as much as possible.

Looking forward to becoming more active in this community!

Candy_Belle

Hi
I've been reading the posts here for a while now and have finally registered today. I'm loving all the tips, help and encouragment on the site and it's made me feel so much better about my finanical situation knowing that there are so many nice mse's here sharing their problems and offering solutions.:)

Thank u all!:j x

Kornishkat

Hi everyone, I've been lurking for a few years and posting for a few weeks. I'm single after splitting with my partner last year after being together for 19 years. I have 4 children 10, 5, 3 and 1 they are home educated and I'm currently not working as I wanted to stay at home whilst my baby was under one plus the last 12 months have been extremely stressful due to the break up, house move, counselling and other related stuff. Although I rely on benefits for my income now whereas in the past both my ex and I worked (until our 3rd child was born when only he worked), I feel much better off and in control of my finances as my ex was extremely hopeless with money and would spend money as soon as he had it on what seemed to be nothing. It was also an abusive/controlling relationship so after so many years in that situation it is nice to at last be gaining some control over my life and finances. I've found this site invaluable for information especially when dealing with bank charges reclaiming and dealing with continued harrassment of creditors (both on my ex's behalf). Now that I'm single I'm finding it great for budgeting and moneysaving tips that there is no way my ex would have considered. Its nice to be able to see where the money is going for a change instead of constantly running out of money before the bills are paid and not knowing where exactly its all gone. At least now when I do get a job I'll be able to feel that I'm getting something back for my hardwork whereas in the past it just seemed the more I earned the faster it got spent.

Polgara_2

:hello: Long time lurker, thought it was about time I said hello I'm a 31 yrs old SAHM and live with DH and DD (nearly 3), also regually visited by DSD1 (15) and DSD2 (13). Love cooking and working on my allotment.

Had a wake up call when DH fessed up how much debt he'd got himself into 18 mths ago and not said anything :eek: One bankruptcy and alot of stress later and we're back on track. I now manage the finances :cool: and sleep so much sounder now its sorted. Have learnt so much from the site and the people on here, thank you :T

WEEGIE

Polgara wrote: »

:hello: Long time lurker, thought it was about time I said hello I'm a 31 yrs old SAHM and live with DH and DD (nearly 3), also regually visited by DSD1 (15) and DSD2 (13). Love cooking and working on my allotment.

Had a wake up call when DH fessed up how much debt he'd got himself into 18 mths ago and not said anything :eek: One bankruptcy and alot of stress later and we're back on track. I now manage the finances :cool: and sleep so much sounder now its sorted. Have learnt so much from the site and the people on here, thank you :T

:T:TThat's great Polgara, good to see that you are now in control, keep up the good work and welcome to the big happy family, hope you enjoy it.

Megansmum

Hi,

I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.

I'm Gayle 36, got hubby 41, ss 22, dd 18 and 2yr dd. I was a carer for my disabled hubby and working as a travel agent until 2006 when my mum got cancer. I quit that to care for her with my dad. She passed away that October and a month later i was pregnant. Didn't go back to work through pregnancy as my dad wasn't too good so cared for him. He passed away March 08. Last sept decided I didn't want to go back into travel so i started training to be a hairdresser.

All my life I have had a massive phobia of ALL insects and HATED anything to do with gardens/flowers etc. Last year i decided i wanted to grow my own fruit n veg so i joined the greenfingered forum and those guys helped me through my fears and taught me a lot about growing stuff!

This year I have branched out onto here and just been reading for a while! We are on state benefits,due to hubbys disability, but thankfully debt free (apart from monthly visa which we pay off in full). I am really into learning about saving money, recycling, reusing,cooking from scratch, gyo and anything else along those lines. I think the old traditional values are starting to come back, and i love it! I even asked for a sewing box for xmas!

Everyone on here is so lovely and helpful, :A it's great for people like me who are painfully shy and don't have much in the way of family or friends in the area..... that's about it really, sooo, hi from me!:)

WEEGIE

Megansmum wrote: »

Hi,

I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself.

I'm Gayle 36, got hubby 41, ss 22, dd 18 and 2yr dd. I was a carer for my disabled hubby and working as a travel agent until 2006 when my mum got cancer. I quit that to care for her with my dad. She passed away that October and a month later i was pregnant. Didn't go back to work through pregnancy as my dad wasn't too good so cared for him. He passed away March 08. Last sept decided I didn't want to go back into travel so i started training to be a hairdresser.

All my life I have had a massive phobia of ALL insects and HATED anything to do with gardens/flowers etc. Last year i decided i wanted to grow my own fruit n veg so i joined the greenfingered forum and those guys helped me through my fears and taught me a lot about growing stuff!

This year I have branched out onto here and just been reading for a while! We are on state benefits,due to hubbys disability, but thankfully debt free (apart from monthly visa which we pay off in full). I am really into learning about saving money, recycling, reusing,cooking from scratch, gyo and anything else along those lines. I think the old traditional values are starting to come back, and i love it! I even asked for a sewing box for xmas!

Everyone on here is so lovely and helpful, :A it's great for people like me who are painfully shy and don't have much in the way of family or friends in the area..... that's about it really, sooo, hi from me!:)

Hi Megansmum, good to have you on board, you are indeed in good company, I myself am glad to be here, I have gotten to know a lot of wonderful people here. Hope you enoy your time here.

charlyze2

I thought that after reading on the forum for a couple of months now i had better get registered and start posting.

my name is charlie and im 27. im married and have to lovely (weel sometimes) little boys one who is 6 and the other 18 months

i currently work full time:( cause we cant afford not to, but the nursery fees are a whopping £758 a month:eek:.

im also studying to become an accountant, starting my veg plot at the bottom of the garden (with the help of my mil)

my debts total about £9800 but hope to be debt free by december 2011.