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

SadieSaver

hello,
i'm a self-employed translator who would like to hold on to more of what i earn, or at least only spend it on things i enjoy.
i am planning to come here more often to motivate myself to scrimp a bit more. your good example helps!
sadie is my rescue hound (age 13 1/2) and alter ego. i am trying to learn zen through observing her.

Angie66

Hi, I'm a 46 year old housewife, both children have left home so just me and OH, trying to save a few pennies to have a nice holiday next year and long term pay off the mortgage early. I so end far to much on I necessaries and need to stop, so groceries are my first challenge :hello:

LisaJane

Hi!

I am a 30 year old social worker, been married for almost 1 year. After a break from moneysaving to get married and go on lots of hols, I am now keen to start saving for a house/car/baby...not necessarily in that order! Looking forwward to getting back into batch cooking/growing your own etc after a bit of a wedding whirlwind hiatus!

meg72

JackieO wrote: »

I just too blooming mean to spend money on ready made stuff I think I have the mindset that says "I could make that myself for half the price" and usually do.It is true and batch cooking is the way for you to go if you have a busy life.A morning's cooking and freezing will fill your freezer up and give you more time during the week to relax if you come home and just 'ping' your own ready made meal from the freezer and at a fraction of the price.I have been teaching my eldest grandson to cook for himself and a few weeks ago for around £4.00 we made five portions of veggie curry and five portions of chilli.he took them home and took a portion into work every day for his lunch,he was so pleased with himself as working in London it costs a fortune to eat out.40p for lunch made a lot of difference to his weekly budget

Oh Jackie please dont describe yourself as Mean,I call it being sensible. Was impressed with eldest grandsons lunches, no wonder he was pleased with himself as not only did you work this out but you showed him how to do it himself. A priceless lesson, that I am sure will stay with him forever and give him a lovely memory of cooking and learning with his Nan, as you have posted sometimes about your Mum.

I find as I am getting older that my memories about learning and cooking with my Nan mean more and more to me and often wish I had more people to pass on the things she taught me, and bless
also wish I had paid more attention at the time.

studentmidwife

Hi :hello:, I'm a 41 year old midwife (not a student anymore as my user name suggests:)) and have been lurking/reading this forum for a while now. I live with my husband and my 2 kids (14 and 11) and despite us both working full time we never have any spare money - a lot of this being down to the amount we spend and waste on food.

I did my first meal plan last week and shopped at Ald* instead of Mr T's, I have also done a lot of baking (had a week off so hoping I can keep it up when I'm back at work). I've already noticed how much less I have spent this week and we've had some lovely meals including quite a few off here :T.

Tonights meal will be a pasta bake made with left over chicken and veg from yesterdays roast dinner, cream of chicken soup, pesto and cheese (one of my kids favourites) and HM garlic and rosemary bread which I made yesterday.

Hopefully the ideas/threads on this forum can help keep me on track. Might give the grocery challenge a go next month

meanmarie

Welcome Student Midwife, you will find lots of help here to make your life a more frugal one....

Marie

Chomp

Evening everyone :hello:

I am a self-employed, single parent to three DD's 17, 15 and 12. I've just spilt up from my husband of 12 years. (2 weeks ago) Therefore, I have to start looking after the pennies and getting more organised around the house.

I have lurked on the forums for a while but I feel now is the right time to get me back on track and the house sorted.

TIA to everyone

homesteadchick

Many of you know me, many will have forgotten me.. hahaha.. I'm an old timer that's been AWOL for a while, and came back with a new account.

I'm 45.
Mum to a brady bunch style family of 5 kids. Two of them have left the nest. the rest is still here.
I work part time in elderly home care, and clean a few houses privately to add to the family income.

I am obsessed with my veggie garden, I keep chickens for eggs (and meat when they are done laying) and I keep rabbits. (don't ask if you don't want to know)

I'm trying to be as self sufficient as I possibly can, living in a bigish town.

Oh and I am Dutch, living in the Netherlands.
And I keep giggling when reading sentences like:
"Joint in slowcooker"..

First time I read that I thought: "I've never heard of someone cooking a joint before.. they usually just smoke them raw."

*I'll get me coat*

notjustlaura

Hello

A re-introduction from me ...

I'm Laura, 40 year old on an ill-health retiral in Glasgow. After spending over £100 at the vets' today I've decided it's time to dust off my OS instincts and get a grip on my finances. Again.

So - today I made Cauliflower Pasta Sauce in the slow cooker (I have my doubts about this but one has to start somewhere!) and I've put chickpeas to soak overnight ready for cooking tomorrow. They're also going to become pasta sauce because that's what I like to have for lunch.

The OP said they would like to know what we do when not contributing here ... I'm a reader and sometime reviewer, I knit mostly baby blankets which go into the Oxfam shop although I have plans for giving knitted gifts instead of buying tat that no one needs/wants, I'm involved with a newly opening Food Bank and will be humphing boxes tomorrow as we move to new premises, I love my cats more than is healthy, and have a new and very healthy interest in going to the gym (a budget gym, not a health club!)

Looking forward to getting a grip on my finances - my goal is to stop wasting money so that I have more available for the things that really matter to me.

nlj1520

I've been reading and occasionally posting for a while. Have learnt so much from this forum.
I am a semi-retired accountant, but most of my work nowadays is for the Challenging behaviour foundation where I am what is called an 'Expert by Experience'. I have an autistic son now living in a supported living placement as he is 21, who I see once or twice a week on average. I have an elderly increasingly frail father in the west country and I try to get down to visit him for about 5 days a month. My step-mum does a fabulous job supporting him, but she needs a break!
I LOVE my garden which I neglected when my son was living here and am gradually getting back into shape, I grow a few vegetables with varying degrees of success.
I am passionate about all sorts of arts and crafts and want to teach myself botanical illustration. but also do all sorts of other things.
I do weight training and am very motivated with that even though it's hellish expensive. Try to eat a carb free diet to support the muscle work. That can be an expensive option too.
Also gradually getting my house repaired and under control, but that is a long-term project.
I love the ideas from this forum, and the friendliness compared with some of the other threads!