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

skintchick

I'm a full-time journalist, planning to go freelance so I can work at home and watch daytime telly Live with my cat, and a lodger who is moving in on Saturday to help pay my bills.

In my spare time I save money, drink wine and salsa dance. Not all at the same time though!

I'm a worship leader at my church, like singing in the car, and log on here every workday as I don't have a computer at home.

My ambition is to pay off the mortgage by the time I'm 40 (ten years), and marry someone wealthy so I can be a lady of leisure!!

kiwichick

Hi All,

I've been a member for only a couple of weeks and am LOVING it, am hoping to do the grocery challenge next month - a bit scared about that one.

I am 25 and have 3 kids aged 3, 2 and 1 :eek: , needless to say I am a stay at home mum. My husband is 35 and works full time, he leaves at 5.45am and gets in at 7.45pm so we dont see him all that much at the moment. We are moving closer to his work in december though so things should get better then.

I have been suffering with PND for AGES and have been on antidepressants since Jan05, another 6 months and I will be off them the doc reckons.

Nice to learn what everyone else is up to, where they come from etc.

Chat later,
Al.

elvis_bloggs

I'm from Oldham, I'm male and that's all your getting.

Callisto

Hi everyone,

I'm female, 26, and love books, photography, music, this website and playing PC and X-box games.

Planning wedding for 2007, which is why I'm gathering ideas for extreme money saving as I did a wedding budget earlier :eek:

However, we're a bit down on our luck at the moment as I've been unemployed for five months, so are having to live with boyfriend's Mum. Until I start earning full time again, we can't afford to rent privately as boyfriend is signed off work long term sick. I have done some temping work, but really want to get back to a 'proper' job ASAP. So, until we've moved into our own place, the wedding's on hold...

Debt wise I owe about £2300 on one credit card and boyfriend slightly less on another card.

Love the OS board and as soon as we have our own house, I will be joining the daily threads

Eliza252

ok, I posted on here at the beginning of the thread - but now I feel the need to introduce myself again as things have changed a bit since!

Have just got a new job as campaigns assistant for an animal welfare charity hurray! No more big bad commercial company!

I am still doing the events work as well, but frankly I am starting to sorely miss the sleep :cool:

Paying off debts and saving up so I can start my post-grad course soon!

In spare time (a fictional place) am studying french, taking an ou course, and trying to save the planet: https://www.friendsoftheearth.co.uk

oh yes, and i really would like a vine-yard in france, but i feel thats a good few MSE years off yet and there is soooooo much wine tasting to be done first :beer: preparation is the key! heh heh heh

ajmoraal

Hi all. I'm male, 30, originally from the Netherlands. I used to be a member of the Dutch OS-like forum, De gulden gulden. Since Jan 2005 me and the mrs live in London, trying to maintain and improve our OS lifestyle.

frugglewump

Hi,
I'm a university lecturer in London (nasty 2hour commute to work by tube/bus). I work from home one day a week - allegedly - it's become more of a housework day.

I'm a computer geek and Doctor Who addict.

I live with my OH in rented accomodation (looking to buy a house soon - anyone got a tardis for sale?). He gets to walk to work.

The thing I want most is a dog.

lovinlife_2

Hi everyone!
I've lurked around here for a long time - can't remember how long now - and decided it was time to come clean!

I'm 33, single mum to wonderful nearly 11-y.o. I work full time in information management, and I love my job... just as well! I've just emerged from 11 years of financial, emotional and physical chaos and am now taking a deep breath and realising that I'm not in a black hole, but a tunnel, and there's light at the end of it! 'I can do this' is becoming my catchphrase.

OS seems to be my home on MSE as it's my first and last port of call with a few flits around the other boards in between and I am finding everyone here an inspiration. I'm working on clearing my debts after having the 'I earned it so I deserve it' mentality and other problems too, and one day I will even start to put together some savings!

Now I've said quite enough - time to start working on the courage for the next post!

bobsa1

Hi, I'm a mum to three girls, 11,8 & 20 months. I work part time as a housing manger for a local authority and I'm also helping DH move his company forward.

I got really fed up of wasting money so when I found MSE site I could not believe what I had been missing!

inapickle_4

Hello everyone

I am female, 50s, single and live in the south east. I would dearly love to have space for hens and maybe some ducks as well but it is not to be, so I enjoy reading about them here.

I work part time in the finance sector and am much better at looking after other peoples money than my own so am hoping to learn better habits here. My hobbies are reading, music and surfing the web among others.

My current project is to find one of those nice little pictures so many of you have and an inexpensive breadmaker, not necesarily in that order.