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

Imelda

Hi all, I am Imelda, I joined MSE a few months ago in a bid to quash my debt and am doing very well (DFD March 2007).
I am a lurker on the OS board and have yet to try the weetabix cake!
I am 26, single (have OH, but alas no ring!!) and live alone in London. I work full time (long hours) for a bank in the city and although it pays well my ultimate goal is to have enough money to buy a house in the country, work less hours and generally enjoy life.

See you all around!

anniebooklover

Hi, I am a newbie to MSE but have to say I have been so impressed with how friendly MOST of the group are (had 1 patronising post and was surprised - and I must confess really pleased - to see someone had posted defending me).

I am a separated mother of two - DS is 13 and DD is 10 (DS is five inches taller than me which makes telling him off a bit of a laugh to anyone looking on!) :rotfl:

I work part-time for a financial adviser, who is family-friendly and completely understands when I need time off at short, or no, notice. A godsend to a working mother. :A

My parents want my sisters, brothers and I to buy their council house so although I have very little debt at the moment (excluding my mortgage) I will soon have to find another £5-6000 that I don't have. _pale_ OS MSE will be a regular part of life here now but I'm not complaining!

Thanks for having me!

Annie

Ciara111

Hi,
I'm a newish to the forums. Im just turned the big 30... orignally from Boston, USA. I moved to the UK to be with my hubby, married and living here 3 years now. Im finally starting to feel more settled and less homesickness. No kids yet.. but I am getting more and more broody.

I work full time for the NHS as an analyst...
We bought our first home just over a year ago. Its been great except that we havent had much funds to do it up. But trying to be more moneysaving!!

V.Lucky

I have posted a few times on the Old Style board, so thought I had better introduce myself too.

I am 41 years old and married with a 4 year old son (an older Mom lol). My old style ways started when I was weaning my son and wanted to make his food rather than buy the jars. Better for him and cheaper too. Most of my friends and family thought I was nuts!! I now have a son who eats most fruit and veg, and has a healthy, partly organic diet.

Due to working almost full time (regular day job plus mystery shopping), my aim now is to try to cook more meals from scratch, rather than living in Iceland. We eat so much frozen food I am sure we must have permanent chills in our stomach's lol.

Not really concerned about my debt, just want to eat and live better.

Peem

Hi

37, husband, two kids (son age 4 and daughter age 20 months)

Work part time as a project manager.

Lurked for quite some time on DFW board, didn't get up the courage to post there. Then found Old Style board, completely addicted. Thought Iwas the only one actually "interested" in housework and keeping house organised. Brought up OS due to lack of money and just kept doing it.

Lost my way with the housework when working and studying full time. Now kids are here I know I have to keep up with things.:iloveyou:

freyasmum

I'm a stay at (my mum's) home mum to my seven week old daughter.

My partner and I are curently looking for our own place, we did have somewhere but moved out in March due to it being unsuitable for bringing up a baby (also terribly useless landlord).

I am borderline obsessive about learning lots of new money saving ideas and aim to be able to save as much as possible to be able to stay at home with Freya for as long as possible. I think my favourite OS thing is cooking - learning how to eat as well balanced a diet as possible, for as low a price as possible.

Linzi x

lynsayjane

hiya! i've been posting on here for a couple of weeks now, but thought i'd introduce myself properly, just in case anyone is actually interested in little old me!

i'm 24, single and no kids thank god! i'm away to start a new job as receptionist at a fitness centre :j

i bought my flat five years ago and have been slowely doing it up, hopefully will get finished this year (fingers crossed), while building up debt to do it. DOH! so i'm also a dfw.

i'm hoping my newly aquired old style skills will help me improve my diet as well as my bank balance. so far i've started cooking in batch and freezing meals. i'm hoping to attempt breadmaking shortly, tho it'll have to be the old fashioned way cause i'm too [STRIKE]tight[/STRIKE] skint to buy a machine!

i'm also going to attmept to read this thread through, but 21 pages of intros is a bit daunting! maybe a page a day will do it! :rotfl:

Biddyrolo

Hi, Been using the site for a while but new to the forums. I'm 47, married with two grown up daughters, the eldest one uses the site but not sure if she posts. We have an allotment so we can grow some of our own veg but this year has been a bit of a 'mare weather wise so I'll be buying more than I hoped to. I like to cook and have been using vinegar, salt, bicarb, borax and washing soda crystals for cleaning for a while now so the OS forum suits me down to the ground, always looking to learn more:D
*wanders off to read threads about Stardrops*

MoJo

Only just found this thread so thought I'd say hello.
I inherited my OS ways from my mum and grandmother and since I now live in the house they occupied in succession I've been able to 'pick up where they left off' so to speak.
Unfortunately the garden has been neglected for a while so I am trying to get that going again. In the meantime I have loads of fruit.
I'm divorced with no kids and one dog

FrugalJo

Just found my way here too MoJo.

I'm 38, mother to DS's 12 and 9, and have been forever engaged (nearly 18 years..) to OH.
I'm a fulltime ebayer, jacked in the day job just over 2 years ago to make a go of it - but sadly it's not going well and looking for a different source of income with immiediate effect

In a pile of debt, but am going to pay my way out of it, OS style and more .....