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

daleigha

Hi,

Im a newbie too - probably should have introduced myself on this thread before charging ahead with excitement on the eat for £12 a week thread!!

Im 27 & from Belfast - full time finance administrator (they always say people who work in accountancy are tight with their money!! :rolleyes: ) getting married next year and live with the OH and Lucy the cat.

I want to find ways of cutting down my bills without giving too much up, and also to help the environment!!

x

lauren1983

as my title says.. ive got the bug. The money saving bug and the must recycle and save energy bug :eek:

Its quite good fun when you get into it! am i going mad!!

So as im living with the inlaws at the minute im not in full swing but saving for a new house so every penny helps!! (there i go again lol)

So far ive discovered quidco and got myself a new savings account.
We have been to tesco today and bought things with dented boxes ect. (never before have i done this) we got our voucher for 5p of petrol.

Instead of throwing old bread away the birds get a feast so no need to buy nuts for them now!!

anyway there lots of things im trying to do and just though id come and say hi to all you other money savers :beer:

hope to speak with you all soon

lauren x

debbiemc_2

Hello everyone, my name is Debbie and I'm a single mum to one daughter, nearly three years old. I work full time and also study part time with the OU. I'm addicted to money saving and am always looking for ways to re-use things and save the pennies! So here I am joining Old Style and looking forward to sharing and receiving tips and advice.

Cheapskate

Hi

I'm Anna & been lurking on these boards for ages, posting occasionally. I'm married with 4 kids (21, 19, 16 & 1 yr - only 2 youngest at home), work p/t at weekends, DH works f/t. Finances starting to tighten a lot in last 6 months, so have made a mid-year resolution to join in properly!!

Going to be more thrifty for the rest of the month, then start the various challenges at the beginning of August, well before DS goes to college.

Hoping to get it right this time after lots of false starts - can't afford to keep wasting food & other stuff!

Saffy255

Hello All!!

I have been lurking for AGES cos I thought I couldn't log on, turns out I'm just dim!!

I'm a single, full time Local Government Slave, love my job and it pays well, but in my younger days I racked up the debt and now I'm paying it off... little by little.

I have 2 cats who are the fussiest babies in the land.... I swear they hunt out receipts for their food to check it's not cheap stuff!!

got-it-spend-it

Hello everyone,
I've been on here for a few months, but only just realised this sticky was here! I work full time as a manager for a high street coffee shop chain. I'm married, with no little ones or pets yet. I'm an IS'er because I'd rather spend my hard on pennies on more exciting things than groceries. Also I absolutely love cooking from scratch, which is good as I am such a fussy eater. I love to know exactly what is in my food.

I love a bargain, particularly from charity shops. I also love to recycle where-ever possible.

Lucy x

tramps

hi everyone yet another newbie have been lurking for quite some time though
46 years old part time secretary
DH DS18 DS15 have been bought up old style love mrS at whoppsie time picked up some great tips here and everyone seems so friendly hope to join in more would love to do the GC started saving reciepts over the last few months - but dont know if i will have the time to log in everyday and it moves so fast

winniepooh

Blinking heck i've been posting on here for over a week and i've only just noticed this thread. So I thought I should better introduce myself.

I'm ami and i'm 27years old ( feeling alot older) I've been with hubby(28years) for 9 years and married for 3 years. I have a little boy, hes 3 years old. He has cerebral palsy but copes great and is a real inspriation.

I love OS cause its helping save money to take my little boy on holiday he loves aeroplanes so it would be a real treat for him

Everyone has made me feel very welcome on this board and has given me great tips. I can see myself being here a long time.:D

germish_se

Hi, guess I shold have introduced myself when I signed up but instead I jumped in feet first as usual.

I'm 37 and have been a SAHM since moving to the UK in 2001.
I volunteered in a charity shop for 2 years but I decided that now is the time to change and I finally worked out what I want to do (I think:o).
I have just finished my ECDL qualification and will start an IT practitioners course in September and will also try to get a part-time job :eek:.
My DH works from home - he's a psychotherapist, no face to face consults though, only phonecalls 24/7 - and we are always distracting each other from getting anything useful done so me going out to work might be good for both of us.

I grew up in Sweden but moved here when I met my husband.
I have twin boys (14) from a previous marriage.

I like to challenge myself to spend less, eat better and reduce our waste whilst teaching my boys to do the same!

I hope we will be able to buy a house in a few years so I can grow more veg and also keep chickens and a goat.
I'm lucky in that DH wants the same.
Meanwhile we are waiting to get an allotment and growing peas and tomatoes on the flat roof of our extension as nothing much will grow in our tiny courtyard without sun.

Anne

fedupnow

Well, I'm another that should have introduced myself a whole lot sooner.:hello:

I am 19.......... well OK that's a lie... but I FEEL 19. I have three fab kids, 23. 22 and 17. Yes.......Ok......... quite a bit older than 19. I also have a fab dog who keeps me well walked and amused with throwing balls etc. I also have a tv addict for an OH. I am a reader, walker and veg grower. Seems to work OK.

I am a frugalite au naturelle and unlike a lot of people I know (present company excepted of course) I brag about reusing and making do and getting great bargains. I can't understand working hard for money only to waste it... it just don't make any sense. I have neighbours who work all the hours God sends just to pay the childminder, cleaner, a myriad local take away staff and even a dog walker. errrr HELLO!!!!

I am yet another wannabe writer and smallholding proprieteur (spling) (heavens how many of us share that dream... I lost count) I find mixing with people quite difficult they irritate me as a rule:o so I have managed to find a job where I don't have to 'do' people however it means I work silly unsociable shifts. I have tried to do a proper job and hated all the business speak, etiquette and Oh my Gawd the office politics!!!:eek: . There was strict rules of who I could and couldn't sit by or talk to..... I am too much of a rebel I caused all sorts of confusion and havoc. The waste of time and money holding pointless meetings and paying people to waste time doing their make up, chatting on the phone, sending those stupid e mails just drove me nuts.

I clean house when I think it needs it... a sort of... as and when... if I feel like it sort of system. My OH was very organised and tidy when I met him, everything in it's place etc. Military father. - One of us had to change.... and it certainly wasn't going to be me.:rotfl:

I am trying extra hard to save money to move to an isolated house with a small piece of land. I can't do the animals bit on my smallholding as I would definately name them and care for them till their dotage .... and then bury them and hold memorial services and everything!! No, veggies only on my plot ta. I am hoping to move before I am 22.... ok before I'm 50

Well, that's me