Live on £4000 for a year - part 4 (Oct - Dec 2008)

Skint_Lynne

Nyk,

How much did Phil the pig eat? I am dying to know!!

whitewing

Ahem....Penny.....take outs! (consider yourself reprimanded, lol)

Penny2myName

whitewing wrote: »

Ahem....Penny.....take outs! (consider yourself reprimanded, lol)

Dare I admit we are doing Pizza hut tomorrow:o:o after son's concert as its my birthday (also only reason he agreed to do the concert)

cw18

closest thing I've come to a take-out in well over 12 months (other than carrying cheap pizzas and other foods home from the supermarkets) is a Pasty from Gr3ggs last Wednesday, while I was chasing my tail trying to find a suit for younger DS

Penny2myName

Please dont make me feel over guilty... most months my whole food bill comes to around £100 max.

cw18

I'm planning on building a few into next year -- probably at times elder DS is home on leave. And if I include DD and GDs into the trip (meaning that with younger DS there'll be 6 of us) it won't come cheap even if it's just a McD happy meal each :eek:

taka

Ohhhh I like the house Lynda Congratulations! Happy birthday too! I was thinking cheap too - that would only get you a 1 bed, possibly tiny 2 bed flat here! :eek:

((((hugs)))) Skint Lynne I hope the job hunt goes your way soon.

Redglass - Can I kidnap your plumbers please? I still have an evil avocado suite and dodgy tiles from the dark ages... sob... Its also freezing in there - 9degC this morning :eek: It will be done soon, it will be done soon, it will be done soon... :rolleyes:

:santa2: to all newbies and anyone else reappearing

PS Looks like I'm off to Canada for the conference :j I finally got up the courage to speak to my boss about it last week and he has (a wee bit begrudgingly!!) agreed :j Yippee :j I'm going to need to do a poster for it though... scary... :eek: :eek: I've never done one outside of my institute and will have to present data I'm only partially involved in which will make it quite nerve wracking (sp?) too!! (My latest data is not ready to present/publish quite yet - needs a bit more work)

PPS I need to get a passport pronto :eek: Mine just ran out :eek:

cw18

taka wrote: »

I still have an evil avocado suite and dodgy tiles from the dark ages... sob... Its also freezing in there - 9degC this morning :eek: It will be done soon, it will be done soon, it will be done soon... :rolleyes:

I didn't know you rented rooms with my parents :rotfl:


Seriously, they are still soooooo proud of the avocado bathroom, and shower room, and kitchen (including the carpets in the bathroom and shower room!) they selected when they built the house it's unbelievable. And as for the kitchen worktop -- large avocado and yellow flowers is probably too much info for everyone :eek:

But they did finally get their central heating fixed on Friday, after the boiler we've been nagging my Dad to have properly serviced (or preferably replaced) for the last 5 years or so finally gave up the ghost about 4 weeks ago. And when they tried heating water with the electric immersion the thermostat had given, the hot water fed back up into the (plastic) header tank, and the header tank melted :eek::eek::eek:

Brighton_belle

How exciting: a new month, a new spending spreadsheet:j :j .
Taka - how exciting, a trip to canada: when do you go?
Penny - don't feel guilty: £100 for an av month is brilliant.
Off to play with spreadsheets...

kayleighj_2

Im feeling a bit thick.. but what does DD GD DS mean
I take it OH is other half?
Sorry..