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

taka

cw18 wrote: »

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:

Hmmm my flat is a visual delight... I think the people who owned it before me were colour blind and watched way too much changing rooms - there were well over 30 different colours in my 1bed flat when I moved in! :eek: Purple and lime green do NOT go together :eek:

There still is a wide range of :eek: decoration if I'm honest as I'm scared to take off the wallpaper as thats what is holding up the plaster on my walls if my decoration exploits to date hold true for the rest of the flat :rotfl: I also have the delights of artex on my WALLS in the kitchen :eek: :eek: :rotfl: This is why I could afford the flat in the 1st place :rolleyes: Oh well :rolleyes:

BB - end of Jan! Its in the rockies so I'm wondering if I can afford a few days [strike]skiing[/strike] [strike]snowploughing[/strike] falling down in snow while I'm there :whistle:

Woodyrocks

DD - Dear Daughter
DS - Dear Son
GD - Grand Daughter

HTH!

cw18

DD -- darling daugher DS -- darling son (sometimes used for sister!)
GD -- grand-daugher GS -- grandson
OH -- other half
DH -- darling (?) husband
MIL -- mother-in-law SIL -- sister-in-law BIL -- brother-in-law

Woodyrocks

HTH - Hope That Helps

taka

kayleighj wrote: »

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

The D is usually dear or dearest or darling so...

DD1 = dear daughter (usually eldest but occasionally aged 1)
DS = dear son
DGD = dear grand daughter
DH = dear husband etc

I'm sure there is a list around here somewhere... linky...

edited... I type too slowly :rotfl:

Frugaldom

Phil the Pig contained £81.97, so he wasn't quite up to the £100 I had hoped for, still, it's better than nothing and still quite a lot to me, who hardly ever uses cash for anything. It's all split up and bagged, some into each of 2 banks I have as Christmas gifts and £50 ready to be banked.

After putting dinner on to cook, I popped outside whilst it was still daylight and planted about a dozen garlic cloves into the corner pot at the back door. It's now watered and safely covered over in a temporary cloche made from a large bubblewrap bag that came as packaging with something. My lettuce tub cloche is made from the plastic zipper bag that came with a quilt or throw at some point. (Must remember to take pictures for my blog site.)

Brighton_belle

taka wrote: »

when I moved in! :eek: Purple and lime green do NOT go together :eek:

MMMmm, I'm sitting here in my purple cords and lime green DM's

BB - end of Jan! Its in the rockies so I'm wondering if I can afford a few days [strike]skiing[/strike] [strike]snowploughing[/strike] falling down in snow while I'm there :whistle:
Yes you can: take the chance while you are there - it's being frugal really if they paid to get you there:D . Life is definitely for living and grabbing opportunities.

Forgot to say, we're trying out autumn meadows cheapo loo roll (45p for 4) and have been suprised that it is ok.

sophiesmum_2

nykmedia wrote: »

Phil the Pig contained £81.97, so he wasn't quite up to the £100 I had hoped for, still, it's better than nothing and still quite a lot to me, who hardly ever uses cash for anything. It's all split up and bagged, some into each of 2 banks I have as Christmas gifts and £50 ready to be banked.

After putting dinner on to cook, I popped outside whilst it was still daylight and planted about a dozen garlic cloves into the corner pot at the back door. It's now watered and safely covered over in a temporary cloche made from a large bubblewrap bag that came as packaging with something. My lettuce tub cloche is made from the plastic zipper bag that came with a quilt or throw at some point. (Must remember to take pictures for my blog site.)

Frugal and ecological ingenuity at its best :j :j

Well done on Phil the pig, mine was only a lot as it included my electricity payments money - you could stuff quite a few Phils if you were fuelcost free:D

Marru

Hello,

Lynda - Happy Birthday and congrats re the house and re the cooking BF :T
Redglass - Thanks for making me laugh re the plumbers, excellent!!!
CW - Thanks for making me laugh re my ex - well I do have to have something to talk about with my therapist don't I :rotfl:
SL - sorry about the job - I am sure the right one will come along when it is the right time
Taka - trip to Canada - how exciting!!! Definitely you need to take everything out from the opportunity!
Nyk - apploading for all your home and garden setting jobs
Sophiesmum - will second what was said about the pedestal
Everybody else - HELLO!!!

I finished a pass task for the assignment that was due today last night and decided not to go for merit or distinction but all our teachers for today were off sick so we were able to work on our assignments all day and I was able to hand both the merit and distinction in and hand three of the health sheets as well. :j

I made a new todo list for this week last night and it has 41 items on it. :eek: That is average 6 per day and I already have done 6 today so I am chuffed. Will try to tackle some smaller tasks a bit later as to have a very easy Tuesday.

I decided not to freeze the rice and instead use it as a base for all my meals this week. Tonight rice, baked beans, tuna and cheese. Tomorrow stirfry with rice and hopefully Wednesday leftovers from Tuesday. Haven't thought as far as Thursday yet.

My attempts of saving coffee money at college by buying capucchino saches from pound shop failed. I had first one today and it was so awful that it is going to be my last. Cappucchino anyone? So I think I will allow that coffee for now until I figure out something else. (I had to borrow 2p today to get a cup of tea with my lunch sandwich as I only had 38p in my pocket)

The company that I sometime ago ordered that ridiculously expensive moisturiser came back to me and said that they have been able to reduce prices and would there be anything I want as compensation for paying the higher price. I asked for some soap and got today in the post three wonderfully smelling hand made soaps. I think I will leave the bag next to my laptop as the smell is absolutely gourgeous.

Anyway, enough chatter as I am starving, so better go and heat my rice and beans :rolleyes:

Have a great start of the week everybody!!

Marru

sophiesmum_2

Glad you got some extra time to work on your assignments marru:D handing in a pass when you know you are capable of merit or distinction can be so frustrating, especially when it is only time limitations that stop you. Today should have given you a little psychological boost:j