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

lyndasharp

I ordered the clock from Carbon creditz, will make a good prezzie for one of my gadget loving friends at Christmas.

It's good news about my Icesave money, payouts starting mid November so now I can relax about it all! Yay!

sophiesmum_2

That's great news about the ice save payouts Lynda, you must be so relieved:T Hope everything goes smoothly with your house now:D

Woodyrocks

My HA sent me 4 energy saving lightbulbs in the post. How random! Not complaining though Just wish they would send someone round to fit double-glazing whilst they are at it :hmm:

Skint_Lynne

little_miss_moneysaver wrote: »

DH has asked me to look out for a nintendo Wii for him, he is a gadgetman spendthrift, but of course I will try and get the best price I can. Has anyone any ideas?

SL x

Hi Lynne,

Not sure of prices exactly but I have seen second hand reconditioned ones in a games shop, do you know the place where they sell lots of games for consoles etc? Also if you have one of those shops which will buy things like that and sell them on. Maybe be a bit cheaper? Or maybe on Ebay?

LMMS x x x[/quote]

Thanks LMMS,
I know the shop you mean, there is one near me so I will have a look there.

SL x

redglass_2

whitewing wrote: »

I went to google austerity eating too, and wished I hadn't....yuk.

I don't know what you found (dread to think!) but what I mean is OS cooking with basic ingredients and making things go a long way, as in the Austerity period after world war 2 - when they made everything stretch as far as it would go....

Skint_Lynne

redglass wrote: »

I don't know what you found (dread to think!) but what I mean is OS cooking with basic ingredients and making things go a long way, as in the Austerity period after world war 2 - when they made everything stretch as far as it would go....

What sorts of things do you make Redglass, do you use wartime cookery books for it?

SL x

Penny2myName

£4 down and 16 tins of branston beans later..... think they should last me for a good couple of months. Shame offer ends before I get back from hols.

redglass_2

Skint_Lynne wrote: »

What sorts of things do you make Redglass, do you use wartime cookery books for it?

SL x

Well, the semolina pudding is one example, and using offal is another. Spinning out the meat with veg, or spuds or other padding. Porridge. Soups. Making jams (though I fell down there - I was too busy to collect much from the hedgerows this year). And yes....I have used wartime cookbooks! I had to do some research on rationing and cooking and I got a copy of Marguerite Patten's 'Victory Cookbook.' Some of it is usable, some of it's just grim (oatmeal soup, anyone?). Most of the recipes taste bland because of the lack of herbs and flavourings, but you can spice them up. Crumble is a wartime recipe and still a favourite with many people...and Vinegar Cake is still sold by our local WI in their market and is very tasty.

Skint_Lynne

I like liver but haven't eaten it for years. maybe when I am eating meat again I'll make liver and bacon with onions and nice gravy. Yum!! Now, vinegar cake sounds a bit dodgy, but I'll believe that it tastes nice. I think we will need to go back to wartime eating if the media have their way, I've just watched the news and 20mins was dedicated to the recession, how depressing!!!

SL x

Brighton_belle

Got my gas bill today: my average daily gas usage has dropped from the previous quarter and the same quarter this time last year. Only obvious difference I can think of, between this qutr just gone and the summer is I haven't used the hob so much since getting the remoska.
I await the electric bill with interest with reduced oven use. Picked up 2 11watt energysaving lightbulbs for 98p from B&Q today. Need 2 more to complete the hse then need to find some cheap screw in ones rather than bayonet cap for the lights we read by in the front room.