Live on £4000 for a Year, 2009 Challenge, part 1

FrankieM

Afternoon everyone...

I've been shopping and bought a few tops, some knickers and some lovely bra and pants sets. I haven't finished yet so I haven't added it to my total. I'm hoping this will see me through until the summer, oh, I also bought a swimming costume..mine was becoming see through!

I popped over to the old style weight loss thread but it seems to be a glorified Slimming World thread! I've got to do something about my eating but I'm struggling...perhaps I need to give myself 3 weeks ?!

There are a couple of you who post what they are eating on here so perhaps I need to do that?
So, I'm weighing myself tomorrow morning and I'm going to get stuck in....

I've got my food shopping coming tonight. I've barely needed to but meat the last 2 weeks, the freezer is quite full and I've tried to eat more veggie food when its just the children and me.
My copy of Delia's Frugal Food has arrived as well, so I need to dig out a notebook and write up a meal plan for the week...

Do you guys plan breakfast anf lunches too or is your Meal Plan just evening meals?

lingojingo

Congratulations Pipsmum!

sophiesmum_2

Good evening frunchkins:D
Bit of a hectic day but nicely chilled now and just about to make tea.Bathroom has been cleaned as part of room a day rota and OH has done the laundry hokey cokey - just a couple of shirts to iron later and that is house straight again:D

General frugal aims for today;

• storecupboard/freezer meals
• reduce, reuse,recycle one item - passed some books on to a friend, who passed some in return back to me;) finally got cheque for recycling phone
• do something nice for me - Had a nice quiet half hour to unwind after work and do NOTHING:D
• do something nice for someone else- making OH's favourite for tea
• do one thing just for fun -
• fitter not fatter - swim and jacuzzi later hopefully

Todays frugal menu:

• porridge with sultanas and honey
• HM seeded bread, baked beans, satsuma
• poached salmon fillet with HM prawn and mushroom sauce,wholemeal couscous, runner beans and broccoli

Fruit and veg portions;
2 fruit, 1 pulses, 3 veggies,:D

Expenditure or additional income
No spend day:j £26 for recycling old mobile

Remaining target cash for first 6 months food spends - £262.04 left from budget of £400.
No spend day

Back later to catch up properly:D 2ndtimerounder - thanks for the pm

mumzyof2

Good Evening everyone,

I got up late this morning and DS was late for school by ten minutes. Come home and led straight on settee and me and DD slept till midday. Then my friends came over and we had a brew and then my Washer arrived and my friend helped me put it in. Im in love with it as its digital

I just checked my bank and have recieved £25 from goverment (think its a payment from when it was below freezing for over a week) so think its to help towards gas and electric. So that will pay for this weeks gas and elec

I recieved my cd i ordered from play and also my how to live off £1 a day.. it was £6.99. If anyone lives near me and wants to borrow it then feel free when i have read it

My news that i have been wanting to share to you all is that i quit smoking on monday and not had a ciggy since! Im on patches and im near enough at end of day 3!! As lots of you know everytime i quit i couldnt get passed day 3 and im so proud.. as i know il get to day 4 as kids in bed and cant go shop even if i wanted too

My friend is coming over in a bit so wont be on tonight as prob just watch tv.

taka

Hi all!

I went into boots (for the 75% sale) this morning and bought some gift sets for pressies etc and a random stranger gave me a boots gift card with £3.54 on it for no reason. She was in such a rush and I was a bit shell shocked (so was a bit suspisious ) but a boots staff member checked the card and it was fine!! :eek: :j Wow... what a lovely person! :T I need think of something to do to "pay it forwards" and make another person smile!!

I bought my perfume too... It came with a free bag which appears to be selling on ebay for ~£15 - £25 :eek: so I need to get over my ebay phobia (and get my camera back from my parents :rolleyes: ) as I'll never use the bag.

Maybe I should give the money I (hopefully) make to a charity as a pay it forward type thing? What do you think?

lilac_lady

Reading Nyk's post saying that a lot people quit this challenge last January, I'm here to say "I'm still here!" I've bought a couple of birthday presents in the sales but other than that, I've resisted temptation.

I've just done some internet banking and I can see that this challenge is working for me already. My purse (with cash only in it) groans when it's opened and snaps shut if I just THINK about buying something stupid. If it talked, it would yell "No-oooooooooooooooo!!

fallen_angel_shelley

Hi, guys. well I went to the b00ts 75% off sale this morning in fact I was 1st in the Q, grabd a trolly and spent £144, saved £432:j, just glad the trolly was small other wise I would of spent more, I could just about carry the bags, and spent another £38 on-lnie:rolleyes: but at least everyone will smell & look nice this christmas:rotfl: :rotfl:. just of to up date my sig.

Shelley x

slowlyfading

Evening everyone!

Spent about £5 today on little bits and pieces, though its still surprising how fast it mounts up! I bought a birthday card, a stamp and a few others, and its a fiver gone already! Was at work for 5 1/2 hours as well, so the pennies are being earnt too - although it really is just pennies at the moment, I do wish work was busier.

Just thought I'd ask on here - does anyone know how to make banoffee muffins? I'd love to try them but can't find a recipe!

sf xx

slowlyfading

fallen_angel_shelley wrote: »

Hi, guys. well I went to the b00ts 75% off sale this morning in fact I was 1st in the Q, grabd a trolly and spent £144, saved £432:j, just glad the trolly was small other wise I would of spent more, I could just about carry the bags, and spent another £38 on-lnie:rolleyes: but at least everyone will smell & look nice this christmas:rotfl: :rotfl:. just of to up date my sig.

Shelley x

Oh my goodness! :eek: that's some serious Boots-ing there! Did you get lots of points too?

slowlyfading

taka wrote: »

... a random stranger gave me a boots gift card with £3.54 on it for no reason.

That was nice! :j

It came with a free bag which appears to be selling on ebay for ~£15 - £25 :eek: so I need to get over my ebay phobia (and get my camera back from my parents :rolleyes: ) as I'll never use the bag.

Get it on Ebay! I'm not sure about the money - that's a personal decision i think