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

savingfortravel

Yes, I've got to cook it. Would just buy the ready made items but they are all made with peanut oil apparently. So I've got to prepare it myself. Then take it to school and use the microwave. But will have to cook the rice fresh as you can't reheat it can you.
I don't mind. But if I can't find a recipe we might have to give it a miss.
Like to sort ideas ASAP so I don't spend my whole weekend worrying about it.
SFT

mumzyof2

BAILS - pink??? this forum for me has gone bluey/green and white

sophiesmum_2

bails wrote: »

Has everything gone pink for everyone? I'm not keen on pink...can't we have blue?

I knew you'd be able to help SM, mind was blank here.

Mine has gone turquoise - very distracting to view

mumzyof2

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Factory-fire-Investigation-launched.4906555.jp

Thats what happened this morning..deffo moving house i think.. save me some money each month to

candygril i clearing my inbox now

candygirl

MUMZY your pm box is full;) Just reading that article, grr what abuch of idiots!!!
BAILS my page is pink, blue and white and my eyes are dazzled:(

bails

Yes, sorry mine is pink on the side, turquoisey green inbetween posts and white in the post - it was obviously the pink that annoyed me :rotfl:

sophiesmum_2

Good evening frunchkins:D

Felt a bit better as day wore on , have fed oldies and finished now for weekend:j

General frugal aims for today;

• storecupboard lunch
• eat tea with oldies
• reduce, reuse,recycle one item-
• do something nice for me - long lunch hour
• do something nice for someone else - cook tea for oldies
• do one thing just for fun -
• fitter not fatter - nowt

Todays frugal meals;

• oj, HM yoghurt with muesli
• fruit smoothie
• HM shepherds pie,green beans, garden peas, carrot and swede

Fruit and veg portions;
2 fruit, 0 pulses, 4 veggies,:D

Expenditure or additional income
Life insurance DD out of bank £14.49





Remaining target cash for first 6 months food spends - £260.34 left from budget of £400 for first six months.

cw18

DD called into local S'flds on the way here to collect elder GD -- and asked why I'd not told her something. Notices weren't up when I went yesterday evening, so clearly gone up today -- about to head down and check them out myself.

We have a C00p and a S'fld within spitting distance of each other, so with C00p taking over S'fld one or the other was clearly going to have to go. We've been waiting and waiting for an announcement (I was quietly hoping C00p would move into S'fld which is bigger, as the current C00p is about the size of the closest Icel@nd -- which is inconvenient to get to from here, and the chain that was rumoured to be a possibilty to take over that site).

Turns out C00p are staying put, and our S'fld is becoming a Mr M.

They're not a store I've used in yeeeeears (only time I've lived "close" to one was in my first house, and we moved from there in August 1991 :eek: even that one was about the 3.5-4 mile round trip shortest route walk that I now do for Mr T, but I used to do it with a buggy for elder DS -- double buggy for the last month due to arrival of younger DS! -- and DD on a first size pushbike with stabilisers!!!)

So it's going to be interesting to see what this does to my grocery budget, and how much it reduces my need to walk up to Mr T when I need anything more than milk, fruit & veg.......

shaz_mum_of__2

A balmy 20 degrees here................we do have a new system with a posh combi -condensor boiler which is very efficient our monthly gas DD is £42 and just had a bill ....they owe us 125quid.....................would love to get the cavity walls done and top up the loft but looking into a grant but as hubby works and has a good job not holding out much hope



Had a rotten day my eldest got rushed to hospital with pneumonia last night from the college he is at ,drove up to see him(2.5 hrs) and feel better but a bit mad i wasn't informed he was so ill before .....he is ok and responding to treatment which is the main thing.

Sophiesmum pleased you feeling better can i ask how you make your sausages i have been looking for a manual machine so i can make my own and would appreciate some feedback/input

http://www1.westfalia.net/shops/household/kitchen/kitchen_appliances/meat_mincing_machine__sausage_making/320499-meat_wolf_and_sausage_machineset.htm


Bails Dnd has a great blog about her life in france (i am so jealous in a nice way)

SFT - prawn crackers are great to watch being made ...........................not sure if deep frying is child friendly though?

Off for a long soak and then NCIS Gibbs is my hero,closely followed byHoratio,Mac and Grissom (can you tell i like crime programmes ??)

redglass_2

savingfortravel wrote: »

But will have to cook the rice fresh as you can't reheat it can you./quote]

Yes, SFT you can reheat rice! You have to watch out because cooked rice is vulnerable to bacteria but you can make it one day, keep in the fridge and reheat the next. I've never had any problems with that.