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

the_cat

Hi everyone

First day of the new challenge - happy new year!
NSD day here, made considerably easier by the shops being shut. Have adjusted my totals to show the direct debits coming out tomorrow.

Also did greasypalm £20 cashback offer on SunBingo so deposited £10. Won nothing (and was bored rigid!) but not counting it as a spend as should get the money back ( and more, as already have about £14 sitting on greasypalm which has been there ages. Fingers crossed that it works - anyone else tried this? Any idea how long before it shows as tracked on greasypalm?

Shouldn't need to spend tomorrow as still have plenty in. Used leftovers today and have made sweet potato soup for lunches tomorrow. Will stick slow cooker on with chilli for tea as have used oven rather a lot recently and want to claw back a bit of electric use!

EDIT - Nyk. The 99p shop had some raspberry canes in recently if one of those is near you.

andan

sophiesmum wrote: »

Leftovers are a major foodgroup in this household SL:rotfl: :rotfl:

Their going to have to be in this house too SM:D Have set myself my own mini challenge to see how many days out of 100, i can go, without throwing any food away. Over Christmas i realised how much food i throw away.

Have started off well today, made an extra meal for tomorrow's luch out of tonight's dinner, plus have plenty of left over turkey so will do something with that for tomorrow night's tea or use if for sandwiches on saturday.

I think this will really help to cut down my bills.

Jennybee, just wanted to say what a lovely thing it is what your sister did. It warms the heart to hear stories like that, nice to know family loyalty is still very much alive.

Pips_Mum

the_cat wrote: »

Also did greasypalm £20 cashback offer on SunBingo so deposited £10. Won nothing (and was bored rigid!) but not counting it as a spend as should get the money back ( and more, as already have about £14 sitting on greasypalm which has been there ages. Fingers crossed that it works - anyone else tried this? Any idea how long before it shows as tracked on greasypalm?

I did this on 22nd December and got Cashback on 23rd!! Quickest cashback I have EVER received.:T

MrDT

whitewing wrote: »

I may have missed it before - can you tell us now what you got the missus for Xmas?

I can indeed, all presents ended up being family friendly lol :rotfl:Can't believe you remembered! I got m'lady a nice dolce gabbana perfume gift set, a rather fetching pink baby g watch, and the nintendo game of the year 'curious village' on the ds.

I've since completed the game lol, she's pretty much there now too - I eventually let her have a go haha! Fantastic game and well worth the effort tracking it down, was a real pain, none in stock most places, other places inflating the price to £60 (rrp £30) etc. Of course, I didn't let myself get ripped off Was well worth the effort purely for the reaction when she opened it, she knew how difficult it was to track down as had been trying to grab a copy for herself for weeks Very pleased 'ladyfriend'

Can't go into price details of course as it's not the done thing on gifts, but rest assured I got all the right gifts at all the right prices. Some very good deals to be had this year. I'm still amazed how cheaply I managed to sort Christmas tbh, and I didn't skimp on any gifts

As an aside, that's a fantastic sister you have there JennyBee, just the right time for a bit of extra savings with the baby on the way too :T

And finally - 1st January was a no spend day, and I received a bunch of interest payments on my savings, not too bad a start to the year! I feel more human after a fantastic roast beef dinner too, no more hangover

In_Search_Of_Me

oo very happy to have worked out that with my takeabreak and virgin bingo scratch cards I'll make 67.50!
Nkm - being eccentric is fun!! I would consider it an insult to be considered "normal" - unlikely to happen any time soon mind you! Do keep us posyed re choocks...I'd love to have them but have no harden and youre not allowed at the allotment...do plan to do more alottmenteering this year as last year more a swampy bog than owt else...greenfingered boards have lots of ideas for those interested!

savingfortravel

Nykmedia
OH has just told me that a blog site is like a diary... would love to read them from people on the thread... But how??? SFT I'm a very curious person too....

Pips_Mum

MrDT she is a lucky lady indeed, well done.:T
I have been trying to get that game since October as I thought it would amuse and distract me an OH when we are in the hospital.

sophiesmum_2

andan wrote: »

Their going to have to be in this house too SM:D Have set myself my own mini challenge to see how many days out of 100, i can go, without throwing any food away. Over Christmas i realised how much food i throw away.

Have started off well today, made an extra meal for tomorrow's luch out of tonight's dinner, plus have plenty of left over turkey so will do something with that for tomorrow night's tea or use if for sandwiches on saturday.

I think this will really help to cut down my bills.

Jennybee, just wanted to say what a lovely thing it is what your sister did. It warms the heart to hear stories like that, nice to know family loyalty is still very much alive.

Andan - one of best useruppers for small amounts of assorted bits and pieces from fridge etc is pizzas. Pizza bases cost pennies to make, add some tomato base (I use chopped tomatoes,basil,or italian herbs)chuck on your assorted bits then add little grated cheese. You can make a batch of sauced bases and freeze,then just get out when you have some bits to use up. Very cheap and usually goes down well.
You could even grate little left over bits of cheese and freeze ready for pizza use.

Pips_Mum

Sophiesmum you are amazing!!
How does your head not explode with all these FAB ideas you keep giving us all?

:T :T :T :T :T :T :T

dND

savingfortravel wrote: »

Nykmedia
OH has just told me that a blog site is like a diary... would love to read them from people on the thread... But how??? SFT I'm a very curious person too....

Click the mouse over the name at the top left of the post and if they've linked a blog it shows as 'visit xxx homepage', click on that and off you go