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

MRSMCAWBER

JennyBee wrote: »

I hate to sound cheesy but you really are very inspiring! I got a letter through from weight watchers the other day asking me to come back and join again but I didn't think 8.5 months pregnant was the time to do it! Although....I'd have one hell of a loss one week wouldn't i?!!:j

Awww shucks -thankyou... It was time for me to get my backside back into gear -fortunately the way I was eating when I lost the rest of the weight before has all clicked straight back in place :T ... Im an old WW memeber.. but got sick of paying for the "pleasure" oh and the constant counting :rotfl:
oooohh make the most of eating what baby "wants" for now

savingfortravel

Purple-Sparkes-Hope DM gets well soon..

Marru-Hope you feel better

Mrs M-Fantastic weight loss!!! Well done!!
Also a 'stunning' whoopsie hunt..thinking of getting a chest freezer to live in one of our sheds as then we can take advantage of reduced items more often. And make more soup. And freeze more fruit.
Has the snow disappeared yet???

Well I'm getting prepared for the 1st day back at school on Wednesday. Particularly enjoyed brainstorming for my wildlife club..love any wildlife..

Will venture out later to Tesco to buy Branston beans* and an Express..has MOCs I might be able to redeem and I can use the TV mag (I think it has one). OH forgot his mobile when he went to town this morning otherwise he could have bought the Express then and redeemed the coupon for the free shampoo in Superdrug too. Must not think about it.. .I have shampoo!!

* or pick up another raincheck voucher.
SFT

mumzyof2

Hi Everyone im going to be doing my budget tonight with my mum i think I think i got a remoska for xmas (element is in lid) but dont think it the proper one as mine is from B and Q in Cyprus lol. Its really good though. I thought i had lost my contents of my bag inc passport on NYE but someone rang me up next day and said they had found it and only thing that was missing was my cigs!! Thankgoodness!

MRSMCAWBER

Hi Savingfortravel

We still have snow :T .. -10 and snow :j -Im hoping for more:p

FrankieM

FrankieM: If you could get hold of a slow cooker it is so easy to make lovely soups in it

I have a slow cooker and it still makes no difference for me...oh well....I like bubble and squeak!

grandma247

re:blender vs processor.
A blender works better for very liquid stuff and a processor works better for solid stuff.HTH.

fallen_angel_shelley

[strike]Morning[/strike] afternoon everyone. well with a bit of luck today should be a NSD for me. some friends asked me to go out with them tonight for a meal but i turned it down, because i have food in the fridge that needs to be used up, plus i'm not feeling to well and i really need to crack on with my essays for uni :eek:. I'm looking forward to the DS going back to college on monday and everything getting back to normal, well as normal as it get round here:rotfl:.


mumzy how are you?
MrsM- well done with the weight loss :T

andromache_2

Sorting_Out wrote: »

Today I am going into the big wide world with its open shops for the first time since going on the challenge in earnest. Gulp!
I have a cunning plan, so it is a necessary trip.
To explain, I made my future SIL a bag for Christmas and my sis a scarf. They turned out well didn't take long, and the best bit, cost only about £2.50-£5.00 each to make. DH has a shop and suggested I could make a few...just as I was sitting listening to the radio or something, and sell them in there. Nothing to intense or anything, but he thinks he would certainly get more for them than it cost to make. So I'm off to the craft shop...... and I'm sure there are people on here that know where that can lead.
So my strategy is to think out what I intend to manage in the next fortnight say, and look out the patterns etc make sure I have everything there and intact then go to shop.....(it's sounding good now, but will it last???)

That sounds great, Sorting Out, let us know how this venture goes I've been so inspired by you crafty people on this challenge (especially brighton belle and her lovely mosaics on the 2008 thread) that yesterday I dug out my old cross-stitching stuff and spent some time making up various different designs... I'm going to leave it for now as I don't really have time but my plan is to do loads in the summer and make a few presents I've got loads of Aida and threads already though I might need to top up on a couple of colours. I had lots of fun making the designs, I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy it when I was little sad I know If I get them finished it should save a fair bit of money and hopefully the recipients will like them much better than a bought gift

fizzel81

can i pick the brains of some more frugal than me i was given 40 min sample bottles of cif activfizz stuff (and very good it is too) i have them all lined up in cupboard but not only did i get them each bottle has a 50p off your next purchase so have 40 of them as well

now asda are doing this at £1.00 for a 750ml bottle and yep im very very tempted to use these vouchers or shareing some but obviously i cannot buy 40 bottles in one go i cannot see that asda would allow it

should i or should i not, i do have stardrops which even using th activfizz coupons the stardrops would still go further iykwim

or does anyone on here living near asda want some of these coupons? maybe i should just buy a few bottles

fizzel81

Mrs M thats some fabby weightloss, i need to look into some sort of weightloss myself, ive crept from a 8/10 to a 14