Live on £4000 for a Year, 2009 Challenge, part 2

savingfortravel

Hi Everyone!!
SM Any news yet?

Well we had a nice Sunday. Mum and Dad round for lunch. Dad shared a reduced Finest Steak Pie with Mr SFT and Mum and I had Waitrose Salmon en Courte (sp). So a luxury (but frugal lunch). Mr SFT makes the best roasties in the world. For desert we had Waitrose Lemon Cheese cake, with cream, ice cream and the last of the raspberries from the garden.
Then we went to the Bluebell wood which was just beautiful.
Afterwards popped over to the cottage to look around. Just opposite is a paddock/small stable and 2 lovely horses (dark and light). Refuse to show Mum and Dad around inside until the structural survey comes back ok.
Today at school went well. One of the teachers gave us a lovely wedding gift: a pair of candles decorated with Zulu beadwork, She is from Zimbabwe and has great taste.
Been for a nice walk with a friend this evening. Rather proud of that as its been drizzling all day.
Have a great evening everyone.
SFT


Tipping: I only tip for really good service. Agree with BB about not tipping in a cafe if someone has just carried over a plate.
As a student I worked as a silver service waitress. Back breaking work, holding a whole saddle of lamb (ie, on the bone) -portions for 20 people on a tray as you served it with your spoon and fork. Like SF it was in an expensive restaurant and the manager was only around to take the bills so we rarely got a tip. Shocking really but we were on very good money so that kind of made up for it I suppose.

tryingtodobetter

Come on SM put us out of our misery. I have been sending good vibes your way as I know what is it like to have the 'Good Life' dream (although mine just seems so far away at the moment :()

Hope everyone is well (slopes back to lurks-vil)

TTDB.x.

Skint_Lynne

I must be like you TTdb, I have been looking at the thread every 5 minutes all day.:o

I am so nosy, I hope that things worked out the way you wanted sophiesmum and Nyk, then I can come and 'visit' your chickadees.

lingojingo

slowlyfading wrote: »

I bought a lottery ticket for the Euromillions on friday (i do it online) and i just checked today and won £5.40! :rotfl: cant give up the day job yet

Every little helps, as they say :rotfl:

Frugaldom

Good evening to all and appropriate responses to everyone. Mumzy, I hope you are happy, look after yourself and try to quit the smoking

Today began as a miserable, wet morning and then suddenly the sun came out and it's been glorious, warm and very springlike. We'd to make a mercy dash to friend at the farm when they uncovered another hen in the barn, so I now have a total of 5 plus next door's Pekin cockeral! This new one, however, I didn't leave with any eggs, as I'd prefer she started laying and helped provide us with breakfast. Hopefully, that will be 3 laying, 1 with a brood of chicks and 1 still sitting one eggs.

Had a rather hectic morning followed by a more leisurely afternoon. Lunch was salad sannies with homegrown, freshly picked lettuce. Pity the tomatoes aren't ready! The washing dried quickly and I even managed to get the new veggie plot planted up with Maris Pipers.

Spreadsheet updated to reflect stockpiling on sugar and the non-challenge spending (pets, vets, livestock, garden & misc.)

SL - you mean to tell me you're not visiting until/unless SM's here? :rotfl:

Skint_Lynne

No news Nyk, or are your lips sealed for now?

Maslowe

Hi
I have been watching from the sidelines and am so impressed by people's frugal ways. I am not ready to fully join but have started making a note of all of my spending. I have started growing some of my own food, small tomato plants and pepper plants are on the windowsill. Rhubarb in the garden and I have just planted a braeburn tree at the weekend. I would love chickens but the deeds don't allow us to have them, so I must just look at the lovely pictures.
I feel I know some of the regulars so I hope you don't mind me joining in.

Maslowe

Frugaldom

Skint_Lynne wrote: »

No news Nyk, or are your lips sealed for now?

My lips are sealed, I don't know anyone called SM, never met the woman, never heard of her, what you all talking about? :cool: When you coming back down this way, anyway?

Hi Maslowe, I can share LOADS of chicken photos with you, as can some of the others. Welcome to the thread, pull up a seat, make yourself comfy and enjoy the frugal company. Where abouts in the country are you?

Skint_Lynne

nykmedia wrote: »

My lips are sealed, I don't know anyone called SM, never met the woman, never heard of her, what you all talking about? :cool: When you coming back down this way, anyway?

Hi Maslowe, I can share LOADS of chicken photos with you, as can some of the others. Welcome to the thread, pull up a seat, make yourself comfy and enjoy the frugal company. Where abouts in the country are you?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I'll let you know when I'm coming down, I was meant to be going to NI, then I would have defo came in, I might just take a run down some Sunday if DH is away.

It is okay if it is just you that is there, I think you are worth visiting.xx (I am such a sook).:p

Welcome on board Maslowe.

ram_murdock

hey everyone - quick update - havent had a chance to read all the posts.

I reached my weight watchers goal weight tonight!! I was very pleased and really happy with my new healthy living/eating style. Hoping to lose a few more pounds so i can get into a smaller size of jeans.

Fri 1st is gonna be a big day and i'm determined to keep on track after being away on hols. Hoping to join the NSD challenge as well!

A few of you might remember i put abid on a house about two months ago which wasnt accepted and i was a bit dwn about it at the time. Now last week two more houses in that area went on the market - both within my price range so fingers crossed!! goin to see one 2mrw night and one on wednesdat night!! Trying not to get excited again incase i am disappointed!

Ok..off to catch up!