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

Pips_Mum

Nyk
My OH works in IT and he wrote and complained to Sony about the laptop keys on a few peoples within his office, they sent him new ones. You just flick them off and push new ones back on.

Brighton_belle

Skint_Lynne wrote: »

I was down south again today, this time in Gateshead.

Don't you mean 'oop north':D.
Pathetically I speak as someone for whom any map of the UK might as well be completely white where Scotland is, with the words of doom "here be dragons...". I have vitually no points of reference for any areas of scotland what so ever other than a couple of major cities. I lie prostrate with emarrassment at my ignorance:o. I did fly in to Inverness a couple of years ago, where I hung out with our brand spanking new female poet lauriete for a week with 14 others all having a lot of fun with poetry( and jolly lovely and fun she is too).

Gorgeous ducklings Nyk.
Impressive figures MR DT & penny.
CW - hope you have a lot of fun this weekend with your various crafting pursuits.
Ram - good luck with the housing decisions: good advice from NYK.
When I was deciding whether to move to this neck of the woods 10 yrs ago ( pursuing a dream I guess) I wrote a huge list of pros and cons. When I realised all the cons were essentially fears I realised I have to take the chance and do it. Best decision I ever made, though scary, starting over completely on my own. Just writing that has made me realise that I already live in my dream place. Feels good to reaffirm that.

Been working on my latest mosaic creation. This is following my dream, to explore my creative side and realise any lurking potential. I am probably at my utmost happiest when at my mosaic workshop each week pursuing my own designs and ideas.

cw18

BB- that mosaic is cuuuuuuuute


(And I consider Gateshead to be 'well up norf' too )

sophiesmum_2

Wow love the wacky fun mosaic BB - quite a few hours work gone into that by the looks of it.:T:T

taka

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Don't you mean 'oop north':D.
Pathetically I speak as someone for whom any map of the UK might as well be completely white where Scotland is, with the words of doom "here be dragons...". I have vitually no points of reference for any areas of scotland what so ever other than a couple of major cities. I lie prostrate with emarrassment at my ignorance:o. I did fly in to Inverness a couple of years ago, where I hung out with our brand spanking new female poet lauriete for a week with 14 others all having a lot of fun with poetry( and jolly lovely and fun she is too).

I love the mosaic!!

PS Definitely "down south" :rotfl: I am similarly hazy about England and especially Wales. I know where major cities/towns are but smaller places... nope! What is even worse is I know Australia and New Zealand far better than other bits of the UK!

patchwork_cat

Lovely mirror, is it shaving mirror sized?I wonder if we have a mosaic workshop nearby? Is yours expensive?

Skint_Lynne

cw18 wrote: »

BB- that mosaic is cuuuuuuuute


(And I consider Gateshead to be 'well up norf' too )

It is waaaaaaaaaaaaay down south, takes me 3 hours to get there.:D

Now BB, Inverness is defo ooop north, that is a good 3 hours drive for me I was there a couple of weeks ago.

I'm glad that my driving round the country is sparking up such an interesting debate of where ooop north is, I think it is a complete mystery and it is wherever you want it to be, (if that makes sense).:D

lingojingo

Skint_Lynne wrote: »

It is waaaaaaaaaaaaay down south, takes me 3 hours to get there.:D

It's Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up north from me, takes over 2 hours to get there, (even longer if you're like me and have to go on public transport )

shaz_mum_of__2

BB thats lovely i am really enjioying the Kirstie Alsopp programme and would love to do stained glass and pottery


and also you cannot move next to nyk as i am next in line...lol

re georaphy i am relatively in the middle of the country but my BIL lives in w sussex and insists we "live up north in a country yokel voice"

Just got me thinking of all the lovely places in this country why do people want to go abroad we are having a frugal weekend in the peak disrict with pack up and walking and twitching i would hate to be laid out on a beach somewhere


Shaz

edited in got a great deal in mr a on cheese lake district extra mature and other varieties 400g packs 2 for £3 (or £2.89 each)i got 12 packs and may go back for more as all got long dates thats only 3.75kg

lyndasharp

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

edited in got a great deal in mr a on cheese lake district extra mature and other varieties 400g packs 2 for £3 (or £2.89 each)i got 12 packs and may go back for more as all got long dates thats only 3.75kg

Ooh, must have a look for those later. Hopefully our Mr A will have some too, the last deal we got was 2 for £4 on cheese!

That mosaic is lovely BB!

I just paid our first water bill - it's working out at just under £5 a week. How does that compare to everyone elses?