Live on £4,000 for a year - 2009, Part 4

andan

Hi guys, congrats to everyone on getting to the end and to all those who took part along the way. I have enjoyed this challenge along the way and plan to do it for 4k next year instead of 4.5k as i realise i spend far less than i thought i did!

Skint chick, well done on paying so much off your debt.

I will be in for next year, although am undecided how i will record everything as i am doing my 101 list and life list too and was currently doing them thanks to having saved money on the 4k challenge. I will give it some thought.

grandma247

Thanks ceredwen for the info. A family membr is having problems with IBS and milk is one of the things causing her to flare up.

I found another link http://www.kefir.net/

http://www.ricerafoods.com/index.html
Rice milk yogurt
I also found a site with info to make your own yogurt with co!!!! milk although the writer said it can be made with any kind of milk.
http://gnowfglins.com/2009/06/05/homemade-coconut-milk-yogurt/
I don't believe it ! just look what they did to the word above.

cw18

Well, we're into our last day....... and according to my spreadsheet I have £105.52 to spend

One of my first jobs when I get up (about to turn in, so hopefully I'll not be too late up) is to go and fill the car fuel tank - so that will probably take the best part of half the remaining money

Kittikins

Hi Grandma - I'd recommend your family member try goat or sheep's milk products as according to medical advice I was given regarding allergies (I have some proper backup somewhere in the house), they are, generally speaking, better tolerated than cows' milk products. Also - you can easily get scrumptious cheeses and yoghurts in supermarkets

Hope this helps

grandma247

Kittikins wrote: »

Hi Grandma - I'd recommend your family member try goat or sheep's milk products as according to medical advice I was given regarding allergies (I have some proper backup somewhere in the house), they are, generally speaking, better tolerated than cows' milk products. Also - you can easily get scrumptious cheeses and yoghurts in supermarkets

Hope this helps

Unfortunately she can't stand the stuff and soya is out of the question too because of other problems it causes.

BigMummaF

Blairweech wrote: »

CW - Good luck on the NVQ - they do them at my workplace but I am overqualified apparently (already have a BTEC in Electronics Engineering, which is obviously exactly like Warehousing :rolleyes: )

SF - Do not worry about only being £20 over your target, you have still done soooooooo.... well to live on even close to £3000!!!! Think how many other people of our age could do that? .... I know I'm impressed!

SFT - What a lovely post. Three cheers for those three incredible women! And of course, everyone else on here is fabulous and awesome as well :A
....
WOAH! I'M GOING TO SRI LANKA!!!!! LALALALALA

I meant to add my Good Wishes yesterday cw, then forgot how many multi quotes you can have in one reply & why I had picked out the ones I had anyways :doh:

I know it's always heartening to have your knowledge & abilities recognised, but fully understand your predicament too Blair. A family member was in a very similar position & questioned just how they could prove they were doing the job if the relevant qualifications were not signed off against their name Red tape gone SIZE=1]even-more-than-usual-if-that-[U]can[/U]-be-possible[/SIZEmad IMO :mad:
There's plenty of people who are older but a lot less money-savvie than yourself & SF so you are rightly proud to shout your achievements from the roof tops :j I'm still giving out the addie for this site in the vain hope it will reach into the concious of those I'm hoping to enlighten
I like the way SFT thinks :T & also want to add my thanks for all the peeps who take the time to post on this thread. I'm still a first grader when it comes to the os/ms skills a lot of you have adopted but you make learning at the knee of a master so enjoyable that I can't help but come back for more It's a bit like that old tv programme 'House Party'--:rolleyes: must have been on around the early eighties when the Offspring were bubbies...

And am I the only one who started singing We're Going to Barbados & substituting Sri Lanka? Now I'm going to be singing that ALL day :wall: thanks

lyndasharp

Happy new year everyone, see you on the new thread! Has anyone else done the MSE quiz about prices? Now I want a micropig :-) I'd not heard of them before... so cute!

savingfortravel

BigMummaF wrote: »

I meant to add my Good Wishes yesterday cw, then forgot how many multi quotes you can have in one reply & why I had picked out the ones I had anyways :doh:

I know it's always heartening to have your knowledge & abilities recognised, but fully understand your predicament too Blair. A family member was in a very similar position & questioned just how they could prove they were doing the job if the relevant qualifications were not signed off against their name Red tape gone SIZE=1]even-more-than-usual-if-that-[U]can[/U]-be-possible[/SIZEmad IMO :mad:
There's plenty of people who are older but a lot less money-savvie than yourself & SF so you are rightly proud to shout your achievements from the roof tops :j I'm still giving out the addie for this site in the vain hope it will reach into the concious of those I'm hoping to enlighten
I like the way SFT thinks :T & also want to add my thanks for all the peeps who take the time to post on this thread. I'm still a first grader when it comes to the os/ms skills a lot of you have adopted but you make learning at the knee of a master so enjoyable that I can't help but come back for more It's a bit like that old tv programme 'House Party'--:rolleyes: must have been on around the early eighties when the Offspring were bubbies...

And am I the only one who started singing We're Going to Barbados & substituting Sri Lanka? Now I'm going to be singing that ALL day :wall: thanks

Sri Lanka...Have I missed something again....??? Tell us more!!
sft

Skint_Lynne

I have been out to the shops this morning, so all my spending is done! I got over the course of yesterday and today:

Pillows, Duvet, sheets and pillowcases, an iron a memory card for my christmas camera, 2 new shirts (from vouchers), string for my steak and kidney pudding and some bits of food shopping, including a whoopsie free range chicken which was half price.:T

Tomorrow is the brand new year, so wonder what that will bring. Will check in later. xx

rictus123

Im going to give £6k all in spends for 2010, will there be another thread?