FRUGAL LIVING CHALLENGE 2010, part 1. (Living on £4,000 a year)

JayneC

knithappens wrote: »

just picked up a brio bed side cot off freecyle, beautiful condition, only catch - no instruction - going to attempt to put this yogether myself, but if anyone knows where i can get the instructions, pleasedrop me a pm, i have even messaed a lady on ebayu selling one to ask i she could photocopy them for me lol, well got to ask....

Hi - don't know if you're already sorted - am only up to your post and have to go out in a sec so thought I'd just drop in to say you'll probably find instruction online. Just go to the manufacturer web page and enter details of the model. I've got alsorts of instructions ranging from dishwasher to breadmaker to central heating boiler, lol!! HTH.

May be back later if I get back in time, have to go on a visit 2 hours away and apointment not til 4, prob end around 6, so will be late back!!!

loopychriss

weezl74 wrote: »

hi loopychriss,

Have you looked at comet clearance? It's new stuff, but ex-display or with a tiny dent in or something. It's run like an auction site. I got a freezer for £55 from it

wow, thanks for that.... I'll have a look later.... have slept on it and talked ourselves out of it..... for the time being! But I'll definitely do some research on it....

thriftylass

xnatalie81x wrote: »

I am keeping up with the thread but had nothing to post until today

Order placed today:
Item DescriptionQuantityPrice EachTotalPVC ROARY SWIMBAG (santa pressie) 1 £1.00 £1.00 KIDS GARDEN TOOL SET (3xsanta pressie and 1 for friends dd)4 £1.00 £4.00 CUTLERY SET PINK (friends dd bday and my dd xmas)2 £1.00 £2.00 CUTLERY SET BLUE (my 2 sons santa pressies)2 £1.00 £2.00 HOLIDAY GLOW MOISTURISER NORMAL/COMBINATION (mil,sis,sis and mum for hampers)4 £1.00 £4.00 PEACH HAND AND BODY LOTION (mil, mum hampers for xmas)2 £1.00 £2.00 WOOD MASSAGER (mil and mum for hampers xmas)2 £1.00 £2.00 ICE CREAM PARTY (4 ice cream pots for kids' cousins x2 and friends ds and dd - will fill with sweets and wrap)1 £3.99 £3.99 ARTS AND CRAFT COLLECTION (for kids' cousins x2)2 £1.00 £2.00 CORNER TRESTLE (for my kitchen to make better use of space ) 2 £1.99 £3.98 Postage & Packing £3.99 Offer Applied (10% off and some items b1g1f such as moisturisers/hand cream/knife and fork sets)-£7.20 Total (not bad!!!)£23.76.

Do you mind me asking where you placed that order, sounds like amazing offers and variety of stocking fillers/pressies.

Thanks

shaz_mum_of__2

thriftylass wrote: »

Do you mind me asking where you placed that order, sounds like amazing offers and variety of stocking fillers/pressies.

Thanks

Think it may be Halcost

www.halfcost.co.uk

xnatalie81x

yeah it was halfcost

babyboysmommy

Done a lot less than I'd planned to today. It's been a NSD, walked to visit family rather than taking the car. My son wanted to make cakes so whilst the oven was on I made some turkey & cheese meat balls for the freezer. Keeping curtains closed upstairs in the hope it will help keep the heat in.

I had planned to find more things for eBay etc but haven't had the chance/energy so I'll leave that until tomorrow.

My papercraft magazine arrived today (I got a subscription using clubcard deals). It came with templates for making small boxes so I plan on making a few, letting the 3 year old decorate them as we have plenty of craft supplies in the house already. We will then buy some chocolate, melt it & put it in some nice chocolate moulds we have that I bought when they were on offer last year. Each box will only take a few chocolates in a small bag so a cheap gift for Easter but one made by my youngest so will go down well with the family Last year we did home made Easter eggs but realized it takes a lot of chocolate so wasn't that cost effective. I've learnt that if the children are making the gifts we have to start early as they lose interest fast so something we do once a week or so until they are finished.

candygirl

Back from the dentist's having had a tiny little filling;)I also slipped and fell outside, right in front of the bloody bus queue, talk about embarrassing:o:o:o
SHAZ thaks for the halfcost link :A

bails

Thanks for sharing how your LETS group works Ceridwen :T really interesting to see how it functions elsewhere, and gives me more scope for when I can finally start trading with mine. I would have felt odd paying for the lunch as well.

Great work with the glasses chamichelle :T Now that's something I wouldn't have thought of doing prior to the challenge but now everything is looked at differently

Fantastic news about the chat with OH Thrifty :T It's brilliant to know more about the future and now you can really plan for the year ahead.

Meg, so sorry to hear about your son, thinking of you too x

slowlyfading

Got my ICT skills test at 5pm - wish me luck!

bails

Good luck SF, you'll be just fine x

Great news about the flat Lynda.

Your comment about the cafes made me laugh Rozee! :rotfl:

It is difficult to know what to say when someone dies but personally the only important thing to me is that people acknowledge it. It is good to talk about the arrangements too as it isn't something people often do, and yet is a very important part of life we all have to deal with at some time.