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

skintjenny

grandma247 wrote: »

Thats what I have been doing, I made a hat last week on circular needles and now a snood/ cowl both patterns from the internet. I bought the wool at bury market a couple of weeks ago.
I am very new to circular needles but I am getting quicker so it must be getting easier.

Im from bury! im here at the moment staying with my mum over xmas! how wierd!

phoenix_dragon

Hello! Can I join please?

Phoenix_dragon

*Jellie*

I'd like to join as well please.
Not sure of proposed budget yet! At the moment I'm aiming for £280 a month until I'm debt free in April

Fishcake_Random

Hey all,
Look at this thread growing and growing!
Yesterday in the end was a NSD and my brother treated us all to a pizza which fed us for todays lunch as well! The Mac cheese will be tonights dinner. I am determined to make it before the leftovers go off as I hate waste with a passion.
My only spend for today is milk, I'm hoping to get some reduced in Waitrose on the way home, if not I'll get 4pints for £1 in Iceland.
Todays main activity is helping OH in his shop as Saturdays are his busy day and if I get chance to pop to the libary and look at some books on knitting.
Have a good one
x x x x

mooomin

Inventory of cleaning gubbins:

*please note* This does not include things already in use/hiding behind the toilet.

11 non-stick scourers
2 normal scourers
2 spongey things
Fabric softener
Windolene
Floor cleaner
Furniture polish x 3
Washing up liquid
Oven cleaner
Toilet Duck x 3
Domestos thick bleach
Cif cream x 2
Flash all purpose cleaner x 3
Mr Muscle bathroom x 2
Mr Muscle kitchen x 2
All purpose cleaner x 2
Lint roller x 2
Lots of small bin liners

The only things I am likely to need in the near future are black bin bags and washing up liquid.

Now, a couple of questions for the frunchkins....

What can I use as an alternative to oven cleaner? It gives me a beast of a headache. Also, I tend to favour Fairy washing up liquid and wondered what your experiences were about the best frugal alternatives.

Thanks!

skintjenny

cake21 wrote: »

I have a pc and I can't find it...can I have the idiot's guide please? :D

hmm well i cant claim to be an expert, a friend showed me it, she just went to the 'search' function (which on my computer -vista- comes up when you bring up the menu of programmes- by clicking the little windows icon in the bottom left hand corner) then searched for 'snipping tool' and there it was!

hmm not sure if that made sense...

Skint_Lynne

Big Mumma,

Just make your pudding up as normal, then put it into your slow cooker, fill it 3/4 way up with water and put the lid on. I steamed mine for 8 hours, and it turned out really well.

I browned the meat before I put it into the pudding bowl and I made some extra gravy in a pot. Any more questions, give me a shout.

HTH. XX

Skint_Lynne

I am making a clootie just now, and DH did not notice until I pointed it out to him, he was meant to be away but is staying until tomorrow now, he is now complaining about it, using **** words, he wasn't saying anything when his steak and kidney was cooking yesterday.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I've made some potato scones this morning as well, they are lush!

jfdi

!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Got overcharged in ASDA this morning - 2 shampoos should've been £5 & they went thru at £8.60! Eeek!

Now means I gotta go out again in this freezing weather & join the loooooooooong queue to get it sorted, grrrrrrr! Or maybe go at 10.00 tomorrow?

But massive thanks to Cheryl & her spreadsheet or I'd not've noticed it!

xx

Ha! Ha! Ha! at my cussing!

mooomin

jfdi wrote: »

!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Got overcharged in ASDA this morning - 2 shampoos should've been £5 & they went thru at £8.60! Eeek!

You used to get your money back and a £2 giftcard from Asda for being overcharged. If they don't offer it ask about it, you might be lucky!