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

shaz_mum_of__2

Ham can be frozen, as can ham sandwiches i do this in big batches and take them out in the morning for packed lunches

knithappens

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Ham can be frozen, as can ham sandwiches i do this in big batches and take them out in the morning for packed lunches

i did not know this, is this wih any ham even prepackaged?, this would save me a lot of time.

candygirl

Hiya peeps:j:j
Haven't stopped today!Had my hair cut (£9), got some Borax, and light bulbs £4.50) can't wait to make laundry powder after, then went to Morrisons and spent £27, so have gone slightly over my GC target, but got a lot of cheaper shampoos, and shower gels while they are on offer, so it will balance out next month;):D
Made a few samples of baby food last night, with lentils, carrots n potato, and have dropped them off for Boo to sample:D:D
Have also been to the gym for a swim, and feel really destressed now, let's hope it lasts:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Have fabbily frugal days all:A:A

knithappens

nykmedia wrote: »

BigMumma, this is a brilliant idea and simple to implement. If we had a couple of different people collecting relevant links then it would just be a case of them keeping the info up to date, PM'ing me the links and I can update the main links section that gets included in page 1. Each new part of the challenge gets the original post copied over so there shouldn't really be any excuse for someone to miss the first post if they join the challenge. :T This should work. :j

Just having a quick 10 mins on here whilst bread is baking. I hate to say this, but that's just a typical morning here, not a busy morning. HS helps out a lot nowadays, doing loads of the outside jobs like chopping the kindling, barrowing logs, digging, cleaning out hen runs etc, etc, etc. OH2B training is coming along nicely. :rotfl:

Lunch today is pasta & cheese leftovers from fridge, a nice quick and easy meal served with freshly baked, warm bread. This afternoon, I have 12 chicken breasts to be cut, seasoned and dry-fried to see how many lunches it will make up for DS, as he's now onto chicken & salad wraps for lunches and has been forking out £2 a day at work. So, I'm finding out how many I can make for £10 using whoopsied & special offer chicken. I'll need to reorganise the freezer again just to get everything in, so I guess we're having chicken for dinner tonight, too.

Just finished off my end of month budget, won't bother copying it here, as I've just updated the homepage of my blog to show the updates. I'd quite like a list of blogs frm anyone doing this challenge, because I can then add a link to them from my own page and that makes it much quicker to see them if they're all in the same place. I'll check usernames later this afternoon and copy the links - if anyone objects to this, please let me know.

Must dash, have read all the posts, back later.

No objections at all, i love following everyones blogs, mine is a mix of personal and frugal musings, as i cant seem to seperate the two, plus saves on time for me just havign the one place to write my madness down

Frugaldom

Time for another quick catch-up and update. The weather here is pretty miserable but it stopped raining long enough for us to start preparing this year's square foot garden! :j Make progress while the son's off work! :rotfl: Rather than witter on needlessly, I took a couple of piccies instead. Managed to bake a tray of oat biscuits, too.


Gave a good home to 4 railway sleepers, DS and HS have just moved them into the garden. I'm expanding my square foot garden this year from 32 squares to 56 squares and a footpath down the middle. Old one now all unfenced and have set the feathered critturs upon it to do the weeding, fertilising and digging for me. :T


Look at their progress! Many hens (& ducks) make light work.

Wagons ho, frugalers! It's time to kick the old homegrowing project into gear by starting the preparations. If I grow it, I don't need to buy it and last year's square foot garden grew me an amazing amount of food despite it being my first year of trying this.

Cuppa time and a freshly baked biscuit, then it's cooking, freezer reorganising, kitchen tidying, more paperwork and some accounting.

HappyMrsH, that's a good price for sugar! Was that 69p per kilo bag?

candygirl

Awww love the birds NYK, and your garden look v organised:D:D

shaz_mum_of__2

knithappens wrote: »

i did not know this, is this wih any ham even prepackaged?, this would save me a lot of time.

Yep i make up rolls with ham/cheese(grated)/
turkey/beef/corned beef (no salad but mustard is ok) i pop them in a freezer bag and freeze til needed

there is a whole thread on here somewhere about freezing sandwiches?


NYk the chooks and ducks look good and they are saving you the digging too..... perfect:T can i borrow them:rotfl:

Happymrsh

Nykmedia - Yes, it was 1Kg bags of Tate and Lyle. I actually got that from poundstretcher, should have stated that. Its right next door to the Mr S i go too. Pretty good price so bought 2 and may go back and get some more next week.

Happymrsh

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Yep i make up rolls with ham/cheese(grated)/
turkey/beef/corned beef (no salad but mustard is ok) i pop them in a freezer bag and freeze til needed

there is a whole thread on here somewhere about freezing sandwiches?


NYk the chooks and ducks look good and they are saving you the digging too..... perfect:T can i borrow them:rotfl:

Maybe silly question:o, but how long do they take to defrost?

I hate making sandwiches for lunch so making a batch and freezing sounds like a great idea:T

Frugaldom

Hi guys, just been doing more updating online, if anyone has a 'Frugal Living' associated blog and wants to be included in my list, please PM me your links. I have already included:

Ifonlyitwaseasier
JTB2412
Knithappens
Lynzpower
Mama67
NYKMedia
Pink_Numbers
Shaz_Mum_of_2
Sophiesmum

Only blogs directly associated with this challenge belonging to challengers need apply.