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

lyndasharp

P.S. Any of the Scottish people know Glen Clova? Any suggestions of where to stay? H2B's family are having a get together there in June. Glen Clova hotel is all booked, and we don't fancy sharing the dorms in the bunkhouse. It's going to be a very long trek there for a weekend from Swindon, and we'll have to find someone to feed the cat and chickens (as we expect to have bantams by then)! If they decide on another family reunion after this, I think we'll suggest Swindon as a nice venue...

cw18

knithappens wrote: »

why is it when you need a bill you cant find it?? Trying to find my water bill to see if i pay over 10 or 12 months, as my council tax is over 10, so what i have budgeted to pay in march and April I am going to pay off debt and i want to do the same with the water which would be an extra 200 quid, usually i fritter it away on junk.

My CT is 'free' in Feb and April. Water is over 12 months, both for me (meter) and DD (rates)

grandma247

knithappens wrote: »

I also made my own colslaw the other day OMG i have been paying a rediculous amount of money for something that is so cheap and easy to make and tastes so much nicer. It wont be bought again.

Yep I sometimes think they add shredded tyres because it tastes like rubber smells if that makes sense.

knithappens

cw18 wrote: »

My CT is 'free' in Feb and April. Water is over 12 months, both for me (meter) and DD (rates)

just checked my bill my water is over 12 months, but wil still have the money i budgeted for caouncil tax to pay off debts.

Just spent the mornign bakign while i waited for the courier to pick my ebay parcel up, off out now to post rest of ebay parcels, and pop to tesco they have 4 packs of simple soap for 1.95 and buy one get one free so they work out at less than 25p each, it is the only soap we use, and also want to use this for laundry gloop when my soap powder runs out so going to stock up a bit.

knithappens

candygirl wrote: »

Just spent £13 in ALDI on fruit, bread, cheese, eggs etc:D:DLeeks 39p, massive bag of potatoes 69p, pears 59p, so making soup, and pear with natural yogurt for Boo:D:D
Have got her today whilst DD is at college, and she is poorly with a cough and rattley chest:(:(
Got her Peppa Pig mirror from ebay, such a bargain at £5.70 inc delivery, they are £14 on Amazon:eek::eek:It's meant to be for her bday at end of March, but she can have it when she wakes up to cheer her up;)
Have fabby frugal days everyone xx:A

aww hope she gets well soon, my Little bubba will only have fruit and natural yogurt now, plus it is so much cheaper and healthier than fromage frais.

And great find on the mirror

Frugaldom

Good afternoon, never managed to catch up this morning.

(Hermum - post 1 handy links section has a link to free spreadsheets)

Thanks for link to homemade deodorant! Very handy and looks relatively simple, although I'm not sure where I'd lay my hands on any coconut oil. I'm still using the rock salt, can't believe how long these things last!

Glad to see so many of you sticking with your budgets. It does get easier the longer you keep going and the first 3 months are usually the hardest. It'll become second nature to you with practice but there's always something new to learn.

Sorry, catch you all later, visitors arrived.

Karmacat

Afternoon ... just about to start work, but I managed to post my amazon sale - used a large 1st class stamp I had hanging around, and I'll receive £2.93, so thats a good'un. Mind you, cos I don't feel well today, I didn't get a cert. of posting, I just used the local box, so if anything goes wrong, I'm creek-up-paddle, as they say. Don't mind too much today, at least its gone out.

candygirl

knithappens wrote: »

aww hope she gets well soon, my Little bubba will only have fruit and natural yogurt now, plus it is so much cheaper and healthier than fromage frais.

And great find on the mirror

She loved the yogurt:j:jDD is yet to be converted though;)Is now sitting in playpen saying " Pep ...pa" into her mirror:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Have made lentil pate, boos pear yogurt and potato n leek soup so far today:)the soup n pate will be lunches this week:)

Savvy_sewing

Been turned down for the community care grant, so caring for my granddaughter to stop them putting her into foster care, is not care in the community? No its becuase I am on the wrong type of ESA, apparantly if I was on Income Based I would be, but as I am on Contribution based, I am not. so it boils down to the fact that I had worked all my life and so I an not entitled to. But if I had been sitting on the benefit trail all my life I would be!!!! I am hopping mad.
so I have got to get the budget back on track as I have been turned down for all the funding in every direction at the moment.!

On the plus side a no spend day today, and my Mum has given me a few quid to go towards the next lot of logs that I urgently need.

rictus123

Hey everyone hows it going today? I had a £104.50 spend yesterday and a NSD today. Hopefully i can last until the 13th(valentines gift for gf) without spending a penny on anything. Just my desiel that will be on capital one then get paid off on the 15th-18th, not sure exact date it gets cleared. Im so excited to what i might be saving soon if i can stick to under £500 a month spends.