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

taka

Get well soon Janey!

kittiej wrote: »

Hello everyone.

I've been a bit preoccupied for a while because my DH and I got married yesterday :j

It was all very frugally done too since it cost us the grand total of £255.88, so another reason to celebrate :rotfl:

Right I need to refocus on my frugality!

:j :beer: Wow! Congratulations! :T :beer:

pagangirl

Ahhhhhh - congratulations kittiej & OH :smileyhea And a frugal wedding too ! :T:T:T

CW18 - go for the hairdo - you'll feel tons better, hope your new man appreciates it !

frugaldom - do we get photo of new baby chicks???

suzywuzy - thanks for the heads up on Mr A cod fillets 4 x £3 - will go up next week & hope they got some left. (Need to use up some of the freezer stash, coz I can't squeeze any more in )

Got a bonus today from Mr T when I went for bogof cheese - got 4 with some other bits. Change was ok so didn't check bill til home. Till lady had done discount wrong. so got 3 free instead of two. Mr T actually paid me £3.68 for going in there (if it had been small local shop, I would've gone back in to pay, but figured Mr T wouldn't miss it).

2nd bonus was £4.00 in coop vouchers as I complained re decidedly yucky cakes in Jan. (Nice suprise, cos I wasn't expecting anything)

It's pouring with rain here now, looked bad on news if you live in Scotland ! Good luck with all snow & power cuts. Phwoooar !!! :eek: It made me feel cold just looking at it.

Have a great weekend all, will update sig when worked out spends.

NualaBuala

kittiej wrote: »

Hello everyone.

I've been a bit preoccupied for a while because my DH and I got married yesterday :j

It was all very frugally done too since it cost us the grand total of £255.88, so another reason to celebrate :rotfl:

Right I need to refocus on my frugality!

Congratulations Kittie!
Here's wishing you and your new hubby a lifetime of love and happiness (luckily these don't cost anything!).
:j:T:j

You are doing great paying off your debts and with all your challenges. I've given up alcohol too; not sure if it's permanent but I'm not that pushed on it so what's the point on wasting money on it.


I'm still doing fine budget-wise despite treating myself to a lavender plant in a pot from LIdl this week. I also got some fertiliser for my berry shrubs.

My home baking kept me in lunches in college all week and there is still a bit left. I don't have any more bread flour; I wonder if I could use some plain flour to make rolls? Would save me going shopping over the weekend.

I had a realisation the other day. My college is in town and I used to sometimes browse in shops to see if there was anything I needed or to kill time waiting for buses. But I copped on that if I don't go into shops, I won't buy anything - pretty obvious I know! Shops, magazines and TV ads are designed to persuade me that what I have isn't enough, that I need more stuff. So I ignore all this now and just stroll in the park if there's a long wait for my bus, or stay in college a bit longer. So the only money I've spent is on my pre-paid bus ticket; nothing on snacks/lunches/coffee or stuff I don't need in shops. This is a big change for me since last year so I'm quite pleased with myself and I know I'm not in the slightest bit deprived.

Have a lovely Friday evening everyone!

candygirl

kittiej wrote: »

Hello everyone.

I've been a bit preoccupied for a while because my DH and I got married yesterday :j

It was all very frugally done too since it cost us the grand total of £255.88, so another reason to celebrate :rotfl:

Right I need to refocus on my frugality!

Aww congrats Kittie, and well done on the frugality:T:T:T

cw18

edaniels1983 wrote: »

why not try your local college? ours is only 15.00 for any amount of colours x

Hadn't though of them..... will see if it's possible this way next time it needs doing - which on my past experience will be the back end of 2011 :rotfl:

kittiej wrote: »

I've been a bit preoccupied for a while because my DH and I got married yesterday :j

Congratulations :T





Well, had a boooooring shift at work today (not enough to do!) - but I now have a whole week off :T

Had planned to start on raised beds this weekend, but DS "didn't hear" the chap who came to deliver the wood - so I've come home to a note asking me to contact them to rearrange delivery (which I'll no doubt have to pay for now :mad: )

Does, however, mean I've no excuse for not getting on with some very intensive (and desperately needed) h-word instead If anyone sees me posting on here at regular intervals over the next week (I probably show as signed in most of the time, as I leave my laptop on with one browser on this forum, so the green light isn't a good indicator of whether I'm surfing or getting on with things) pleeeeease nudge me to go and get on with the h-word !!! (The exception being Saturday night, as I'm over at DDs baby-sitting)

Frugaldom

kittiej wrote: »

Hello everyone.

I've been a bit preoccupied for a while because my DH and I got married yesterday :j

It was all very frugally done too since it cost us the grand total of £255.88, so another reason to celebrate :rotfl:

Right I need to refocus on my frugality!

:j:beer::T CONGRATULATIONS KITTIEJ, that is wonderful news, I am so happy for you. I love that there are still people out there who can see the point of frugal weddings. I wish you health, wealth and a life full of happiness together forever. Now tell all! Was it a long planned out event with both families in arrendance or was it a secret elopement to Gretna Green?

Pagangirl, all the chick photos are on my blog site in signature plus there's one posted in the 'Let's keep chickens' thread. [STRIKE]The chick in my avatar is now a mum! LOL Must update that.[/STRIKE] Updated, the chick in my avatar hatched this morning.

kittiej

Thanks for the congrats and nice messages

OH, no now I can call him DH :jhis family came, a couple of girls from work turned up as a surprise!

If I'm honest I don't really see much of my family any more because they live too far away, but there were 15 of us at the register office and then 13 went on to a carvery pub for a meal. £3.59 and you could really pile your plate. My food was a little more expensive at £4.99 because I'm a veggie, but they still handed me another plate to pile any veg onto, so I had lots. Not everyone wanted a pudding so for the 13 of ( includes our 2 sons) the food came to £53.44.

The register office was £103.5, bits n bobs/ clothes came to £54, our rings cost ££23.48, they were 18ct white gold HGE but when we've got a bit more money we can replace these, and a cheapy two tiers of the celebration cakes from Tesco which cost £21.48 and it's really nice fruit cake - so if anyone else is planning on having a frugal wedding then I would say buy these cakes.

The registrar was lovely and she really made us feel at ease, ( she even told DH she'd give him a slap if he tried to run away now lol) Family n friends took loads of pics so I'm hoping we can put a decent album together.

It's not everyone's cup of tea I know, but we don't buy into the big wedding stuff, I wouldn't be able to cope with lots of people anyway. We didn't want a night do either, DH's sister said 'you've got to have a party' and DH replied I'm almost 50 not 24! :rotfl:

So we enjoyed it, the sun shone for us so everything was perfect.

Anyway, what's this about Cheryl having a new man on the scene? What have I been missing?

cw18

kittiej wrote: »

Anyway, what's this about Cheryl having a new man on the scene? What have I been missing?

We've been "chatting" on the 'net since 13th, and on the phone (and by text) since last weekend. Due to meet up at a local park to take my dog for a walk a week on Sunday

To say I feel as if I'm a teenager again is ridiculous - but true!!! Regular butterflies in panic at the thought of meeting.... but also in nice anticipation at the same time if that's possible

kittiej

Aww good luck, hope he's nice.

Have you seen a pic of him? or are you 'wearing' anything in particular ( pink carnation etc lol)

cw18

I've seen pics of him (and his youngest daughter, and his grandson)

ETA: Grandson "belongs" to middle daughter - youngest isn't that old yet