Frugal Living 2011 - the preparation stage

knithappens

I will be back on board for 2011

Erme

I have a few friends who home ed

one is here and her old blog is here...

Not feeling too great right now...Dropped purse in street the other day and now current bank are being a nightmare trying to get cash out...Guess it'll be more NSD's which is a good thing but anyhow. Also it could be a week or longer before I get my bus pass back and it's not exactly safe to be walking very far.

So I plan on turning into a night owl to deal with things currently

Interesting the discussion on all things veggie ...when stressed it's the only food I can eat.

Made some banana bread the other night for a gift for the depot nurses and even though I somehow managed to burn the bottom of it they were well chuffed. I have my reputation at the hospital to think of :rotfl: The bananas were almost black as it was

Having a muddle so best go..

E
PS. Please don't fret about me...been here before and have a fab care team...I'll be okay. This is just a blip.

hollysmum22

hi all just popping in to say my yearly spend is now £6,000

Erme

Praise God I found the purse on Friday..:j. Thanks for everyone's prayers on that score...

Anyhow just popping by to let interested folks know that I finished THE sock this am and am onto the next one ... Has lots of holes (not least my careless kitchener stitch) in the difficult parts (SSK - anyone any tips?) but overall am pleased

Blessings

How is everyone finding the heating with the cold? I think following my bill I have it sorted. - 2 storage heaters for whole flat plus oil heater in bedroom when it gets really cold. Seems to heat the flat okay. Only bill payments (I pay by payment card monthly) haven't gone down cos used the fan heater in the middle month . At least they haven't gone up which with 2 weeks of sub zero is such a blessing

Maybe next quarter they'll go down?

E

Erme

PS. Does anyone else want to join me on the homemade sanitary wear thingy for this next year? Just pm me and I'll tell you how to make them (no sew method) and how to wash them.

E

grandma247

Erme the explanation is on this page, just scroll down till you get to ssk. It helps with shaping and helps to eliminate holes.

NualaBuala

HI everyone,

I still haven't finalised my 2011 budget but I looked back on my posts last year and realised I have done very well this year (mainly out of necessity!).

I was aiming for €11,400 for everything but circumstances changed for the worse so I revised that down to €10k (but then I didn't have certain expenses like commuting, stopped getting haircuts and cut some other stuff so that saved a lot). So far I have spent €8726 of that, everything extra was thrown at a loan and a wee bit of savings. Alas, circumstances have got worse again but I will have to manage somehow ... I think I will be aiming for around €9500 for everything.

sparkle76

Hi erme hope you feel better and so glad you found your purse!

71bagpuss

can any body help me is there a spreadsheet available that i can use too do my budget on the computer

71bagpuss

please and thnx