Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 1

dizzy_lizzie

itsallinthemind wrote: »

Still no cheese/chocolate/coffee in a month soon. Luckily I would not choose cheese over the safespace, so you can't tell me off yet

Well done on NSD

Please share, if they can talk bacon we can talk cake :D

Hee hee.Will definately post this up. When I can find it. It's in a little book called The Cake Scoffer, all vegan recipe bakes, there is now an updated version at Animal Aid http://www.animalaidshop.org.uk/cookbooks.htm and it's cheap as chips. They do others in this series too. Got The Breakfast Scoffer as well. So I think, because it's only a small book it's probably in with the newspapers somewhere???? But I will find it! I need it!
lynzpower good luck with the exam tomorrow.
rubytuesday wow well done on the £20 find. I bet that was a nice surprise. I'm still looking for my marbles!
cw18 hope your chappie is okay an it's just a simple trapped nerve which will sort itself out.
Erme I remember when I was young we lived in a house with an attic and it was freezing up there. No radiators, in fact none in the house, just gas fires. Anyway it had a victorian fireplace in there too but obviously we didn't use as a fire, more's the pity. So when I was going out with my first proper serious boyfriend he bought a fan heater for the room. Whenever we switched it on mum or dad would know because they said the meter wheel spun round much quicker!
minnie2 hope hubby soon comes round to your way of thinking, I'm sure he will eventually, sometimes it just takes a bit of time.

Had to pop into Mr T's today and spent £10.36 but didn't spend £60 last week so it's balancing out.
A question here too please If I post an ebay parcel and obviously the buyer has already paid p&p would you count this as a NSD then or not? Because technically they've paid the p&p that I'm paying at the post office.
Luv Dizzy x

midwinter

dizzy_lizzie wrote: »

A question here too please If I post an ebay parcel and obviously the buyer has already paid p&p would you count this as a NSD then or not? Because technically they've paid the p&p that I'm paying at the post office.
Luv Dizzy x

An NSD. It's their money you're spending, not yours! :j

23rdspiral

i somehow managed to loose my spreadsheet - i think i saved it to the 'temps' folder at work by mistake and over the wknd the server ate it. lucky it's only the start of jan!

have had 6 NSDs this year so far. i'm very pleased with that as i work in a town centre, as the shops are too tempting at lunchtime.

i've just re-entered all my data - thank god i kept the reciepts in one place! and it says groceries = 12.85 / or would have been 16.66 if not for whoopsied.... well, we wouldnt have had the fresh haddock if it wasnt on whoopsie, but i still think it's a great motivator!

went to Mo**isons tonght as i was there for petrol so went inside for milk and veg... and found whoopsied potatoes and sweede too! and bread rolls! AND i didnt buy the plentiful and rather yummy looking whoopsied cake. woo me!

??????????? re the spreadsheet... do i put petrol into the OTHERS page as i buy it, then transfer the costs to JAN REG? or do i just add up the total myself and pop it straight into JAN REG? thanks. (i do get confused easily)

CW - i hope your fella is ok?

dizzy_lizzie

midwinter wrote: »

An NSD. It's their money you're spending, not yours! :j

Yay it is when you put it like that :T
I'm changing my sig now to add another NSD to it from last week.
Thanks midwinter
Luvz Dizzy x

Ooh I've just thought I should knock off the ebay postage too off my sig because I added it to my running total. In fact I'm going to do just that right now :T Yay
Luv dizzy x

LollopyBear

Evening all,

I haven't caught up with the past 30(!) pages I've yet to read yet. You have been chatty!

OK my spends don't look great for the past week, but I've done better than it looks.

Travel£19.90Groceries£12.00Eating Out£0.00Household£9.00Bocca£0.00Alcohol£6.90Tobacco£11.56Entertainment£137.77Gifts and Charity£0.00Clothing£0.00Misc£12.90

As you can see, the entertainment spends is very high. £25 was for my horse riding lesson, but the rest was for two lots of tickets. I should be getting some money back for this (prob about £50 or so). My husband and I are going to see the Levellers in March with a load of people and then Caged Monkeys with Prof. Brian Cox at a science night in May. Part of being strict with the budget this year is because we want to have more experiences, so although I am slightly shame-faced about spending that much in one go, we have got things to look forward to now. I just have to finish the rest of the month on budget!

Now to read the past posts to see how the rest of you are getting on. Hopefully better than me!

rubytuesday

Aril wrote: »

Hello:j
PS I've seen the Gill Holcombe book in The Works on occasion for £3.99. I bought it as a present a few months ago.

Thanks very much for that I'll keep my eyes open. I haven't heard of them before.

dizzy_lizzie

LollopyBear wrote: »

Evening all,

I haven't caught up with the past 30(!) pages I've yet to read yet. You have been chatty!

OK my spends don't look great for the past week, but I've done better than it looks.

Travel£19.90Groceries£12.00Eating Out£0.00Household£9.00Bocca£0.00Alcohol£6.90Tobacco£11.56Entertainment£137.77Gifts and Charity£0.00Clothing£0.00Misc£12.90

As you can see, the entertainment spends is very high. £25 was for my horse riding lesson, but the rest was for two lots of tickets. I should be getting some money back for this (prob about £50 or so). My husband and I are going to see the Levellers in March with a load of people and then Caged Monkeys with Prof. Brian Cox at a science night in May. Part of being strict with the budget this year is because we want to have more experiences, so although I am slightly shame-faced about spending that much in one go, we have got things to look forward to now. I just have to finish the rest of the month on budget!

Now to read the past posts to see how the rest of you are getting on. Hopefully better than me!

Hi Lollopybear. I remember when I went horse riding it was £1.25. And do you know I can remember it like it was yesterday. We used to help out on the farm as well mucking out etc and there was a little caravan in the grounds were we would then get free cups of tea and jam 'butties' for our help. The best part for me was getting home after a cold afternoon and having a hot bath and vegetable soup. I can remember that so clearly. Aw thanks for the memories. That was when mum and dad were around. Sadly lost both of them in my twenties, dad to cancer and mum in a road accident. Oh dear I think memory lane may be a little teary tonight
Same as us as well re; the budget. Partly because I want OH and I to stay over weekends in places etc and have the money spare to do it rather than take it from other pots so to speak. Also because I'm fed up of giving to the supermarkets hence my meal menus
Luvz Dizzy x

tiddles

How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Healthy-Balanced-Little-Kitchen/dp/1905862156/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top[/QUOTE]

You can read this book for free at the following link: http://www.howto.co.uk/wellbeing/quick-healthy-recipes/

rubytuesday

Well I worked out that I have 6252.48 per annum to spend after all the bills etc and twenty five pounds a week into Isa and 5 pounds a week into girlies account.

rubytuesday

tiddles wrote: »

How to Feed Your Whole Family a Healthy Balanced Diet, with Very Little Money and Hardly Any Time, Even If You Have a Tiny Kitchen, Only Three ... - Unless You Count the Garlic Crusher... (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Healthy-Balanced-Little-Kitchen/dp/1905862156/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

You can read this book for free at the following link: http://www.howto.co.uk/wellbeing/quick-healthy-recipes/[/QUOTE]

Wow that's even better! Thanks!:j