Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 1

rubytuesday

Flying Fresian I really enjoyed reading the comments to that article! Very funny!

mooomin

wornoutmumoftwo wrote: »

The smileys are here There are just hundreds of them, all free. I got the link from another thread.

And this shall be my one

Siouxsie32

wornoutmumoftwo wrote: »

The smileys are here There are just hundreds of them, all free. I got the link from another thread.

I'm being dumb and un-techie but how do you get the actual smiley images from the site to show in an email? I copied and pasted the URL link onto an email but it just had the link, not the image. What am I doing wrong?

mooomin

susie-sue wrote: »

I'm being dumb and un-techie but how do you get the actual smiley images from the site to show in an email? I copied and pasted the URL link onto an email but it just had the link, not the image. What am I doing wrong?

I think it shows when you send it. My smiley didn't show when I was typing the post but was there when I posted it (if that makes sense!)

youngmummy

hi im off to bed very shortly. hope everyone is well. i have paid £70 into savings today :T:T. i will also be paying my catolgue off tommorrow all £57.50p of it :T so all in all for the first month of the year i think i doing really well. got drs tommorrow and LO has also got an appointment tommorrow. the puppy is having his jabs next week. so will be abit of expense there but over all we doing ok
hoping i can put at least £300 in savings each month :eek:......so im going to try my very best. night night all xxxx
have paid another £40 tonight via phone banking tonight into savings account. im sticking too my budget quiet well so far no more bills untill feb now hopefully so its all good
im really focused this year to live on a budget and im hoping we can do it ....

Siouxsie32

flying_fresian wrote: »

I think it shows when you send it. My smiley didn't show when I was typing the post but was there when I posted it (if that makes sense!)

Thanks FF but I tried sending it to myself just to see and it still just came up with the typed URL link so I'm still none the wiser!

never_too_old

JayneC wrote: »

Hi,

just a quickie before bed!
My toilet man came yay:j!!! He thinks it's the loo paper not dissolving so no more cheapo loo roll Have instructed that minimal amounts of loo roll should be used (is that a step too far?) and IAITM eeeugh :eek::eek:

dizzie _ I love the look of your book. I'm thinking of making things like that to sell on Folksy, that's about as far as my business plan has got, lol:D

23rd Spiral - I've got glasses online from Glasses Direct and they were fine, about £25.

Night night all xx

we dont get much help from gravity with our toilet(its downstairs)so as we arent metered i ask then men to flush part way through also if the water starts backing up i turn kitchen tap on it shares same drainage pipe. i also use soda chrystals to put down the toilet once a week:D

ps Mr T has velvet toilet tissue for £3 for 9 and you can get a 50p off coupon on there website

never_too_old

susie-sue wrote: »

Thanks FF but I tried sending it to myself just to see and it still just came up with the typed URL link so I'm still none the wiser!

this is me at the day job
i copied and pasted the link in the forum box and it worked

cw18

susie-sue wrote: »

I'm being dumb and un-techie but how do you get the actual smiley images from the site to show in an email? I copied and pasted the URL link onto an email but it just had the link, not the image. What am I doing wrong?

It's not the 'URL' you need, it's the one in the box under 'Forum' (which starts

apple_mint

... I'm out of breath. Just done a mad dash through the posts to catch up I daren't skip them as there are so many useful tips.

A NSD yesterday and hopefully will be one today. OH made potato wedges and a dip to go with dinner last night. It was lovely to come home to something unexpected and they were very tasty. Normally it would be mash or boiled potatoes. (Which is nice but it was lovely to have a surprise). He is very on board with the challenge and we can see the benefits. He went online to look for recipes and is now getting quite interested in trying new things. Food is stretching a long way and the next shop on Thursday should be quite low.

I'm debating making up a notebook to put all the frugal ideas in. I saw something sometime ago on the Martha Stewart web site on using scrap paper (printed on one side) stapled together with a card cover. I might try that.