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Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 1

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  • cw18
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    midwinter wrote: »
    ..... if it works, a friend will have a rather nice cake for her birthday on Sunday!
    oooooo......

    you shouldn't have....

    no, no. really..... you shouldn't have....

    Oh go on then - if you insist :D
    Cheryl
  • midwinter
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    cw18 wrote: »
    oooooo......

    you shouldn't have....

    no, no. really..... you shouldn't have....

    Oh go on then - if you insist :D


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  • cw18
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    :(

    guess I'll just have to settle for the one my grand-daughters (aged 7 & 5) are hopefully making for me then ;)
    Cheryl
  • midwinter
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    I hope they do for you!

    Know my mum is making one for my 50th next month :D

    Not sure if the :D is for the birthday number, or the cake!
    The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open
  • mooomin
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    Well, I just made my first ever mortgage overpayment :D Only £100, but every little helps!

    For the bakers - Morrisons have 1.5kg bags of Be-ro flour for 70p, which I thought was a total bargain, as is their Bachelor's condensed soups for 37p a tin.

    Better go and pack for my trip I suppose! Happy Fridays to all :j
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Spends today:

    £10 via Groupon for 10 fitness classes at my local gym (eek!!) My normal idea of exercise is lifting crisps to my face, but it's ten minutes walk away and it's about time I tried something like that :D

    £2.68 on two food storage boxes in Morrisons
    £0.74 on two tins of bargain soup
    £0.69 on chewing gum
    £0.99 on eggs (whoopsied)
  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Posts: 22,383 Forumite
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    midwinter wrote: »
    Warmed up jacket potatoes, sprinkling of salt, knob of butter.... very nice lunch!

    Trying out my new cake tin that I got in the sales.... shape of a flower...... if it works, a friend will have a rather nice cake for her birthday on Sunday!

    Talking of birthdays, happy birthday balloons.gif to those who have one today~sorry, can't remember who they were!

    Midwinter is that the daisy lakeland one? I got that too I couldn't resist!
    We were all home for lunch today so frugally finished the pasta bake and then a couple of people called after I had taken to my bed for an hour or so - (feel very tired and achy) and the cookies have been demolished.
    Here dead we lie because we did not choose
    To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
    Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
    But young men think it is,
    And we were young.
    A E Housman
  • never_too_old
    never_too_old Posts: 3,082 Forumite
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    yipee NSD for me today,should really have got some petrol as the light has started trenchcoat.gif at me.
    but really wanted my day to be spend free.
    MAKE £2022 in 2022 no 29 £2022/£434.10
    Mortgage@ 1/1/2022 £17540 / £1601.39
    pay all your debts by xmas 2022 £15000/ £1865.29

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  • SandraScarlett
    SandraScarlett Posts: 4,133 Forumite
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    Three weeks into the New Year, and I'm really chuffed with the savings I've made. Nothing fantastic, compared to some, but it meant that when my credit card bill arrived yesterday, I was able to pay it immediately instead of waiting till the end of the month! :j

    Just as well, cos I had a little peep at the meters this morning, and worked out our gas/leccy spending - it's nearly as big as the national debt! :eek:

    Hope everyone is well and has a pleasant, but frugal, weekend.

    xx
  • salski
    salski Posts: 292 Forumite
    Hello all - had a NSD one day this week - cant remeber which one - think it was Tues. Today wont be a NSD as we are having a fish supper and I also need marg and coffee!
    Keep the good work up!
    Oh and I just attempted my first ever bread making attempt!! Its currently rising! Wish me luck!
    Loan finished Sep 2010 - HSBC CC - WAS £750 now £0! Natwest CC - WAS £1600 now £100 - Overdraughts to be worked on! WILL be debt free by mid 2011!!!
    £2000 Saved so far for maternity leave - Our baby girl arrived valentines day! Elsie Ann - WELCOME :heart:
    Sealed pot challenge number 4 - number 1167 - Last day smoking: 8/1/2011
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