Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 1

itsallinthemind

I meant to say when talking about the LG Sauces/Coffee........The Co-op Healthy Choice Indian Curry sauces, 450g size are 54p, normally £1.09. Again until the 18th. I'm not a lover of jar sauces, but may grab some next week as these are a great price, comnpared to making your own if you would use cream

mooomin

I've had a NSD today Really good news for someone who is always frittering :rotfl:

Dinner is slow-cooked lamb chops with garlic and herbs, which smell amazing.

We've also had some good news - we got a large amount of money (a few thousand pounds *eek*) for Christmas from Mr Fresian's parents. I'm not counting any of it as mine until we speak about it, he's still in shock so hasn't thought what he wants to do with it. They told us that they were trying to even things out as his siblings have been supported for the last couple of years - both live away from home but have their rent paid - and he wanted to give us something. I am so grateful for their generosity.

I'm quite excited though as it might mean a holiday this year :j

seriouslyfrugal

hi


welcome to frugalbrunette to the challenge :hello:

today I went into southampton with mum so that was good to get out of the house as i've not been out for a couple of day although not a nsd - but that's ok because It was planned !!!

hope everyone had a good day today

Erme

lynzpower wrote: »

Hey erme, just wondering how you are getting on with your shampoo? How much does it work out at per wash?

Currently we are using a stock of cond from ast year I got vvv cheap in asda and shampoos are coming courtesy of our B00ts points ( the cheapest is 89p) Our boots points will run out soon and we only have one conditioner left in the store then we are out. I have vvvv dry and desperate for a cut and frizzy so conditioner helps. Not using cond isnt an option for me ( tried it, didnt work)

shampoo as in hair...half bicarb and half cornflour in a tub? whooshed over hair with hands then brushed through. Find I need to put it on every other day (more often than I would shampoo)...depends on where you get your bicarb from I guess? I get mine from an asian supermarket = £3.50 for 3kg which'll last about half a year cos I use it for EVERYTHING....

Head getting worse....getting very annoyed at the crisis line who are insisting when I ask them it's Sabbath when I know it's Saturday and tomorrow is monday 13th

Erme le fatwig (time to starve methinks...Just deteste le horrid voices kaj le spiders on ze wall)

No more meds for me now...stuff Dr. C he's delusional

ELF

redglass_2

Great news, Flying_fresian! :j:j

Have printed off the Starbucks voucher, Salski, thank you. May get a chance to try it out tomorrow.

minnie2

Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need serious help with my husband please!!!!!!!!!!!!

i knew he put the water on yesterday as we all wanted a bath.but at half eleven last night i said have you turned the water off he said yes.phew!! then he said do you want me to turn the heating off? i said argh why did you turn it on we didnt need it on!! so then he says well one day of having it on isnt going to make a difference!!!!!!!!!! argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then he suggests we dont eat for two days to make up for it!!!!!!!!!!!

somebody please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!

midwinter

redglass wrote: »

If you peel bananas before they get too ripe, you can freeze them in a tupperware box. They keep quite well, in fact they make a sort of lolly (with no handle).

Thanks very much, this is certainly worth me trying!

mommyof4

You have my sympathies Minnie2, my dh just doesn't 'get it' with regards to saving! He doesn't have dealings with the paying of bills etc, so he just puts heating on when he wants, when i ask him to turn it off he says he has. Then I find it's still on, he says he forgot! to top it all he leaves the utility room door wide open (we have a cat flap in the door in there, without the flap bit, so howling gale!) so all heat flies out! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I could scream!!!

mooomin

mommyof4 wrote: »

You have my sympathies Minnie2, my dh just doesn't 'get it' with regards to saving! He doesn't have dealings with the paying of bills etc, so he just puts heating on when he wants, when i ask him to turn it off he says he has. Then I find it's still on, he says he forgot! to top it all he leaves the utility room door wide open (we have a cat flap in the door in there, without the flap bit, so howling gale!) so all heat flies out! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I could scream!!!

It's not Mr Fresian but the lodger with us.

The heating got turned off yesterday when she was walking around in a vest top. !!!!!!....

cw18

mine used to turn the thermstat up on both the heating and the water tank :eek:
but as he didn't actually know how to over-ride the timers (I "forgot" to show him how when we moved in ) it didn't actually do him much good