Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 2

23rdspiral

lincoln-potter wrote: »

Hello All,

I have just stumbled across this most interesting thread and whilst I don't think I am currently able to live a truely frugal lifestlye (as per your definitions) it is very encouraging to see so many people attempt this task.

There are some very useful links on the first page, many I have not even heard of before so I will be sure to have a in depth read and see if i can at the very lest adopt some of them into my life.

All the best
LP

hello, welcome to the thread. it's a personal challenge, we really do have all sorts of people needing to monitor, manage and cut costs for all sorts of reasons.
i keep looking at the mortgage-free-wannabe area and then run away scared! we had been overpaying lots since the big rate crash (basically still paying what we were before so not noticed it, but eroding capitol quite well). but we're moving now so all that's ended as we've had to take a higher % rate.
I'll be very interested to see how your own frugal challenge impacts on your MFW challenge.

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is it a blue moon day? my fiance called and asked if i'd like to meet for lunch:D but i'd already eaten:( so i just had a coffe (woop for my purse and my hips!:j)

and looking in the charity shops on the walk home i found a Diesel hoodie/cardie thing 3.00 down to 1.50 (needed a new coverup, cheaper than Primarmi and not the at least £30 it would have been new) and an IKEA Lillholm 3 pronged hook that i was going to buy tonight anway at £6.12 for only £1.50!:T. so have spent 4.50 today that i didnt intend but that was good savings:j

Savvy_sewing

Well I am back off of my break with Molly, so its back to saving like crazy. My son is definitely moving out and packing up college. So the budget is about to take a huge drop as I thought.
The freezer is practically empty and will need filling though. I am hoping to make use of the storecupboard stocks but as we are meat eaters, and DGD is especially fond of her mince I will need to buy some.!

miss_empty_piggy

Good evening all and welcome to LP!!

Having wanted to do all of the wonderful frugal tips and ideas I have finally done some of them. This is a majorly big thing for me, as I have the classic problem of never getting round to it!!! However I have:

dug the vegetable patch over and ready to plant;
caned all the raspberries;
planted rhubard, and carrots and peppers and cucumbers and toms;
moved the gardening shed off the garden and into the garage (no need for it outside - just taking up room);
moved the composter to a much more convenient place (after emptying all of the contents into bags - took hours);
Made homemade pasta - ala Lady Lesley, it looked really odd but it was absolutely LUSH and both of my mega-fussy DDs loved it(thanks Lesley x)
bought 1 demi-john and glass airlock thingy and corks from CBS;
ironed wrapping paper (was almost dancing with this one!!!)
Got 2 fabulous bike helmets for DDs for £1.00 (50p each) - cheap entertainment for holidays next week!

Am exhausted now though - going for a long hot soak.
I love it when a plan comes together!

tumptyteapot

I have 4 days off my son while he is at his dads, so today I got a haircut (groupon £18+£5 tip) and tried to spend a bit of money on myself, I failed :-) I bought some craft stuff and some sandpaper from Poundland and the best I could do for a treat was a 60p crossiant and a £1 bag of mis shaped chocolates :-) I won £50 on the premium bonds and I was prepared to spend that but I couldn't find anything that met my stringent 'do I need it' and 'is it good enough value' rule :-)

rubytuesday

Hello everyone will need to have a good catch up with you all.

Today has been spendy. I spent ten pounds in the charity shop on a few nice bits from Zara, Per Una, Oasis and M and S.

Then took my daughter to John Lewis to be fitted for a bra. 30E!! Not a very straight forward size. Only bra that fitted was forty five pounds and she said no to that. Managed to get a 30DD in M and S in the sale that fitted ok for five pounds but just the one. There is a stand alone shop not far from me run by a rather eccentric woman but it is rarely open. We will try that first anyway.

Anyway after the trials and tribulations of shopping which she has come to hate almost as much as me, I treated us to Nandos.

Will be reigning in again now especially if I end up with no choice but to spend a fortune on a boulder holder!

rubytuesday

So sorry to hear that terrible news Lola. xxx

tumptyteapot

rubytuesday wrote: »

Then took my daughter to John Lewis to be fitted for a bra. 30E!! Not a very straight forward size.

La Senza do that size and they have fantastic sales, they are worth looking at online as well if you don't have one near.
http://www.lasenza.co.uk/bras/level2.aspx?d=1&size=30E

rubytuesday

tumptyteapot wrote: »

La Senza do that size and they have fantastic sales, they are worth looking at online as well if you don't have one near.
http://www.lasenza.co.uk/bras/level2.aspx?d=1&size=30E

Thanks Tumpty; we actually went in to La Senza on Oxford street and they all started at size 32. She is really going to have to try them on as she needs to be careful the wires are not digging in to the tissue and she is actually quite flat/shallow across the chest bones so the shape is hard to fit.

tumptyteapot

rubytuesday wrote: »

Thanks Tumpty; we actually went in to La Senza on Oxford street and they all started at size 32. She is really going to have to try them on as she needs to be careful the wires are not digging in to the tissue and she is actually quite flat/shallow across the chest bones so the shape is hard to fit.

If you know you are going to a store you can contact them ahead and ask them to get her size in stock, I know which styles fit me from there now so I can just buy them online and I know they will be ok.

LolaLemon

saorsie wrote: »

Thank you Lola for updating us ~ I've been thinking regularly of your lovely friend Donna and her beautiful children Hannah and Noah since you first let us know the terrible news. Although very few of us 'know' each other in Real Life (RL) I hope you can take a little comfort from the love and support of the 'virtual strangers' from this wonderful thread

-s- x

Thank you to everyone for your kinds words. xx

i see these forums the same as other real life groups that i have joined, i meet many new people, and i gain many new friends, and im proud to be able to have all these new friends that live soo far away but we are joined by our similar interests.

Hannah is doing well today, they removed some of the tubes and wires holding her together and she was fine she is getting stronger by the hour.

the daily record have posted a pic of hannah and noah and their dad, but the last i heard was that no one was to talk to the journalists that have been hounding our town for information and stories.
here is the link, they have pixilated hannah. so unsure if this was the family that have put this on, or they have gotten the pic from fb themselves.



Good luck with the interview 23.
Welcome to the new lurkers/members.. i follow the challenge, but i still havnt worked out all my costs and spends available. im hoping to work uyp the courage to finally face my finances... they are not too bad, but a few unexpected things have happened and any more and we will be out on our ear (i expect haha Thank F... for the bank of mum and dad eh?)
My really guilty pleasure is magazines. i really just cant help myself. i have tried. they are not even tory type magazines, its crochet ones, and used to be knitting ones, but i stopped that habit. and ive started buying the new chicken one too, as im hoping to get some chickens soon.