Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - Part 3.

purpleorchid

Evening all, how is everyone today?

I had a good day with more xmas gifts today, 5 hello kitty items on amazon, should have cost £17.01, but it cost me £0.00 :j
I used evouchers from my Yoursaypays.com account (this is a survey website, really worthwhile.)

Also 24 cans of kitekate for £10.60 on amazon, but i used £10 from my MySurvey.com account (another good survey site), so these also cost me nothing as it was free delivery and the change i had from the hello kitty items covered the 60p and i still had money left in my amazon account.

woohoo. :rotfl:

seriouslyfrugal

Hi Everyone

Stayed in today so a NSD I was out last night as it was my aunties birthday so we popped to see her at home it was good to catch up with the family


Tumpty : try getting nella lasts diary ( there are 3 books in all ) covering different years from the library it was made into a tv docudrama sometime ago with Victoria Wood in it basically there was a group of people who wrote diaries during the war ( obervation study i think ) but I would recommend anyone to read these really good and infomative about the home front from someone who was there

Welcome Florenceem:wave:

Watching children in need rocks tonight on the tv

have a good evening everyone

Aril

Hello fellow frugallers:j
Thanks for the heads up on the soya mix DL - I already regularly use the frozen veggie mince but this would give something new to try. We're not a veggie household but find it makes an excellent meat substitute. With regards to free range meat etc- I'm not completely there yet but now I am part time and sometimes strike lucky with the whoopsies I have been able to buy a lot more free range stuff as it's been reduced to a price I can afford.

For those of you interested in war time food- the Marguerite Patten books are good starters.
This is the link to Thriftlady's original thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/481412
And this site might be of interest [not affiliated in any way]
http://www.ukhomefront.co.uk/6.html

As ever busy frugalling here at GBT:D Had a £25 win on the premium bonds so Mr GBT and I have decided on one of the meals for 2 for £10 as a treat as the small person is away this weekend. Have also received my first money from my newest job which is rather jolly! Our kettle [came from freecycle] is on its last legs and am very blessed to have been offered a replacement this evening. Further amazon voucher earnt today and have made a necklace for my MIL as part of her Christmas present [she has advanced dementia but still enjoys her jewellery] from the wooden beads I bought last summer.
This weekend will see me transferring the mincemeat into jars and Mr GBT is going to start off a batch of sloe wine.

For anyone who has a small person who is interested in knots my chappie joined the International Guild of Knotters a few days ago- it's free membership for under 18s and he got a pack through very quickly. Possibly not how I'd choose to spend my spare time but then I think he feels the same way about my knitting:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Arilx

tumptyteapot

Oh wow, thanks for all the links, I'll log onto the library website tomorrow and see if any of those books are there. Need to buy some sugar as the weekly sugar allowance is more than we usually use, but we will be making biccies instead of eating jammy dodgers :-)

Cherryjack

Hello would love to join this thread

paidinchickens

Cherryjack wrote: »

Hello would love to join this thread

Hi :j

I spent most of yesterday hobbling round the kitchen baking. I made my first lemon meringue and an orange cake both of which have now gone :eek: Why is it when I bake to last a few days it only lasts hours ???


PIC x

Cherryjack

paidinchickens wrote: »

Hi :j

I spent most of yesterday hobbling round the kitchen baking. I made my first lemon meringue and an orange cake both of which have now gone :eek: Why is it when I bake to last a few days it only lasts hours ???


PIC x

Hello :-) they must have been really good :T

LolaLemon

Seen this on Facebook.
Photobox UK are doing a buy now create later , up to 14 days later, via the link on their Facebook page, and it takes u to 70% off. I had a look and it looks good. Posters for £8 canvas', mugs, calendars etc.... I'm going to have a proper look later tonight... but the 70% is not on normal website, so get adding them on fb.(no way affiliated with them, have bought stuff previously, and all good quality that I received)

dizzy_lizzie

Aril your posts inspire me they really do :T
paidinchix it's the same here. No sooner are cookies coming out the oven they're eaten. Mmmmm cookies...:)
Lola thanks for the info
Cherryjack welcome to the thread :hello:

Spent £3.18 yesterday and have used around 97% of food in the kitchen. I really do need to do a 'big' (ish) shop now and I've thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. It's taught me that with a bit of thought and a determination to be mindful of what I buy, I can stop money slipping through my fingers.
I'm in a bit of a quandry because I don't know whether to do a big ish shop for the week with a planned menu and shop accordingly, or whether to plan tea the night before and get the ingredients for it on the way home from work.
I'm going to continue with the £1 coins though whichever I decide.
x

seriouslyfrugal

Hi

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nella-Lasts-War-Diaries-Housewife/dp/184668000X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321631002&sr=8-1

Above is a link to one of the nella last diary's ( Ama**n) but it will give the synopsis for anyone interested


a small spend day for me today and the health walk

welcome cherryjack :wave:

Pic: any baking done here goes down well - and quickly :rotfl:

hope everyone is ok have a frugal weekend everyone