Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - Part 3.

purpleorchid

i just want to say deepest sympathy for your loss, hope you feel bit better soon.xxx:)

purpleorchid

shop and scan
£110.00 with them so far this year.:j

my survery
£56.00 since november 2010:j

my say pays
£20.00 since april 2011:beer:

total
£186.00:money:

which i exchanged for evouchers for amazon.x

Kerry_Woman

rising from the ashes - Sending hugs at this sad time.

Aril

Huge hug Rising- so sorry. It's always hard to lose a pet but I would imagine even harder with a dog because you build up such a strong bond with them.

Purpleorchid- fab tips thank you! Had a quick look at your list- not many frugal suggestions I'm afraid except perhaps you could add mushrooms to your batter to make a veggie toad in the hole and we mix cold cooked meat with stuffing and form it into burgers to make a main meal from it. My only other thought was have you considered nappy bags for the cats- mine always has a tray [erm apart from when she uses the carpet but that's a whole different tale:eek:] and I find the ones from Tesco are fine - 27p for 300.

All's fine and dandy here at GBT- been a good girl and used my bike rather than the car these last couple of days. I have to drive to work now so am trying to get places on foot or by bike when I have the chance as am well known for not going to the gym:o Just made a batch of soup from the frozen left over veg I've accumulated this week and the sauce left over from our SC meal. Mr GBT and I have been decluttering paperwork today- a good wholesome frugal activity:rotfl::rotfl: Whilst I was out Mr GBT made a start on the sloe wine- good oh more stores for the cellar [call that the garage!!] Have nearly finished knitting my blanket for the small person- it's 95% thrifted wool [either charity shop or freecycle] and I've really enjoyed doing it. Just got to find out how to do blanket stitch now to sew it all together- I'm tempted to use all the long bits that need sewing in for it or maybe that's a frugal step too far:rotfl::rotfl:
I had to smile this morning at breakfast- we ate our breakfast off plates from freecycle and used a cafetiere we bought from the car boot for 50p this summer. We had poached eggs [special offer] cooked in a pan [half price from the CS] in an egg poacher [recent CS acquistion] with crumpets [again special offer] with ground coffee that I get from Lidl when I'm near a store because it's the best deal I can find. Oh and the coffee mug was a present from a friend:rotfl::rotfl:This is a typical example of my daily life:D
Arilx

rubytuesday

Hello everyone

I've had a bit of a break from MSE again until the other day.

Will have a catch up with you all.

Welcome to our new folk.

Well I have been frugally unfrugal or unfrugally frugal not sure which.

I have done a lot of Christmas shopping and have made some great savings but have also spent quite a bit of money.

I bought my daughter a pip studio duvet set my example which was expensive but saved about ninety quid I think and it's something she will hopefully have for years.

This is the website I've found and I've used it twice now. P and P is steep but the savings are great if there is anything specific you want.
http://www.achica.com/ProductList.aspx?promo=PiP+Studio+Bath&promotionuid=1b2233c9-ee3e-44b9-8b44-2a6607501407

Also I can't find my credit cards so have been paying everything straight out of my account which is good but I will need to rejig my money.

rubytuesday

Purple orchid I just ordered cat food from Amazon for the first time with free delivery and it was a lot cheaper than Tesco may not help now with so little cash but might in the future.

I know others use other sites - mine are Whiskas cats though.

rubytuesday

Rising I am so sorry to hear about your beloved dog

The battery died on this thing so I have only just seen your post.

Marmalade is still defying the odds at the moment but I know our hearts will be broken when she does eventually go.

Thinking of you xxx

rubytuesday

Reading backwards is not a good idea - I see purple orchid already purchases cat food from Amazon.

Right no more comments from me until I've read forawrds!

rising_from_the_ashes

Thanks all .....

seriouslyfrugal

Kerry_Woman wrote: »

rising from the ashes - Sending hugs at this sad time.

And from me too :grouphug: its really horrible when this happens