O/S Goals/Life changes for 2007

Prudent

As well as wanting to join thriftlady on above, I would like to

1) buy a lot less in general. Have a big clear out (I am not a hoarder so this shouln't be too bad) take everything cleared out to charity shops.
2) Spend more time with friends from the time I save in the shops.
3) have a decent walk everyday.
4) cook for friends more.

In general seek more simplicity in life.

thriftlady_2

Prudent wrote:

May I join you?

Please do A good walk everyday is another one of my aims

vivw_2

moggins wrote:

I would love to remember freecycle if people ever bothered to come and pick things up. Unfortunately my experiences of freecycle have been a complete waste of time and I've now given up bothering with it.

Sorry to hear you have had such a bad experience with freecycle. It may be worth contacting the your local moderator as they can have some influence over the situation.
Yesterday I managed to freecycle some old software, books, cd binders, car manuals. I decided that if by any chance they weren't collected I'd bin after 48 hrs....only the books to go and they are due to be collected today

Changes for 2007:

1. Spend less
2. Eat less
3. Work less
4. Play more
5. Be more organised

OneSpike

I find Freecycle's a bit patchy too, but overall it's worked well for us. I listed a few things last night and so far the swing, greenhouse and rocking horse all have takers with the horse due to disappear this afternoon.

Our money resolutions are to stick to our budgets and work our socks off to improve the financial situation. Personal ones are to get fit - Nathaniel needs to lose a good 3 stone and my weight has crept up a wee bit too. We both want to eat more healthily and go cycling and walking - feeling quite motivated on that atm, esp as friends ours have just opened a pub 2 3/4 miles walk away LOL!

Milkmaid_2

thriftlady wrote:

Re butter don't forget to support our dairy farmers, they're a dying breed Buy British Butter

from me and our 500 Jerseys and Holstein Friesians a very heartfelt and big thank you, if only everyone thought this way, and go back to the old style way and eat British Food :j

TKP_3

Milkmaid wrote:

from me and our 500 Jerseys and Holstein Friesians a very heartfelt and big thank you, if only everyone thought this way, and go back to the old style way and eat British Food :j

I have been doing this over the last few years. Why buy NZ lamb when welsh is so tasty? Wherever poss I buy everything I can British :T

Gingham_Ribbon

We have some major changes planned for the coming year. I don't want to write them all down or I might scare myself. But 3 years ago I gave up work, almost halving our income. Then DH dropped his hours down at work to 4 days a week. Now we are planning ways of living on much less than we have now in order to change our lifestyle again. (Our money saving aim has always been to have more time as a family.)

I'm going to need this site a LOT over the next year.

thriftlady_2

Milkmaid wrote:

from me and our 500 Jerseys and Holstein Friesians a very heartfelt and big thank you, if only everyone thought this way, and go back to the old style way and eat British Food :j

A woman after my own heart:T I've just discovered that my favourite farmshop stocks milk from a local dairy that is cheaper than Tesco's :beer: So I'm switching my milk buying to the farmshop and apart from saving myself money I'm keeping a local dairy going

Milkmaid do you post on the River Cottage forum ? I seem to remember your name. I post as Thriftycook

Lelc

1) Shop less
2) Do a weekly meal plan and double cook wherever possible
3) Lose weight (by increasing exercise and eating fewer snacks)
4) Sell house (this is not as easy as it seems. My house is big and needs a lot of work doing to it before it can be sold for a reasonable price)
5) Change my job (I've been in the same job for 10 years and it's not exciting anymore)
6) Study more for my degree and exams
7) Start saving now for next Christmas (I'll try the £2 savers club)
8) Make a big effort to sell most of the clutter in my house

skintmostofthetime

Have felt really guilty seeing all the people out there who have such good ideas but must try to do something to improve the pain of no money - anyone know of any good auctioneers in Southend area of Essex who will take small collections like china and the likes?
Other than selling my much loved but totally unneccessary collections I too will try to lower our food bill - along with our alcohol bill - and try to not succomb to the temptation of the sales. Will also try to complete O/S work on our home and finally complete the redecorating I started in - wait for it - 1999 !!