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2012 Frugal Living Challenge (Part 1)

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  • Erme
    Erme Posts: 3,597 Forumite
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  • LolaLemon
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    Banana loaf looks delicious! I make apple n cinnamon loaf using same recipe as for banana, but substitute with 2 or 3 apples (I use as many as I can be bothered peeling that are not at their best) 1tsp cinnamon and 125fl oz milk. (Love cinnamon so generally more). Tastes amazing and everyone always asks me to make them some....



    Walked 8 miles today, its very strange weather, looks freezing, but is a little hummid.
    Walked abt 8 miles yesterday morning then went a long walk last night think its abt 2 or 3 miles.
    Really feeling it today haha!
    Frugality has sort of disappeared lately :-( ah well back on track soon!
    Living Simply, not simply living.
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  • Ohhhh SF that looks fabby:j like Dizzy Lizzie I can almost (but sadly not quite:rotfl:) taste it!

    Must buy some bananas at the weekend so I can have some soon!:D

    Quintwins wow! You've been busy :) - well done on all those savings :T putting me to shame!:o

    Erme thanks for that link - I think I'll be giving that a try as it looks nice & easy :D

    Lola wow! That's a lot of walking:T I usually manage around 8-9 miles a day with Maisie (split into 2 long walks).
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  • slowlyfading
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    Oh my word Slowly. That looks very moreish and sooooo tasty.
    Rising soon as I read 'hot with a sliver of butter' I could almost taste it!
    I need to get to bed before I raid the cupboards...:)
    x
    :rotfl: I can confirm that it is very tasty! ;)
    Ohhhh SF that looks fabby:j like Dizzy Lizzie I can almost (but sadly not quite:rotfl:) taste it!

    Must buy some bananas at the weekend so I can have some soon!:D
    Get some! It's so easy to make and sooo tasty :D
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  • LolaLemon
    LolaLemon Posts: 958 Forumite
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    edited 29 May 2012 at 9:12PM
    Thanks everyone re: my new car :)Sandra fingers crossed that petrol does come down :D
    Lola congratulations on the sweet babes. Guess what, those two names are the exact ones that DD had chosen for her soon to be born little one!
    Think they're from a series she watches. It will be Lucas for her as she's having a boy.
    Love to see pics of the bouquets, they sound great :)
    Slowly sorry you didn't get the job. Fingers crossed the next one will be the right one for you.
    x

    The twins are doing good, both are now feeding themselves , my cousin is not in hospital anymore, bit of a trek for them to get up everyday but hopefully they should b out in a couple of weeks.
    The names came from One Tree Hill, I think lol

    Made some cake and custard tonight, and son ate all the custard up! First time ever!!
    Also made play dough today, lilac and green so we had a relaxing few hours playing, then I remembered its my friend birthday who stays in London somewhere, so wrote 'happy birthday Annabelle ' with the play dough and tagged her mum and dad on Facebook, was a fun way to spend the afternoon.

    One of my friends in Saudi Arabia posted a link to a blog, http://shamozal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/numb-with-grief.html?spref=fb.
    http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139094

    Their was a fire in a shopping mall, in the shopping mall was a child care/nursery. 13 kids died of smoke inhalation. Such tragedy. I cried reading the two blogs.

    Going to post some pics of recent things soon as son is in bed, this bright weather is messing with bed time.

    (Just smelled cake, forgot I had some batter in the oven, almost burnt! )
    Living Simply, not simply living.
    Cheap Christmas '15

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  • Samantha22
    Samantha22 Posts: 42 Forumite
    quintwins wrote: »
    Morning all, i've been very frugal lately :)

    Bought clippers for our dogs, paid for themselves in one go and now the dogs are nice and cool.

    Bought hair dressing scissors, and trimmed my fringe - also paid for themselves in one go :)

    Done loads of washing and dried on the line.

    Went to a fair with free tickets :)

    Gave sil a free personalised card from MR'T for her birthday.

    Did a meal plan using what was in until the 20th, got the last few bits to finish it off yesterday, parked in the free car park and walked to various shops only spent £9.01, once my freezers abit emptier i can plan til the end of the month. shuld only need milk, bread and fruit til then.

    Bought ds3 some canvas shoes and shorts at £6 ok not frugal but cheap and sure they'll be ruined in a few months.

    Took a broken braclet to cash for gold people and got £65!!! was expecting £20 at the most so i'm very happy.

    counted up a big tub of chnage we found when moving house which had been forgotten about and found £26, i also paid the kids snack money for school from it so another £8 :)

    Hi Quintwins,
    I'm very sorry to bother you, but can you help me please?

    I was on this site, yesterday, and signed up for the June Grocery Challenge. However, I cannot find the forum I was in, and have been searching for someone who was online, and could maybe help me out.

    Thanking you for taking of your time to read this message,

    Regards Sam22
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  • SandraScarlett
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    Sadly, DH's diagnosis has now moved from Multiple System Atrophy, to Alzheimers, latter stage. Apologies if I don't post frequently and good luck to all Frugalistas.

    xx
  • slowlyfading
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    Sadly, DH's diagnosis has now moved from Multiple System Atrophy, to Alzheimers, latter stage. Apologies if I don't post frequently and good luck to all Frugalistas.

    xx
    I'm so sorry about this Sandra, and wish you all the best for your and DH's future. Sending you some dodgy hugs in the meantime :grouphug: xx
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  • What a mixed bag of news today ......
    LolaLemon wrote: »
    The twins are doing good, both are now feeding themselves , my cousin is not in hospital anymore, bit of a trek for them to get up everyday but hopefully they should b out in a couple of weeks. )

    Great to hear they're doing so well Lola :j but awful news about the fire :(
    Sadly, DH's diagnosis has now moved from Multiple System Atrophy, to Alzheimers, latter stage.

    Ohhhh Sandra ..... (((hugs))) so sorry to hear this, thoughts with you and all the family xx
    Samantha22 wrote: »
    Hi Quintwins,
    I'm very sorry to bother you, but can you help me please?

    I was on this site, yesterday, and signed up for the June Grocery Challenge. However, I cannot find the forum I was in, and have been searching for someone who was online, and could maybe help me out.

    Thanking you for taking of your time to read this message,

    Regards Sam22

    Hope you don't mind me replying Sam ...... I do the Grocery Challenge too (see my sig!) - great thread & loads of friendly people with fantastic tips.

    The thread is on the Old Style Board http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33 it's always one of the "sticky" ones at the top - look forward to seeing you there!:)
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • LolaLemon
    LolaLemon Posts: 958 Forumite
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    edited 30 May 2012 at 10:06PM
    Couple of pic posts coming up, I can't seem to do them all on one post though :-(

    (Was going to post some other pics, but they are coming on massive)


    Sandra, sorry to hear of the diagnosis, we are here for you, as and when u need us. (((Hugs)))
    Living Simply, not simply living.
    Cheap Christmas '15

    Frugal Living for fifth year running. (2010-2015)
    Weight Loss - 5b/55lb
    Books Read 2015- 7/30
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