The unthinkable has happened...redundancy

loubie_lou

You can find the snowball calculator at

http://www.whatsthecost.com/snowball.aspx

Also, I think you will not be able to qualify for free eye tests/glasses. The reason being as you live with a partner who works full time (presumably) you will only be eligible for contribution based JSA for 26 weeks (if you have paid enough national insurance over the past 2 years). You need JSA income based to qualify for the free tests....

Please someone correct me if i'm wrong....

Aamberle

Hi SCP

Any news on the job front? And how is the list going?

Keep us informed xx

Barbeduk

Loubie Lou, you're right!

PollyOnAMission

squidgychesspiece wrote: »

PollyOnAMission - we've got one medium sized dog (about 14kg) and feed him the "over engineered sciency food" We've always fed a complete dry food but we should switch to something cheaper and I agree about the natural food aspect. Do you cook each day for your dogs? Will check out that link and see what I can come up with.

SCP

I don't cook for them at all; they are fed raw meat. I get mixed minces (meat, bone and offal) of chicken, turkey, lamb, duck, venison, fish, tripe, beef...costing between 50p and 80p ish per 1lb pack. All I have to do is plop the mince into their bowls and they get 3 quarters of a pack each per day. They also get raw chicken wings/thighs, duck and chicken necks, liver, heart and lamb bones. It's actually very easy once you know what you're doing!

Have a look at Harringtons food as a dry complete on a budget. It's cheaper than a lot of the others but no artificial nasties. Pets at Home Wainwrights also do a dry complete. You could do a combo of dry complete and Wainwrights wet complete trays which works out pretty cheap and tasty for the dog

elephant50

thanks for the info were all in the same boat excuse the phun !! i am buying food with my credit card have no savings a load and an overdraft will need to look at things as c/card bill giving me nightmares !!
be positive you will get thru this let me know how you get on
elephant 50:)

elephant50

just coming on this site has helped me !! were all in this together !!

squidgychesspiece

Oh I seeeee, haha I thought you meant you had to cook meat for them both each day! Your version sounds much easier:) Will have a look at Harringtons. Someone else recommended Country Choice (I think it's called) as a dry food but not sure if that has all the added nasty bits in.

Still no job news which is a bit frustrating but got my CV out to a few more places today so that's good.


Not much progress on the list so far due to job hunting (hmm and browsing on here :rotfl:list keeps growing as I pick up more tips!) but did give the house a good scrub when I got back so should be able to crack on with the rest tomorrow.

1. [STRIKE] Work out how I am going to eek out the groceries past the weekend. Reading some of the great ideas on here it MUST be possible [/STRIKE] Found some chicken and fish in the freezer so reckon we can make it into next week just buying milk and a bit of fruit.
2. Do energy comparison to see if it is worth contacting Landlord and asking to switch
3. Ask to pay council tax over 12m
4. [STRIKE] Start spending diary - small setback here in that I had to collect my dry cleaning this morning as needed suit for interview and it was £66 :mad:. Shouldn't need to spend any other money today though. DH and I were going out to dinner tonight but I am going to whip up a masterpeice(!) instead :laugh: [/STRIKE] No spends today so nothing to record :j
5. Look into reducing home and mobile phone bills (I'd forgotten DH mobile in my SOA which is £30 pm)
6. Check dog food prices online (thanks Barbeduk) Poor dog already looks miserable at the lack of scraps coming his way :rotfl:
7. CUT UP CARDS
8. Find a cheap breadmaker
9. Find clubcard, nectar card and boots card and put in purse
10. Sort bits for car boot/ebay
11. Check out the website link Flat Eric posted, looks interesting but only had a really quick look
12. Set aside some time each day for chasing work
13. [STRIKE] Clean the house [/STRIKE]
14. Do snowball calculator - Thanks for the link!!
15. Get my bum over to the old style board and look at recipes
16. Check dress refunds have been processed and update signature
17. Freezer and cupboard inventory

Stupid designer tote bag that I ordered last week turned up today :doh: Only a canvas one not a full blown leather number so less expensive but still one canvas tote I can't afford! Must be strong and send it straight back tomorrow.

Anyway, the humpty day is over so it's downhill to the weekend and two days off with hubby :T

Thanks everyone for your words of support. Have great evenings!

SCP x

FireWyrm

squidgychesspiece wrote: »

1. CUT UP CARDS

Hhhmmmm...<clears throat>

Just do it. You know you want to.

P.S, I paid of two overdrafts today. That's £1500 better off. There is light at the end of the tunnel, keep going.

Barbeduk

Hi, can't remember if you're still on a contract for mobiles, if not look at giffgaff (owned by O2). Really cheap bundles. Tesco seem cheap too. I started an expensive 2 year contract last october, one of the things I feel most stupid about!

emsywoo123

squidgychesspiece wrote: »

[*]Find a cheap breadmaker

I am the *least capable person in a kitchen EVER but I make mine by hand, no mixer or machine or anything. Unbelievably therapeutic