The land of the eternal stripey list returns.

rtandon27

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Hey there RT - how exciting a fellow storecupboard forager.

Storecupboard forager - LOVE it!
BF has been overnight oats for me & teacakes for OH...
Lunches uninteresting bits from the fridge...
Yesterday's dinner was a frozen chicken pie (which OH insists does not count as it never actually made it into our freezer at any point ) and fresh broccoli - very yummy!
Tonight we had cheap freezer burgers on wholemeal buns with fresh veggies & cheese slices from the back of the fridge!
(we will have to do a few veggie meals to make up for all this meat that is being consumed!)

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

The stripey 'Edible Wedding Woodland' - what do you all think?...

Pippi your woodland idea is just brilliant - so very much in keeping with your eco theme - I'll bet all your guests will love the idea! (dare I say that some of us on here would also like to contribute to a tree as well - would you be OK with PMing the details to those of us who asked?)

Karmacat wrote: »

Loving the progress of the storecupboard/freezer challenge with RT too **waves** and I vote for the 17p, not the £5.17 too :rotfl:

**waves** back to KC - hope you are keeping well!

oh and another vote for 17p - coupons never count as money spent! - they are money saved!

Karmacat

Yes! What RT said about pming details ... mind you, I might have a teensy idea :rotfl::kisses3:

Right, online silence from me for a few days - back soon, take care all.

xxx

Greying_Pilgrim

Greying whooshes in............

Another vote for woodland, funded by guests and all interested parties....

have a great day all - and that's weekend for you KC!

Greying

Piquant_2

What a lovely idea. Another vote for the woodland here.

Pippilongstocking

Karmacat wrote: »

Oh definitely! Setting up an account with a tree nursery sounds brilliant - its natural that people want to give you wedding presents, its also natural that you don't want **stuff* - so let people contribute to the things you do want. I've certainly gone online and logged in to a place like Debenham's to find a wedding gift list for a wedding I'm going to.

Loving the progress of the storecupboard/freezer challenge with RT too **waves** and I vote for the 17p, not the £5.17 too :rotfl:

Just a thought - if the nursery *doesn't* accept other people's money into an account - set up an online pot in one of your own accounts, and just get people to send the money to you. I've done that too - the French wedding I went to last year, they were already set up with their stuff, well paid jobs in their early 30s, so they asked for contributions to their honeymoon account, and thats what I did. Simples :j

Good idea there KC people just send you money - fwoar how exciting. I do have a pay pal and the tree people take pay pal.

Ponders.

The tree people were very bemused indeed and think I may have hit on a whole new business for them! Their web designer is looking into how easy it is to take an online payment for such a lovely idea :

mum2one wrote: »

Brilliant idea re trees as people know your ethics, and saves having 20 toasters.

Just one point madam - YOU ARE NOT OLD - your 21 with some life experience behind you!!!

xxxx

Experienced that's me. Thanks that you don't think I'm TOO deranged regarding the trees

taxi73 wrote: »

I to vote for 17p.
Love the tree idea and if it can't be set up at the place a personal account that they can pay in to sounds good

Thanks Taxi - seems sensible to at least try.

And the extra trees (if there are any) can go to community projects

Pippilongstocking

rtandon27 wrote: »

Storecupboard forager - LOVE it!
BF has been overnight oats for me & teacakes for OH...
Lunches uninteresting bits from the fridge...
Yesterday's dinner was a frozen chicken pie (which OH insists does not count as it never actually made it into our freezer at any point ) and fresh broccoli - very yummy!
Tonight we had cheap freezer burgers on wholemeal buns with fresh veggies & cheese slices from the back of the fridge!
(we will have to do a few veggie meals to make up for all this meat that is being consumed!)


Pippi your woodland idea is just brilliant - so very much in keeping with your eco theme - I'll bet all your guests will love the idea! (dare I say that some of us on here would also like to contribute to a tree as well - would you be OK with PMing the details to those of us who asked?)


**waves** back to KC - hope you are keeping well!

oh and another vote for 17p - coupons never count as money spent! - they are money saved!

Hey they RT well neither of us have starved have we?:T

We're due some non-meat eating too. :rotfl:

Last night was stir fry with an turkey bit
Second tea was rice and handful of prawns/chilli

Todays been

Fruit
Miso soup packet (remarkably nice) from a present of a Japanese box
more fruit

and DS who's been off on work experience at the local science festival helping with grub furnished me with fish and chips for me tea.

very full I am

And whilst not the 'stores' - free to me :T

And if I can get the tree thing set up and anyone wanted to throw tuppence at it for a wee sapling - that would be really lovely and appreciated but there's really no need you all do so much for me already.

:A

Pippilongstocking

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Greying whooshes in............

Another vote for woodland, funded by guests and all interested parties....

have a great day all - and that's weekend for you KC!

Greying

Stands back from the jet stream

Hope you're good _ I'm whooshing out later in a bit to a meeting and then MORE prep for our science festival as we're doing lots at it.

Piquant wrote: »

What a lovely idea. Another vote for the woodland here.

hey up missus - hope the new diary is settling in nicely?

Love the new title and thank you for a vote for the woodland.

Wedding/Community woodland it is then

That's the presents sorted

:DThere will be a post wedding tree planting party too - get your shovels ready :D

Pippilongstocking

So we're up to 17p on the old food spends

But I do need milk later (wonder if I can get that with my 50p coupon?

So far so good.

Pippilongstocking

Hey well guess what.

The tax credits seem to have given me some money - does that mean its sorted?

Watch this space to find out.;)

My pay rise/extra hours went through.

My teaching hours have been increased - although they're still ad hoc - I have a day a week now.

My evening class (extra hours) is also going ahead.

These things are all good as

I'm only employed here until late spring next year (June/July is spring right?) and I need to clear the last of my debts AND perhaps save some money for a cushion for leaving until I find work.
I've lost my ex-husband to New Zealand and that makes me a bit wobbly regarding the support he directly gives the kids, so I need a financial back up. :cool: I'm being my own back up
I've a wedding share to pay for in cash NO credit and that IS achievable.:T
I am going to try pay HUGE chunk off my CC this month as I won't miss what I've never had so the wage increases can just be creamed off.:D
If I'm working I'm not spending


So whilst its all a bit crazy in the finances front, I'm attempting to keeping on top of it all.

Other exciting progress this month

If we manage the store cupboard challenge we can use the saved money for the trip down to take DS's things to UNI

My CC will be looking better

My food shopping addiction is getting some attention.

:A

None of this possible without all your lovely support.

lucielle

If anybody can do it you can. Go for it Stripes!
L