2014 Frugal Living Challenge

Mrs_Cheshire

My husband started making shelves to add some storage to our kitchen for me to store my jars of flour, sugar etc. All this talk of pantry's reminded me that I need to encourage hubby to finish it off whilst he's off in January on holiday. I could also get him to put some shelves into the under stairs storage bit.

I love the idea of making the christmas cards into tags, my mum used to do it 20 yrs ago.

23rdspiral

Mrs_Cheshire wrote: »

My husband started making shelves to add some storage to our kitchen for me to store my jars of flour, sugar etc. All this talk of pantry's reminded me that I need to encourage hubby to finish it off whilst he's off in January on holiday. I could also get him to put some shelves into the under stairs storage bit.

I love the idea of making the christmas cards into tags, my mum used to do it 20 yrs ago.

that's thrifty with time and resources... Finishing something off then adding on more jobs for hubby using the same equipment! :T;)

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I'm trying Meatloaf for dinner.... Fingers crossed its edible! Bulking out cheap Asda beef & pork mince (what else can u use this cheap mince for?), with breadcrumbs and finely chopped bendy carrots & celery seems like a great idea.
I didn't have enough old bread (and wasn't about to cut fresh) so I blitzed leftover cooked pasta and added that... It's all from wheat right? :rotfl: fingers crossed!

Antwerpen

I'd love to join in!!Need to read the other threads now!!

Dozey_crow

Sorry I was replying to the poster who was talking about bread tins but I quoted the wrong post....

Hello... We had this problem with the tins for a while... we were looking for others but had to carry on with what we had for a while so we wanted then I'm nearly boiling water with loads of fairy and have them a really good scrub. Although we washed them after each use this really seemed to help.

We have also found that greasing with the 'baking fat' block which is 49p from Asda really works and failing that we line the bottom with greaseproof paper... Good job we worked something or really because over a year later we are still looking for tins :rotfl:


My plan is to be more organized next year but I need to sit down over Christmas and work it all out financially first of all. I will be back to report soon.

Its so nice to have a nice supportive thread.

Sazzie23

Hi all


Yes I'd like to give this a try :
My DFD is 2017 but I'd like to get that down
I'd like to pay off my interest only mortgage
I'm hoping to retire before 95 |!
I know I could do better with a few ideas and a bit of inspiration


Thanks for all the helpful posts so far


Merry Christmas & Happy New year to all that celebrate

Mrs_Cheshire

23rdspiral wrote: »

that's thrifty with time and resources... Finishing something off then adding on more jobs for hubby using the same equipment! :T;)

He loves using his power tools so may as well take advantage. Just got to save enough money between now and then to buy the wood and brackets!

paulineb_2

Id like to join too, am pretty frugal as Im broke and MSE has helped me a lot this year, but next year Im going to grit my teeth and be more frugal if thats possible which Im sure it is.

Frugalsod

First_Trouble wrote: »

I would like to sign up for 2014 please desperately want to get rid of all my debt. Currently have a debt free month set to January 2015 but would love to pay it off sooner if I can.

My debt free date is a few months later than that but I am only slightly off target. Hopefully next year I will do a lot better.

thepennyfarthings

Evening, just found this:

https://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk

(Thanks twink)

Might be worth a look:)
:xmassign:tpf

Shortie

Woooooo hooooo! Mr Shortie sold my car tonight and got more than I was expecting! He sold it for £550 - it's a fab and uber reliable but we're going down to one new car. So another £500 to my Dad and the remaining £50 will be used to treat the boys and we'll go to watch Frozen at the weekend as a family treat.

I'm hoping this means I can have the rest paid off by Feb's payday. Also means one less tax, MOT and insurance to pay each year

Am going to settle now for half hour before bed and listen to the howling wind down the chimney with my crochet - started it last year