2014 Frugal Living Challenge

sparrer

Yesterday was a nsd/npd
Today I took a carrier bag of coins to the bank, I counted and bagged it before I went and it came to £64.50p, plus two cheques which have been in my purse for months, another £90

mum2one

Been frugal (work out in long run), - had the gut the airing cupboard... found 5 x 00g balls of Aran wool, so worked out can knit a cardigan for me and can either do 2 kids cardigans or 1 kids cardi and ladies shawl - either way be 2 more off the Xmas list.

found some curtains didn't want - there on f/b sellers (fingers crossed) if not take them to car boot sale.. xx

skintygerlinky

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

A door stop?

Hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Will try the pesto first (cheers mrsC!!) and then prop the living room door open if no good. Will let you know, Buffster!!

SarahB1989_2

Frugalsod wrote: »

Have you considered something like AirBnb?

Not comfortable staying in someone else's home as a lone female, just feels a little strange. Far happier paying a little more to stay in a B&B with lots of other guests, or the YHA dorms.

cydney65

Drat and darn it...the jeans fit! Oh well I shall await 0% fees on fleabay.

Staying in today as the wind and rain are horrendous. Was going to see DGD this afternoon but looks like we'll have to postpone that Still we can't go out and spend money I suppose!

nat21luv

My car has cost a fortune this week, £287 for a new clutch and £79 in tyres. Its completely demotivated me and putting on 10lbs of the 30 I lost last month hasn't helped. I should be at my college course today but I just couldn't face it, life is getting on top of me again

kb_soma

skintygerlinky wrote: »

Anyone any ideas what to do with half a block of leftover tofu??

Freeze it? Or put it in a soup flavoured with Garlic, Ginger and chillies? Add tofu at the end.

Or, a stir fry with whatever veg you have flavouring it with Garlic, Soy sauce and Ginger?I love deep fried tofu with sweet chilli sauce.

afoolwithmoney

Spent £30 yesterday on dog crate but looking on it as an investment, as hopefully it will mean I wont have to keep replacing remotes for fire, telly & sky & that everything else that has been damaged by the devil dog can be repaired not for her to have the chance to repeat the devastation in future

abby1234519

Birthday didn't turn out to be so frugal. Planned to just stay inside but.... Ended spending £50 at supermarket on credit card for booze and food. Then the day after £40 on meal also at pub. Yesterday oh decided to take us out which cost £27. All on credit card.

so now I'm trying to recover our losses by making sure everything that needs to go on ebay does getting stuff out of loft to sell. Making sure we don't buy anymore food etc etc.

We are pretty skint at the moment

Frugalsod

abby1234519 wrote: »

Birthday didn't turn out to be so frugal. Planned to just stay inside but.... Ended spending £50 at supermarket on credit card for booze and food. Then the day after £40 on meal also at pub. Yesterday oh decided to take us out which cost £27. All on credit card.

so now I'm trying to recover our losses by making sure everything that needs to go on ebay does getting stuff out of loft to sell. Making sure we don't buy anymore food etc etc.

We are pretty skint at the moment

One thing that I have noticed about myself is that when I am skint I am able to adapt to the situation by doing things differently. I avoid situations where I can be tempted, much harder with the ability to buy nearly everything online. Though since one of my other traits is to have plenty of food in doors I could go for weeks without shopping if absolutely necessary bar the milk and dairy items. The freezer is very handy if you have previously stocked up on frozen vegetables. So for the milk I go to the supermarket with just cash so no temptation for other shopping.