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  • NoLifeWithoutYou
    NoLifeWithoutYou Posts: 15 Forumite
    edited 21 April 2015 at 10:40AM
    ** UPDATE **

    Just spoke to somebody on a FB group who said they may be able to give me there cooker for £15*. Fingers crossed! :j:j:j:j

    *Transport fee, they'll bring to me :)
    Current Debt£3,567.40 [21.04.15]
    Challenges
    |●| EF#106: £101.4 // £1000 [10.11%] |●| Xmas 15: £1.35 // £350 [0.38%]|●|
    (Hope to be debt free by Jan 1st 2015)
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    NoLifeWithoutYou wrote: »
    ** UPDATE **

    Just spoke to somebody on a FB group who said they may be able to give me there cooker for £15*. Fingers crossed! :j:j:j:j

    *Transport fee, they'll bring to me :)

    Can you afford the engineer to disconnect the old one and connect the new one?
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
  • NoLifeWithoutYou
    NoLifeWithoutYou Posts: 15 Forumite
    shegirl wrote: »
    Can you afford the engineer to disconnect the old one and connect the new one?
    Nope :rotfl: - Didn't even think of that lmao. Also the ladies now blocked me on Facebook :(:mad:
    Current Debt£3,567.40 [21.04.15]
    Challenges
    |●| EF#106: £101.4 // £1000 [10.11%] |●| Xmas 15: £1.35 // £350 [0.38%]|●|
    (Hope to be debt free by Jan 1st 2015)
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I second the mini oven linked to above. I also use an actifry and a halogen oven. The halogen oven has more space to cook food in than the mini oven.

    The council may have a welfare department who can help with your debts?
    Sealed pot challenge #232. Gold stars from Sue-UU - :staradmin :staradmin £75.29 banked
    50p saver #40 £20 banked
    Virtual sealed pot #178 £80.25
  • NoLifeWithoutYou
    NoLifeWithoutYou Posts: 15 Forumite
    Indie_Kid wrote: »
    I second the mini oven linked to above. I also use an actifry and a halogen oven. The halogen oven has more space to cook food in than the mini oven.

    The council may have a welfare department who can help with your debts?

    Oooh going to look into them other suggestions too! Thank you so much.

    Nope, but the debts are not really a problem my partner has a Masters Degree in mathematics and has check my snowball calculations he's going to manage my cards until I've paid off everything (September hopefully) :T:j
    Current Debt£3,567.40 [21.04.15]
    Challenges
    |●| EF#106: £101.4 // £1000 [10.11%] |●| Xmas 15: £1.35 // £350 [0.38%]|●|
    (Hope to be debt free by Jan 1st 2015)
  • NoLifeWithoutYou
    NoLifeWithoutYou Posts: 15 Forumite
    Found a holegen oven for about £30 on eBay, going to save up and get that unless something else comes along :p
    Current Debt£3,567.40 [21.04.15]
    Challenges
    |●| EF#106: £101.4 // £1000 [10.11%] |●| Xmas 15: £1.35 // £350 [0.38%]|●|
    (Hope to be debt free by Jan 1st 2015)
  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    NoLifeWithoutYou wrote: »
    Found a holegen oven for about £30 on eBay, going to save up and get that unless something else comes along :p

    They're quite handy. I recently bought one for my elderly dad after he pulled the door off his oven,stood holding it looking confused (actually,like a total plank :rotfl: ) then dropped it on the floor

    He loves it,does his roasts etc in it and it cooks quicker and cheaper too
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
  • Murphybear
    Murphybear Posts: 8,178 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    We have a full size cooker (electric) but rarely use it. We have a halogen oven and induction hob plus combi microwave. As well as saving time these things are cheaper to run than full size cookers.
  • Lioness_Twinkletoes
    Lioness_Twinkletoes Posts: 1,573 Forumite
    Slow cookers are cheap to buy and cheap to run. You can cook so much in them, from soups, stews, curries to desserts - should practially negate the need for a full size cooker.
  • merlin68
    merlin68 Posts: 2,405 Forumite
    Have a look at these, they are fantastic.
    http://www.britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/
    As i said you dont have to be a british gas customer.
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