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Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up! It's debt-busting time!

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  • basketcase
    basketcase Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    I second this approach. I've tried so many different things and this way is cheapest and works best...

    Especially if the top-ups are in cash, so when it's gone, it's gone. Interesting how much you realise you don't 'need'!
    A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!

    CHALLENGES

    2025 Declutter:
    1 CONTAINER (box/bag/folder etc) per day; 50/365
    1 FROG (minimum) per week; 6/52
    WEIGHT I'll start with 25 lbs (though I need to lose more!) and see how it goes...🤔 0/25

    2025 NSDs: 15 per MONTH - FEB 4/15; JAN 21/15
    2025 Fashion on the Ration: (carried over from 2024) 10+66 = 76
    2025 Make Do, Mend & Minimise No target, just remember to report!

    AWARDS 💐⭐
  • basketcase
    basketcase Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    @Cool Runnings - What about getting herbs and spices? Cheap, they last a long time and you can use them to vary dishes without spending huge amounts on things you may not like...
    A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!

    CHALLENGES

    2025 Declutter:
    1 CONTAINER (box/bag/folder etc) per day; 50/365
    1 FROG (minimum) per week; 6/52
    WEIGHT I'll start with 25 lbs (though I need to lose more!) and see how it goes...🤔 0/25

    2025 NSDs: 15 per MONTH - FEB 4/15; JAN 21/15
    2025 Fashion on the Ration: (carried over from 2024) 10+66 = 76
    2025 Make Do, Mend & Minimise No target, just remember to report!

    AWARDS 💐⭐
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,455 Forumite
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    basketcase wrote: »
    @Cool Runnings - What about getting herbs and spices? Cheap, they last a long time and you can use them to vary dishes without spending huge amounts on things you may not like...
    I think you are me basketcase :eek:
    I buy herbs and spices in Ald1 and set £1 as a budget for these. Usually 2 different herbs and spices a week. Oh, and I also do weekly top-up shops with cash
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • basketcase
    basketcase Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    I think you are me basketcase :eek:
    I buy herbs and spices in Ald1 and set £1 as a budget for these. Usually 2 different herbs and spices a week. Oh, and I also do weekly top-up shops with cash

    :eek::rotfl:
    A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!

    CHALLENGES

    2025 Declutter:
    1 CONTAINER (box/bag/folder etc) per day; 50/365
    1 FROG (minimum) per week; 6/52
    WEIGHT I'll start with 25 lbs (though I need to lose more!) and see how it goes...🤔 0/25

    2025 NSDs: 15 per MONTH - FEB 4/15; JAN 21/15
    2025 Fashion on the Ration: (carried over from 2024) 10+66 = 76
    2025 Make Do, Mend & Minimise No target, just remember to report!

    AWARDS 💐⭐
  • Cool_Runnings
    Cool_Runnings Posts: 40 Forumite
    basketcase wrote: »
    @Cool Runnings - What about getting herbs and spices? Cheap, they last a long time and you can use them to vary dishes without spending huge amounts on things you may not like...

    Thanks basketcase, I have started doing that quite recently. I rearranged my kitchen so I have a nice spot now with a wooden tray holding my oils, salt, pepper, herbs and spices. All looks rather fancy! :D I have a bit of space to add to the collection too.
  • moneyonmymindsam
    moneyonmymindsam Posts: 2,243 Forumite
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    Welcome to MSE cool runnings !! Keep it up - another hand for a seat on the bobsleigh to join you for your Journey.:grouphug:
    Grocery challenge Feb £107/£100-epic fail due to cake and biscuits
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  • basketcase
    basketcase Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    Cool_Runnings wrote: »
    Thanks basketcase, I have started doing that quite recently. I rearranged my kitchen so I have a nice spot now with a wooden tray holding my oils, salt, pepper, herbs and spices. All looks rather fancy! :D I have a bit of space to add to the collection too.

    Ooooooooh, get you! :D

    As, you'll probably have guessed, mine are in a cupboard,

    My story is that they keep better in the dark. And I'm sticking to it.

    The fact I don't have a posh wooden tray has no bearing on the matter at all...:rotfl:
    A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!

    CHALLENGES

    2025 Declutter:
    1 CONTAINER (box/bag/folder etc) per day; 50/365
    1 FROG (minimum) per week; 6/52
    WEIGHT I'll start with 25 lbs (though I need to lose more!) and see how it goes...🤔 0/25

    2025 NSDs: 15 per MONTH - FEB 4/15; JAN 21/15
    2025 Fashion on the Ration: (carried over from 2024) 10+66 = 76
    2025 Make Do, Mend & Minimise No target, just remember to report!

    AWARDS 💐⭐
  • Cool_Runnings
    Cool_Runnings Posts: 40 Forumite
    edited 5 December 2016 at 9:18PM
    basketcase wrote: »
    Ooooooooh, get you! :D

    As, you'll probably have guessed, mine are in a cupboard,

    My story is that they keep better in the dark. And I'm sticking to it.

    The fact I don't have a posh wooden tray has no bearing on the matter at all...:rotfl:

    I might have overstated things a tad when I said it looked fancy - it certainly doesn't look posh perched as it is on top of an old TV stand! :rotfl:
  • Tinkerbelle2000
    Tinkerbelle2000 Posts: 597 Forumite
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    Hi Cool Runnings.

    How are things going, hope everything is ok.

    Tink xx
    As of 31st December 2018 Total Debt = £15837.59
    DEBT 1 - £41.10 DEBT 2 - £257.41 DEBT 3 - £584.12 DEBT 4 - £700.00
    DEBT 5 - £655.02 DEBT 6 - £669.18 DEBT 7 - £3448.00 DEBT 8 - £2169.12
    DEBT 9 - £2964.25 DEBT 10 - £4349.39
  • basketcase
    basketcase Posts: 1,229 Forumite
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    Was wondering how you were too.

    Long time, no hear...
    A budget is like a speed sign - a LIMIT not a TARGET!!

    CHALLENGES

    2025 Declutter:
    1 CONTAINER (box/bag/folder etc) per day; 50/365
    1 FROG (minimum) per week; 6/52
    WEIGHT I'll start with 25 lbs (though I need to lose more!) and see how it goes...🤔 0/25

    2025 NSDs: 15 per MONTH - FEB 4/15; JAN 21/15
    2025 Fashion on the Ration: (carried over from 2024) 10+66 = 76
    2025 Make Do, Mend & Minimise No target, just remember to report!

    AWARDS 💐⭐
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