Cooking for one

PasturesNew

karcher wrote: »

Whichever way you look at it, I still have burger all left. :rotfl:

Well ... somebody else could claim to have less than you ... but when you look at the starting figure after housing costs they've actually got £500/month more, but spend it on the gym, having their hair done every month, weekends away, new clothes and a big Sky subscription .... and a wine club, posh car loan ....



People that lead those lives do that you know.

"We're struggling" .... "we can only visit our Tuscan villa 4x a year now - and we used to go 6x and stay all summer".

Nelski

Evening buddies :wave:

Saturday night and just arrived back from a 5 hour drive back home:(:( ....I hate my job sometimes. On the other hand I have been spoiled quite a bit food wise so its worth it I guess Last night I had a fabulous caesar salad with chicken (far nicer than I could ever make) with wine of course This morning the bacon and poached eggs with beans and toast was just to die for then there was a very nice hot buffet for lunch so I am stuffed with lovely food.

Tonight no food for me due to all of the above but I am having a baileys just because ....:beer:

Have a lovely saturday night everyone x

PasturesNew

mcculloch29 wrote: »

.... items to review ....

Nice gig!
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I'd like lightbulbs .... house didn't have them when I moved in nearly 3 years ago .... and I've not got round to buying them as they're a tricky size/expensive and rare to find.

caronc

Nelski wrote: »

Evening buddies :wave:

Saturday night and just arrived back from a 5 hour drive back home:(:( ....I hate my job sometimes. On the other hand I have been spoiled quite a bit food wise so its worth it I guess Last night I had a fabulous caesar salad with chicken (far nicer than I could ever make) with wine of course This morning the bacon and poached eggs with beans and toast was just to die for then there was a very nice hot buffet for lunch so I am stuffed with lovely food.

Tonight no food for me due to all of the above but I am having a baileys just because ....:beer:

Have a lovely saturday night everyone x

Chicken Caesar salad done well is a thing of great pleasure A Baileys sounds well deserved after such a long drive and perhaps a 2nd 'cos it's Saturday lol .....;)

Ames

My finances are a bit complicated, I was on benefits because of health problems then a couple of years ago I got an inheritance. On the advice of my support services the idea was to spend it as quickly but sensibly as possible and get back on benefits. So I've gradually replaced all of my furniture and appliances, going a bit silly at the beginning, paid for some private therapy, and lived off it at the same amount that I was getting in benefits.

I've got about a year of it left, and I'm having massive panic attacks at the thought of going back on benefits. So I'm trying to cut down to make it last longer. I'm going to be starting counselling in a few months, I'm just waiting to get to the top of the waiting list, but how successful it will be I don't know.

Nelski

caronc wrote: »

Chicken Caesar salad done well is a thing of great pleasure A Baileys sounds well deserved after such a long drive and perhaps a 2nd 'cos it's Saturday lol .....;)

can I blame you ......:rotfl:

its done

mcculloch29

PasturesNew wrote: »

Nice gig!
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I'd like lightbulbs .... house didn't have them when I moved in nearly 3 years ago .... and I've not got round to buying them as they're a tricky size/expensive and rare to find.

It is. It's Amazon's invitation only approved reviewer scheme. I posted some reviews that they liked and that other customers liked, and was issued an invite in the summer of 2008. Ironically, I don't think much of those early reviews myself now, looking back.

Until a few months ago I used to regularly get offers of lightbulbs to review along with many other items from manufacturers/ sellers via Amazon.

Then Amazon cracked down on these reviews and banned them, so I no longer post these. Too many reviewers were posting glowing reviews of shoddy items just to get more free stuff. Such reviewers have had the reviews removed, but a lot of genuine reviews got caught up. Some quite good items no longer have reviews as a result.

Have you thought of buying socket adaptors so that you can use more standard bulbs? It may be a safe and affordable work-around for you.

karcher

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well ... somebody else could claim to have less than you ... but when you look at the starting figure after housing costs they've actually got £500/month more, but spend it on the gym, having their hair done every month, weekends away, new clothes and a big Sky subscription .... and a wine club, posh car loan ....



People that lead those lives do that you know.

"We're struggling" .... "we can only visit our Tuscan villa 4x a year now - and we used to go 6x and stay all summer".

PN I haven't quoted the post you will delete but this is not a competition as to who is poorest.

I earn very little and struggle even though I live frugally...Yes it is all relative..but your example above is a world apart from mine.

I have the cheapest mobile phone and internet deal I could find. get a cheap haircut every 6 months, avoid the dentist unless essential... I don't have a TV license...where i live i need a car..I don't have one because i can't afford one, so walk bloody miles to work and carry heavy shopping home instead...Oh to be able to afford to buy/run a car

I am poor...please stop trying to tell me I'm not...

Apologies all...I'm maybe being over sensitive..but it's struck a nerve

I'll bow out now.

Nelski

karcher wrote: »

PN I haven't quoted the post you will delete but this is not a competition as to who is poorest.

I earn very little and struggle even though I live frugally...Yes it is all relative..but your example above is a world apart from mine.

I have the cheapest mobile phone and internet deal I could find. get a cheap haircut every 6 months, avoid the dentist unless essential... I don't have a TV license...where i live i need a car..I don't have one because i can't afford one, so walk bloody miles to work and carry heavy shopping home instead...Oh to be able to afford to buy/run a car

I am poor...please stop trying to tell me I'm not...

Apologies all...I'm maybe being over sensitive..but it's struck a nerve

I'll bow out now.

Karcher ....hugs everyone feels a bit like that I bet at times especially on this thread :rotfl:

What I would say is I dont think there there was ever a min amount of money needed to post on here My take is it that its about cooking for one ...not necessarily cooking for the cheapest you can but the best you can for yourself maybe. I dont know maybe I have have this wrong too.

I have sky by the way and a car but I work bloomin hard for it alongside my beans on toast and baileys

katkin

Apologies, that was rude. There should be no judgement on how any of us spend our income. Agree. We all do what we need to do.