2018 Frugal Living Challenge

Frugaldom

This is the current list of frugal living challengers for 2018.

WHO IS STILL WITH US?

THE 2018 CHALLENGER LIST

1. *Jellie*
2. 1Saver
3. AdventureofMemories
4. Allie23
5. Angelicious
6. Anniee88
7. Arc2014
8. Aruba
9. Bebelles
10. BroadwayBaby71
11. Buffythedebtslayer
12. Bustiblondilocks
13. Buttonnose
14. CheshireCat
15. CosmicZebra
16. Cybertortoise
17. CW18
18. Datlex
19. DawnW
20. Debttaghh
21. Elly68
22. EmergencyNurse
23. Evuka
24. FairyPink
25. Fishcake_Random
26. Fizzyisbusy
27. Florence J
28. FoggyFroggy
29. FrankieM
30. Frugaldom
31. Frugalish
32. Frugalsazzle
33. Frugalwannabe
34. Gien
35. HazelIsOK
36. Igaveupnowimback
37. Indigowarrior
38. KB_soma
39. Kerreh
40. Kerry Woman
41. Mumof3.12kindebt
42. Lessonlearned
43. Lindez
44. LittleGingerFox
45. LynneJK
46. MadamMim2013
47. Merle
48. Milly-Ann-Molly
49. Miss D Meanor
50. Moll
51. Moneysavingmadgem
52. Moneysavingmonkey85
53. Mooloo
54. Munchin
55. NannyGladys
56. Need an answer
57. Nonnadiluca
58. Patentgirl
59. Penny2myName
60. PennyGrabber
61. Peony40
62. Pipsmum
63. PlayJay
64. PlaysNicely
65. Poppycat1
66. RosesandRainbows
67. SarahC74
68. Saver-upper
69. Shish100
70. SimpleLivingIslandLife
71. Sinkorswim2018
72. Smijil
73. Spudsmum
74. Squirrelgirl
75. Steve1097
76. Supersaver2018
77. SusieG
78. Tanya12345
79. ThePennyFarthings
80. TreasureQueen
81. TrueBlueMummy
82. Unicorn101
83. Unicorn-ASJSD
84. Welshsaver
85. Wit40iwtwan

frugalish

Thank you FrankieM I hope you feel more rested now.

Thanks for adding me Frugaldom! And thanks for the change of emphasis - it's good to think about it differently. Unfortunately I think our bare essential outgoings are higher than our income atm, but I won't know for sure until I've done the budget properly, which I'm aiming to do tomorrow . I might surprise myself! I do hope so

At least I've not got my head in the sand any more, and I'm feeling positive to make permanent changes

Kerry_Woman

Frugaldom - I am still doing the challenge.

Pipsmum

I'm still frugalling along as well. Sorry that I have been very quiet of late, but I had surgery six weeks ago, and not yet recovered fully, so life has been very quiet here, but I have been reading along with everyones posts, which has kept me on track.
On the plus side, I went through my figures for March, and although some of the budget areas were over (I couldn't get out of the house to go shopping for food, so ordered online from one of the big supermarkets) and some were under (I couldn't get out of the house so no petrol used at all, and no little trips to the corner shop for one thing, and coming out £20 lighter!), but on the whole, I was slightly under budget.
I also found my old copy of the Tightwad Gazette, and have been picking up all sorts of ideas and recipes that I had forgotten about, and bookmarked quite a few other recipes on line that sound tasty and low cost that I want to try. So lots to carry on with once I can start moving around properly again.
Wishing everyone a great week.

cw18

Still here. Other than groceries I'm not really tracking my spends, but I am finding myself thinking about whether I really need / will make good use of something before I buy it - and that's always a good thing Biggest downfall is still DVDs, but I've been a lot more constrained with those the last few months - even though I have to admit to making two larger purchases in the last week (box sets that came down to my "they'll never get that low" price watch points!). Groceries and DVDs were definitely my two biggest problem areas last year, so I'm quite happy with how things are going so far in 2018.

CosmicZebra

Still here- still astonishing myself with how much expensive peripheral stuff actually added no value to my life. Not worrying about money so much is the best part, though. By not frittering money on stuff plus a few shifts in thinking, I have so much more left over every month. We've also cut down so much on plastic, just by thinking. We use cloth bags for fruit and veg and shop at the grocer rather than the supermarket now and that's made a huge difference. Everything else from Ald! Which has slashed the food budget. Thanks to all the ideas on this board, we've had a family epiphany.

mumof3.12kindebt

Hey I'm still around. We have hit our £5k savings target which wouldn't of at all been possible if it wasn't for frugal living. We have plans to pay off our last debt (loan) before the year is out and have over a 1/2 of a deposit saved too (around 8k) (not including the money for solicitor fees etc) by December.

Last Nov I had I think 13k in debt before I consolidated it all. See my 'best put on my big girl pants' diary. Being debt free and have savings by the end of the year wouldn't of been possible had we not changed our mindset when it comes to money. I would absolutely be over the moon if we can be debt free and have our 16k deposit saved plus around 8k for moving costs by 2020 . That's 2 years saving 1k a month :money:

mumof3.12kindebt

I've just sent a payment of 1000 to my loan! Savings at 4k now

MadamMim2013

Kerry_Woman wrote: »

Frugaldom - I am still doing the challenge.

I spotted you in the list.. No 40 I think?

Milly-Ann-Molly

After a stupidly expensive march and lots of small trips to the supermarkets I have just spent a few hours making a spreadsheet and stocktaking the food in house... plus sorting seeds for our veg garden... so I now have a strict budget (in cash in envelopes labelled by week) and I pledge to try ALOT harder... want to be rid of cc debt by xmas... need a miracle!!! so its going in the safe and I am going to start overpayments for CC 1 & 2 and for the mortgage... I am inspired by some of the comments on here.

Feeding a family of 4 (two pre-teen boys) and 2 big dogs... dropping from nearly £200 per week (an untenable amount subsidised by CC weekly :eek:) and making ends meet on £80 per week instead (including fuel for daily school runs of 20 mile per day, toiletries, food, dog food, clothes, entertainment and all other costs!) Things are about to get a lot more frugal around here... I refuse to have debt until 2039 :eek: By my maths I will be 63 when I can finally afford luxuries... and that is depressingly sad...

I have managed 4 NSD so for this April... amazing how little you can spend when you have non.

Here's to change! Good luck everyone x