2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

princess_leia_3

mumzyof2 wrote: »

£54.20 for a full year i pay £11 a month and went thorugh quidco to get £60 cash back..im waiting on them paying it me and once its in my account im going to switch again thru quidco? Can you keep doing this or will they find out lol.

Do you mean to cancel your insurance after a few months then get a new policy? As is this is the case most companies will charge you a % of the overall policy price to cancel a policy early and also if Quidco notice this they could suspend your account so I don't think its worth it!

sweetpea03

morning all thanks for all the posts yesterday & hope you're soon feeling good again mumszy & hope dd is feeling better now thrifty, I'm glad the soup helped a bit

I have written down everything that was in my freezer & have enough to make meals until February 10th! I have enough cereal, bread flour, washing powder etc till then too so should only need to buy milk, eggs, packed lunch bits, fruit & veg so if I mention buying anything else until then please feel free to tell me off! I'm hoping that doing this will give me a few extra pounds towards a few days out in the summer, we were given a cinema voucher for xmas from ds2 as well which I am keeping for a night out later in the year when it will be much appreciated

Going to be slightly over budget this week as I have to take ds3 into town on the bus on Saturday to choose his glasses & then take the bus back in on another day to pick them up as its too far to walk. Not too worried though as I should catch up in the next few weeks

I am going to be making the curried chickpeas & choc bread & butter pud today but I have to make the brioche first so will do that in a mo. Also making tuna & sweetcorn pasta salad so thought I'd post the recipe in case anyone would like it, its very cheap, tasty & filling :cool:

8oz pasta shapes
1-2 small cans drained tuna
1/4 pt mayo
1 tblspn white wine vinegar
juice of 1/2 lemon
small can sweetcorn, drained
black pepper

cook the pasta, drain & cool. Put everything else except for the sweetcorn in a food processor & blend or mix by hand. Add the mixture to the pasta & sweetcorn & thats it!

Hope you all have a good day

Burlesque_Babe

sweetpea03 wrote: »

I am going to be making the curried chickpeas & choc bread & butter pud today :cool:

I read that as one dish ! :eek: :rotfl:

Saves on the washing up I guess!

NSD for me today. Still half asleep and need to start work soon.

sweetpea03

:rotfl: now there's an idea!

fizzel81

Good morning

Tight !!!! signing in for today
will be another no spend day, like tomorrow will be
friday i have a 5 hour trip to shrewsbury so being as tight as ive now become im taking a packed lunch for my train journey and a few bottles of juice, not quite sure what im taking yet but i will find something so i dont have to pay the mega expensive prices of train station foods.

not alot planned for today, just catching up, and getting the housework done, i cannot bear to be spending money, all ready worried about what i will spend saturday night and how i can spend as little as possible when out (had this night planned for around 3 months now so still going but need to well not spend alot lol)

hmmm im worried about myself now

slowlyfading

:hello: everyone!
I'm going to aim for a NSD, though I've just run out of milk so I might buy a small 1pint. I'll update here if I do though got another essay to write today but I'm having major problems with it so I might go and see my tutor today, I'll see. I'm also going to aim not to come on MSE every bloomin' second to see if a thread as been updated
hope everyone has a good day!
sf x

Frugalmum_2

Hello All,

I joined in the challenge yesterday and have just spent £33.95 on food and petrol for the week. I'm hoping I've got enough gas so I won't have to spend any more money other than to pay the milkman on Friday, fingers crossed.

I'm looking forward to this, it will test my resolve and get me utilising my creative skills more!

Off to bake my bread & cookies for my son now - wishing you all a great day.

Miss_Pink_3

sweetpea03 wrote: »

I am going to be making the curried chickpeas & choc bread & butter pud today but I have to make the brioche first so will do that in a mo. Also making tuna & sweetcorn pasta salad so thought I'd post the recipe in case anyone would like it, its very cheap, tasty & filling :cool:

8oz pasta shapes
1-2 small cans drained tuna
1/4 pt mayo
1 tblspn white wine vinegar
juice of 1/2 lemon
small can sweetcorn, drained
black pepper

cook the pasta, drain & cool. Put everything else except for the sweetcorn in a food processor & blend or mix by hand. Add the mixture to the pasta & sweetcorn & thats it!

Hope you all have a good day

Do you know what, I think we might be having that for tea ourselves now. Got everything in except the sweetcorn. Thanks hun:A

hopeless_spendthrift

Good Morning All! :hello:

My soap nuts have arrived!!! Yipppeeee! :j Will bung a wash on and let you all know what happens!

Hey Sweetpea :hello: and thanks for the tuna and sweetcorn salad recipe. Hope u enjoy the curried chick peas - lovely with a crispy green salad and soured cream (budget permitting of-course!:p )

:rotfl: Nice one keren! Fantastic money saving tip ( i think...!) - akin to the grow-ur-own-yeast-for-hm-breadmaking post! Nyk will be proud of you! :dance:

Hope u are feeling much better today Mumzy....

Off to the shower ( have been blitzing the house thus far this morning) Try n c u all later.

Have a lovely morning everyone x x x:hello:

Mollymop5

Hi thrifty.I look forward to your soapnuts review.I've held off from buying until I hear some positive feedback.I have very mucky kids so they need to work well