2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

Mollymop5

Evening everyone I've opened a new bank account to save my monthly knicker allowance LOL.Paid for a new haircut today.It was a spur of the momment thing but i've not been since last August so well worth it.I feel so good today so it was worth the £11.00 I spent

sashacat

Now I won't sleep as I ripped a pair of my knickers today....perhaps I'd better repair them as I haven't budgetted for new knickers.
On a different note....I was in Mr S the other day on an errand for SiL...trying to buy 3 french sticks for her. They only had 3 left of which 2 were broken. In true frugal style I asked for a reduction at the till. After speaking to the manager I was told "WE DON'T REDUCE BATCH BREAD AS IT IS CHEAPER FOR US TO TROW IT OUT THAN REDUCE IT" Now can you believe that. I absolutely insisted ( much to the embarrassment of my OH ) and they did eventually reduce it, but very reluctantly. Obviously it can't possibly be cheaper to throw it out and I pointed this out to them, but that attitude is scandelous and I shall write to the company. Is it that staff can have it free if it's left over, or what?

Janey51

sashacat..that probably goes with the intelligence that panics when there is no calculator to add 2 + 2.

djjojojuice

In response to Janey 51, I have found that people want to feed me too!! I have been thin for a few years now but I think they are impressed that I'm on a mission to save £$$€ and want to help me along.


I am getting well into this £76 a week budget, I am finding it easier to spend less as each week passes. Also using cash instead of debit card really makes you evaluate whether it's worth the money or not. Last week even went as far as to return a skirt back to a shop, it's had the labels on it since Xmas, looked closely and realised it had a passing resemblence to 2 other skirts that I own and rarely wear......so why add another to the mix. Also nearly bought a pair of shoes " Because they're only £15" but then thought about how similar they look to 2 pairs I already own, yeah they are patent leather so a bit shiny but who's going to notice that when they are partially covered by a pair of jeans or all they way at the bottom of my 32" legs.

I like this restricted budget, is helping me feel like less of a consumer as each day passes, thanks for the inspiration :rotfl:

Janey51

Mollymop5 Its ages since I had my hair cut too but my hairdresser moved to new premises recently and a card dropped through the door to offer a free head massage or deep conditioning treatment for me and a free haircut for DH as a promotion. My haircuts are quite expensive but my only luxury spend as I don't smoke or drink (well, only half a glass of wine or a tiny Baileys now and again.)

Janey51

Forgot to say had a NSD yesterday:j Will update my sig when Nyk has spotted the deliberate mistake.
Now, if that was my real budget..........

catshark88

A few days ago, my 18 month old springer spaniel chewed a piece out of my slip on type shoe.

As the shoes are REALLY comfy, I didn't throw them out but kept them to potter round the house in.

Unfortunately, because they are so comfortable, I keep forgetting to change them when I go out into the real world...

I am looking increasingly like a bag lady, down on her luck...

Does frugalitis have no pity??? :rotfl:

Paul_Varjak

Get some lace-up shoes then you can hang them on the door handles

Burlesque_Babe

£33.29 for me - combination of petrol and this month's car insurance.

Catshark..........know where you are coming from - when my boy was around your Springer's age, shoes were his favourite snack!!!!

Elantan and Taka - I'm with you on the 'large boobs' and 'never reduced' 100%. However, I wear the Plain Moulded T-Shirt Bra from M+S. It goes up to a 44H and is in 3 colours. In the sales, the white ones were reduced to £2 each! Even so, I don't think £8 is a bad price for a bra which has to do such a difficult job and doesn't look like something your granny wore in the 1950s!! (another challenge for us who are 'over endowed!!)

elantan

ohh still to small karen i'm a hh a 36 hh to be honest a hard one