2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

catshark88

well done on your new job Keren, that's great!

Please could someone post a flapjack recipe? I have a yen to make them but no idea how. think it eas the choccie buttons that inspired me!:rotfl:

Janey51

Congrats keren on the new job. See how luck is starting to single you out? After all, being a ladeeee, Lady Luck appreciates frugalism.

I am pleased to report a NSD :j

Not sure if we are staying at home tomorrow where I will be safe from the shops or DH wants to venture out.:eek:
Its really really cold here tonight. I have the log burner on, one bar on the calor gas fire, a throw on my knee and the laptop keeping my legs warm. Not to mention a vest, 2 long sleeved t-shirts, a jumper, a gilet, pair of jeans, tights and my knee length furry slippers.
I am so elegant Its a good thing DH loves me for whats inside....if he can find it.
Thinking of going to hang over the Rayburn to make home-made sausages (recipe on the Old Style Board) as DH loves sausages and he is at work until 9pm. But it means leaving the cosy warmth and going into the Arctic that is the hall and through the Antartic which is the dining room.
Soon I will have to climb Mt Everest to put the electric blankets on.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

DdraigGoch

Janey51 - you are wonderful! and to be honest it's so nice to know that I am not alone in Antarctica. We too work on an open fire for heating, and the prospect of venturing up the wooden hills is a fearful one indeed

Jay1_2

Hello everyone:hello:
I now have the internet at home again so I can post messages :T Not that I have much to say though :rolleyes: . I have been trying to keep up with your posts (naughtyly at work and unnaughtyly in my lunchtimes) but [strike]you do go on so[/strike] I mean you have such inspiring tales to tell. I can't remember who it was that had chickens poking their heads out of a wendyhouse but that was :laugh: as was helping knickerless nuns :rotfl: .

Anyway I have been keeping up with the challenge. And I haven't spent £4000 yet this year, or even the £3923 that I'm allowing myself coz I started a week late. :A What I have spent is £262.43 on groceries, bills, treats etc, and £576.66 on making my new flat into a home. The "home-making" moves in and out of my £4000 as I keep changing my mind whether I'm counting it or not. Curse these willpower challenges, if only somone would pay for me to have a roof over my head and give me £4000 for the year!

Anything I earn and don't spend is either going into savings or paying off some mortgage early. Haven't decided which yet - will probably wait till I have some spare money first !

sashacat

well, just read through to catch up and was falling about laughing...it's not just addictive, it's hilarious. I've just made £25 today sorting some accounts and letters out, so really pleased. And another NSD. I'll now have to workout how many of these I have each month and calculate the %, as well as watching the electric metre, and the money...what with watching this I really don't have time to spend anything anyway.

CharliesAngel

Congrats on the job Keren xx

Just a quick update on the 11 quid a week situation... i know i'm sad but yes I AM that skint...

cat food - Katkins (8 tins) 2.98
electricity key - 5.00, switched my fridge and freezer off cos they're empty!
bread, smartprice 27p
5 dairy milk bars (full size) for 99p
Jam - 99p
bath stuff/shampoo - 29p
bananas - 99p for 6

51p over budget this week! how will i cope

Eggs in the fridge - no longer cold but upright - 15
veg in the rack - beetroot, asparagus, brussel sprouts

Meals this week:

Breakfast - omelettes/scrambled eggs and toast
lunches - egg on toast/jam sarnies with banana and choccie bar (Mmm choc)
Dinners - 1 beans (out of cupboard) on toast, 2 vegetable omelette, 3 pasta (still got huge amount left) and sauce with tuna, 4 eggy pasta and vegetables (nicer than it sounds!), 5 pasta, veg and sauce with cheese (still got half a block), 6 hoops on toast with cheese, 7 does a banana sarnie count?! can't help myself...

CA x

Mollymop5

Really pleased today.I received my fabric I ordered fom ebay for my kitchen.I paid for it using survey and slice the pie money so I feel as if I got it for free :T Can't wait for the kids to visit their dad this weekend so that I can see how many accessories I can make from 3mtre of fabric

elantan

thanks nyk i understood it that time lol ...ca wow i take my hat off to you managing on that well done i need some of your gumption i think

CharliesAngel

ty elantan hun... it's just one of those things! i don't notice it anymore...

CA x

Ellidee

CharliesAngel I admire your ingenuity with that menu but all those eggs with bananas and beans PLUS white bread won't it (ahem) upset your 'regularity' ? :rotfl: