2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

sleepless_saver

The cost of a year's prepayment in Scotland goes down in April this year to £48, with further reductions in following years. That would be why they suggested you hold off buying one now for £98.70 .

bails

Elantan, I want to echo what Nyk said! And stick around, even if it's not 4k we'll all still be a lot better off

I had a pants lesson with Yr 10 this afternoon, despite having spent ages planning :rolleyes: Feel like I've lost my mojo; let's hope not! :eek:

Gotta go, hope people have a lovely weekend planned?

Janey51

Good afternoon Frugal Friends.

DH and I have had a nice day trundling round the charity shops. I spent £3 on an M&S long chunky cardigan that is immaculate and £2.50 on a t-shirt.
DH thinks he is about to make a million as he bought a pencil drawing of Winnie the Pooh for £1 which he thinks is an original from the A.A. Milne books

If this should be so, guess it will be a "Can you live on £40,000 a year Challenge" :rotfl:

Last week he bought a book for 50p which appears to be selling for £30ish on Ebay :j

So why aren't we rich?

Janey51

Elanton don't leave us. We need all the frugalites we can grab hold of.

Janey51

bails just saw a mojo running across the lawn

Do you want me to chase after it? :rotfl:

Frugaldom

Wow! Go Janey and Janey's OH! Good luck with the drawing and book. We don't have any charity shops here, although I do visit the 'Sue Ryder Designerwear' shop in the next town any time I get to go there Picked up a really nice signed print last year and hope it becomes a frugal investment. (It cost £4 )

Sleepless, thanks for the note about the prescriptions annual charges - I wasn't aware of that!

Bails... I'm sure your class went just fine and it was just that Friday effect you had mentioned. You can't possibly have lost your Mojo. I have a 'teacher' question of the grammatical kind needing answered, perhaps you can help me out here. Is the word 'scissors' classed as singular or plural?

Would one ask, 'Where ARE the scissors?' or could one just say, 'Where's the scissors?' As 'scissors' ends in the letter 's' but relates to a singular item, yet known as a pair (does that consist of one scissor linked to another scissor?), I find this confusing and couldn't decide on my answer. (Thinking up silly questions is classed as free entertainment in my book, although it cost me the price of a MacMillan encyclopaedia back in 1984 because there were so many answers needed :rotfl: ).

mumzyof2

Hello everyone, Well had a good day today really picked up a couliflower for 35p and bag of potatoes (6 potatoes in a bag) for 50p so that will be it now for sundays dinner as i got everything now. Will update sig later.

I cant wait til 8pm!!! I will be able to check online and see if my son has got his place at school!!!!! I hope so as this school is right across the road from me ))

MarkyMarkD

Nyk It's definitely "where are the scissors?" because as you say scissors are plural.

Elantan Good info regarding the Scottish prescription charges. Doesn't benefit me though. And if your OH has already had 4 items, or will do before 1 April, he still should have bought a 3 month prepayment certificate.

Mumzy I love cauliflowers but they always seem to be expensive nowadays. <-- sign of getting old, eh?

Frugaldom

Hello peeps, was just updating on the posts in the grocery challenge and felt compelled to point out a particular post and say that I must now find out more:

Originally Posted by Kaz2904
I didn't have to get the car converted to run on vegetable oil. I have a toyota lucida diesel engine. It's 16 years old. I just pour it in with a bit of diesel.
I took MIL out in it and she was asking about the amount cause I didn't have any diesel in it. She was saying "are you sure it works?" well what had we just been driving round in?:rolleyes: A few old diesels will run on it. Just google bio fuels or running car on veg oil.

mumzyof2

cauliflowers i love also and i get a small one for 35p from the market..there is only me and kids and oh but we put it with cabbage so no need to buy a big one. The next fruit n veg stall sells them at 78p!! :O