2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

MarkyMarkD

Mumzyof2 WTG!! It's all sounding like a worse and worse lottery from what you hear in the press.

We are lucky to live in a village with 3 primary schools, all of which are OK, so if DD doesn't get into the first choice it won't be the end of the world.

Frugaldom

Excellent news, Mumzy!

sophiesmum_2

mumzyof2 wrote: »

My son got in the school i wnated him to go too!! Iam over the moon!

Great news mumzy:j :j

elantan

marru can i just say try and see if a local school has a hsp project i joined mine and that is how i got the reiki course i got it for free wouldve cost me £250 otherwise ...i got the introduction to counselling course free as well i think that wouldve cost more ...might be worth checking out

janey i dont plan on leaving i really would like to stay here (i like it here) i just know the challenge is no longer possible for me anymore due to the things previously mentioned ...but i will still be frugalling as much as i can and checking prices for everything and getting the best bargains i can ...i actually anjoyed being able to turn round to my friend and say here you go hun you need it right now i will get it back a bit at a time ..i enjoyed being able to help a friend in need i think i recieved more from the transaction than she did lol ...(and i will get the money back lol)


congrats mumzy

mumzyof2

Thankyou everyone this school is right opssite my house :P well nearly oppsite

bails

Ha ha ha, just the laugh I needed, thanks Nyk! :rotfl:As the mojo is priceless though, what reward would be adequate?

Well done on the reiki course Elantan, can you tell us a bit more about 'hsp', don't know what that is?

Congrats Mumzy, that's great news!

I'm thinking of doing some OU (depending on if a job comes up or not) - why is it that whenever I look, the courses I fancy are just being phased out? :rolleyes: Anyone who's done some OU study, do I really need to do one of the introductory courses? (I'm thinking of the money of course! )

Marru

nykmedia wrote: »

... STOP PRESS ... STOP PRESS ... STOP PRESS ...

Hot off the press at the Frugal Bugle...

Bails' Mojo spotted running wild with a herd of haggis in the hills of Scotland. After desperately seeking solace in the fact that her pupils were suffering from Friday sickness, Bail's assumed her Mojo had just wandered off but remained nearby. However, eyewitness accounts have provided conclusive evidence that the escaped Mojo has managed to cover several hundred miles during its northward journey. When asked about the prospect of retraining in an effort to recapture her lost Mojo, Bails replied, "B***er that!"

It remains to be seen if the owner even wants the wayward Mojo returned if (or when) it is re-captured. No reward has yet been offered for its safe return. :rotfl:

:T :T :T :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T :T :T

Janey51

This is sort of related to our challenge and its needing a bit of advice for me to deal with.

My niece is 30, has 3 kids, is divorced, about to get married again and is hopeless with money.
Her Mum (my sister) emigrated last year..actually left behind a huge pile of debt which Debt Collectors have been contacting me about as she used our address as a forwarding address :mad:

So, I have bailed my niece out on numerous occasions over the past year but thought she had finally got herself sorted.
Got a tearful phone call earlier this evening to say her phone was going to be cut off unless she paid BT £150 tomorrow.
At first I said "no" as she is still paying me back for insuring her car. But then I felt sorry for her and agreed to lend her the money.

When I gave it to her I said she has to stop buying the kids designer clothes, buying presents for them and her fiancee. I gave her the lecture about saving for emergencies which I give her every time.(her telephone money had been spent on repairing the washing machine)
I know I am making things worse by not saying "no" and meaning it but she has had such a disastrous life...has been self harming and is on anti-depressants as well as having counselling.

Do I just stop helping her? Do I tell my sister? I am in a real quandary because I know she is not helping herself and I really can't imagine how she thinks she and her fiancee (both on benefits) are going to pay for a wedding with 200 guests :eek:
I have offered to help her budget but nothing ever comes of it.

Oh bum. Wish I didn't worry so much about other people's problems.
The money we lent her is from the insurance money so its not as if its actually "ours" if you know what I mean.

flowerofthewest

I've also posted this on the Sealed Pot Challenge - so apologies to anyone who reads it twice

Mumzy - congrats on your son getting into the school you wanted

I don't post on here (or anywhere really (too shy) ) a lot, but I'm so excited. If it wasn't for this thread and the Sealed Pot Challenge thread, I would not be going away for a few days holiday tomorrow!! I've used some unexpected (unbudgeted) money to pay for a coach tour to Scotland for 5 days, and my spending money is coming from the £2 coins that I've been saving in a separate pot to my Sealed Challenge (which in itself is almost full - will need to find new pot soon). So this morning I released £80 in £2 coins back into the wild via the building society and now have 8 crisp shiney new £10 notes to spend. Wah hay

Thanks everyone for the inspirational posts and for the sense of community that comes through in the posts - I feel as if I belong even though I am the (very) distant relative that you only see on high days and holidays.


Also, bails, I'll keep an eye out for your mojo while I'm in Scotland - do you think it will have reached the Pitlochry area by tomorrow?

Take care all
Fi

Janey51

Hello flowerofthewest ...the speed the Mojo was going as it hurdled our fence I would think it will be halfway to Aberdeen by now :rotfl:

Congrats on your savings :j It's great, isn't it