2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

redglass_2

Hi
I really wish I hadn't seen that recipe for tablet!
Is puff candy the same as cinder toffee?

elantan

redglass wrote: »

Hi
I really wish I hadn't seen that recipe for tablet!
Is puff candy the same as cinder toffee?

never heard of cinder toffee ...but would recommend you add just a wee bit of vanilla esscence to your tablet yum yum yum

Janey51

Ooooohhhhhh....old fashioned sweeties.
I used to love puff candy which is probably why I have spent so many hours gazing up a dentist's nostrils :rolleyes:

mumzyof2

Can anyone give me any ideas..once again i have £19.77 to last me till thursday.. My child benifit might go in my bank tomo but thats for the rent...but i could use a bit of that and put it back on thursday... all i need is bread, cigs, butter

lingojingo

Nyk, just got Saturdays Guardian from a friend at work and it seems the national papers are following the great 'where's cheaper to live?' debate.:T
In the money section there's a half a page devoted to the pros and cons of moving from London to 'an idyllic country location'! I didn't get last weeks' edition, but someone wrote in asking whether the cheaper rent would be counteracted by higher living expenses, and this week they published people's replies. It was quite interesting.

Now, what can we start this week..........?

redglass_2

elantan wrote: »

never heard of cinder toffee ...

Cinder toffee is like the inside of a Crunchie bar. Is that puff candy?
I know you put bicarb in it while it's boiling and it all puffs up in the pan.

BlueFleur

Re: the countryside being cheaper to live in debate. I was a firm believer in that until I factored in travel costs and lower wages. I've been looking for work in the rural area I'm in, so that I can start when I finish uni in June. It looks like I'll be commuting to the nearest city/large town so that I can get a decent wage!

I think this challenge it really interesting. I’m too late to join I assume, but I’m going to be stealing all your ideas

mumzyof2

BlueFleur wrote: »

Re: the countryside being cheaper to live in debate. I was a firm believer in that until I factored in travel costs and lower wages. I've been looking for work in the rural area I'm in, so that I can start when I finish uni in June. It looks like I'll be commuting to the nearest city/large town so that I can get a decent wage!

I think this challenge it really interesting. I’m too late to join I assume, but I’m going to be stealing all your ideas

You can come and join in now...we will give you the total for the year i think i only re joined at beginning of the month lol

BlueFleur

Thanks, that'd be great. I seem to spend money on absolute rubbish, so hopefully having a limit will stop me!

bails

Hi Bluefleur, you can definitely join! Nyk can give you a challenger number and you can get cracking straight away. Just work out what your budget for essentials will be (excluding council tax, water and rent/mortgage) and use that as your starting figure. Hopefully you can learn from us and we can learn from you too! Be warned though, this challenge is highly addictive and strange behaviour will ensue

AARRGGHH! I don't know quite what's happened this month but we now have about £20 FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH!!! :eek::eek: I've looked back through the spends and it's just a combination of little things mounting up, like the pig food running out etc and blummin' petrol costs :mad:. But at £1.42 per day, it's going to be quite a challenge! If it was just me then I'd just do it, no questions, but OH is a potential liability :eek: Short of tying him down for the next fortnight (which he might like a bit too much), any ideas?

EDIT: phew, I was about to go into 'stiff talking to' mode and OH has just reminded me that the account is owed £25 from another account and that a couple of things about to come out are a few quid cheaper than I thought, so we have about £50 to play with. Still not great but much less scary! OH is also off for a tai chi weekend over Easter and then home to mummy for 4 or 5 days so that should avert a Bails disaster :T