2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

Protogenia

I have done my Asda order for the next fortnight...however the money doesn't go out of my account until the day the order is delivered...so I will deduct it from my total then (Saturday). I ordered a fortnights worth of food as I got free delivery with an order over £50. I meal planned for a fortnight so I wouldn't buy any unnecessarys...total came in at £50.02 so that's £25.01 per week out of my £30 a week allowance for groceries...so far so good. Gives me an extra £4.99 per week to play with.

Genia X

Frugaldom

sashacat wrote: »

PS, how do you put things in your signature please?

Go to 'User CP' above and then click on 'Edit Signature' on ;eft hand side of the page that opens up. Type what you want in the pop up box and save it... that's it :beer:

mumzyof2

Help wanted plz!!!

My hoover packed in to day..and i dunno how im going to afford one living off £30 a week? any ideas?

Rafiki_2

Re £520 Christmas 2008 'Challenge'

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Iam doing it on my own hehe 10 a week

Superb! Nice to know there's someone else, regardlss of there being an official thread or not. :j

mumzyof2

Need to so then im not scrimping at xmas time for presents like i was Last year.. and by xmas 2008 i shall be debt free

Protogenia

Poor you mumzy - have a look on freecycle and request a hoover if they are not advertising one or look in your local paper , yo should be able tp oick a second hand one up for a few quid.

Good luck x

mumzyof2

yeh but with ads out of paper im scared they wont work.

Protogenia

"Poor you mumzy - have a look on freecycle and request a hoover if they are not advertising one or look in your local paper , yo should be able tp oick a second hand one up for a few quid."

Jeeeeez cant you tell I am typing in the dark to save cash!!

Miss_Pink_3

nykmedia wrote: »

I have charted the useage from Christmas Eve to New Year's day and now have the final answers to my own questions. Look at the differences in numbers of units of power used:

Day 1 (25th Dec) 63 night, 25 day (extra cooking etc)
Day 2 (26th Dec) 65 night, 21 day (freaked out, turned down temp on a night heater)
Day 3 (27th Dec) 57 night, 20 day (day still too high, switched OFF a convector heater, rearranged house and now have my computer in the living room.
Day 4 (28th Dec) 55 night, 15 day (Wey hey!! A saving beginning to show!)
Day 5 (29th Dec) 56 night, 14 day (Better, and the WM was on last night! Now stopped using groundfloor other than for cooking & eating)
Day 6 (30th Dec) 57 night, 8 day (TD was on last night and I didn't cook much today)
Day 7 (31st Dec) 56 night, 10 day (We were all up and about or watching TV until about 3am LOL)

Have now started a chart for 2008 and aim to get electricity useage down even further by keeping all doors shut, making more draught excluders, sorting out curtains for the silly long window that drops between 2 floors and getting to grips with the storage heater settings. Plus, still thinking of forking out on getting the chimneys inspected - could be worth it over the long term Anyway, I have HALVED my electricity useage in the space of one week just by checking the meter and adjusting stuff about the house - now looking at getting a better rate per unit.

You've inspired me to check my leccy usage. There's only two of us in the house (a three bed detached), but Im sure there's a leak some where!!! Nah, we're pretty bad for wasting leccy. So from tomo, Im checking every thing. Thankyou.

princess_leia_3

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Help wanted plz!!!

My hoover packed in to day..and i dunno how im going to afford one living off £30 a week? any ideas?

Is it allowed that you buy the hoover and then sell something to pay yourself back if you get what I mean
I hope so as I have done this with a Vax as you are spending money that wasn't originally in your budget?