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Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

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  • Frugaldom
    Frugaldom Posts: 7,184 Forumite
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    Marru wrote: »
    HI!

    I have just come back from the college and I have passed both the assesment and the interview and I have got a place to start two year diploma course in animal management in September!!!!! :j :j :j

    Just saw my neighbour she gave me some birthday cake (chocolate) and I told her that if she can hear thumping sound that is me jumping up and down from joy. :rotfl:

    I am off to have a very late lunch with chocolate cake for pudding.

    Marru

    That is great news, Marru! Well done! :j :j :j
    I reserve the right not to spend.
    The less I spend, the more I can afford.

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  • taka
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    Yeaaaaayyyy well done Marru... congratulations!!
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  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    Hi all i am going to start again for april as my sig has been lost in space. I will start from tomorrow if someone can tell me how much i have if i had started at 5k :)
    Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07
    Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.32
  • Prudent
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    I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who posts - this is such an interesting, supportive and encouraging thread :)

    CA - very sorry to here about your job

    NYK - be wary of any notion that goats are money saving. My parents had a small holding - most of it, plus a my dad's decent income seemed to fund my mum's numerous goats. They seemed to cost a silly amount to keep.
  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Oh that's fab news Marru, well done! :j:T:j:T:j:T And I would second what Prudent said, what a great thread and bunch of people this is!

    Sadly I won't be able to participate in the bingo tomorrow due to the funeral - it's quite an extreme length to go to I know ;)
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  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    whats all this bingo about???
    Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07
    Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.32
  • lingojingo
    lingojingo Posts: 727 Forumite
    Marru wrote: »
    HI!

    I have just come back from the college and I have passed both the assesment and the interview and I have got a place to start two year diploma course in animal management in September!!!!!

    Congratrulations Marru!!!!:T:T:T:T:T
  • Frugaldom
    Frugaldom Posts: 7,184 Forumite
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    mumzyof2 wrote: »
    Hi all i am going to start again for april as my sig has been lost in space. I will start from tomorrow if someone can tell me how much i have if i had started at 5k :)

    Hi Mumzi, tomorrow is one third of the way there, so for a £5000 budget that makes it £3333.33
    The bingo is as per the free bingo threads. Some of use decided to try Thursdays on Gala and we've had a couple of wins amongst us. :)

    Prudent, thank you for your concerns. I've kept goats & reared lambs before, so no panics about being shocked by cost of keeping them. I used to be on a small holding, hence reason we had the horses, ponies, chickens, goats etc. :D Wish I was still there but circumstances change regardless of what we do.
    I reserve the right not to spend.
    The less I spend, the more I can afford.

    Frugal living challenge - living on little in 2026 while frugalling towards retirement.
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Marru wrote: »
    I have just come back from the college and I have passed both the assesment and the interview and I have got a place to start two year diploma course in animal management in September!!!!! :j :j :j

    Congrats! :j
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • mumzyof2
    mumzyof2 Posts: 3,343 Forumite
    when does the bingo start tomorrow?
    Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07
    Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.32
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