Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

lingojingo

sophiesmum wrote: »

We could always swap the camper for a converted double decker bus and travel en masse, a la portable communal living type thingy:rotfl:

Brilliant! We could call it 'The Frugal Flyer'
I'm booking my berth right now :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sophiesmum_2

slowlyfading wrote: »

Evening everyone! Today has finally been a NSD, which is much needed! I seem to be spending all the time at the moment = not good. I never know what to post on here, I have no funny stories to tell - I think I must be the most boring person alive sometimes!

Yeah right:rotfl: :rotfl: and my life is so exciting when I spent the afternoon potting tomato plants:rotfl: :rotfl: (and I enjoyed it:D )

redglass_2

Nyk, what's the name of the site you found for campervanners?
I have a friend who does the gypsy thing. He's had his van for at least 20 years and it was pretty old when he got it - I'm amazed how it's lasted. He rents out his house but keeps an attic room in it as a bolthole, just in case of disaster. He's been all over the world in the van. It does seem romantic, but I suspect it takes a lot of discipline fitting into such a small space - I mean, it would take decluttering onto a whole new plane! Still, I fantasise about having a van of my own...and also about houseboats and narrowboats. There are three converted vans parked not far from me right now (I live in Glastonbury ) and they look as if they could have been made over for a couple of grand each. Tempting.

sophiesmum_2

Hi redglass,
if you google camper van living it puts up lots of sites and forums, I've just been nosying about them:D

mumzyof2

How is everyone doing the intrest beater challenge?

looby-loo_2

Oh, you lot!!!
I was going to bed an hour ago and I just had a quick look and......now I'm googling camper vans and boats and travelling......and stuff!! and I should be in bed:mad:
My DH just bought a flipping car that looks like a 4X4. BY mistake!! I mean !! how do you do that, but he did!! I said I fancied a particular model. He asked his car dealer friend to look out for one. He went to look and though it strange that it was soooooo big but rang me and I said yes, that's it, my friend has one and the boot is great for car-booting. So he bought it and I think it will do as our 'frugaling bus' it's so :mad: :mad: :mad: masive. It's the right make and model but 10x higher up the range - I've never seen another, I thought they were all just like my friends.
I said the only way I'm justifying keeping that thing is if we go travelling in the summer - then it goes. And the sillyest thing is that he hates it too - he only got it 'cos he though it was what I really wanted!:o

Anyway, sorry to ramble, I'm off to bed now as I have to get up early to go to a car boot wth DS2 (in my Micra:D )

Prudent

looby-loo wrote: »

Oh, you lot!!!
I was going to bed an hour ago and I just had a quick look and......now I'm googling camper vans and boats and travelling......and stuff!! and I should be in bed:mad: quote]

I was just the same. Then had to acknowledge I don't really like driving anything bigger than my clio. :rotfl:

I have been on quite a de-clutter this year (and I have managed to stay away from car boots for ages because I always come home with sooo much stuff). I am thinking of a house move to have an easier commute. I am lucky enough to have a job I love - its just a bad commute.

I think I will probably stay here for a bit longer though as dd will be at school for another year or two. Just looking for ideas for after that.

My mum and dad lived in Cyprus for a few years. When they came back, they lived in a static caravan for a bit. My mum generally liked it, but kept buying stuff at the rate needed to fill a four bed detatched and my dad found the stuff (and my mum :rolleyes: ) gave him no space. In the end they bought a house.

You lot have helped change my priories on a house. I am now looking for a bigger garden for fruit and veg and a smaller house for less council tax/ heating. Not that my current house is very big, but would drop from my three bed to a two bed to get a decent garden.

Prudent

Just want to add as I was thinking about my mum and dad in the last post. I spent my teenage years living on a twelve acre small holding with homegrown veg, chickens, lambs and huge numbers of goats.My mum saw an episode of the good life with a goat and that was that :rolleyes: Personally I really didn't get it, the only attraction to me was that I could have ponies. Much more handy to live in a town and go to the supermarket, Now I would just love all that land :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Although I would still prefer to live in a big village or small town.

whitewing

Morning all! I love my OH. He's just gone off to work. We actually have some money in the bank account without having to swap it from savings. First time this has happened in this challenge. (I get a bit enthusiastic sometimes about mortgage overpymnts - I love making them - it feels like pinball to me when I press the submit key on online banking. I imagine the payment whizzing off and crashing around a bit before landing in the mortgage account.)

Anyway, things could really have been on the up and up. Were it not that work has reduced my wages by 20% a month (unlawfully, apparently, according to ACAS). So it looks like I will be losing that job, which is a shame as I really enjoy it. I can't see that I can let them get away with it. It worried me badly last week but am feeling more resilient today. It's times like this that I wish I could be religious and have some kind of faith that things will be okay.
Anyway, off to work soon with a smile on my face, as for now it is still a pleasant environment.

Take frugalling care, each and every one of you.

Prudent

Whitewing, I had the same addiction to paying off my mortgage - it gets really compulsive, but lots of fun. It is just the best feeling when you get your deeds back