Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

DdraigGoch

As far as I can work it out it can't, Bails, because it has to come out of the £4K challenge money - that's the way I understand it.

So, if Twinks were to make and sell some of her famous biscuits and AussieLass and NewZealandGirl [sorry, wrong name!] were to do the same with their magnificent Anzacs too then the money they made [by having spent some of the £4K money on buying the ingredients/leccy for cooking etc] would be part of the Interest Beater challenge. Likewise spending your "chocolate and magazines allowance" on a piece of china from a charity shop and then re-selling at a profit.

Have I got this right, Nyk?

Penny2myName

Asking on here as I know lots of the challengers make their own soup. After making some broccoli and Stilton soup, I have 200g broccoli and 100g Stilton both of which I bought on whoppsie at Mr A's Yesterday, How much liquid/stock should I use?

Frugaldom

bails wrote: »

Oh good! I'm only expecting a tiny return, if anything, but it'll be a start! So selling stuff we already own won't count? Darn!

It can count for you, I just can't count it because that's already part of my cyberdosh challenge to raise an extra £3000 in 2008. I have it split into 3 sections - £1000 from eBid/online auctions, £1000 from cashback, vouchers and clicks and £1000 from something else that I have completely forgotten right now Oh yes, website affiliates! Doh! :rotfl: I'd also like to raise £500 for charity this year (Got £404.40 in 2007) and I'm not even past my first £100 yet! :eek:

I need a completely different project from all of the above on which to focus my attention and play 'interest beater'. I just don't know what it is yet but have had some really daft ideas for mini-restoration projects

Burlesque_Babe

I would say around half to three quarters of a pint or so Penny? If it comes out too thick when you blitz it you can always add a bit more at the end - better too little than too much and it is weak and watery!

DdraigGoch

"mini-resotration projects" ? Do tell.

mumzyof2

Evening all, I need to work out all my budgeting tonight as its bugging me as i dont actually think oh i have £93 a week to spend for this month, i just go and spend whatever hoping il make up months later and i know its not going to work like that. Tomorrow is rent day.. £575.00 down the drain lol All my tax credit payment i get tomorrow is going on my rent LOL. Good job i have my mum paying for next 2weeks eh??

I will let you know all my 5k budgets when i get back from doing it,

EDITED : NOT DOING IT CAUSE KIDS MAKING ME STRESSED LOL.

catshark88

My goodness, if the general population of this country had 1/4 of the drive and resourcefulness of you lot, there would be no chance of any recession and we would all be on the "Live on £400,000 a year" thread!

Way to go!

mumzyof2

where is everyone???

Penny2myName

mumzyof2 wrote: »

where is everyone???

Well I've been attempting my Broccoli and Stilton soup and having a bath whilst its been simmering away. No idea about everyone else.

Penny2myName

Another question regarding my soup found this

Also soup is really good for freezing, but don't add stilton or cream/milk. Add when defrosted

on oldstyle forum, thing is I got the cheese on whoopsi and wanted to make this soup to freeze complete, question is, can I freeze it with the cheese added before hand?