Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

funkyfunkymonkey

Penny2myName wrote: »

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

Not bathing in the soup I hope?

I've been trying to catch up on the threads I subscribe too, everyone is so chatty - when I work all day it's hard to keep up.

FFM

sophiesmum_2

mumzyof2 wrote: »

where is everyone???

I'm here:D Just checking out other threads I subscribe to before settling on here for a good nosey:rolleyes:

OH's drill died over the weekend and he has a lot of jobs lined up so needed a new one. He went with one of oldies to BandQ (10% off day) and found a good one in sale reduced , then got 10% off at till so a £60ish drill ended up costing him £43.75. He is now a happy bunny again:D

More spends to add to total:rolleyes:

Kittikins

Hi everyone, well I've spent and been good today....have been really stressed the last 2 evenings with DD, she's just turned 3 and I think I'm getting Terrible 3s rather than 2s as she was an angel until very recently :mad:

To combat the stress, I bought, on a friend's recommendation some lavender & something body/room spray from Boots (£6.79!!!!!- she swears by it, and has been known to raise her voice once or twice to her children, so I thought that if it's good enough for her.....

Let's just say I wish I could add vodka to it and swig it , although I now smell like a Provencal field, I'm still feeling wound up after this evening's battles with DD :eek:.

Spends-wise, I bought bread (reduced, of course, with me around, it doesn't last long!), the above-mentioned spray and a get well soon card for my grandad who is currently in hospital. I was shocked at the cost of cards and would have gone home to raid my cardbox at lunchtime but for the cost of petrol, so I had a happy half hour wandering around town seeking out the cheapest but not chavviest card. I got one for the staggering sum of 24p and it was really nice!! 75% off in Cardfair (not sure if they're a chain), woo hoo.

I feel that my cheap card and cheap(ish) bread kind of paid for part of the lavender spray and as my house is on the market, maybe the aroma will lure people into buying it and helping me downsize before my cheapy mortgage rate runs out at the end of the year as my mortgage will go way about £1k a month, gulp.

Do I scoop today's prize for the most frugal granddaughter? There must be one, surely, lol, maybe a Worther's Original or Extra Strong Mint :rotfl:

Mumzy - have you got space in your suitcases for 2 stowaways?

Sorry, I can't do short posts, wake up at the back, I've finished!

mumzyof2

Kittikins wrote: »

Hi everyone, well I've spent and been good today....have been really stressed the last 2 evenings with DD, she's just turned 3 and I think I'm getting Terrible 3s rather than 2s as she was an angel until very recently :mad:

To combat the stress, I bought, on a friend's recommendation some lavender & something body/room spray from Boots (£6.79!!!!!- she swears by it, and has been known to raise her voice once or twice to her children, so I thought that if it's good enough for her.....

Let's just say I wish I could add vodka to it and swig it , although I now smell like a Provencal field, I'm still feeling wound up after this evening's battles with DD :eek:.

Spends-wise, I bought bread (reduced, of course, with me around, it doesn't last long!), the above-mentioned spray and a get well soon card for my grandad who is currently in hospital. I was shocked at the cost of cards and would have gone home to raid my cardbox at lunchtime but for the cost of petrol, so I had a happy half hour wandering around town seeking out the cheapest but not chavviest card. I got one for the staggering sum of 24p and it was really nice!! 75% off in Cardfair (not sure if they're a chain), woo hoo.

I feel that my cheap card and cheap(ish) bread kind of paid for part of the lavender spray and as my house is on the market, maybe the aroma will lure people into buying it and helping me downsize before my cheapy mortgage rate runs out at the end of the year as my mortgage will go way about £1k a month, gulp.

Do I scoop today's prize for the most frugal granddaughter? There must be one, surely, lol, maybe a Worther's Original or Extra Strong Mint :rotfl:

Mumzy - have you got space in your suitcases for 2 stowaways?

Sorry, I can't do short posts, wake up at the back, I've finished!

OMG iam having exactly the same problem with my 2 and 3 year old!! these past 2 days i have been so stressed with them! I think they maybe be getting a bit excited... but rest a shore i am off to my grans tomorrow where she lets me rest,lie in, cooks all my meals and kids meals.. baths kids..whilst i sit and read mags watch tv

Kittikins

We're off up to my parents' on Friday morning, bliss to have people to talk to and drink wine with in the evening (I'm divorced, work full time hours in 4 days, DD's shattered when I pick her up from nursery and suppose we're both tired and irritable in the evenings), hopefully have lie-ins and we're going to go to Bicester to buy DD some new shoes at the Clarks outlet shop. And, I'm going to torment myself by going to look at a house for sale in their village!!

I really must go and sort out my footer thing to show that I'm a member of the challenge and how much I've spent already in 3 days of being here, eeek.

mumzyof2

Kittikins wrote: »

Hi everyone, well I've spent and been good today....have been really stressed the last 2 evenings with DD, she's just turned 3 and I think I'm getting Terrible 3s rather than 2s as she was an angel until very recently :mad:

To combat the stress, I bought, on a friend's recommendation some lavender & something body/room spray from Boots (£6.79!!!!!- she swears by it, and has been known to raise her voice once or twice to her children, so I thought that if it's good enough for her.....

Let's just say I wish I could add vodka to it and swig it , although I now smell like a Provencal field, I'm still feeling wound up after this evening's battles with DD :eek:.

Spends-wise, I bought bread (reduced, of course, with me around, it doesn't last long!), the above-mentioned spray and a get well soon card for my grandad who is currently in hospital. I was shocked at the cost of cards and would have gone home to raid my cardbox at lunchtime but for the cost of petrol, so I had a happy half hour wandering around town seeking out the cheapest but not chavviest card. I got one for the staggering sum of 24p and it was really nice!! 75% off in Cardfair (not sure if they're a chain), woo hoo.

I feel that my cheap card and cheap(ish) bread kind of paid for part of the lavender spray and as my house is on the market, maybe the aroma will lure people into buying it and helping me downsize before my cheapy mortgage rate runs out at the end of the year as my mortgage will go way about £1k a month, gulp.

Do I scoop today's prize for the most frugal granddaughter? There must be one, surely, lol, maybe a Worther's Original or Extra Strong Mint :rotfl:

Mumzy - have you got space in your suitcases for 2 stowaways?

Sorry, I can't do short posts, wake up at the back, I've finished!

NO NO NO NO NO LOL :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

we have a card fair here also

sophiesmum_2

mumzyof2 wrote: »

OMG iam having exactly the same problem with my 2 and 3 year old!! these past 2 days i have been so stressed with them! I think they maybe be getting a bit excited... but rest a shore i am off to my grans tomorrow where she lets me rest,lie in, cooks all my meals and kids meals.. baths kids..whilst i sit and read mags watch tv

OOoooo forget cyprus, can i book into your grans for a week:rotfl:

mumzyof2

sophiesmum wrote: »

OOoooo forget cyprus, can i book into your grans for a week:rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
My grandad is moody though, but i make him laugh and then my gran tells me and my auntie (she is 2 yrs older than me) to stop it and then we gang up on my gran...so so so much fun. Im glad my grandma finds us funny though i gets our SOH :rotfl: :rotfl:

redglass_2

Hi, good to be on the nice new thread - 8 pages already!
I'm being a bit dumb, still can't find Discussion TIme, is it the same as the Moneysaver's Arms??? Don't know why I want to go there really after what people have said about it, guess I'm just curious....:D

sophiesmum_2

redglass wrote: »

Hi, good to be on the nice new thread - 8 pages already!
I'm being a bit dumb, still can't find Discussion TIme, is it the same as the Moneysaver's Arms??? Don't know why I want to go there really after what people have said about it, guess I'm just curious....:D

Yep discussion thread is in moneysavers arms, I uaually keep away from there too, can get quite heated:eek: