Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

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Janey51 wrote: »

We have been gathering a good store of free logs which we were offered by a friend which will save a packet. Now I have to decide whether its worth investing in a bigger log burner as we are going to struggle to afford to use the oil central heating as back up if next winter is very cold.:eek:

My brother, who lives in the Charente in France gets a huge load of free logs from the local village every winter.All the pensioners in the village get them.
It would be nice if they did the same here for pensioners.I know we get our £200.00 every winter, but I wonder how far it will go this winter if fuel costs keep going up.
I try to pay extra during the summer so I have a reserve on my account when the weather gets cold .As I have Osteo-arthritis in my joints I have to keep the tempreture around 20c at least in my house or I start to sieze up. I am lucky that I don't have to choose between 'heating or eating',although many of my contempories do sadly.
I also have thick lined curtains that I draw before it gets too cold (bought in a charity shop for £12.00) A blanket over my knees on the sofa, and a thermos of HM soup keep me warm in the winter.Most important to keep warm when one is not quite as mobile

redglass_2

Great pix, Nyk. It's a frugalfroglet! Probably downsizing from a bigger pond up the road to cut down on expenses.

mumzyof2

Im starting again from June as i did include cigs in my challenge but i have now stopped and dont know how much i have spent to deduct my cigs away from it. Im sorry for keep stopping and starting again but i promise i wont do it again. Hope this is ok with you all.
How many months are left? is it 8? or 7? How much is the total at now if i start again in june?

Mollymop5

mumzyof2 wrote: »

Im starting again from June as i did include cigs in my challenge but i have now stopped and dont know how much i have spent to deduct my cigs away from it. Im sorry for keep stopping and starting again but i promise i wont do it again. Hope this is ok with you all.
How many months are left? is it 8? or 7? How much is the total at now if i start again in june?

Mumzy you do make me laugh I can still see you in December saying " I'm just going to start again" Lol.

It's ok by me.I've spent loads this month and want to run and hide but if I just rejig my budget then i won't need to panic.7 months left by my reckoning.

Working on our figures of £5570.40 for the year. You could have £3249.40 left which averages at £464.20 per month.Hope that helps

fizzel81

evening all, sorry im not on much anymore, trying to save on leccy by not having computer on alot

i think im struggleing this month, i lost a whole freezer full off food (ds turned fridge freezer off for some unknown reason and i never found out till morning!) and then to top it off i had a huge gas bill (elec was only 67 from when i moved (3rd march) up untill 20th march but the gas bill was an eye watering 234.56 (british gas were great when i rung them, im on a dd now at 88 for both gas and elec a month)

next few months going to be rocky, lots to buy need to work out more ways to cut back hmm

bails

Great pics Nyk, loving the downsizing frog Redglass :rotfl:Congratulations to your DD and to Andromache as well - would they really be so unhappy for you?
Mumzy, have you kept receipts, you could go back and take off the cigs, or just not count them from now?
Fizzel, sorry about the freezer, what a nightmare; I'm sure you and Mollymop (and probably me when I finally add up my spends!) can work it out before the end of the year.
Had a great time last night (after Marru stole all my tea :rotfl:) with my family - we had a yummy dinner and got out loads of old photos of my parents' parents and before, postcards from both wars etc. Got fed a massive brunch this morning too so only just had to eat now!:D Managed to get out in the very windy garden and have planted out the rest of my veg so I now have a broccoli farm on the go :rotfl:Our herd gardens have been added to and we also came across a verveine today so happy about that! The beds are netted from the cats, electrofied for the slugs, let's hope we have some success. I'm going to plant up some courgettes when I have some more compost as OH loves them too, and can do the garlic then as well. I'd like to get a raspberry bush in - we have red and blackcurrants and a embryonic blueberry - and need to get some strawberry plants too as we have a planter for them now. Mum even got me some more gardening gloves
I'm about to book flights to Amsterdam, tried loads of Easyjet codes but no luck. I'd rather not fly but it's too far not to cane me completely, as the music festival seems to be in the middle of nowhere! OH was v impressed tonight as I was reading the Dutch website; hidden talents me We're getting really excited about it now and it'll be a fab way to celebrate my burfday so I'm trying not to think of the costs too much. Which reminds me, I spent about 20 mins in Mr T today justifying to myself that I could buy a pair of shorts 'full price' (even though they actually had 20% off ); I am addicted :rotfl:
Janey, I hope things go well for ou and OH next week x
JackieO, the 'heating or eating' dilemma is such a sad one; I'm glad you at least don't have to choose.
ps Mr T have BOGOF on Ocean Spray at mo- seems extravagant but OH insists on juice and won't drink basics; this works out at 56p a litre and own brand is 88p...so I bought a whole box!

bails

Morning all!

I've been up this morning working out my projected income/outgoings until April '09 :eek::eek: That's if my support stays the same...I am very grateful but hate the uncertainty of it all :rolleyes: Got to focus on the day to day though, hopefully it won't be like this forever.
(It can't be because my savings are disappearing!)
Not the best weather here so not sure what today's plan is; hope everyone has a good one though!

MrDT

Just like to say 'thanks a bunch' to the guys talking about the storage challenge lol I started looking at 'emergency rations' online last night, which lead to survival websites, which lead to this - http://zombiehunters.org/forum/ :rotfl:

Found that they're not actually nutjobs, 'zombie' is a metaphor they use for a number of realistic 'end of the world' scenarios, and got quite interested in some of the topics. Next thing I knew it was 4am :rotfl:

I'm thinking a bunker would be an ideal place to store dried and tinned goods if you're running short on space nyk

bails

Hmm, are you sure William Zombie Hunter 100 isn't in fact a zombie himself? He certainly looks scary enough :rotfl:

mumzyof2

Good Afternoon all Hope everyone is having a good day, mine is a bad day but i shall we fine

Mollymop - I can see myself come december still saying it also lol But i wont this is the last time


I need to pop to shop later, i cant be bothered but i need milk,cordial and bread BUT if i pop to local corner shop i will be paying alot more than if i walk to morrisons which is 20mins away. So im really unsure what to do.