Live on £4000 for a year - Part 2

Frugaldom

Now it's looking more like our 4k challenge forum, some chatter about gardens and veggies and pets and animals and all the other things I can relate to, like wanting loads of animals but not being allowed to keep them here.

Beads - I just sold some lovely beads of jasper from the Kalahari last month on eBid. They were donated for my charity auctions! I have several bits and pieces left to list next weekend but now I'm wondering if I should recycle them into something else that could raise more. I've been flagging in the inspiration stakes, haven't even tried out my new glue gun that's still in the box and haven't made a single new item for my supposed new cottage industry.

Kittens, I love kittens! Just don't give them milk. (Yes, I used to breed cats in a former life. Lovely pure white ones and never a deaf one born yet, just in case anyone wonders My wish book has a picture of a really cute, fluffy kitten stuck next to the chubby labrador puppies on the opposite page from my chickens and other poultry/game/fowl. Not quite sure where the nanny goat is going to fit in just yet and that's just the scrap book garden, not the real garden. :rotfl:

Finished my assignment for tomorrow and it looks like it could be a lazy night. I'm off to make up a couple of pizzas with what's left of the baguettes and I used up the last of the mince from the freezer. It's still got loads of chicken stock in there, plus a bag of prawns, chicken, fish fillets and various foil cartons of mash, spag bol, pasta bake and who knows what else, but I'm sure it's going to be gone in time for the next trip to Mr Ts.

FRUGAL-PARTY-NIGHT is booked for DD, so I'll be looking for loads of finger-foods ideas to do a special buffet. If I start with a list (Bails, I use lists, too ) of ideas then it'll be much easier to stick to a plan of action. I'm thinking absolutuely fun foods, right down to the cocktail stick hedgehog and mini sausage rolls. Oh, I used to love those days - all pasta salad, curried rice, cold pizza squares, vol au vents and egg mayo with a 'bring your own bottle' invite. :rotfl: Best not think along those lines, or I may be disowned completely! I need to practice my baking skills and learn to behave in a more mature and adult fashion.













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Frugaldom

Taka - take heart, clock my figures to date and consider your monthly spend as under average so far. 4k averages £333.33 per month and you haven't hit that yet

System

nykmedia wrote: »

My wish book has a picture of a really cute, fluffy kitten stuck next to the chubby labrador puppies on the opposite page from my chickens and other poultry/game/fowl. Not quite sure where the nanny goat is going to fit in just yet and that's just the scrap book garden, not the real garden. :rotfl:

we just did collage posters on the course im assisting on, mine had images of my dream house, my silly dream (living on a boat - or a lighthouse, i cant stop singing 'i wanna marry a lighthouse keeper' ), the side of my personality i like the best (i had picture of a little girl stomping through a big cake wearing wellies ) and in the top corner i had a pic of a laptop and sale signs to represent what im doing to work towards the dream....

the girls on the course didnt understand why there was a big picture of a chicken in the middle of my dream house section :eek: doesnt eveyone want chickens?

i have also just decided that i really really really wanna be a beekeeper! even through i dont really like honey

sophiesmum_2

I want chickens:j They are top of my list when OH wins the lottery:rotfl: It doesn't take much to make me happy:rolleyes:

Love the sound of your collage jumble bee, especially the wellies and cake bit:D

Nyk .. love the idea of a goat too. goats milk, goats cheese, manure, free lawnmower,mmm .. . may have to add a goat to my wishlist:rolleyes:

looby-loo_2

Jumble-Bee wrote: »

we just did collage posters on the course im assisting on, mine had images of my dream house, my silly dream (living on a boat - or a lighthouse, i cant stop singing 'i wanna marry a lighthouse keeper' ), the side of my personality i like the best (i had picture of a little girl stomping through a big cake wearing wellies ) and in the top corner i had a pic of a laptop and sale signs to represent what im doing to work towards the dream....

the girls on the course didnt understand why there was a big picture of a chicken in the middle of my dream house section :eek: doesnt eveyone want chickens?

i have also just decided that i really really really wanna be a beekeeper! even through i dont really like honey

Next week is 'welly week' - you could wear your wellies to work!

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/news_topic.php?id=434&PHPSESSID=7f5fd5b1d0662f0835405c6b68f83cc7

mah_jong

Weekly report of 9.92 for all shopping .


My veg dilemma
I have decided to steam my veg I will use a wee drop my lots rather than a pile of one! So got a pack of pea/sweetcorn so had some of each plus half a carrot and chuck it in and its not bad. I even had green beans for as part of it for 3 days, I dislike them but I know they are good for me. Hardly noticeable with all the other veg. I may grow to like them but I am not banking on it. However I am starting to be smug about my fruit and veg portions!

DdraigGoch

Today was another NSD - I couldn't face the shops when OH had spent £24.00ish on a meal for 3 [that got turned into a meal for 6}:eek::eek::eek: So much for the "frugal, what a good idea":rotfl:

I spent today ordering my DH and my XDH around, moving furniture and stuff, recycling stuff and generally sorting stuff out. Good day, over all.

DG

Mollymop5

I've had a lovely frugal weekend I've made cushions for dd's bedroom using a pair of extra curtains I bought to match her bedding.I will use the rest to make storage bag, floor mat and other accessories.Much cheaper than buying fabric!
Tea was fantastic.Kids loved it an asked for it again.
I used
1 sad onion
3 droopy mushrooms
1/4 of a shrivelled red pepper
dried pasta
2 sausages (leftovers)
a tin of Heinz Tomato soup
and lastly some very hard leftover cheese grated.

I turned all that into a pasta bake to have with garlic dough balls

mini_huny_money

Nyk..... nothing wrong with that party menu!!!! depending if you're party venue's got at least a micro, what about a couple of pots of hot chilli and chunks of buttered bread. You would just need to buy some styrofoam cups

We,ve got a huge extended family and for a while there we seemed to be having parties once a month, also if a couple of people each made a pot of soup, I know it doesnt sound very partyish but honestly once they smell the soup and chilli., you'll be knocked down in the rush........and helps soak up the alcohol too!!!!!

Hardup_Hester

I still haven't got round to up dating my sig, but I am adding my spends to my blog & keeping a track of them that way.

Spends for Friday £60 car exhaust
Sunday £2.50 on 2 little boy guppies.
NSD today I have ham sarnies & banana bread ready to take to work.
Hester