moneymabels debt free by 2009 challenge

tattycath

Blimey Jen. How big is your freezer??? If I put 14 loaves in mine it would fill the freezer I've got and that would only leave me the fridge freezer freezer iyswim!!!! I would love to have space to have a freezer that was of decent size. My next house:rotfl:is going to have enough room for a big freezer...I seem to recall wanting a walk in wardrobe too... and a big garage...and a conservatory... and a nice car... ... ... ... ...
then she woke up!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:right now I'd just settle for keeping on top ofd the bills. even toying with the idea of getting electric and gas meters...now that is bad!!! Our latest bill was nearly £500 for the last quarter (for both elec and gas)-time to switch me thinks!!!

Nichelette

14 loaves of bread!

At least you're well prepared if the worst happens. I keep telling my dad to get bread on multi buys but he moans it goes dry if you freeze it (rubbish), he infuriates me. I'm at £4.76 on slice the pie now with 116 tracks reviewed, the money seems to add up a lot quicker when you're at 5p a track. I have read that you need to do about 250 to get a third star which would be great. Even though it's only 7p it all helps. I *really* hope I can get the £50 I'm after because it could go in my ISA then. I think it would be reasonable to make £50 a month after that which would be great for adding to the car fund (or petrol the way things are going).

jenjade

yes you need to switch hun.
oh i have a smallish chest freezer the square type
i am on pre pay meter for gas and electric in this house i find it ok i can't use more than i can afford in fact i have switched all the gas odd so i am just using electric - imersion for water no heating electic cooker etc! and i can see what is costs

moneymabel

LOL jen you could open a shop! Glad interview went ok. Back from work and now I'm off back there for scrapbookclub, will post more tomorrow and catch up with all of you (((( hugs)))) for everyone!

jenjade

well done on slice the pie. my co op reduces bread to 10p a loaf on sunday afternoons so i have stocked up on the bread we like much cheaper than £1.20 a loaf!!! i won't buy anymore for a while now!!!

tattycath

jenjade wrote: »

yes you need to switch hun.
oh i have a smallish chest freezer the square type
i am on pre pay meter for gas and electric in this house i find it ok i can't use more than i can afford in fact i have switched all the gas odd so i am just using electric - imersion for water no heating electic cooker etc! and i can see what is costs

Jen do you find it tends to cost much more with pre-pay? I'm seriously contemplating getting the meters in for a while becasue these big bills are crippling-we pay by direct debit every month but they have just reset it to well over £100 a month and money is tight as it is....
I'm having a really off day today...another one. I just hope things improve soon coz at the moment things are really bad-and eldest DD managed to fall down stairs this morning...didn't stop her going to a birthday meal tonight, but I did have to take her to school and pick her up!!!
Will go on uswitch and quidco later-see what deals I can get for gas and leccy

Nichelette

Ah no, falling down the stairs isn't nice...I hope she is alright Cath. I miss dirt cheap bakery stuff, I used to work in Sainsbury's when I was at college (as did every other student) so I was always getting cheap food. I remember once someone left a whole delivery of frozen pizzas out of the freezers. They couldn't sell them to the public so staff were sold them for 10p each! Some of them even had two in the boxes.

jenjade

i love sunday evenings in supermakets/ food shops when they reduce funny how the bread is worth £1.40 in at 2pm and at 4pm it is only worth 10p!!! something funny going on there!!

jenjade

oh i have had a no spend day today not a penny!!!
i bought a pair of trousers and 2 tops on thursday to wear to the interview and the trousers didn't fit so i am going to take them back tomorrow where i would have usually shoved them in the cupboard! so that will be £15 back so i spend £11 in the end on two tops! fab. e bay stuff is going well

jenjade

is no one talking to night?