2018 Frugal Living Challenge

Hi,
I just want to say thankyou all for posting. It is helping me get through some tough times.
I think of you as virtual friends who against the odds achieve there goals, Frigaldom , what a journey, I loved reading your story, Kerry women, love your bucket list, Frankie, thanks for posting daily, please continue and all of you.

welcome littlesimplelivingcottage lovely to have you with us , everyone on here is very helpfull , theyll all give you lots of good advice

well im back from my jollies , ive had a whirlwind couple of weeks with my American friend , but now back to being Cinderella and not doing much , Ive GOT to get rid of the weight i put on over the holidays , im not making excuses , the first week we was in Cornwall as you know , and that was fine , the 2nd week we was together we was in London, I feel sooooooooo sorry for you lot in that area , The food prices are HIGH. we didnt get any meals in the hotel so all meals had to be bought , and wow some were expensive , so we got to eating a lot of junk , purely for the price , Mc Donalds was supper every night , We walked miles but i can still feel the weight ive piled on . My friend ,,,,,,,i love her to bits , she's got a heart of gold , but Frugal isnt a word she knows , its been hard work with her . Ive looked for bargains. but her idea of a bargain and mine arnt the same , for instance , her hero is Aidan Turner from Poldark , he was appearing in theatre, she went EVERY NIGHT in the front row , tickets cost £100 each . !!!!! i went a couple of nights , i was up in the gods in the £10 seats . oh yes she was happy , but its all paid on a credit card that she now has to work all year to pay off, as she says life is for living and enjoying ,,,,,,,,,,which is true , but at a price. but as i said weve had a fab time , seen and done lots of new things and ive got wonderful memories to think back on , Now im finding it hard to get back into cooking , ( Ive been spoiled having all my meals cooked) i made a dinner yesterday , If you have a Jack Fultons , they now do a large cooked chicken for £2.99. im loving them , and made double amount for dinner yesterday using the chicken , so didnt have to cook today , yay . Also Brewers Fayre are doing 2 main meals for £8.99 , id told my grown up kids i wasnt bringing presents back from London , so ill treat them to a meal instead using this offer , nice to be back , im catching up on reading everyones posts

Hi all. I've been lurking on this post for months but now i really need to get my finger out and join the challenge. please may i join?

Happy Birthday to your Ds FrankieM

Morning all,

I keep going over and over my budgets, I wonder if this is a thing in the hopes I can save a pound or two here and there.

Last night I fixed the other half's pants, the button had gone. I seem to be fixing them monthly but at least they are still going. We're both particular about what we wear so tend to keep things as long as possible. I wear 1 dress to work and have been wearing it for 2 years!

I've been pondering looking at dusting of the slow cooker at home, it's earlier than normal but we seem to be so busy lately that it would be worth it to have a proper meal and not just chips. Does anyone have any recipes? I do fall foul of just the bol and the currys.

Hope everyone is doing well in their frugal ways