BUDGETS.....who needs them....ME
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| 951 | for sure the safety pin takes the static out of petti coat and stops it from sticking to the skirt, the clear nail varnish sets the ladder or hole so it wont grow any more kob - 2009-06-09 15:57:00 |
| 952 | do to the fact the some traders are stealing our ideas and selling them to make a personal profit until furthur notice i will not be contributing to any threads in a new idea nature (of course i will answer questions)because i am utterley ticked off with this hole situation I apologize for this but ho hum i never thought i would have to be carefull but it HAS HAPPENED kob - 2009-06-10 15:37:00 |
| 953 | Sent a photo into "thats Life" Magazine and won a $50 cheque.... Fantastic... Now I can treat myself to that long overdue haircut. Rang my salon and my stylist has gone from an Intermediate $55 to a senior $65... Grr so spent 10 mins on the phone and I am going to trial another salon who is willing to just give me a cut (no blow wave) for $40... so 10 mins on the phone (and a leap of faith - fingers crossed she is good) has saved me $25..... My hairstyle is not rocket science, I am growing out the layers so I can tie it back while I am away on holiday.... So will let you know how I get on... (NOTE... have you worked out I have $10 left of my prize....mmmmm I am going to buy something for ME with it!!!) *runs off looking for other photos to send in...* toadfish - 2009-06-11 15:37:00 |
| 954 | Kob I am sorry to hear that someone has taken advantage of your giving nature. annalies1 - 2009-06-13 14:02:00 |
| 955 | Why is it a problem that someone is making money out of something on trade me. How many people on here buy something on here and then sell it on for more. Good idea though, hmm maybe I will write a book!!!! LOL snowboard123 - 2009-06-13 18:35:00 |
| 956 | i know i said i wouldnt contribute but i couldnt halp myself....this is a classic, I think im tight bidgetted BUT on the weekend i had my son home NOW i always keep all my plastic bags for the 2nd hand shop in town so i had a rubbish bag full & was going to take them in on Tues....ny som goes to me as he was leaving MUM do you still save your grocery bags I replied yes, he goes can you believe it Pak n SAve charge us 5 cents a bag in Plamy thats 50 cents each week can you imagine that thats $24 a year just on plastic bags...then he proceeded to load all the old bags ointo his car and he said he just refused to pay for bags, and he is listing stuff on trade me and wanted the rest for packaging, so what have i created, LOL i happily pay 5cents a bag at paknsave it saves looking for a box that wont fall to pieces, I had to share that with you all kob - 2009-06-15 07:38:00 |
| 957 | thats fantastic, your son is on to it i never thought of that, my partner buys 10 bags everytime and we always end up with heaps in the cupboard and I said to him why dont you grab a handful before you go shoping, they are still handy to have but maybe we could buy them every 3rd time we go shopping. hay sorry to hear about ur ideas being used in the wrong way, what happened? chonnni - 2009-06-15 15:46:00 |
| 958 | kob Would like to get in touch with you. Can you please either put something up for auction, or ask a question on mine? annalies1 - 2009-06-15 18:36:00 |
| 959 | I use the plastic bags to pick up after my dog and my sister delivers all of her bags to me for this purpose cos she doesn't have recycling in her area. That way I can do my part by using minimal plastic bags and save being charged. sumstyle - 2009-06-15 19:39:00 |
| 960 | Don't Waste anything I never let anything go off or throw anything away. If the pumpkin looks like it needs eating in the next day or 2 and you don't look like you are going to eat it, spend a couple of minutes chopping it up into soup cubes. I found that if I ever brought celery it would go limp before we finished it... so on the first day I make a couple of soup bags from the leaves and outside stalks... then after a few days when its starts going soft I make another couple of bags from the heart of the celery... No wastage.. I use the pams freezer bags just over $1 for 30... The best thing is when you go to make your soup you just throw in bags of pre chopped stuff. I had some tomatoes going soft... so I chopped them up.. put them in a bag in approx 1 cans worth and used them in my Peanut Chicken Rice dish our family loves and it was much nicer than with canned tomatoes... toadfish - 2009-06-16 06:22:00 |
| 961 | further note for you on celery toadfish in cafes I learned to wash and cut celery into lengths that would fit an icecream tub. Stored in the air tight container, the celery retains it's crispness for up to a month. Astonishing but true. ange164 - 2009-06-16 07:11:00 |
| 962 | Thanks Ange.... Will try that... we haven't had much luck up until now.. The next head I will cut for soup and also a "snack box" ....great idea for my health conscious teenage girls... toadfish - 2009-06-16 07:24:00 |
| 963 | Showing off here I called into New world today... Got 3 packs of good mince reduced to $3 per pack from over $5.... 3 packs of 9 drumsticks for approx $4.65 each (on special) and 1 pack of diced trim pork for $5 (reduced from $8). So thats 7 meals for our family of 4 for $28 (2 adults and 2 adult portion eating teenagers) so that averages $4 per meal.... not bad eh?? toadfish - 2009-06-16 19:02:00 |
| 964 | fantastic im jealous chonnni - 2009-06-16 22:00:00 |
| 965 | wanting to contribute already i didnt last long I saw this last night on a cookery programme Baking Soda Bread 3 cups of flour 1 teaspon of salt & 1 teaspoon baking soda and 250 mils of buttermilk(could be normal milk) kob - 2009-06-17 07:40:00 |
| 966 | went to lunch yesterday & spent $10 on sundried tomato & pumpkin soup WTF so anyway headed stright for new world for $10 i brought 1 jar of SD Tomatoes, 1 leef some chicken stock cubes 1 large kumera and came home and made two big pots of soup 1 pumpkin(in freezer) & sundried tomato and the other Kumera leek & Parsley(in garden) $10 and i got 14 tubs of soup for my lunches.....so im a happy girl kob - 2009-06-17 10:21:00 |
| 967 | I need spell check on the trademe threads kob - 2009-06-17 10:46:00 |
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| 972 | as you know im back on a money save & i was pissed at my NW today for not havent the special i wanted in stock,everything that was on special i wanted wasnt on the shelf 4 items, SO i took the specilas sheet to the kiosk and said i wouldn't take no for an answer & i didnt want a bloody rain check i needed my mocchona coffee sachet today so i demanded a glass jar of it ($2 dearer), the lux soap 8 packs wernt there so i demanded 2 4 packs kob - 2009-06-17 14:04:00 |
| 973 | SACK me as a budget guru ive had a bad mega bad bloody day yesterday, a friendof ours lost her hubby last thursay & they live down south island, now traditionally we bake for the family, but becuase i couldnt do it I rang a bakery and had some baking sent around to her from me, which yep i know your thinking oh how lovely,yep and heres the bad part they wouldn't except credit cards so trusted me with a cheque so i dutifully posted my $49 cheque off, and totally forgot about it didnt i saw there was $60 in my eftpos grocery account and filled my car up didnt I so WHAT HAPPENED the bank honoured the cheque burt charged me $25 bucks im pissed i spose at least they honured it, then hubby lost a filling and was having toothache i couldnt get him into the Taihape dentist ( they only work two days where can i get a job like that)so i rang 15 dentists in wanganui or palmy and the one i got him into charge $265 smakaronies man o man im pissed this morning and my water is frozen so i cant have a shower...you ladies have a great day kob - 2009-06-19 07:59:00 |
| 974 | theres three things in life a girl needs before a stressfull day in the workplace, a good coffee (had) a nice hot shower ( NOT HAD 1 CUP OF WATER FOR A WASH only )and an unclumpy mascara(i think it has frost bite)-3 here this morning, are we sure its not friday the 13th today it sure feels like it, what is today going to bring, well my lipstick smile is now firmly on with my clumped eye lashes so off to earn a living and smile sweetley to the tourists.LOL kob - 2009-06-19 08:24:00 |
| 975 | Heres sending wishes.... To you Kob for a fabulous stress free weekend..(After the day you've had ....Good luck with that one...lol) guitarman525 - 2009-06-20 01:07:00 |
| 976 | thank guitarman the day did get better, and water flowing from the taps this morning so a girl could have her shower and two cups of coffee LOL kob - 2009-06-20 08:47:00 |
| 977 | bumping this thread is great thankyou! alex224 - 2009-06-22 12:17:00 |
| 978 | Afternoon All... Well I have been unwell for nearly a week now with a dreadul ear infection... not the normal run of the mill one.. oh nooooo I have to have a special one that doesn't respond to "regular" antibiotics... Anyhoo on the track to mending but still feeling fragile... Couldn't get motivated for tonights tea so when I popped into foodtown to get the milk I picked up a pack of 900gms of mince for $9 and turned it into a family lasagne for tonight... plus a family lasagne and 2 individual ones for the freezer. I am taking Darlingmoles name "Queen of Mean" Usually I make just 2 family ones and divi the stuff amongst it but always felt I had too much pasta... (i use 2 x packs of budget lasagne pasta) Anyhoo This way the family ones have slightly less mince (family won't notice lol) and I have 2 x "emergency dinners" for teenage girls who need feeding in a hurry. http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/61/96980361_full.jpg toadfish - 2009-06-22 16:29:00 |
| 979 | Post fro Liamjosh... thought it fitted great here Tip to save money in this economic time toadfish - 2009-06-22 16:33:00 |
| 980 | I do the same as the above but try and push it to 2-3 days later. I couple this with having a spare of everything so it goes on the list when I open the spare not when I run out. toadfish - 2009-06-22 16:34:00 |
| 981 | bumping Keep losing this thread - so keeping it near the top rema - 2009-06-24 10:04:00 |
| 982 | I'm posting to thank everyone who's contributed to this thread - the askers because they often asked questions I didn't know I needed to know, yes I do have Irish ancestry ;-), as well as those wonderful people who have spent time and ingenuity answering questions. Today I did a one morning budgetting course which has given me some ideas of where I need to start. It's quite sobering when you trace where your money goes. I have got weekly amounts for all my regular bills (rates, electricity, phone, insurance, transport) that's the easy bit, but it's the unknowns that get me - how much to put aside for dental bills for example?Any suggestions? calista - 2009-06-24 18:41:00 |
| 983 | that's where I have a savings account that I try to maintain at 500. It's a big head start if the car breaks down, or I need a tooth pulled. Most people are willing to work with you paying off costs if you've got a decent deposit. That's my "just in-case" money that doesnt get touched for something that's not an emergency. ange164 - 2009-06-24 18:46:00 |
| 984 | Hey Ange164 That's an idea. When I set up my bill paying account I am going to start with some 'seed money' and have that as a basis for the emergency fund. Let's hope an emergency doesn't happen for a few months. It would also give me money to call on if my Dad gets sick and I have to race up north.$500 sounds like a useful amount. calista - 2009-06-24 20:14:00 |
| 985 | bumping for reader tumbleweeds2011 - 2009-06-28 13:00:00 |
| 986 | bump . lisa7 - 2009-06-30 13:27:00 |
| 987 | bump . stasi21 - 2009-07-01 19:02:00 |
| 988 | This message was deleted. cube300 - 2009-07-02 13:48:00 |
| 989 | Its been some time since I was last on MB, but its fantastic to see this tread still going strong. I've done 2 major things this winter to help the $$$ go further. Firstly I have changed my family grocery shopping from once a forgthnight to 3 weekly. Still spend the same amount, just live by if its gone out of the cubbord tough!! you have to wait till its 3 week gocery shop. I am doing alot more hame baking these days. Secondly I live in a small town, and asked around if anyone wanted my food jo302 - 2009-07-02 17:55:00 |
| 990 | Continued from above........ scraps. A farmer now takes them in exchange for half a lovely side of pork, costs me 1/2 the price of the pig and processing at the butcher. Works really well and their is nothing like paddock farmed free range pork. Whats more I know every 4 months their will be more. I know this might not work in the cities, but ask around you never know. jo302 - 2009-07-02 17:59:00 |
| 991 | When I say still spend the same on my 3 week grocery shop, its the same amount as i would spend on a forgthnight, so I am making same $$ go a week longer and its a huge saving to our pockets. Clear as mud!! jo302 - 2009-07-02 18:02:00 |
| 992 | In reply to #861 about doubling your vinegar....it works!! I have tried it, 3 times is the limit, but a one litre bottle turned into 3 lts....just brilliant as I use it almost everyday for washing cloth nappies!! twinsforus - 2009-07-03 21:27:00 |
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| 995 | bump :) doug57 - 2009-07-06 23:29:00 |
| 996 | Just to let you know Foodtown have 5kgs of Jasmine rice for $12 soemthing... making it just over $2.40 per kilo. The same brand in the 1kg packet was $3.40... so for the first time I brought a bulk bag of rice... I will see how it goes... and how long it lasts. They also had 1kgs of weetbix for $4.99 and beautiful freshzone carrots for $1.99 for a kilo, don't know how they store these carrots but they are so sweet and juicy my kids love them. They must hate me as I go in and only buy the super specials... home brand milk and signature bread. The rest I get at pak and save. toadfish - 2009-07-07 06:40:00 |
| 997 | My latest way of making sure there is no waste is I plan to have a soup meal, the day after a crockpot meal. Don't know about you but when I use the crockpot I end up with far more gravy than I need (yummy but too much). Last week I made a beef casserole in the cp, it had a can of tomatoes in it. So seeing that it was tomatoe based I made up a kings minestrone, added cubed pumpkin, carrots & celery and the added all the left over "Slop" from the crockpot... the result was a delicous and rich soup and no waste. Today I have Lamb, carrots, onions & Barley in the cp so tommorrow it will be a vegetable soup with the left overs as a base... and a loaf of homemade fresh bread... Yum yum yum. toadfish - 2009-07-07 08:18:00 |
| 998 | Came out of New World today and past Bakers Delight and fancied a date scone... but just couldn't pay the $2.20 price as they didn't even look that nice... smaller than usual. So I went back into New World to get some dates and flour and found alot of their baking stuff was on special this week. For $10.30 I got... 400gms dates ($1.69)....400gms Tasti Fruit Mix ($2.49).... 400gms Sultanas ($1.99).... 1.5kgs flour ($1.89). Imagine how many scones... fruit cakes... loafs... etc... I can make for less than the cost of 5 x Bakers Delight Scones..... toadfish - 2009-07-07 12:30:00 |
| 999 | Only popped into New World as I was driving past to look at the double sticker reduced meat... NOT 1 to be found..... Obviously too late in the day. But worth the trip for all my baking bargains. toadfish - 2009-07-07 12:31:00 |
| 1000 | Its all in the way you look at it.... We treat it like a game in this house... How can we have a Champagne lifestyle on a Beer Budget... toadfish - 2009-07-07 12:32:00 |
