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It means that i'm living on very little money for the next 6 weeks and it will hamper my beer intake considerably ;)
Any suggestions on living on very little for over a month?
:)
Chris.
Since you're in Nottingham, my top tip for saving on your food bill is to find out where they run those council funded Indian food places for people on low incomes, there used to be a good one in Forest Fields. Basically they're run for old folks in the Asian community, but if you're very quiet and nice about their cooking they'll let you sit in a corner and have a bite to eat.
Last time I was there I think it was about 50p for a few chappattis, a dahl and some curry and rice. The food is great, highly recommended - proper Indian home cooking, served up on metal trays like school dinners used to be.
Just think, with what you save on your food bill you'll be able to afford a couple of goods nights on the town!
been there, done that, got the t-shirt (complete with dahl down the front). Erm, this is going back about 10 years though now I come to think of it :-)
If you smoke, buy tobbacco and roll your own. This saves me £30 a week, depends on how much you smoke.
When drinking alcohol, do it at home as opposed to the pub, and get multi packs of beer from somewhere like Kwik save where its dirt cheap.
Dont go out much, dont drive when you can walk.
Make them ring you, rather than you using your phone to ring them. A good way to do this is to ring your pals let it ring once then hang up. So then they ring you back to ask you what you want. Good way to tell if they can bothered with you too. if they dont ring back they're not interested in talking to you.
I swear by these simple rules and i manage to scrimp by month to month.
:)
Hang on, that's bad, isn't it? ;)
> council funded Indian food places for people on low incomes
The pakistani centre on woodbro road used to do great meals for about 70p
It's in west Bridgeford, if you know it. ;)
Chris.
<added>I'm actually moving out of a flat in a big old house in Mapperley Park - not very swanky though, actually a bedsit!</added>
[edited by: tosspot17 at 1:29 pm (utc) on April 24, 2003]
served up on metal trays like school dinners used to be.They were replaced with plastic trays long ago. Probably because metal trays are like deadly weapons for kids - really flimsy knives or some such.
If like me you like to go out for your tipple - have a few cheapies (netto does a case for a fiver) before you go to the pub/bar and spend less on the premiums thay sell on draught.
And Walk/run/cycle (unless you have to buy a bike ;)) everywhere - you'll and save a fortune on cabs, buses rail etc and get fit in the process.
[edited by: tosspot17 at 1:37 pm (utc) on April 24, 2003]
west Bridgeford
nice area!
Don't think you'll find many cheap food places down there though..
The other option is to find out as many recipies as you can based on potatoes and not much else. Youd be suprised what you can do with a couple of wrinkly spuds :-)
hm. Other tips.
don't buy toilet roll. Go round all the public toilets and steal theirs.
Instead of buying new clothes, sinply check the doorways of charity shops first thing in the morning - you'll save the 15p they would have charged you for that pink flowery shirt.
Spend lots of time in your local library - you'll be surprised how much you'll save on heating bills.
Get your friends to sponsor you're next haircut. I just made £3 by getting people to give me a pound if I got a number 1. Got my own clippers too so it was all margin!
And heres a great booze-bill saving tip from VIZ:
Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
hope this helps
Here in york all we have in the public loos are homeless people.
don't buy toilet roll. Go round all the public toilets and steal theirs.
Thanks ppg that gave me my first laugh of the day.
Everyone in the office thinks i'm a nutter now though.:)
Chris.
ROTFLMAO! (loudly)
Not that I'm advocating stealing here, you see, you can buy them for the meagre price of £8.50...
Cheers for the advice guys. :)
ramen noodles (eat a meal for 25 cents!)
get condiments from fast food places.
I think I have a mental block that is prehibiting me to remember too much! ;)
Fry off the meat (i use around 6 pork chop style things) and one onion - add the diced potatoes (5 or 6) and the sliced carrots (8 or 9 medium sized carrots).
Fill the pan up with water (or beer if you have any - trust me! ;)) and stick in a stock cube and some salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 30mins or so till the potatoes are ready.
There ya have it - <random meat> stew - around 4 portions. Fairly cheap too!
Scott :)
Hey, if you get used to it you can begin to save money when things level out a bit!
Good luck,
PS
>ROTFLMAO! (loudly)
Lol, me too....
I'm lucky though I don't smoke nor drink so it's that saved.
But for the food I used Lidl - I buy ready to cook rice packs (they've got 3-4 diff flavours) put two in a wok with boiling water and eat twice (lunch and dinner). In the morning when I was hungry I drunk water - a lot of it - and I could then wait 'til lunch to eat (go often to the bathroom though ;)). I also bought milk and biscuit (like BN's) and for that money I'd got 2 lunches as well.
On thing also if you've got acces (by being a member or not) to sport centers - use THEIR showers! I know in Coventry anybody could acces showers, and you save a lot on water bills.
ROTFLMAO! (loudly)
same here ;)
Leo
Mix the oats and flour in to the pan instead. It doesnt taste like meat in anyway but its so lumpy it fills you, so you wont be too hungry. Just pretend its meat.
I did this when i was in the desert. Works wonders.
If you play an instrument why not go busking in the middle of town. Bit of extra cash doing something fun.
:)
My name's KVL 74IY
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hat tip to PPG ;)
That is one of the reasons i would not like to live in a big city. Of course, if i had to, I would rather live in london than NYC. I liked london alot.
I live in the sticks in florida, and the mortgage on my 4 bedroom house is $540 a month. :P
My current money saving tip is to get a rich partner... Possibly find a rich, yet old partner, and persuade them to change their will. (Save cash, and buy rat poison in bulk ready for the next one.)
Holy cow. $1800 a month for an apartment! (or whatever that converts to in dollars)
Actually only £440, the rest is admin fees, deposit, rent in advance etc.
Works out at about $700. :)
