I am mortified. Over the last 8 weeks I've clawed back $1,200 in surplus spending. This bit of thriftiness was needed after my dear old puss got bone cancer and needed her own surgeon. Lets just say when she picked me out at the cat home she chose wisely. The bill came in at around $3,000 which is the amount I had put aside to reno the ensuit. Gone. Puss is still here though. So I got all thrifty and have done a pretty awesome job of clawing back the $3,000 but am feeling very disheartened. The stove died. We've been running on 2/3 elements for some time, now we just have the outer grill. I thought I might replace it cheaply, but stoves are only purchased infrequently, so maybe something a bit better than that. Then there's the hotplates - 1 is damaged, another only works on full, and the discounts for buying both the hot plates and oven are hundreds of dollars. Its a matter of choices - 1) fix - throw good money after bad?? 2) go without - its an option, but I love cooking, or 3) get a loan and just suck it up, forget about the bathroom. I think its option 3. So I'll be looking around, researching, keeping eyes out for specials. Can you be my eyes too?? Here of any sales please let me know - do you know of any good websites??
Any way, enough sooking
Week 9 was not a great week for saving $$ as the kids were off school
#39 - why is Glenorchy movies cheaper than everywhere else? Took the kids and me to the cinema for $10 each - that saved $12 just by turning right instead of left at the lights - PIRATES - good fun movie.
#40 - sold some baby stuff - $50
Total savings - up to week 9 is $1,262
1 comment:
You cannot be without a stove. You could always buy one of the glass ones you sit on the bench. Mines very clever.
What I wanted to say is your saving scheme is fantastic and I am adopting it.
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