Well......... Here's the drum.
The situation is very bleak.
Final quote for my car repairs are ........ $2800.
I am in shock, deep shock. I simply don't have it. I've applied for a loan, one of those 6 months interest free ones. But even so, that means paying $233 fortnight to make it by the 6 months. There is no way I can afford that iether. But I should be entitled to the new handout the government is throwing around, and I should get a killer tax cheque, so I might just make it. T'is gonna be a lo-o-ong 6 months tho!
As soon as I get my car back I have to go to town to apply for a top up payment from Centerlink (god, am SO not looking forward to dealing with that!!) and hopefully I will be entitled to some rent assistance.
I have never needed my simple savings skills more!!!
At the moment I'm making some tomato and bacon soup with the tomatoes from my ex-garden. I've already cooked a frozen a big bag of silverbeet too. I've still got zucchinis coming out of my ears. A couple days ago I made a big pot of zucchini and potato soup, that was really yummy. And today I'm going to make tzatziki with........ don't laugh...........zucchini! Hopefully it will be okay, I already made the greek yoghurt base, and if it ain't that good I'll just chuck a whole pile of extra garlic in it. LOL
One of the freezers at work shit itself yesterday, so I was really lucky there. Bev, my boss, GAVE me a kilo of green prawns and a kilo of cooked ones! How bout that!!! So tonight I'm making garlic prawns and ZUCCHINI (!) rossti. I'm actually waiting for my wee to turn green with all this zucchini LOL My brown eyes are at risk of turning green!!!
My beloved Crows are playing tomorrow night. And Sunday is 1 year since I quit smoking. So in honour of that I have re-joined the club. Cost me $65 but it is the last time I be spending money like that for a LONG time, and the act that I am rewarding (quitting) definitely is worth it, so I don't care about the money or feel guilty.
I have 5kg of cornflour to use a talcum powder (that should last me the rest of my LIFE)
I have a crystal stick deodorant
I cut and colour my own hair
I nearly always cook from scratch
I've been checking out the starving woolies thread and plan to do quite a bit from there, will explain more about that later
I've been buying a couple of cloth pads every week - another week or so and I should have enough
I have a couple of sheets and towels that I'm going to cut up for wee-wipes
I make my own beer and wine
I have ditched expensive moisturisers and now use sorbolene and cetaphil
I use powdered milk
Today I am going to make a sourdough starter so I can make my own sourdough bread and rolls and possibly even pretzels
I don't have to pay for dvd's, I rent them for free from work
I do batch cooking - my freezer is absolutely chockers, actually am a bit worried about fitting todays cook up in there
I make my own household cleaner
I have an Emjoi, so hair removal is painful but cheap LOL
Got any more ideas for me?
Cheers
Faye
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3 comments:
Holy shit, that's a lot of money! You poor bugger, hopefully that's the end of your run of bad luck!
Ummm, how about household cleaners and stuff? Making your own laundry powder or liquid, using vinegar and bi-carb for cleaning, etc.
Also, you do read a lot/like to read? Joining the library to borrow books and magazines for free?
Will have to see if I come up with any other handy hints.
Take care mate!
LOL, I sure will have one for you then - wish it was your homemade wine though, it sounds sooooooo good :)
gees that is a lot of money for the car, i don't envy you that! Hmmmm what to do to save more? I will have a think and get back to you. I assume you already use electricity savings light bulbs, turn all applicances off instead of standby. Use a bucket to collect the cold water before the hot water kicks in for a shower and then use that bucket of water to flush the loo or something else? saves the environment and the water bill. i am intrigued about the cornflour for talcum powder, i hadn't heard that one before. I guess that's my learn something new for today :-)
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