[daddymatty82]

Were in the process of culling ad many Bills as possible so that means were getting rid of internet and sky atm iv called to change my loan payments as was paying 100 a month down to now 10 quid a month atm were 75 quid paying out more than getting in. So canceled the car insurence which is due on the 11th so no car fuel or insurance to deal with. Just the payments on the car its self. So with. No net Il be online through my phone which I'm going to minimize so won't be on here much . Hope to be back online ASAP. Cheers matty

[Sandy]

We may well be doing that, funny we used to have loads of money!!!!!!! Now we have loads of time and only enough money to shuffle along and we cut all our costs most of the time.....no pressies for people either most of the time that guts me, my stuff is usualy pre owned but I was going to treat myself by now had a humuguouewerse fuel bill so NO new boots or outdoor coat, my ripped pre owned one will do for now and I bet I will see another in the second hand shops. we got rid of the car on 2 occasions and its a big struggle, but do able if you live in an acessable area......good luck and be back on track soon!!!

[FiB]

Am right with you (as recent posts re LPG and insurance may have indicated!!)!  Good luck - maybe we should start a 'economy drive' tip sheet! No sky for us anyway, but freesat is fine.  I'm on verge of knocking broadband on the head - BT have now said (after a year) that they cant do any more for us and 0.5 Mb is it!!!  Library is 4 miles away, but it could be done!  Anyway good luck again - let us know if you stumble accross any shocking savings!!

[Rosemary]

Good luck with the economy drive 

[Hermit]

Good luck, Hermit. Get rid of any uneccessary gadgets as well, I dont even have a toaster and only a leccy kettle for emergencies. The leccy company have owed us hundreds for years now but we let them keep it in case of emergencies. I have a creel for drying the washing, the dryer stores the ironing! and no dishwasher, a bowl is better. You can get your vehicle on agricultural use which lets you use red diesel and lets you go a certain distance from your croft if its on croft business. ( thats basic though you must check details yourself for that) We stopped Sky years ago and now only get what we can through the ariel, not that we care much. And dont get loans, save up instead!!!!

[Sandy]

I always think how many stand buy lights are on in houses these days and things charging up?  Money saving tips are always good......I save a lot of money by not going out

[FiB]

I always think how many stand buy lights are on in houses these days and things charging up?  Money saving tips are always good......I save a lot of money by not going out

You're so right about  standby lights we got one of those energy monitor thingies with British gas and it is astounding how much you can save by keeping an eye on it .  We are down to about £20 month which is a lot less than we used to pay.  Like you we dont have many appliances tho (No dryer,dishwasher or iron!!  If we ever meet - I'll be the rumpled one!) and we do try to boil kettles/cook on our woodburner top as much as poss (having seen how horrendous the oven was for energy....)  The things that are killing are the sudden surprises (dead sheep, dead van gearboxes...)

[RUSTYME]

No bills , no gadgets , virtually no costs , £5 a month for the mobile , as soon as the veg plot starts producing again , no food costs . Just milk , sugar , coffee and tea to sort out now .
Milk =get a cow
sugar= get some sugar beet seeds (anyone got any to spare ?)
tea= get a camellia sinensis
coffee= err go without or carry on buying it .

[Hermit]

For tea grow mint and lemon verbena, makes a lovely tea.

[RUSTYME]

I grow mint but tend not to like anything lemony (apart from on pancakes). I drink herbal teas for their health benefits, but haven't found one that i could honestly say i like so far !
I will continue to drink them and different new ones , but , i do like 'proper' tea , hence the camellia s.
Will try some  L V though , cheers H.

[Anke]

If you get rid of your telly it's another 15 quid or so saved every month in TV licence!!!! (But I need my library books now to keep me sane...). I would find it scary not to have a car at least for emergencies, but we are in the middle-of-nowehere... Couldn't live without broadband and real coffee though....

[doganjo]

I grow mint but tend not to like anything lemony (apart from on pancakes). I drink herbal teas for their health benefits, but haven't found one that i could honestly say i like so far !
I will continue to drink them and different new ones , but , i do like 'proper' tea , hence the camellia s.
Will try some  L V though , cheers H.

Can't you get a hold of some tea plants and grow it yourself

[FiB]

Hats off to you Rusty!  Inspiring.  We're a bit away from that yet! 

[RUSTYME]

Yes Annie , easy to grow tea , ( camellia sinensis ) , the problem is buying the plants  ! , £9.99 each . Not much i know , but a lot when you have no money !
On it's own , one plant would be affordable . But which 'one' thing off the list of thousands of 'one' things do you get ? lol .
   

[Moleskins]

If you're taking the car off the road make sure you advise DVLA with a SORN notification, good thing about this is you'll find your manure bill will go down,  but only because  "you'll be in deep sh,t" If you don't tell 'em