Comments for Amykate

Comment on Policy of not buying stuff – update by Tim

Tim — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:51:16 +0000

I’d buy a round hair brush. They can’t be expensive as the other things right?

With regards to you going into town to buy lunch, have you ever tried just making all your lunches instead? You will find you save a hell of a lot of money doing so in a month that you may even have the spare cash to reward yourself with a gadget.

Comment on Policy of not buying stuff – update by krider2010

krider2010 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:53:33 +0000

Well isn’t what Money Saving Export Martin says, if you still want something (in this case the tripod) a week/month/year later then you really do want it (may still not need it of course ) so probably worth seriously considering after lent.

And you can challenge yourself to use it to make it a worthwhile purchase. I’d like to upgrade my camera which is part of why I’m forcing myself to use the old one and doing project365. So I can prove the new one would get use, and I’d need to keep using it once the first month new gadget glow goes, and I get to hopefully improve in photographic terms in the meanwhile!

Comment on Lent Experiment 2010 by VioletLily

VioletLily — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:20:56 +0000

I think it’s a great idea. I’m sort of trying it myself this year, well as long as I can anyway. I do need to budget but also I’ve a lot of stuff I could already be enjoying rather than adding to it.

Comment on Lent Experiment 2010 by Peter Curd

Peter Curd — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:31 +0000

What about buying gifts and then asking for them back at Easter? #loophole

Comment on Lent Experiment 2010 by Cat

Cat — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:48:43 +0000

I love that picture of you!

And yeah, that sounds like a good plan, good luck!

Comment on Lent Experiment 2010 by Amykate

Amykate — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:35:29 +0000

dollface? Doll Face? lol, I miss you

The point is not to save up but to reduce spending, if I save up and then spend it it’ll be the same as if I just spend

Comment on Lent Experiment 2010 by devilhat

devilhat — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:42:01 +0000

Good luck, dollface…
Why don’t you put all the money you don’t spend in a jar? Then at the end of 40 days, you might be able to afford another holiday.

Comment on The Lot of the Geeks at Christmas by Katharine

Katharine — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:23:10 +0000

I might not be quite up to your level of Geek credentials, but I already know my Mum has bought my Grandparents a new TV… I’ll be writing the adapted guide to the remote control complete with cartoon diagrammes!

Oh, and a full two days in the village the Internet forgot! Help!

Comment on The Lot of the Geeks at Christmas by Jo T

Jo T — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:34:38 +0000

Mwahaha the advantages of being a non-tech geek are becoming apparent! No one ever asks me to explain the workings of washing-up liquid or what the density of water is (although apparently I’m pretty good at pouring things accurately).

Comment on The Lot of the Geeks at Christmas by Tom Rowan

Tom Rowan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:57:33 +0000

We’re a family of techies, so I’m afraid it’s my brother (the IBM hardware support engineer) who gets all the screwdriver related jobs, while I pick up the software problems. My dad is technical engouh to fix his own Windows problems, my wife knows the +ve end of a battery when she sees one and even my mum can manage to fill her car with fuel on her own. It’s not so bad really.