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Living on the breadline for the next month or so...

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  • #62
    LavaLamp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭LavaLamp


    Millicent wrote: »
    Have you considered tinned fish? Also, visiting your local butcher/fishmonger can save you a lot of money as they are fond of chucking stuff in for free. Many also do family deals of meat for about 20 quid which, if you have a freezer, should last for quite some time.

    I second this - our local fish guy does two salmon darnes (sp?) for about €5, can't beat that, and they are fresh!


  • #63
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    pinkheels88 wrote: »
    And the creepy private messages begin.... :rolleyes:
    Regret posting pics of myself in other threads now!
    You can report the private messages.
    Click on the little triangle thingy in the message.
    Looks like this: http://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/buttons/report.gif

    Also, what's the deal with the plant pot?


  • #64
    Millicent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    Further (gah, I really have been skint too long! :( ) don't buy fruit and veg in bulk, even though it seems cheaper. It'll often go off before you get to use it up so will end up costing you more in the long run.


  • #65
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    pinkheels88 wrote: »
    And the creepy private messages begin.... :rolleyes:
    Regret posting pics of myself in other threads now!

    You know you're gonna have every red blooded male in AH rummaging through your previous posts now!

    Not me though, I'm a man of honour. :cool:






    / logs out for a few minutes so his name won't show up on pinkheels88's recently visited list...


  • #66
    pinkheels88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭pinkheels88


    Millicent wrote: »
    Further (gah, I really have been skint too long! :( ) don't buy fruit and veg in bulk, even though it seems cheaper. It'll often go off before you get to use it up so will end up costing you more in the long run.

    Millicent you could write a book on this! Great advice! Thanks! :)


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  • #67
    Millicent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    pinkheels88 wrote: »
    Millicent you could write a book on this! Great advice! Thanks! :)

    Think I might. I mightn't be skint then! :D ... :(


  • #68
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Terry wrote: »
    Ok. You don't have a gourd.
    I'll give you €4 for one of your plant pots. I'm trying to grow some Juniper bushes.
    KEEP AWAY FROM MY JUNIPER BUSHES!


  • #69
    gogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭gogo


    Does the thesis have to be hard bound? Could you not get it soft bound, cost you feck all, 2.50 or there abouts.


  • #70
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Overheal wrote: »
    KEEP AWAY FROM MY JUNIPER BUSHES!

    A miracle!!


  • #71
    pinkheels88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭pinkheels88


    gogo wrote: »
    Does the thesis have to be hard bound? Could you not get it soft bound, cost you feck all, 2.50 or there abouts.

    Has to be hard bound, UCC are a bitch like that. Don't really want to skimp on something as important as that!


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  • #72
    Millicent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    If this is for electricity and other bills as well--

    Text from the internet where possible.

    Install Skype if you have a microphone on your laptop and get friends to do the same or use MSN.

    Boil the kettle for one cup at at a time and avoid cooking anything that takes a long time to cook (casseroles, stew etc.)- electric ovens eat electricity.

    If you are using a non-electrical shower, set the timer to come on for an hour at 5 in the morning. You should get enough for a shower, dishes etc. if on your own and you're paying an off-peak rate. Flick the switch off if you know you won't be there. Don't leave anything on stand-by and when your laptop/phone is charged, plug it out immediately. Do not live things plugged in overnight.

    Cook in bulk if you have a big freezer and cut portions up and freeze them. You save by buying in bulk and using the microwave for 5 minutes a day is cheaper than using an oven or hob for a half-hour a day.

    I will be back I'm sure as something else hits me! :pac:


  • #73
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    €4 for the plant pot.
    It'll get you 36 packets of cheap noodles.


  • #74
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    LavaLamp wrote: »
    OMG I find that SO exciting! I have always used approved foods and ordered by out of date stuff online lol!! Next time I am in Cork I am going to have to swing buy and stock up on stuff. :D:D:D:D
    It's daycent. And the old fellas often reduce the price further than what's marked. I got something that's normally €2 for 50c. Seriously I'm going to plug the **** out of this place


  • #75
    Nanaki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 418 ✭✭Nanaki


    €50 a week is not difficult. Stop drinking, getting takeaways, eating ready made foods.
    Once you're careful it's rather straightforward


  • #76
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    zuroph wrote: »
    50 a week is loads. however, if you're stuck, I'll buy ya lunch, I'm on cork a few days every week with work, and stick it on my company credit card. :)

    I'm in Sligo on Tuesday, any use?


  • #77
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    or Dublin on monday?


  • #78
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    €50 a week is loads tbh, I've lived on that for a lot of college and a lot less at time and that has included paying for transport.

    Your food shopping can be really cheap if it has to be, just don't buy any food/coffees outside the house.

    Forget meat, that will eat your budget, why not source your protein from canned beans/pulses for now. It is only a month after all.


  • #79
    gogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭gogo


    Feck me pulses,I'd rather starve.


  • #80
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,102 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    I'm in Sligo on Tuesday, any use?

    lol, no joy. midlands tuesday i think. xx


  • #81
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    zuroph wrote: »
    lol, no joy. midlands tuesday i think. xx
    I might be there that day, what time are you going for lunch?


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  • #82
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,102 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    Saibh wrote: »
    I might be there that day, what time are you going for lunch?

    lunch time. :)


  • #83
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    zuroph wrote: »
    lunch time. :)

    Sorry can't make it now, maybe someone else would like to go.


  • #84
    gogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭gogo


    zuroph wrote: »
    lol, no joy. midlands tuesday i think. xx

    /looks at location and thinks of nice eateries...


  • #85
    andrew163
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭andrew163


    Lidl/Aldi are great for this. Myself and the girlfriend bought about 2 weeks worth of food for 60 euro at Aldi recently. Some good stuff too, bacon, chicken, sauces, etc - it certainly doesn't feel like living on a budget. Got a load of 'pricey' things too (shampoo, cleaning products, etc) that last for months in that too.

    I'd be a bit wary of Tesco if you're strapped for cash. It's definitely cheap compared to places like M&S/Superquinn/Spar, but I went through the receipt from Aldi on Tesco's website to find the cheapest equivalents, and the cheapest it came to was just short of 100 euro. Nearly twice as expensive :eek:

    Avoid smaller places like Eurospar/Centra/Mace/Supervalu/etc like the plague. Extremely pricey to live off (although Supervalu can have some deals sometimes, which can bring it down to Tesco-level).

    Good luck, it sucks having very little money. We were in a similar situation when we first moved in here a few months ago, deposit+first 2 weeks rent+second months rent+gas deposit all in a 3 week period. The pain :(


  • #86
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    €50 a week!!?

    Am I the only one who thinks this is plenty?

    Yeah, I was living on 35 euro a week (five euro a day) most of last year (after rent but still food, transport, electricity, entertainment). Was no bother, wouldn't want to be raising kids on it but it's plenty for a student.


  • #87
    Jesus Juice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭Jesus Juice


    Make a MASSIVE pot of stew, seriously stew lasts days!


  • #88
    maglite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    Seriously 50 is a good week, you can eat take out and buy a lot of drink for that.

    Your going to have no bills for the first month.

    Breadline me ar$e


  • #89
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    Bread-line, me hole.
    Jesus, people in this country are about to have a rude awakening...


  • #90
    Usertaken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Usertaken


    A job helps !


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  • #91
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭up for anything


    pinkheels88 wrote: »
    Apparently she doesn't have any money at the moment and can't borrow it off her parent's either (which I kind of find hard to believe) so unless I wanted to be homeless tommorow, I had no choice but to overdraft the hell out of my account and live like a pauper for the next month. Sucks!

    Why so hard to believe? If she was my child I would be looking to borrow €20 from her. :D There is a recession on and it affects parents too.


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