The new savings plan

I am going to Florida in just over 15 months. I know, it's crazy to book a holiday when we are broke, but we need something to look forward to!
Anyway, I was doing some chore charts for the kids and decided that their reward for getting all their ticks for the day would be 50p in a piggybank.
I then figured out that if I save 50p per day for each child, and £1 per day for myself and for my husband, we will have £1383 by the time we go away!
I know we are skint, but I'm sure we could save a total of £3 per day pretty painlessly if we just cut back on non essentials. I've already decided to stop playing the lottery, so that will be saved, too.

Ooh, and now that I've got my sewing machine set up, I plan to

a) make stuff to sell (little stuffed animals, recycled hanbags, etc...)
b) learn to alter clothes and do this for money
c) reconstruct clothes so i don't have to buy new ones

On top of this, I have applied for 2 jobs, will hopefully be getting a small living allowance from college, and plan to start listing stuff on ebay.

As Del boy said - this time next year, we'll be millionaires!

Somebody Cares, part 2

I have a really small bedroom, and I needed somewhere to set up my sewing machine, so I set off to the Somebody Cares sale in search of an old table.






I found this little beauty...

Absolute bargain - solid pine, 5' tall desk with high shelf and 3 drawers, and a pull out desk thingy at the bottom. Total cost?

£25!

This is what it looks like now...

I am so pleased with it! I *may* eventually sand and paint it, as pine isn't really our thing, but for the moment it's great as it is!