children, cross-stitch and chocolate. Chickywiggles debt-free diary

chickywiggle · 14 November 2011 at 11:59PM

Monday 14th November

last bit of weekly food shop (drink and potatoes). In a bid to cut down spends we are trying to avoid expensive coke/ pepsi and i cannot stand cheap cola so drinking lemonade (value - 18p) and cherryade (own brand 48p)

Oh and it would appear in a week hubby has had £80 MORE then his normal allowance.......... alright for some eh!! Can't wait till the end of the month when we have no money and he wonders why.

Spends:

top-up food shop = £3.78
Baby shopping = £0
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £0
Impulse buys = £0

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £0
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £0

Total spent = £0 (£3.78 fortnightly food)

chickywiggle · 18 November 2011 at 9:05PM

Tuesday 15th November

back to workkkkk..................

trip to co-op (hate shopping there but tis the closest shop to work) for looker food (bread for dinner, luncheon meat and branflakes)

Spends:

Baby shopping = £0
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £0
Impulse buys = £0

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £3.62
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £0

Total spent = £3.62

chickywiggle · 18 November 2011 at 9:12PM

Wednesday 16th November

trip to co-op (againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn) - lemonade, milk, wispa gold)

Spends:

Baby shopping = £0
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £0
Impulse buys = £0

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £1.49
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £0

Total spent = £1.49

chickywiggle · 18 November 2011 at 9:14PM

Thursday 17th November

trip to co-op (againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn) - rolls, t-bags, sugar)

calpol and ibuprofen for the boys.

Spends:

Baby shopping = £6
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £0
Impulse buys = £0

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £2.74
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £0

Total spent = £8.74

chickywiggle · 18 November 2011 at 9:18PM

Friday 18th November

2 christmas books for the boys

Spends:

Baby shopping = £0
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £0
Impulse buys = £0

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £0
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £3.98

Total spent = £3.98

chickywiggle · 18 November 2011 at 9:58PM

Week 13- a summary

Not tooo bad - spends aren't as bad as I thought (work food) as actually remembered to take my own most days

Targets:

(2 week major food shop = £46.60/£50)
Food shopping = £0/£10
Baby shopping = £21.48/ £20
Cleaning = £9.62/ £10
Personal care = £7.05/ £10

Misc = £0.89/ £10
Impulse buys = £2.11/ £10

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £7.85/ £10
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £22.33/ £20

Total available to spend = £71.33/ £100
(+ £46.60/ £50 lge food)

chickywiggle · 21 November 2011 at 10:54PM

Week 14

Hubby was off today so took advantage of the extra pair of shopping hands and got some more food from farm foods (£50). Got home to re-assess my meal plan and realised with a bit of tweking I can successfully cook a meal every night until (and including) 23rd December. (see next post) All I will need to buy periodically are: bread, milk, cheese, eggs, baked beans - and sausages.

Have still got to get some more fizzy pop, bacon and beer (apparently).

babywiggle has discovered his passion for finger food now which not only cuts down the amount of milk he is drinking :j but also the amount of baby jars we need to buy :j:j. Tho I do need to stock up on nappies and wipes (LOVING Asda Value wipes they are SOOO cheap and SOOO amazingly good.)

Also need a new clothes airer.

Targets:

Food shopping = £20
Baby shopping = £20
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £20
Impulse buys = £10

Days out = £20

meals out/ takeaways = £0
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £10

Total available to spend = £100

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Meal Plan

Saturday - Spaghtti bolognaise
Sunday - gammon and egg
Monday - cheese/ ham/ egg potato bake
Tuesday - scampi
Wednesday - turkey steaks
Thursday - pork steaks
Friday -pizza

chickywiggle · 21 November 2011 at 11:21PM

Advance Meal Planning

W/C 26th November:

saturday - golden drummers
Sunday - chicken pie
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday - turkey steaks
wednesday - sausage and egg
thursday - southern fried chicken
friday - fishfingers

W/C 3rd December:

saturday - gsammon and egg
Sunday - hunters chicken
Monday - pork steaks
Tuesday - homemade KFC
wednesday - scampi
thursday - sausage and egg
friday - pizza

W/C 10th December:

saturday - pork steaks
Sunday - chicken pie
Monday - gammon and egg
Tuesday - turkey steaks
wednesday - golden drummers
thursday - sausage and egg
friday - fishfingers

W/C 17th December:

saturday - sausage and egg
Sunday - hunters chicken
Monday - pork steaks
Tuesday - homemade KFC
wednesday - gammon and egg
thursday - scampi
friday - pizza

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Planned but not bought for (apart from Christmas Chicken and Gammon joints)

W/C 24th December:

Christmas Eve - homemade KFC
Christmas Day - chicken and Gammon roast
Boxing Day - chicken and gammon pie (with leftovers)
Tuesday - pasta bake
wednesday - golden drummers
thursday - takeaway
friday - fishfingers

W/C 31st December:

New Years Eve - Full English Brekkie
New Years Day - toad in the hole
Boxing Day - plaice
Tuesday -southern fried chicken
wednesday - turkey steaks
thursday - gammon and egg
friday - pizza

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From January the meals get very boring...... very prescriptive..... but should also be therefore reasonably cheap (i.e. yes it would be nice to have a fish dish but not worth paying the extra £3-£5 for it - the following month i may have fish instead of something else).
Spag Bol features highly on the list for Mondays - mainly becuase only I eat it so it does me Monday lunch, tea and leftovers for around 3 meals for work that week.

w/c 7th January

Saturday - cheese, ham and egg bake
Sunday - chicken pie
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday -golden drummers
wednesday - gammon and egg
thursday - homemade KFC
friday - fishfingers

w/c 14th January

Saturday - pasta bake
Sunday - toad in the hole
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday -southern fried chicken
wednesday - turkey steaks
thursday - gammon and egg
friday - pizza

w/c 21st January

Saturday - cheese, ham and egg bake
Sunday - hunters chicken
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday -gammon and egg
wednesday - homemade KFC
thursday - golden drummers
friday - fishfingers

w/c 28th January

Saturday - pasta bake
Sunday - roast pork
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday -turkey steaks
wednesday - gammon and egg
thursday - southern fried chicken
friday - pizza

chickywiggle · 26 November 2011 at 11:27PM

Week 14- a summary

Now I'm back at work it's almost impossible to update this daily. Am therefore keeping all my receipts and document every purchase on a spreadsheet. That way can update my summary every week*.

(*tho thats not to say I will NEVER do a midweek drop in).

Lets just urmmm omit the "present" spend shall we......... actually tho I made a list of what to get and realised there were 9 women to get for. Discovered Bodyshop's £25 off £50 spend code so got them all there £35.88 (instead of £60.88 - plus there were some 3 for 2's in there).

Food is large but I got both christmas joints (£7.90) and the rest of the food to make the above meal plans. The only fizzy pop i actually got was 8 tins of pepsi for £2

Targets:

Food shopping = £56.14/ £20
Baby shopping = £10.93/ £20
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £19.27/ £20
Impulse buys = £0/ £10

Days out = £21/ £20 (took toddlerwiggle to the cinema - had 3 tickets that had been bought previously on a living social offer which saved us £27).

meals out/ takeaways = £0
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £46.04/ £10 (also bought babywiggle another christmas pressies for £19.99 but had £20 vouchers to cover that).

Total spent = £153.38/ £100

chickywiggle · 26 November 2011 at 11:32PM

Week 15

seriously HOW much can I need to buy this week. Will I EVER manage to keep to the £100 a week budget?? (perhaps in the new year) Have increased it by £20 this week as I KNOW what I want to get my nephews so gonna order it.

Targets:

Food shopping = £20 (this week's top up)
Baby shopping = £20 (need to do a BIGGG food shop for baby finger food and older jars and wipes)
Cleaning = £0
Personal care = £0

Misc = £20
Impulse buys = £10

Days out = £0

meals out/ takeaways = £0
Clothes = £0
Presents (birthday/ Christmas) = £50 (want to get my nephews £8 each and hubbys £30)

Total available to spend = £120

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Meal Plan

saturday - golden drummers
Sunday - chicken pie
Monday - spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday - turkey steaks
wednesday - sausage and egg
thursday - southern fried chicken
friday - fishfingers

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