Fiscal Fast – 7 days no spending (at all)

Ok, day one of my fiscal fast and I will not be going out anywhere as I have an upset stomach and generally feel listless. So this is good financially, lol.

Also, I took my card details off my amazon account yesterday as I can click on there too easily and end up buying bits and pieces throughout the month that I don't really need.

Plans for today are to cook from the freezer and fridge. I have potatoes and carrots to use up, so will do mince and mash for dinner, something quick and easy.

Good Luck to any other fiscal fasters out there.

Try looking at it from a different perspective .You have X amount of days until you get paid, and X amount of cash, divide one into t'other and see how much you have per day.
Then take this amount and put it into your purse and every day you don't use it makes the following days shorter and fuller with money IYSWIM.

Shop from your cupboards and freezer and try to think of ways to make what you already have in stock more interesting After all you did buy it to eat, and not just look at.

See how many meals you can plan with what you have at home already You will probably be suprised at how much you really have already, and don't need to buy any more.

Improvisation is the key to streeetching cash out.I used half a celery, a couple of spuds, two stock cubes and some diced onion from the freezer and made a litre of celery soup this morning, enough for at least three lunches, and it cost me only my time to make it.with some cream cheese and crackers thats Friday ,saturday and sunday lunch taken care of.I go to dinner at my DDs on Sunday so no cooking needed for that day.tomorrow night I have enough salady bits in the fridge to have a salad I just add what ever I have to make it more a boiled egg,some grated cheese plus lettuce,tomato,cucumber beetroot from the jar and some red onion chutney and my plate is piled high for very little. I have a massive lentil stash so I may make some lentil pate to go on my crackers for a change from cream cheese I no longer eat bread so I like to vary what I put on the crackers

Thanks JackieO,

I like that way of thinking about how much I have to spend. I've got a few pounds in the bank so will do a calculation.

It is amazing how long you can last from eating from the cupboards/freezer. I didn't think my stores were very full but I've eaten well for the last 3 days and have not been shopping at all. I've got all meals for tomorrow sorted as well and then I'm off to my parents for the weekend so they will feed me

Three days of fiscal fasting so far this week. I'll probably end up spending something on Saturday as I'm off to a birthday party at a pub, but maybe I can smuggle in my hip flask....

happydays89 wrote: »

Hi,I need to join this challenge:(,my husband has been made redundant.He finishes 21st November,so I want to stop all non essential spending.:)My youngest son leaves home on the 10 August so my electric bill should reduce big time (he uses tumble drier a lot)

I have 3 freezers,so I am hoping to use everything up and stay away from the supermarkets.
My husband went offshore today,so this is day one of no spending,I am going to see if I can keep my purse closed for 3 weeks which is how long he is away for.:D

How did the fast go happydays89? Hope things are ok since your hubbie was made redundant. Any luck jobhunting?

We've got houseguests arriving this weekend and it's my son's 16th birthday on top of Christmas, so there's no chance of a fast here yet, but I'm considering it for the first week in January. I'm desperately trying to get an emergency fund together so I can chop up the credit cards once and for all!

Debbie

hi Debbie and all who follow,i went through same thing as you 2 years ago its hard but stay on this site and you will get through,great advice given from old school posters is invaluable. I too have freezers filled so want to go from today till next wed evening without buying anything only milk and that's it ,have loads of half packs of bread and baps in freezer ,want these used up also want all fruit gone in fruit bowl and fridge before I do my big shop next week. I have the Christmas leg of lamb and gammon in freezer thanks to mr t half price 2 weeks ago and got m and s offer 2 puds for 5 quid so got 4 different ones to do boxing day and new years day so its fresh stuff really for next week. all presents wrapped and bagged ,so all set. I really want to start new year with cupboards full so I do not have to go to super mrkets the entire of January,good luck to everyone and I will pop on over holidays to report howi get on xxx