Missy's spend £10 a week on groceries get the house sorted & hit this debt hard diary

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  • Spinney2
    Spinney2 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Sounds like your already on the right track! Keep up the hard work ������
  • Kittychick
    Kittychick Posts: 250 Forumite
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    I find a meal plan really works for me, but I do a week's list for lunch and tea.. And leave a couple of blanks... Usually that will be something I've 'found' that week. I also often will write the main for each meal but not what's with depending on what I fancy that day, eg I'll have written 'sausage and veg' but not if it's with chips, or mash... Many times stuff is interchangeable and as the week goes on the options become less and choices clearer
  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,695 Forumite
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    Thanks spinney and kittychick. Yes meal planning is the way forward definitely, but just need to be more relaxed with what when! Ah can't sleep, this budgetting/debt busting is taking over my head :(
  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,695 Forumite
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    edited 13 August 2017 at 7:37AM
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    laurenh1 wrote: »
    I think thats pretty impressive. I find I am much better if I gp armed with a list! It isn't for everyone but my local supermarket do some great reductions at the end of the day, but its hard getting the opportunity to go with littlies and no hubby about! Alsp a great budget recipe book is "a girl called Jack" I bet most recipes would be online xx

    I have this book! It is amazing! Need to look through my books more, have so many recipe books.

    Tomorrow is going to be a busy day! Will post list when I actually go to sleep and wake in the morning!
  • Scott_Weiland_2
    Scott_Weiland_2 Posts: 799 Forumite
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    My god missy you have me inspired now to spend less on food i live alone i go to tesco's every week i spend about 13-14 quid.

    I have just found a receipt heres my last shopping list lol

    Spinach 79p
    Kale £1.00
    Tomato juice x2 £1.30
    Jam 39p
    Milk 6 pints £1.48
    Cream Cheese 49p
    Lemons 70p
    Oats 75p
    Sugar 69p
    Bread x2 1.00
    Sweet potato 1.00

    £9.59 i think if my maths is right then i buy 1.5 kg of chicken breast in the local butchers which costs a fiver.
    Cashback Earnings YTD £46.04 Survey Earnings YTD £182.66
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  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,695 Forumite
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    edited 13 August 2017 at 7:33AM
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    Hey Scott Weiland. Glad to have inspired you!!! Your list and pricing looks great!
  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,695 Forumite
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    edited 13 August 2017 at 8:15AM
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    DAY 3

    Day 3 in the Missy house!

    Busy day ahead! Although some may slip in favour of playing with little ones! And I've got a free day tomorrow to do stuff.
    Clean out fridge
    Sort pears and store
    Go shopping with small ones in tow :eek:
    Make soup
    Make cakes
    Make rolls
    Make pizza bases
    Roast veg (trying to fill oven up!)
    Wash ironing pile as been in there ages and hopefully won't need ironing!:o
    Make jam
    eBay stuff :o
    Apply for CC - really need to do this!!!
    Clean all toilets and bathrooms :eek:
    Hoover downstairs and wash floor
    Try not to spend any money apart from shopping £10
    Clean cupboard doors
    Clean cooker top
    Clean outside of fridge
    Wash babies bedding
    Unload and reload DW
    Sort out mountains of fruit in fridge, have plums, pears, blackberries, cherries and apples!
    Dust EVERYWHERE!
    Sort toys and clothes for charity

    Ok so list is far too long for a day, but will try and do as much a so can
  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,695 Forumite
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    Food today will be:

    Breakfast toast and fruit
    Lunch soup and bread
    Dinner pizza
    (Subject to change lol)
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 770 Forumite
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    Love a pizza night! Aldi pizzas are my fave! I make my own jam as well, I know I can get it cheaper but its nicer and I take my kids strawberry picking which keeps them busy for a few hours!! i think you're doing fab :) :A
  • Kittychick
    Kittychick Posts: 250 Forumite
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    Two frugalish recipes I'm using at the minute are a BBC good food butternut squash and lentil daal-main possible expensive thing in it is mango chutney, but if you have some it's a lovely, almost creamy curry
    Also doing a slimming world vegetarian chilli too.... Again has one not store cupboard item, Chipotle paste-£1.25 in Tesco and does 6+ batches other than that main ingredients, mushrooms, tinned tomatoes, chilli beans... Great batched up and frozen, then used with wedges, rice, jacket potatoes..
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