I know this is not about bc but it may soon be

peachyprice

Food parcels?:rotfl:

dalip

ohhhh yes please. We prefer fillet to braising steak,leg of lamb to shoulder,leg of pork to shoulder and only branded cornflakes,choc bisc,crisps,toilet rolls and heinz sauces.

Oh and if you can fosters larger or similar,richmond menthol ciggies, grouse whiskey. TA EVERSO:rotfl: :rotfl: You are a star peachy:T

peachyprice

You're not fussy then:rotfl:

Broken_hearted

Isn't your rent paid for you.

dalip

Broken_hearted wrote: »

Isn't your rent paid for you.

yes bh but because my girls have left home we are now in a 3 bed,with just us 2,so i think the H/A only pay a certain amount. Think from websites we have to find about £20 a wk the rest we get paid for us,at least i hope so.



Peachy no we are not fussy we will eat anything:p

Broken_hearted

Its got to be doable you've just got to figure out how. Everything will get better honest.

dalip

Thanks BH i agree. We have been cutting down and trying to get withinn what we thought we would get, which was £60.50 each but then we have been told cause we are a couple we only get £94.95:eek: .So back to drawing board.Knew it was going to be tough but not this tough.D

tigerfeet2006

Aw! D that is so crAp. Sorry to hear that you are struggling.

We got a set of shelves off Freecycle and loads of orange builders buckets. DH punched holes in the bottom and we have planted them up.We've had so much salad stuff it's been brilliant. We have also picked up a water butt, compost bin and cold frame. We have planted up potatoes in an old black plastic bin as well.

So_Sad_Angel

Oooh Dalip...chin up sweetheart xx

Thankyou for this thread it really highlights that there is very little support for unemployment...even when we have paid out tax & NI for all these years!

Use Ebay, car boots all the MSE advice you can find to get through this....& register with all the recruitment agencies in your area. Also see what the job centre people say as they may have other benefit options for you.

Angiexx

get_me_out

You get used to looking in reduced isle at certain times and freeze it. I can do food shop on 28.00 plus milk 5.00 for 4 of us myself, hubby, 15yr old and 6yr old. OK we love pasta and use lots of pots/veg to fill out plates.

Weigh and save shops are good, you just get enough cereal to last you the week. I've gone in for a half scoop of sugar midweek. Cheaper than full bag.

Hope this helps, our dogs are on chappie complete dry food. 2.5kg bag is just under 3.00 and last my 2 about 10 days.