could you live on this ?

Bella79

Hi all

Trying to reduce my money spend and be more o/s after all my bills are paid im left with £210 a week for food/petrol/any spendies and weekends basicly everything !
Theres only 2 of us and 1 toddler do u think its enough to even cover birthdays and stuff ?

Surfbabe

Crikey - I've got £120 for four of us for a month so £210 a week should be more than ample. are you sure you didn;t mean £210 a month????????????????

Bella79

ohh gosh sorry feel awfull now x yeah it is 210 a week
is that £120 for food too ? for four of you ? if it is how ??????????????? my hat goes of to you

tramps

total spend july £183.78 for all food/toiltries/cleaning does not include petrol but i walk to work only use the car when i have to, thats for me OH DS18 DS15

Surfbabe

Yep - everything included and its basically four adults as DS & DD are 19 & 17 !!!!!

There are quite a few people on here with less per month so pop over to the old style board for ideas !

dorry_2

hi owens :wave:

i buy all our food/toiletries/cleaning stuff on line, weekly spend it about £60 or £240 a month for 2 adults, one 11 year old and a fat lab!

i always menu plan and get the money off voucher, so its free delivering (see online voucher board on here, under tesco, no chat for voucher)
so i think if your carefull, you should live comfortly on that amount

Penelope_Penguin

owens3116 wrote: »

ohh gosh sorry feel awfull now x yeah it is 210 a week
is that £120 for food too ? for four of you ? if it is how ??????????????? my hat goes of to you

In that case, have you considered saving some of it for a rainy day If you set up a standing order and send the money to is as soon as you receive it, you won't miss it, and you'll be amazed at how quickly it builds up :T

Penny. x

csarina

We live every month on £120 for food and cleaning stuff etc, 3210 a week for three should be easy especially if you cook from scratch. I went shopping yesterday and bought enough food apart from fruit and veg which I shop for every 2 weeks, to last us this month, including chicken, a lamb joint, mince, etc............

Bella79

Thankyou for all your replies guys i appricated them x Im lucky to have that much money left so i make the most of it x

sethsgran

Nice when people can see their blessings. I agree put some away each week/month for a rainy day or a special treat for you family :-)

Bella79

i am blessed in a lot more ways than money sometimes i think we forget the important aspects , Ive got a lovely hubby and helthy little girl, all my family round me ........so yes im lucky x
I think my mum and dad helped me a lot they have been married so long and have never had any money lifes been a strugle for them both but thre still in love they hardly ever argue and my mums the most happy go lucky person u could wish to meet
All my mum ever says is "oh i wish i had some money to give you !" bless her i saved a bit of money up and gave her £20.00 for some meat as she cooks sunday lunch and she was soo over the moon love her to bits x