This is my soa , what do u think? all advice help wanted

scjs2008

Its ok merlot i understand... i need sorting out and i appriate all comment harsh and non harsh..i must get a grip ..i just need to spend this atm ...great tips on grass stains...
im going to have a look at the meal plannin see if i can reduce food..it will be hard i do buy smartprice food and cleaning stuff now just seem to spend a fortune on bread and milk and cheese alone!

Merlot

scjs2008 wrote: »

Its ok merlot i understand... i need sorting out and i appriate all comment harsh and non harsh..i must get a grip ..i just need to spend this atm ...great tips on grass stains...
im going to have a look at the meal plannin see if i can reduce food..it will be hard i do buy smartprice food and cleaning stuff now just seem to spend a fortune on bread and milk and cheese alone!

Top tip...cleaning stuff...you'll be sick of me soon (I get these tips from the Old Style board)..

If you buy for example Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner in a trigger spray, pour half of it into another empty trigger spray and fill them up with water, you have two for the price of one. (Please be careful if you have young children which containers you use though, we don't want any child accidentally swallowing something they shouldn't).

Post an average weekly meal plan for yourself here or on the old style board, and we can help you reduce your monthly shopping bill, I promise we will, we could knock at least £50 without too effort.

Merlot.x.

Ossireo

try to stop caring about what other people think, I know my ex-MIL dies inside every time me & my son have a pyjama day but he loves it, we veg in front of TV watching various films .. he sees it as a real treat

I've never really cared about stains etc too much, he has 2 pairs of £2 jeans from Asda and about 5 t-shirts, figured he grows out of them so quick no point worrying if they get mega dirty

If people want to judge they can whip out their own purses/wallets and buy him more stuff :rotfl:

scjs2008

i do alot of worryin about what others think i never had much as a child and i just want to give my kids the best of anything i can if only the cheapo jeans from asda come with sdjustable waist i could do them but they just fall off the kids waist..............

merlot-im new to the board so finding it hard to navigate to these meal plannin etc gr8 mr muscel tip !

SingleSue

Ossireo wrote: »

try to stop caring about what other people think, I know my ex-MIL dies inside every time me & my son have a pyjama day but he loves it, we veg in front of TV watching various films .. he sees it as a real treat

I've never really cared about stains etc too much, he has 2 pairs of £2 jeans from Asda and about 5 t-shirts, figured he grows out of them so quick no point worrying if they get mega dirty

If people want to judge they can whip out their own purses/wallets and buy him more stuff :rotfl:

Do you know, I actually thought I was the only mother (and a bad one at that for doing it according to my Ex mother in law) who had pyjama days in teh school holidays! :rotfl:

So relieved to find I am not.

Oooppsss thought I better edit to add some constructive advice to my post.....

I have 3 very destructive (for clothes) kids and it is expensive keeping up but I have managed to get my yearly spend on clothes down to less than £100 for all 3. My secret is charity shops,ebay or closing down sales....I never pay full price but the items are mostly still brand new!

My only exceptions to this is shoes and underwear...although I still look for the bargains on ebay etc but they have to be brand spanking new.

Merlot

scjs2008 wrote: »

i do alot of worryin about what others think i never had much as a child and i just want to give my kids the best of anything i can if only the cheapo jeans from asda come with sdjustable waist i could do them but they just fall off the kids waist..............

merlot-im new to the board so finding it hard to navigate to these meal plannin etc gr8 mr muscel tip !

I'll get you a link to the Old style board in a mo, Of course don't buy Mr Muscle, buy the supermarket brand in a trigger spray, its cheaper, I do, I could bore you all nite with my tips, you could end up going into labour before I've finished:D

P.s. I let my children play out in the back garden in there PJ's, I don't give a monkeys what people think of me, i have got passed caring, my children are clean, healthy and loved, you don't need to spend tons of money on them, all they need is quality time from either mum or dad and they are happy, my two children are 11 and 9 and today have sorted there rooms out to de clutter as they want to buy a Megasketcher, and I told them they would have to wait, they both came downstairs with a pile for E-Bay, my children know they do not get things for nothing and they certainly don't wear all the latest gear.

Ossireo

SingleSue wrote: »

Do you know, I actually thought I was the only mother (and a bad one at that for doing it according to my Ex mother in law) who had pyjama days in teh school holidays! :rotfl:

So relieved to find I am not.

hehe yeah, he thinks its the best thing ever! who needs passes to Disney when you can have pyjama days!

Merlot

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=33

Old style board.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=826963

This thread could be useful.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1081367

Meal plan thread.

scjs2008

lol merlot go for it!!
ive lurked and heard people talk about old style new stlye..!!

On shoes alone i spend 30 per month in clarks its like a 3 month cycle the child who had them 1st needs new again the month after the 3rd child had her turn!--- how cud i reduce this.i did try the sale but they didnt have my childrens size so this is 360 per year alone on just shoes!!! and thats not inc me!!!!! how do u guys do it

scjs2008

ooh everyday is a high school musucal pj day here!! lol makes it more exciting when we have to put day clothes on to venture out!! its like a treat.....(joke ...honest ...lol)

s x