50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

nopot2pin

SunnyGirl wrote: »

I was reccommended on the grocery challenge thread to have a look at Costco's washing powder. They do a 400 wash box for £11 apparently

I know when I last bought this - about a month ago - it had gone up to £15 odds (sorry cant remember the odds ).
I just wondered if this was quite a while ago, or recently.
I guess it could be different prices for different parts of the country.

Shaz.. the turkey loaf looks lovely :drool: :T
I might try and do something similar with quorn or lentils on my days off
Thanks for the idea :T

ceridwen

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

would be interested in cat food recipe/costings seeing as I have so many! Have "stripped" them (special knife that shaves some but not all furr!) so flat covered in cat down...wonder of I could use it to stuff a cushion?!! Did am like my best boys new outfit?!! oo weezl quick...extra apprentice show on!!

I think you could probably put this somewheres birds might find it - as in they might like to use it to "feather their nest" so to say. I did read somewheres recently that birds like to get a handful of human hair if they can to help with nest-building - so I guess they'd be glad of that as well.

....just as long as your furry friends dont start wanting "payment in kind"....perhaps you want to sit them all down and give them a "lecture" on "any birdcatching round here - and you wont be in my good books";):D

Sian_the_Green

I don't have a cat or a baby, can I still join in
Am having a great week for not having to cook, out for dinner 3 nights in a row, yum yum. Has anyone made their own pittas? I love them and have one toasted for breakfast each day, would be good to have home made ones. Also, on a related note do any of you get fresh yeast from the supermarket? If so what do you ask for? Thanks in advance!

weezl74

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

I don't have a cat or a baby, can I still join in

:rotfl:sorry sian, we'll try not to be too pet and baby centric!

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Am having a great week for not having to cook, out for dinner 3 nights in a row, yum yum. Has anyone made their own pittas? I love them and have one toasted for breakfast each day, would be good to have home made ones. Also, on a related note do any of you get fresh yeast from the supermarket? If so what do you ask for? Thanks in advance!

asda are the only ones round here still giving it away, but not on a sunday. I usually go to the entrance to the bakery bit, where they are all with the white hats and overalls, and when someone spots me just smile and say 'hi can I have some fresh yeast please?'. they give it to me, and we always pop it on the conveyor belt, but the checkout asst. just lets it go straight through...

hth love weezl xxx

little_miss_moneysaver_3

weezl74 wrote: »

thanks SG,

That's 2.74p per wash, so roughly the same as asda smartprice, and if I buy it now I secure a whole years worth of laundry at todays prices :money::money:

Morning all,
Just reading about the washing powder. Now I also use Tesco value powder. I just looked at the box, says 2 cups for main wash. Now thinking I was being MS I was using a yogurt pot to measure and using one. Just weighed it and it's 100g of powder!!!

Anyway, what I wanted to ask those who also use it is does it leave any white marks on dark washing? Since I swapped to this powder it seems to leave white streaks. OH keeps complaining and is nearly at the end of his tether. Am thinking either I need to use less or my washing machine is rubbish. Any thoughts anyone?

ellawood

little_miss_moneysaver wrote: »

Morning all,
Just reading about the washing powder. Now I also use Tesco value powder. I just looked at the box, says 2 cups for main wash. Now thinking I was being MS I was using a yogurt pot to measure and using one. Just weighed it and it's 100g of powder!!!

Anyway, what I wanted to ask those who also use it is does it leave any white marks on dark washing? Since I swapped to this powder it seems to leave white streaks. OH keeps complaining and is nearly at the end of his tether. Am thinking either I need to use less or my washing machine is rubbish. Any thoughts anyone?

try less I found a few marks on dark washes too at first and cut down a
bit but I use soda crystals for stains so it will be clean with less away:D
and it AWAYS dirty as most OH work clothes

ellawood

please can you post on cat food weezel and do you have tips for dry food the cat I have now will only eat dry she is not expensive eats a little so not too bad but i would keep cat meat ideas as I would like more cats but as Izzy is little at the moment I will wait :T

weezl74

hey ellawood, for starters, here's a linkie to a recipe for dried cat food, unfortunately doesn't say how many servings it makes so hard to know how much cheaper IYSWIM?

little_miss_moneysaver_3

ellawood wrote: »

try less I found a few marks on dark washes too at first and cut down a
bit but I use soda crystals for stains so it will be clean with less away:D
and it AWAYS dirty as most OH work clothes

Thanks Ellawood, will have to add soda crystals to my shopping list. HAve I read it right, you add them with the washing powder?

Cazzdevil

I buy the Costco own brand dry food for my puddytat, it's either £10 for a 7 kg bag, or £7 for a 10kg bag. I can never remember which way round it is and my mother always buys it for me since she has a Costco card and I always just give her £10 for it.

Whichever, the cat really loves it, he's healthy as anything and has a beautiful coat and a big bag lasts me anything up to 6 months so it's REALLY cost effective.

Right from the cats being kittens I trained them to know what they'd have to eat what was down otherwise they'd go hungry so they were never picky about their food (although one of them tried eating plants last year and managed to poison himself hence he's no longer with us).

Anyway, cut a long story short I REALLY recommend the Costco dried cat food.

I wish the dog was as cheap to feed.