Money Fritters 'Enough Now' DFW Diary

Money_Fritter

Hi everybody :hello:

Update two.

Here are fridays figures.


1) Living on 4k a year challenge


Meals for the day:-

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk=30p
Snack 1:- Bannana=15p
Lunch:- Soup + 2xbread+apple=52.5p
Snack 2:- Brazil Nuts=18p
Tea:- Chicken casserole and rice=£1.14

Total for the day £2.30

Went shopping today. Weekly plan for the following week is:-

Saturday

Breakfast:-Boiled Egg and 2 x bread
Lunch:- 1 sausage+brocolli+pasta+cheese spread
Tea:- oven fish+mash+peas

Sunday

Breakfast:- Boiled Egg and 2 x bread
Lunch:- soup + 2 x bread + apple
Tea:- Pork steak + mash+ peas + carrot

Monday

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks
Lunch:- Jacket Potato + beans + apple
Snack 2:- Brazil nuts
Tea:- Spanish Tortilla

Tuesday

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks
Lunch:- 1 sausage+brocolli+pasta+cheese spread
Snack 2:- 2 x rice cakes+butter
Tea:- Soup + 2 x bread

Wednesday

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks
Lunch:- Cous cous + sausage+tomato+cucumber
Snack 2:-Brazil nuts
Tea:- 1 sausage+brocolli+cheese spread+pasta

Thursday

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks
Lunch:- Soup + 2 x bread+bannan
Snack 2:- 2 x rice cakes+butter
Tea:- Cauliflower and brocolli cheese

Friday

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks
Lunch:-Jacket potato+beans+bannana
Snack 2:- Brazil Nuts
Tea:- Beef steak+mash+peas+carrots

Spent £19.44 on groceries today

Went for a few beers with my mates on friday night. Spent £15.28


2)June Grocery Challenge

Spent £19.44
Total remaining for the month £36.73



3) Loose change

1x£2 total=£6
4x10p, 4x5p, 3x2p, 6x1p. Overall Total=£31.11



4) NSD Challenge

No NSD today (see above)




5) PAD challenge

PAD £1.00 towards my visa card.



6) Make £5 per day Challenge

Surveys - None today.



Amazon Books - Still to do.


Matched betting - None today

Scratchcards - None

So that is it for Friday.

Take care

Money Fritter

Money_Fritter

Hi everybody :hello:

Update three.

Here are saturdays figures.


1) Living on 4k a year challenge


Meals for the day:-

Breakfast:- Boiled Egg + 2xbread=33p
Snack 1:- Apple=14p
Lunch:- 1 sausage+brocolli+pasta+cheese spread=66p
Snack 2:- n/a
Tea:- oven fish+mash+peas=93p

Total for the day £1.73

No extra spends today



2)June Grocery Challenge

Nothing spent



3) Loose change

Nothing spent


4) NSD Challenge

NSD today, so 2 for june :j




5) PAD challenge

PAD £1.00 towards my visa card.



6) Make £5 per day Challenge

Surveys - None today.



Amazon Books - Still to do.


Matched betting - Made £22.40 today (total=£109.18)

Scratchcards - None

So that is it for saturday.

Take care

Money Fritter

Money_Fritter

Hi everybody :hello:

Update four.

Here are todays figures.


1) Living on 4k a year challenge


Meals for the day:-

Breakfast:- Boiled Egg + 2xbread=33p
Snack 1:- Bannana=17p
Lunch:- 1 Soup + 2xbread+apple=48.5p
Snack 2:- n/a
Tea:-4xbread+cheese+butter (toasties)=72p

Total for the day £1.71

Bought diesel today for next week £32.46
Total for the month=£98.23
Work allowance = £85.30 so I have now moved into my monthly non-essiential amount. So non-essiential = £12.93



2)June Grocery Challenge

Nothing spent



3) Loose change

Nothing spent


4) NSD Challenge

NSD today, so 3 for june :j




5) PAD challenge

PAD £1.00 towards my visa card.



6) Make £5 per day Challenge

Surveys - None today.



Amazon Books - Still to do.


Matched betting - Made £9.84 today (total=£119.02)

Scratchcards - 10p

So that is it for sunday.

Take care

Money Fritter

Money_Fritter

Hi Folks,

Hope everybody is doing well.

I am not doing to badly with my challeges so far. Spent a little bit too much of my spends/extras so far. For the 4k a year challenge I worked out that I should of spent only 4.6% of the total money for the year. I am slightly behind at 4.91%. But hopefully I can claw that back a bit.

Need to really stack up the NSD days. so that I can keep on track.

I have updated my signature apart from the total debt figure. I need to recalculate that tonight and my dfd.

Take care everybody and have a good day.

Money Fritter

Bowski_1011

Hi Money Fritter... you're still going strong I see!

I had sausage and cous cous for tea tonite, I pinched the idea off you lol I was just wondering, do you put anything in your cous cous to make it taste of something? My daughter didn't like it atall and I just about managed to eat it, mainly coz I'm a greedy sod rather than coz I liked it! I have used a stock cube in it before but it didn't really do anything. I was just wondering if you added anything to yours??

My sausages were gorgeous though, they were from M&S and were something like 79p. I really enjoyed them and so did DD.

I never went back to my slimming club after I joined the other week, coz I just ate a load of rubbish. I am rubbish lol I've started again today though. Good luck to you for this wednesday. :0)

Money_Fritter

Hi Bowski,

I have not tried that one with sausage yet, I have done it with bacon. I tend to have cous-cous and bacon (chopped into small pieces) and then tomato and cucumber and just mix it all in, and then maybe add a bit of lemon juice. It could do with something a bit extra I must admit, as it is a bit bland.

The pasta and brocolli with sausage (chopped into little pieces) is nice because you mix in some garlic and herb cheese spread. Which makes it taste nice, dont know whether you would want to try that with the cous cous.

Money Fritter

Money_Fritter

Hi everybody :hello:


Here are mondays figures.


1) Living on 4k a year challenge


Meals for the day:-

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk=30p
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks=7.25p
Lunch:- Jacket potato+beans+apple=60.3p
Snack 2:- Brazil Nuts(6)=18p
Tea:-Omellete= 2 eggs+potatoes+1/2 pepper+1 sausage+onion=£1.17

Total for the day £2.51 :mad:

Went over by quite a bit today. It was mainly because of the eggs. I bought the wrong ones, the expensive ones. :rotfl:
I have started shopping at asda now instead of tesco, and on the whole find things quite a bit cheaper.

I spent nothing else today out of my budget.


2)June Grocery Challenge

Nothing spent



3) Loose change

Nothing spent


4) NSD Challenge

NSD today, so 4 for june :j




5) PAD challenge

PAD £1.00 towards my visa card.



6) Make £5 per day Challenge

Surveys - None today.



Amazon Books - Still to do.


Matched betting - None today (total=£119.02)

Scratchcards - 10p

So that is it for Monday.

Take care

Money Fritter

Bowski_1011

Hi MoneyFritter

I don't know if I'd put the soft cheese in my cous cous but I have planned on doing the pasta dish you have, although I'd be swapping the brocolli for something else. I know my daughter would love it too.
I didn't do the cous cous all mixed up like that but think I'm going to next time. Lemon is a good idea, I'll have to put it on my shopping list. I'm going to keep trying with the cous cous because even though it does taste bland I can just tell it's got the potential there to be gorgeous, it must be the texture I like...yum yum!
It's lovely with roasted veg too.

Money_Fritter

Hi everybody :hello:


Here are Tuesdays figures.


1) Living on 4k a year challenge


Meals for the day:-

Breakfast:- Porridge and milk=30p
Snack 1:- Carrot sticks=7.25p
Lunch:- Sauasge+brocolli+pasta+cheese spread=66p
Snack 2:- Brazil Nuts(6)=18p
Tea:-Soup + 2 x bread=34.5p

Total for the day £1.56 :T

Good day yesterday on the meals as I had soup for tea what with badminton. So that brings the meal spend under £2.

Spent £10 out of my badminton budget.
Spent £7.49 on some extra shopping, still in budget though.


2)June Grocery Challenge

Spent £7.49 on food
Total spent so far=£51.59
Total remaining for the month=£29.24



3) Loose change

Nothing spent


4) NSD Challenge

NSD today, so 5 for june :j




5) PAD challenge

PAD £1.00 towards my visa card.



6) Make £5 per day Challenge

Surveys - None today.



Amazon Books - Still to do.


Matched betting - None today (total=£119.02)

Scratchcards - 10p

So that is it for Tuesday.

Take care

Money Fritter

Money_Fritter

Hi Bowski,

Roasted veg with the cous cous sounds a really good Idea, I might try that.

With respect to the pasta with brocolli, I am sure you could try other vegs. I use brocolli and then you cook it until it is very soft and then mash it up and mix it in with the pasta, chopped sausage or bacon and cheese spread. I used cheese spread with garlic and herb, as it gives it a bit more flavour. I have not tried other cheese spreads.

Money Fritter