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Verbatim

It's still looking good - meals in freezer = lower shopping spends. Way ahy

Will your oh get re-imbursed for the petrol to York?

Intergalactic_Floozie

Verbatim wrote: »

It's still looking good - meals in freezer = lower shopping spends. Way ahy

Will your oh get re-imbursed for the petrol to York?

oh yes, we got a cheque for it t'other night for £36.00. I had £32 put away and we put in £57 last night, and I gave DH the £11 leftover to put towards his work's Christmas night out tonight!

jasperconran

Hiya Floozie,

just been reading thru ur thread from start to finish, wow you are so disciplined!!! I think I need to take some tips from you especially on the cooking/food shopping budget as I seem to spend too much time doing top up shops at the local budgens! and they aint cheap! I am really looking forward to reading some more of your inspirational thread! :T

Verbatim

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

oh yes, we got a cheque for it t'other night for £36.00. I had £32 put away and we put in £57 last night, and I gave DH the £11 leftover to put towards his work's Christmas night out tonight!

Ah I see. I thought the petrol cheque was for previous mileage. Are you sorted for Xmas?

Intergalactic_Floozie

Days to payday: 10
Money in bank: £161.27
Money in Purse: £4.77
Grand Total: £166.04

Money spent since last update: £9.03
£0.60 - DS1 wanted a slush puppy
£6.10 - 2 x tank tops in a charity shop
£1.45 - 2 x newspapers
£0.88 - 1 x big bag of doritos (omnomnomnom)

Grocery Budget: £300 / £64.58
Petrol Budget: £137.50 / £162.50 / £0.00 (-£25.00 over budget)
Bus Pass Budget: £56.00 / £0.00
Everything Else Budget: £250.68 / £101.46

All of my Christmas shopping is done!!! Everyone is bought for, I now have no one else left to worry about. Just a couple of things to get for the kids and I'm sorted.

Will be going to Morrisons to get a couple of bits later, but will be leaving the big shop til tomorrow

Intergalactic_Floozie

jasperconran wrote: »

Hiya Floozie,

just been reading thru ur thread from start to finish, wow you are so disciplined!!! I think I need to take some tips from you especially on the cooking/food shopping budget as I seem to spend too much time doing top up shops at the local budgens! and they aint cheap! I am really looking forward to reading some more of your inspirational thread! :T

Hello there JC! Thank you for your lovely message, I can't say I have been particularly disciplined this year but I hope to change all of that next year. I've got used to doing a budget now and cutting down on my grocery budget. I'm lucky in that Morrisons is my local supermarket, and I'm within distance of Tesco, Aldi & Lidl, being organised is my main problem but I'm discovering that all it takes is a little effort :j:j:j

Intergalactic_Floozie

Verbatim wrote: »

Ah I see. I thought the petrol cheque was for previous mileage. Are you sorted for Xmas?

YES!!!! I'm done with buying for 'everyone else'. Probably will get another couple of bits for the kids between now and the big day but it will be stocking fillers. I need to now:
1. Put decorations up. I will need to buy some more hanging things cos mine are years old now, and make my house look more like santa's grotty than santa's grotto!
2. Write Xmas cards (got loads in last year's sale).
3. Buy wrapping paper and sellotape and get wrapping!!

We're off to my mum & dad's for Christmas lunch again. I did invite them to us, but the fact that they have a big dining table and we eat off our knees swung it.

Verbatim

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

YES!!!! I'm done with buying for 'everyone else'. Probably will get another couple of bits for the kids between now and the big day but it will be stocking fillers. I need to now:
1. Put decorations up. I will need to buy some more hanging things cos mine are years old now, and make my house look more like santa's grotty than santa's grotto!
2. Write Xmas cards (got loads in last year's sale).
3. Buy wrapping paper and sellotape and get wrapping!!

We're off to my mum & dad's for Christmas lunch again. I did invite them to us, but the fact that they have a big dining table and we eat off our knees swung it.

Excellent. Do you have to take stuff? Sounds good - family around a big table for Xmas.

Intergalactic_Floozie

Note to self: (will edit this later): £11.60 on groceries, and £10.58 on other at Morrisons yesterday evening.

Intergalactic_Floozie

Days to payday: 9
Money in bank: £65.99
Money in Purse: £3.77
Grand Total: £69.76 (ARRRGGGGHHHHHH)

Money spent since last update: £96.28 (hyperventilates!!!!)
£1.00 on newspaper
£11.60 groceries (Saturday)
£10.58 Morrisons (Saturday) consisting of: 6 x rolls of wrap, 2 x rolls of sellotape, 1 x 8 packs of gift cards, 1 x wastepaper bin (still un-used as the floor isn't full yet)
£73.10 at Morrisons (Sunday consisting of:)
- other spends = £4.99 on Match of the Day magazine / £1.59 on Piccalilly which DH put into the trolley as he likes it. He's the only person in the house who will eat it, so it;s NOT coming off my grocery budget! / ditto £0.97 on a single bottle of Dr Pepper! = £7.55
- stuff bought for baking purposes = £1.69 on fudge pieces / £1.76 on butter / £0.92 on Muscavado sugar / £1.80 on eggs / £0.55 on vanilla essence / £0.85 on chocolate strands / £0.40 on bun cases / £0.43 on plain flour / £0.85 on hundreds and thousands / £0.69 on pink food colouring = £9.94. I'm going to cheat and count this as 'everything else'
Actual grocery shopping = £55.61

Grocery Budget: £300 / 0.00 / £-2.63 over budget (boohoo)
Petrol Budget: £137.50 / £162.50 / £0.00 (-£25.00 over budget)
Bus Pass Budget: £56.00 / £0.00 (on target)
Everything Else Budget: £250.68 / £69.76

Needless to say DH and DS2 are never coming shopping with me again, no matter how bored they are! I did get a bargain though, a big boneless joint (4.5kgs in weight) of stuffed pork for £7.70 which I have cut into three joints (one of which we are having for our tea tonight). Also got three 800g packs of mince for £10.00 so I should be able to make some stuff out of that and freeze it. I'm going to have a go at making some ordinary buns with icing on them this week and if it's a success I can make some for DS2's Xmas party next week.

So, not much other money left but only have just over a week to go, and apart from £20 that I am taking with me for my work's Christmas do next Friday, I don't have any money spending plans so hopefully it should last and perhaps (laughs hysterically) I might even have some money leftover by the time payday comes around??

Even if I don't have any money leftover, that can't be too bad after a five weekend month can it?