save instead of spend diary

cocalls

If all you've got to buy is food why dont you have a look at mbaz's thread on the os style board on feeing a family of 4 on £20 for the month its a real eye opener!

miemie

Hi cocalls, yeah i've seen that and its really inspiring think i will try and eat out of the cupboards until he end of the month, will need bread and fruit but think i will go to aldi as the fruit is so cheap and good quality.

miemie

Only working this morning and then have to get a brake light fixed on the car.

10p on lw and 10p on onepoll, not much else going on today.

miemie

Seemed like a long day at school today think all the year 6 are playing up because of SATS don't know what the excuse is for the rest of the little darlings.

Anyway 10p on Lw and 55p on onepoll.
I was naughty and bought a sandwich for lunch after raiding the change jar did take fruit for snacks though but must take lunch tommorrow.

miemie

Ok the good news 10p 0n LW scratchcard, cheque from global test market for £32.50.

Bad news, was naughty again and did'nt take lunch so spent 2.50p, just played bingo online (god knows why) and blown £20, taking kids to school fair and no doubt will spend enough money to feed a small family for a week, i am not going grocery shopping tommorrow as i feel i'm in spending mode and no i will end up just going mad and buying everything in sight, i will go down each aisle picking stuff up thinking oohh that looks nice never tried that before, so will stay away from shops, actually feeling quite down maybe thats whats wrong with me.

cocalls

i blame the weather i was feeling v down yest too
stay away from those shops!

miemie

Helloooooo

Well as predicted spent a small fortune at the school fair £25:eek: and will have another week of spending money as i'm out on thursday for a meal for a friends birthday and the children have asked to go to a fate in the next village on saturday, just had a bill for next block of swimming lessons for the 2 little miemies, still hav'nt done a proper food shop just bought some breadbuns today for ds and hubbies sandwiches so thats £2.40 to add to grocery spends really tryng to just eat what we have in and i might do an online order for the weekend,hubbie and ds take pack lunches everyday we have ham,tuna and eggs for sandwich fillings, crisps, apples and pears and could also use tinned fruit if needs be, we are lacking in biscuits so think i will need to do some baking this week have plenty of flour and butter and can always get more eggs from the milkman.

won 20p on scratchcards this morning apart from that have no pennies to transfer into savings, but did bank cheque from global test market so waiting for that to clear.

OH nearly forgot hubby booked and paid for a holiday:j, were going to Greece in August so i have promised to save £1000 to go towards spending money, we decided on self catering as with having kiddies thought this is easier our apartments have a pool so brekkie and lunch will be eaten in the apartment and then probably eat out at night, there is a lidl and a bakery next to the apartment which will be fantastic as we will get our wine their and can sit on our balcony drinking vino in the evening whilst little ones are in bed oh bliss (can you guess i'm excited). Have also informed dd and ds that they need to save some money for ice creams and general bits of plastic tat that they always want so any pocket money they get from grandparents has to be given straight to their dad who will save it for them had a couple of grumbles but think if they have there own money for treats whilst we are on hols they might appreciate it a bit more and not be on the want all the time:rolleyes:.

cocalls

Ohh loveryly a nice Greece holiday we went to skathios the oter yr was fab-how many kiddies have you got is £1000 alot to spend esp if you're self catering?

miemie

Morning Cocalls

We have 2 kiddies, we will spend more than the £1000 this is just how much hubby has asked me to save towards spending money and he will save the rest.

Managed a meal plan for the week last night so i'm now positive that i don't need to go shopping until Tuesday:D

Tue- fish in batter, jkt pot and salad
Wed-poached eggs on toast grilled mushrooms and toms
Thur-sausage chips and beans
Fri-Lamb, mash pots, carrots and broc
Sat- chicken curry and rice
Sun rst beef, yorky pud, rst pots, peas and sweetcorn.
Mon-chicken tomato cheese bake with pasta

Think i will do an online shop for tuesday as don't fancy going shopping then with 2 kiddies as they are on half term and if there with me i will spend a fortune.

Oh and also made a choc cake for lunchboxes last night and still have enough bits in the baking cupboard to make a few more things.

miemie

Had another full day at work yesterday and ended up spending £2.50 on lunch as i was totally unorganised and did'nt make it, also spent £8.50 in the co op but to be fair i did get lots of reduced bread and fruit.

Today should be a no spend day, only at work this morning so will have lunch when i get back.

won 10p on LW scratchcard and 10p survey on onepoll. Checked online banking and cheque from GTM cleared so have transfered to ISA.

Hubby working late tonight so DD asked if we could have a picnic in the garden for tea, so have promised to do that, if its raining we will just have it in the house, so have egg sandwiches and fairy cakes to make this afternoon.