Totally Inspired Today

Mumofthreeboys_2

I'm feeling totally inspired by all of you and thought I'd share with you how I've saved money today.

As you can probably guess from my user id - I have three boys and they eat us out of house and home.

So today, I resolved to save money and, so far, I have made my own bread, made scotch pancakes for breakfast and only used half a dishwasher tablet in the dishwasher!!

Off to save more money!!

skintchick

Well done! Keep it up!

mom23

:T :T :T :T :T Well done mum!!!
I have 2 boys at home (7and12) and i have managed to cut down to 130.00 a month for food etc for the 4 of us by bulk cooking and freezing i also bake (something i would never have done!!!) and i am really enjoying the challenge!!(how sad am i :rotfl: )

Queenie

:j :j Excellent!!! :T :T :T :T

Very well done and thanks for sharing!
Sharing inspires

disco_diva_3

well done :T

keep it up :A

Pigeongirl

Well done!! :j

It's weird isn't it, I get the same kind of buzz from saving money as I do from spending it. Actually, it's better cos I don't get the guilty comedown afterwards!

Hurrah!!!! :rotfl:

D&DD

:j Excellent news well done!! :j
This site should come with a health warning though...you do get addicted :rotfl:

forsya

Wow 3 boys, bet they keep you busy, so welldone you for making your own bread and cutting down your food sop spending, that's fantastic!

Feels good I bet and you feel like you had acheived something, which inspires you save even more!!

Keep it up

xx

library_lady_2

mom23 wrote:

:T :T :T :T :T Well done mum!!!
I have 2 boys at home (7and12) and i have managed to cut down to 130.00 a month for food etc for the 4 of us by bulk cooking and freezing i also bake (something i would never have done!!!) and i am really enjoying the challenge!!(how sad am i :rotfl: )

how do you do it? thats only £30 per week, does that include all milk, fruit, packed lunches etc? I thought I was doing well if I manage £60, in my family there are 6, me and oh + 18 yr son + 13yr son + 11 yr son + 3 yr daughter oh 2 dogs a 3-legged cat and a rabbit too!

Well done totally inspired. :rotfl:

spaghetti_monster

just got back from the supermarket and realised that kitchen cupboard has quite a few packs of pasta/pulses/tins of stuff/jars etc (am quite short and can't always see the things at the back on the top shelf...)
so..decided to set myself the challenge of buying as few groceries as cheaply as possible and really use this stuff up (without cooking anything boring, unhealthy or out of date!)
Guess I'm a cooking as well as moneysaving nerd!

ozzyfan_2

well done mumofthreeboys & good luck with the moneysaving! :j

I've got 3 sons too, though the oldest one left home yesterday & I know how much food they go through!

I have started doing a lot of meals in the slow cooker since reading how great they are in old style, have you got one? I got a big slow cooker & cook double so that I can freeze half & use it on a day where I'm too busy to cook.
They're brilliant, just prepare the meal in the morning, switch it on & forget about it!

I have been feeding 5 of us for £180 a month though it was about the same as mom23's food budget (£120-£130) before I started my DMP, so it feels like alot of money now!