Skint and fat, it can only get better........

Lemon_Tree

i'm doing WW as well, didn't go this week as technically i'm on holiday. I tried SW but always ended up gaining as i'm too greedy for the eat as much as you like of certain foods attitude.
Been car booting this morning, at least it wasn't the crack of dawn and we made £90 which is fab, and there's a little bit less clutter than there was, think we may have to have another go at the car boots when we have time.

Pee

Eek. Cooking three meals doesn't sound like fun - plus three things to peck at if you are llike me!

curly_cabbage

Well quite productive so far, Bank account all ok. Not been near a shop but, i think that's about to end as i have used the last of the marg and milk and sandwichbag's . We do our big shop when we get paid at the end of the month so not sure weather to just do big shop early or just get bits needed, problem is that's where i fail tend to pick things that we don't need just want........

Off work tomorrow lots of houswork planned and to produce a shopping list from the info from my fezzer cupboard stock take from earlier this week.

We've planned Fish and new potatoes for tea so thats sorted too.

Oh only 2 more WW weight-in's left and last night i put on 0.5 Lbs not too good but should be better next week.

CC

curly_cabbage

Had the a day off DS2 who had a bakers day so, after looking at what we had run of, we have been and done the monthly shop, but i only draw out £150 cash and left the switch card at home so using my list and a couple of no's to DS2 we got a really good range of bits on the list and picked up some bargins i spotted a couple of weeks ago from sainsburys, Lidls, Asda, wilkinsons and Morrisons (Used Oh company car so ok to travel about today). There is enough bread for about 2 weeks and most other stuff will get us to August. I am so surprised at home much just having cash focuses the mind and slow's the spending, i'm sure many who read this are there with their head in their hands shouting as they have know this for ages....

Off to sort out the menu plans for the next 4 weeks now, proberly stick them to the fridge to stop the constant "whats for tea" question'

CC

curly_cabbage

Well not been near a shop since friday, bank account all ok and in budget. Off work tomorrow the overtime seems to be getting a bit thin again which won't help with paying off the C-cards. The only plus is that i will have time to list some bit's on Amazon & e-bay.
Found acouple of good offers on Olive and lonely plant mags so ordered free copy of each which will be somthing to look forward to in August, hopfully they will be here befor i go away.
Recived the cheque from BT so that will be a bit extre for the C-card this month.

CC

Pee

Olive and Lonely Planet both very good magazines. Well done at resisting the shops! Good luck with your listings on Ebay and Amazon.

spamberler

Yes Slimming World is great and you can do it with the help on the thread. Have you tried www.saynoto0870.com for any 08 numbers? there are often freephones you can use instead.

Lemon_Tree

well done for still being in budget, i've a tricky month this month as i'm trying to wean myself off from using the CC (i pay it off each month) so I have to halve my spending in July so i have the cash available to stop using it in August. Then it can be cancelled and i'll totaly CC free which i haven't been since the mid 1990's

curly_cabbage

Spamberler, i have used the sayno, but thanks for thinking of me. I love you signature, and soooo agree.

lemon tree, good luck with your CC free challenge, thats what i really ought to do but, it is a bit of security blanket even if the card is tucked away in the safe.

Just been over to the meal planner thread and the grocery challenge thread to try and keep me on the straight and narrow.

CC

curly_cabbage

well been a bit poorly nothing major but not felt like doing anything. So OH thought he'd help by getting in some shopping NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...........

£35 later and not much to show all the July budget has no gone. If would like to be really angery with him but, he'd done it all with such good intenstion what could i say.

So not too good on the budget front but, we did have a lovely mela and i didn't have to cook it.

Today i am enjoying the sun and were ahving a BBq for tea using stock from the frezzer or from Oh shopping trip.

Planned next weeks evening meals and Friday were out for the day.