Stay at home mums getting organised in 2010

ragz_2

I_want_a_baby wrote: »

A price book is something i have seen on other 'organising' websites.
You basically list down the core items you buy every week/month anf what they cost (and cost per unit) and the price of the best offer you have seen on an item. That way you know if you are buying the cheapest standard price item or offer (or if the supermarket has hicked a price up the brought it down on offer!)

See organizedhome . com website for more info it also has a print our template you can use!

Ahhh I see, well I have a very good memory for numbers so don't really need one. I tend to notice price rises of a few pence lol
I do keep the coupons by my money and get them out if I remember. I feel if I tried to organise them I'd end up buying things just to use the coupons!

Just made 2 burgers for tonights dinner and a batch of 18 little meatballs, all from one 500g pack of mince. Am cooking the meatballs so I can freeze them and use from frozen another time. Check me out eh!?

3_cheeky_princesses

Please can i join?? I soooooooo need this thread. :T I am a sahm mum to 4 children - DD who is 18 months and is very clingy, 6 yrs dd who has Aspergers (she hates going at and especially shopping too), 10 yr old dd who already acts like a know it all teenager already and a 12 yr old son who hates bath or showers

I love being orgnaised and love writing lists but just seem to lack the motivation to get anything done! I will sit down with the laptop for " half a hour" and before i know it it is 3pm and time to get the kids from school

My house use to be like a show home and i think i was too clean and tidy considering we have children but now i find my self constantly tidying and cleaning to turn around and the kids have untidied everything i have just tidied so then i become dis heartened to be honest.

I also want to loose some weight this year using the Cambridge diet (have done it before but put half back on again) :rolleyes:

So this year i want to be a motivated skinny domestic goddess :rotfl:Should be easy :eek:

I_want_a_baby

well done ragz!! can i have your hamburger & meatball recipes??

tiamai_d

I want a baby, thats the thing, he won't eat stew. Just got them onto lasagne and cottage pie. Think I am going to have to meal plan and say to him that if he doesn't like it, he can have cereal. He whinges about the bill too!

Mel, get you all posh with a dish washer (I am green with envy), but it does sound a good idea!

csh, farmfoods is in the town centre. I could get it from there but then I would have to carry it back to the car (which I leave at the college half a mile away cos its free).

Price book! Ah I have a bit for that in my diary (loving this diary). Would that supermarket comparison place thing do the same?

ragz_2

I_want_a_baby wrote: »

well done ragz!! can i have your hamburger & meatball recipes??

Sure thing. I just mixed a finely chopped, gently fried onion with a pack of mince, a sprinkle of herbs and chilli flakes and a few tablespoons of breadcrumbs. Mashed it up thoroughly by hand (I wear latex gloves!) then made into a few burger shapes and some little meatballs. You could use one or two of these ingredients, you don't need them all (except the beef obviously!) Just realised I forgot to season the mix - Doh!

Arrg :eek:, just went back into the kitchen to find ds2 had given himself a fromage frais bath! That'll teach me to leave him unattended!

Regarding dishwashers - my best mate has one, I don't. I swear my dishes are cleaner! Also it seems to take just as long to rinse the dishes (you are meant to anyway, even if you don't) and fill/unload the thing and top up with whatever it needs and clean the filter (because you didn't actually rinse the filthy dishes!) than it takes me to wash up normally.
The only bonus I can see is it makes your kitchen look a lot tidier (in theory) because dirty dishes can go straight in as they happen rather than waiting to have enough to wash up, so your surfaces aren't cluttered.
I wouldn't have one though.

weezl74

tiamai_d wrote: »

Would that supermarket comparison place thing do the same?

it kinda does tia, but only lists asda tesco sainsburies and ocado

3_cheeky_princesses

Week 1/52 - Theme - Food Shopping

1. Do you do your food shop in-store or online & why? I do the majority of all my shopping online. I usually only buy instore for bits i have run out of.

2. How often do you do the food shopping? Monthly for the big shop then weekly for fresh items like veggies, fruit, milk, dairy products.

3. What is your food shopping budget (if you have one) and what/who does that cater for? The monthly shop we spend £175 and a top up each week for fresh food of about £20 so £255 month for 2 adults 4 children including pack lunches for 1 adult and 3 children. Plus £50 on nappies and tolitries from Boots so i can collect the advantage points. So total monthly spend = £305

4. Do you find your budget is sufficient? Yes we eat nice foods and meals.

5. Do you keep a price book? (if yes please describe it) No off to research what it is now!

6. Do you regulary use coupons/store 'points' cards? Yes Tescos coupons and Clubcard and Boots Advantage Card.

7. If you use coupons/cards how do you organise them? In a compartment in my purse.

8. Name 3 items of the 'value' range you would recommend to anyone. Tescos Value Orange / Apple juice, Asda Value Frozen Prawns, Tesco's Baked Beans (the kids seem to love them!).

9. Name 3 items you must have at brand level. Must be Diet Coke! Walkers Crisps, Fairy non bio Washing Powder.

10. What one thing do you most struggle with/annoys you the most/you would like to do better when it comes to the food shop. I would like to stick to the meal planner better!

ragz_2

Arrrgh just burned the wedges for dinner as I was on the phone to t-mobile who keep putting me on hold/cutting me off completely! Just found out that DH's contract expired 2 months ago, not this month, so that's £50 I've wasted! Not so organised now...
Cancelled it now though, was pretty easy once I got through as they can't really argue when I say we get no signal here, at OH's work, his parents', my parents'...
He rarely uses it anyway so I've got 30 days to find him a phone, won't bother with a contract I think we'll just go PAYG on his one and use the saved money for a phone for him, he needs one with a decent radio as he uses it all the time (and keeps wearing out the headsets!)

mummyroysof3

i was trying to be organised and have made jacks lunch up ready in the fridge for tomorrow but hubby says the sandwich will be horrible by tomorrow lunch

will it?

charlotte x

ps will pop back and answer questions later when kids in bed

redmel1621

ragz wrote: »

Regarding dishwashers - my best mate has one, I don't. I swear my dishes are cleaner! Also it seems to take just as long to rinse the dishes (you are meant to anyway, even if you don't) and fill/unload the thing and top up with whatever it needs and clean the filter (because you didn't actually rinse the filthy dishes!) than it takes me to wash up normally.
The only bonus I can see is it makes your kitchen look a lot tidier (in theory) because dirty dishes can go straight in as they happen rather than waiting to have enough to wash up, so your surfaces aren't cluttered.
I wouldn't have one though.

I won't argue, everyone has their preferences, but I absolutely hate washing up....I have had a dishwasher since we had Ds1 who is 9 now, and I would NEVER go back to washing up by hand:o

My method of unloading in the morning takes basically as long as it takes to wait for the toast to pop up!! And I don't have to 'load' it anymore as I have been training everyone to put there own stuff in after they have used it:D

Not sure what routine task to tackle once I have this one mastered though, probably something to do with laundry as that is my other 'problem' area. I always seem to have loads needing to be washed, plus all over the radiators/on the line, and big piles that need sorting into ironing/non-ironing and then stuff to go away that needs putting into piles for the different rooms etc. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them.

Mel x