Making every penny count

40somethingmum

Really pleased with myself as I managed 8 hrs at work:T Came home to find £15 missing from the pot:mad: . Investigation in progress will update cash pot later ( I think McDonalds may be involved;)) .

scrooge2008

Evening 40SM, well done on sticking to your work plan :T.

As for the missing £15.00, at least you are getting a clear picture of where your £785.00 came from, your averaging £25.00 a day so far or £750.00 a month.

We're watching you :cool:;). After overspending on a lovely week away, earlier in the month, I have only got £25.00 to see me to the end of the month .

40somethingmum

scrooge2008 wrote: »

Evening 40SM, well done on sticking to your work plan :T.

As for the missing £15.00, at least you are getting a clear picture of where your £785.00 came from, your averaging £25.00 a day so far or £750.00 a month.

We're watching you :cool:;). After overspending on a lovely week away, earlier in the month, I have only got £25.00 to see me to the end of the month .

OOh, I am scared now you are watching:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:,. I don't think Dh will realise the implications of the "household pot" until there is no money in there. I think he sees the money as " ooh I can spend this " and ..... Mcdonalds was involved £10 ish the change was dragged from his pocket into the pot:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

taxi73

Don't these men realise we have womens intuition...lol

Different_Corner

40sm
I'm actually stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to cash or debit card for weekly food/top ups. I mean if I have £20 in real cold hard cash, I will spend £20.
If I have the card with me I struggle to fight the spending demon on my shoulder.
I think I may actually be better off with cash, because there is a self limitation in itself. All I know is I have to do 'something'. Two weeks of the Easter holidays and they have eaten me out of everything except marmite...

Watching your adventures on food budgets closely.

40somethingmum

Different_Corner wrote: »

40sm
I'm actually stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to cash or debit card for weekly food/top ups. I mean if I have £20 in real cold hard cash, I will spend £20.
If I have the card with me I struggle to fight the spending demon on my shoulder.
I think I may actually be better off with cash, because there is a self limitation in itself. All I know is I have to do 'something'. Two weeks of the Easter holidays and they have eaten me out of everything except marmite...

Watching your adventures on food budgets closely.

Hi DC,
I sympathise with you on DSs eating you out of house and home .... my 3 are ALWAYS hungry and they are age 10 and under. God help me when they are teenagers. :eek:If I can get the grocery budget sorted then It will help my finances immensly (sp??) . DH said £125 a week is not enough for us ... I said its all we can afford. Saying that , going from almost £200 per week to £125 is a massive jump so may take a few weeks to fine tune.

I also told him that we must learn to make "choices" . I may have to choose between a bottle of wine and say a hair dye. He looked at my rapidly appearing roots and said... sometimes you have no choice:o:rotfl::rotfl:

Have a good day;)

40somethingmum

Cash in Pot £125.00

Spends
Food £42.09
Washing powder £2.94
Sweets £.0.93
Pepsi Max £3.69
Biscuits/cakes £2.88
Sandwich (DH) 2.65
Mcdonalds £11
Dog Food £15 ( 3 for 2 deal so enough for 3 weeks )
Crisps £2.65 ( multi-pack)

Total spends 83.83
Cash left in Pot £41.17:)

scrooge2008

40somethingmum wrote: »

. He looked at my rapidly appearing roots and said... sometimes you have no choice:o:rotfl::rotfl:

Have a good day;)

That really made me laugh. I always find the week easier for dieting and budgeting than the weekend, so maybe you're over the worse.

I have a friend who has teenagers with bottomless pits for stomachs and she loads up on junk food from Farmfood and Iceland offers, hides them and then dishes them out to the teenagers and friends when they are peckish. She also feeds them three healthy meals a day I hasten to add. It works for her.

I tried something similar, hiding the goodies in the garage and the pesky mice got to them . Didn't work for me .

40somethingmum

scrooge2008 wrote: »

I tried something similar, hiding the goodies in the garage and the pesky mice got to them . Didn't work for me .

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I am terrified of mice:o

taxi73

40somethingmum wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I am terrified of mice:o

Me too:eek::eek::eek::eek: