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  • *Jellie*
    *Jellie* Posts: 3,018 Forumite
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    Froggy- sounds like you've been on a rollercoaster!
    You'll be relieved to get away for a bit. Glad to hear about the job and house sale x
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  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Weekend up North..
    Solicitor paperwork has arrived.. Got to complete it tomorrow morning so the sale can progress swiftly..
    A bit of gardening to be done to tidy up the place and I'll bury my head in boxes too..
    Out for lunch & dinner tomorrow to fit in too..

    Thinking about doing weekly shop @ Aldi from now on.. Any advice, tips or secrets anyone would like to share?

    Have a great weekend

    Froggy :rotfl:
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Hi Froggy, I reckon you can do most of your shopping in Ald!, then maybe use waitros@ or something similar for some treats. It works well for us :T

    Have a good weekend Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
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  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
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    I would use Aldi for the treats too, it has changed beyond all recognition. I love their French-style fruit spreads and free range chickens for under a fiver. The fruit and veg is usually of a quality I only saw in Germany previously, ditto the cold meat.
    Programmed eating is a brilliant way to eat frugally. You cook a chicken for example and base three or four meals around that, then mince ditto (you can always cook one and freeze one). Bacon joints, etc etc . Eating in this way you should be able to have 2 good meals a day - assuming a lunch of wraps, sandwiches, soup - for a total outlay of no more than £30 a week. It does require discipline but I did it for years.
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    Good luck with all the moving Froggy!
    Aldi do do some really nice foods - mcculloch well done on your £30 p/w budget thats fab!!
    Gonna have to start looking into it myself .. I always get drawn back to the bigger supermarkets cos they are nearer and do delivery but much cheaper/better quality at aldi/lidl I think!
  • Funkygibbon
    Funkygibbon Posts: 376 Forumite
    Good luck Froggy!!

    Sounds like everything is going the way you want it now! Enjoy!
  • QB_Wolf
    QB_Wolf Posts: 722 Forumite
    We only get treats when we go to Aldi, anywhere else and it's just the basics.
    Start Date 16/09/2015
    Original amount outstanding = 225,000 Current amount outstanding =199,812
    Original LTV = 64% Current LTV = 49%
    Original Pay Off Date = Sep' 36 New Pay Off date = Sep' 36
    Original Dly Int = 17.17 New Dly Int = 17.17 Total OP = £1319.31
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Great news Froggy :T:T:T:T
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Hot hot hot down here.. Dare I say Summer is finally here..

    Monday at work is finally over, now heading towards the weekend..

    My £co claim for Netflix has been approved so that will be another £15 in the pot soon..

    Froggy
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Just moved into my new place!!! Operation Froggy's Lilypad Fund starts today!!! :j
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
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