"A Cheap Ticket to Happy Land Please...."

BaillieRiley

Thanks for reading Beanielou!

Will do!

BR x

Olliegami

Looks like there isn't a lot you can shave off that! Think you mentioned the reasons for such high groceries expenditure? Do you buy 'value' brands?

BaillieRiley

Hi Ollie!

My £240 grocery budget includes nappies and all other baby related stuff. Will be a challenge to stick to it but I am determined! Luckily DS is still breastfeeding so saving on the formula (for now ).

I do try to buy value brands as much as possible. I also buy online mostly as I can keep tabs on the grand total, I hate nasty surprises when you get to the checkout.

Food shop arrives this afternoon. I bought stuff to make chocolate rice crispy cakes instead of buying sweets (Smart Price Cornflakes :money:!) - should be easy enough. You can't burn them or anything so I should be fine :rotfl:

Forgot to list on ebay yesterday so will need to do it today.

Oh yeah and Tidy up!! House is a tip!

BR x

moo2moo

Have you considered contacting Sky to see if you can get a cheaper combined phone line, broadband and tv package?

BaillieRiley

Hi Moomoo - Thanks for reading. I did consider this but it was working out more or less the same when I contacted them so I decided to stick with AOL (less hassle). Will keep a beady eye on the package deals though to see if anything changes.

BRx

BaillieRiley

Asda shop delivered - made crispy cakes with DD (Mr Ramsay and Mr Oliver watch your backs!...:rotfl:). Actually they don't look that bad - might be a bit more adventurous next week .

2 more items listed on Ebay - slow and steady wins the race mind..

Off to raid the freezer to see whats for tea.

BR x

pennywisepoundstupid

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO BR you finally started a diary, GO GIRL:j.
Thanks for the Thanks and your doing good with those surveys but the novelty does wear off after about 5 years of doing them.
Keep plodding and you will get there, don't forget to budget for the dreaded C word thats coming up.

Keep posting and i'll keep reading:D.

pennywisepoundstupid

Do i have a bit of competition regarding the cooking, now you know that i am the nigella of MSE:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:.

BaillieRiley

Pennywise:j !! Welcome aboard my ship!

You have absolutly no competition in the MSE chef stakes as yours truley is in a word....... poop! My OH wears the oven gloves in this house embarrassingly enough :rotfl: . I'm all for learning though - if it helps save the pennies!

I know what you mean about the surveys becoming a bit tedious - I'm already starting to feel it - it's nice to see the end results though! OH keeps giving me rows for doing them all the time and neglecting the babies - He so needs to get his priorities right! :rotfl:

Later x

BRx

pennywisepoundstupid

Men ah just have no idea:D.