'I love you but I love ME more' Souk's 2011 diary

Souk08

I know Shoesy. Hopefully my ebay money will be in the account tomorrow!

In tonight but ended up playing out last night with the gays. Such fun and they were paid yesterday so one of them treated me to drinks and food :j and I have to treat him the next time we go out.

Money situation is now:
Bank £1.36 :rotfl:
Purse: £8.55
Grocery Budget: £3.00 left :eek:

And waiting for the £24 ebay money to hit my account tomorrow or Friday. I have food which should last til Monday (payday) and am working through apart from tomorrow so all is well with the world!

elantan

how have you been finding the grocery challenge ? i know you generally do very well with your grocery shopping and i bow to your wisdom .... wish some of it would rub off on me lol

Souk08

Hi elantan, was thinking about you today. Hope you're okay.

This months food will come in at under £50. Have had a bit of help from Mum this month though as she bought me about £20 worth of stuff in Asda. Usually manage with about £60 a month. Doing an A*da online delivery next month £25 food and £12.65 for household/toiletries which includes a huge supply of washing powder and some halogen bulbs for my kitchen. The rest of my food will be from the fishman and Aldi. XXX

elantan

That's really exceptionally great .... We spent over £200 in meals out last month ( kinda needed it with everything that has been going on though) and another £300 in shopping and that's just for us two .... I am starting again though and have been writing everything down now and have given us £40 for meals out not a penny more this month ( so far were up to £20 and that's from the 15th )

Will deff need to keep on top of those spends they are ourbiggest waste of money

mooomin

elantan wrote: »

That's really exceptionally great .... We spent over £200 in meals out last month ( kinda needed it with everything that has been going on though) and another £300 in shopping and that's just for us two .... I am starting again though and have been writing everything down now and have given us £40 for meals out not a penny more this month ( so far were up to £20 and that's from the 15th )

Keep an eye on Groupon and KGBDeals - I eat out using vouchers I buy there a lot

(If you're not a member for either site, I can refer you if you PM me. It means I get a few quid in credit for the sites if I do!)

Souk08

Elantan, sometimes we all need to cut ourselves a bit of slack with our money and if it's helped your marriage, then good for you.

My groceries are only for me mind, and I DO sometimes get bored eating the same stuff. Been much better at going to my fish man and eating different stuff since the diet, so that's good. Would use my freezer a lot more for stocking up if it was better, but it sometimes freezes and sometimes not so much!!!!

Ebay money is in the bank so now have £25.36 in my account. Might be seeing a friend for coffee later though so I'll see how I go with that!

gilligansyle

Souk08 wrote: »

This months food will come in at under £50. ....... Usually manage with about £60 a month. Doing an A*da online delivery next month £25 food and £12.65 for household/toiletries which includes a huge supply of washing powder and some halogen bulbs for my kitchen. The rest of my food will be from the fishman and Aldi. XXX

:eek::beer:Wasn't sure which was most appropriate, but I bow to your grocery wisdom oh great one! I thought I was doing well with my budget until I saw yours!

I have a system where I have a budget, do my list, work out how much it will cost, and then play a game with myself to try and shave some off it. I generally average £40 - £50 a week, for 2 of us.

Lula-Hula

Hi Souk,

great news on ebay money & I reckon your grocery budget is the 8th wonder of the world

Gilligan - your budget is about the same as mine for 2 ( + cat) so we cant both be wrong

I'm going to go back to weekly shop as of next week ( Souk's suggestion) & I'm going to have a go at your 'game'. If I think in terms of the week only & dont get seduced by offers I shoud be able to cut down a bit too.

Souk08

Hi all, just a quickie in t'internet caff to say that my internet connection is not working so I wont be around until it's fixed, hopefully wont be long.

I've been paid :j:j:j and A*da deliver tonight so all's good in the hood.

X

makeup

Boo to rubbishy internet connections!!

Glad to hear all good with you though!