Frugal Living Challenge 2011 - part 1

tumptyteapot

inspirespirit wrote: »

anyone think of any good/cheapish starters I can give my 2 6ft big eating sons please?

Soup is a great starter, butterbeans thicken it up cheaply.
How about houmous (tin of chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, water) and home made breadsticks and veg to dip into it - actually you can make a houmous out of kidney beans too which is probably cheaper.
I've been making bread out of half flour, half mashed potato, a spash of olive oil and water - it makes a good ciabatta type bread.
Not for your large sons but a friend of mine gets her kids to eat veg by giving them as a starter, when they are at their hungriest so they eat them - she just steams them and gives them a small bowl with some ketchup to dip into, genius!

tumptyteapot

flying_fresian wrote: »

Any chance of an idiots guide to doing it then? The main thread moves too quickly for me and I'm too wary of blowing my budget then failing to claim the DTD

Double the difference? I'm guessing here as I have not a clue what you are talking about but that would make sense - I'd love to know more!

never_too_old

flying_fresian wrote: »

Any chance of an idiots guide to doing it then? The main thread moves too quickly for me and I'm too wary of blowing my budget then failing to claim the DTD

hopefully i will be able to put this down properly.

best thing to do is open 2 new tabs, 1 as*a,1 te*co

search through as*a for offers and then compare prices with tes*o,

always check baskets just before you shop and i tend to stick to things that are non perishable so if they dont come through i can take them back( not had to do this so far)
here is a list im currently watching to get before work tomorrow but will check in the morning again. i have also read that te*co some of the sel arent always correct so keep an eyw on what they go through till at .Lastly keep your dtd shopping seperate from items that dont compare.
a*da basket





Wall's Cornetto Enigma £1.00 choc or raspberry
Bold Liquitabs Ruby Jasmine 20 Pack £4.00 £6.25
Ariel
Stain Remover Gel blue £2.00 £4.55
Glade
Brazilian Mango Flower candle £ 1.75 £3.47
Gillette
Fusion ProGlide Razor £5.00 £9.99
Wall's
Cornetto Enigma Vanilla. chocolate £1.00 £2.50
Heinz
Baked Beans Fridge Pack 1kg £1.00 £1.78
Turner Road
Reserve Merlot £4.48 £9.99
Turner Road
Reserve Chardonnay £4,48 £9.99
Comfort Exhilarations Strawberry 750Ml fabric conditioner £1.00 £2.23


1 st figure is as*a price 2nd is te*co

all these have worked for offers before but as i said check prices before you go and make sure you pick up correct item.lots and lots of other things available

have fun,

never_too_old

ps hopefully havent confused you too much, if you buy 6 bottles of wine t give you 5% off , when they do the dtd they take the figure before the discount, yesterday i got 6 bottles of pinot for something like £39 they took £1.95 discount off, as*a offer was 3 for £10 so 6 for £20 so i got a dtd back for £38
does that make sense?
this is the copy of the receipt i put in yesterday and got my dtd today as*a was £25.08 cheaper

TOTAL £ 53.12 £ 28.04
1 x NESTLE PURE LIFE WATER 12X500ML £ 2.00 £ 2.29
1 x COMFORT EXHILARATIONS STRAWBERRY 750ML £ 2.23 £ 1.00
1 x CORNETTO ENIGMA CHOCOLATE4 PACK 360ML £ 2.50 £ 1.00
1 x GLADE CANDLE BRAZILIAN MANGO £ 3.47 £ 1.75
1 x MCLELLANDS SERIOUSLY STRONGCHED WHITE 400G £ 3.98 £ 2.00
6 x LA GIOIOSA PINOT GRIGIO 75CL £ 38.94 £ 20.00
1 x SNICKERS 5 PACK 290G £ 1.73 N/A

SandraScarlett

I apologise for being thick as a dumpling, but I got an awful 'eadache trying to cope with DTD! Never mind, I have just saved a huge amount of money today, without having to resort to DTD, and it was very easy to do.

I thought about having a new bathroom suite, and wall and floor tiling, and that's all I did - thought about it! So I bought a couple of new flannels instead and a new bath mat!! I reckon I've saved thousands.

xx

rubytuesday

Only just got connection back since last night so I'll have to catch up and thank you all tomorrow I think!:rotfl:

Quite proud of myself that I made the call re the server as I usually leave anything remotely technical to my daughter!

A NSD for me as I haven't been able to leave the house although I can now hobble a little easier and home alone tea of fried eggs on toast.

midwinter

Martin's email this week gives a link to "liftshare". Seems like an excellent site, have logged my details in, and found someone who does almost the same journey as me. So hopefully some sharing of travelling might ensue!

Here's the link for the site: https://www.liftshare.com

It can be used for regular journeys, or to find someone for one off journeys.

Goes without saying that you should take care of your safety though!

redglass_2

Welcome, blondemuppet! Don't be too overwhelmed by our achievements. As somebody said, some of us are managing a lot better than others. But it's always nice to be complimented.

;Best wishes x[/QUOTE]

tumptyteapot wrote: »

Soup is a great starter, butterbeans thicken it up cheaply.
How about houmous (tin of chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, water) and home made breadsticks and veg to dip into it - actually you can make a houmous out of kidney beans too which is probably cheaper.
I've been making bread out of half flour, half mashed potato, a spash of olive oil and water - it makes a good ciabatta type bread.
Not for your large sons but a friend of mine gets her kids to eat veg by giving them as a starter, when they are at their hungriest so they eat them - she just steams them and gives them a small bowl with some ketchup to dip into, genius!

I find that hummus in a baked potato goes a long way! A friend of mine makes a butterbean and tomato and veg stew with bits of chorizo in it (there's no precise recipe, she just goes by feel and by what's in the house) and that's very filling. If you put spuds in it'd go even further. A bit of meat plus a lot of pulses is a tried and tested formula.

Giving kids veg as a starter sounds like a brilliant way to make sure they get enough vitamins. :T

SandraScarlett wrote: »

I apologise for being thick as a dumpling, but I got an awful 'eadache trying to cope with DTD!
xx

Me too, I'm afraid, but you can only cope with so many different money-saving schemes at one time and maybe in a few months we'll be ready for it (though it's never going to do much for me - wrong combination of supermarkets in my area).

(((Inspirespirit))) Thanks for your explanation and my very best wishes for your son's health.

rubytuesday

ceridwen wrote: »

:rotfl: think I'll stick to summat a sight less embarrassing - as in "switch off all sound - ask mental questions and then LISTEN". Dinnae know who/what is the "still small voice" coming back with answers - could be my Higher Self, could be my guide, goodness only knows - but she?/he?it? talks a lot more sense than I do sometimes:rotfl:(not hard at those times when I get a bit "emotional".....)

It's the God or god who resides within you Ceridwen.:A I'm reading Eat Pray Love at the moment which I am finally warming to. I found it a bit to sazzy and the prose not quite what I like to start with but I'm getting into it now and it has some very interesting ideas on the quest for divinity.

I don't necessarily mean a Biblical God - thought I better make that clear before I get told off!:rotfl:

rubytuesday

Thinking of you Spiral! You are having a rough time of it at the moment.

I try and stay out of Mr T as much as possible and find that's the best thing for me. I'm not to keen on this DTD thing except when I genuinely wish to buy something and I know an error has been made.

Aren't they doing something where they match Asda or they are matching Mr T and if not you get refunded DTD?