Fresh start for 2011

mummychicken

Slept while the DC at school as was working last night, walked the dog to school. Had an easy tea of beans on toast as DH away until Friday night and me & kids are easy to please.

Skint_but_Optimistic

Beans on toast are fabulous!

mummychicken

Have my Virgin CC..... 0% on balance transfers until December 2012 :j Need to pay off my OD & the Next directory i have been chipping into. I then intend on ridding myself off the OD so i will not end up with double the debts (this is where i always went wrong in the past, would clear one debt and continue to accumulate another)


I just want to be free of my od charges each month (between £18-£20 ) and hope this is the way forward.

mummychicken

By the way, OD is now £1,995 :eek: Need to sit down, write all that i owe and devise a cunning pay off plan . Will then update my signature.

mummychicken

Went to Aldi today, not been in months, was at a loss as to what bargains to buy- what can anyone suggest ? Ended up buying a bag of oranges and some shimmering facial cream !!!

abba1772

ive recently started buying stuff from aldis, i get my weekly shop in there now i can't believe how much i get from there for under £40

mummychicken

You were the reason i went to Aldi abba!! I read in your diary the bargains you get and was inspired. However, it was a bit shambolic in there, i needed cereals but not sure whether the kids would notice a taste in the different brand, i needed lamb shanks but there were none.

What do you (and anyone else ) highly reccomend please ? TIA

abba1772

it can be hit or miss whether they have the stuff your looking for sometimes, i love there cold meat think its about 14 slices for £1.79.....this would cost a fortune in a supermarket, kids love there pizzas i got 3 in a box for £2.69 and they are delicious x there fruit juice and milk are good value for money as well, most of the things are good quality and now i'm buying more fruit and veg because it's cheaper there too x

Skint_but_Optimistic

We do a rotation of the shops and it seems to work out ok, aldi one week, lidl the week after, a trip to home bargains and then a tesco. Aldi is great for frozen tuna steaks and other fish, Lidl is good for chorizo and chicken thighs and their fresh red meat is good, home bargains for crips biscuits speciality food and tesco for the other stuff. I also pop to asda for nappies as huggies are nappy of choice, and they are massively cheaper there. Good plan on the overdraft, just think how many oranges and shimmery face creams you can get with the 18-20 saving!!

mummychicken

Thanks Skint Will have another Aldi mooch next week and see what i can find .

Had a LSD today, finally gave in to the vacum and bought the bags, the bag was so chocka i had trouble getting it out!!! Done the minimum housework, walked the dog and emptied the chicken poop into the compost.

Baked spuds for tea as i doing an extra nightshift tonight, really do not want to now but will be grateful of the extra cash.