First Time post on here - felt sick and a loser

bugbabe

welcome back hope you can get yourself sorted out

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I'm glad you're back Weymuffed.

weymuffred

Can I make a request to all of you who posted advice to repost so that me and my wife can make notes and get ourselves out of the mess.
Again Thankyou to all of you who did post help and advice.

weymuffred

Shall I edit my first post or make another post with the changes so far?

scootw1

Probably best to add a new post so we can see the differences and maybe we can advise how to cut back further still.

Mizz_Pink

I posted about buying a digisender which will save you the extra you pay for Sky Multiroom, however it means you watching the same channels! (I didnt realise this till ages after I posted)

You buy them from Argos, we use a digisender in the kitchen and the bedroom. They cost about £60 from Argos.

I also think you need to do a spending diary to see where the £900 housekeeping goes. Try using cheaper cleaning products and making meals from scratch.

scootw1

A good meal to cook on the cheap is spaghetti bolognese. I buy a frozen pack of mince from Tesco (just over £1) a large onion, tin of chopped tomatoes, a few mushrooms and a packet mix so about £2 in all. I get at least five meals out of that if you use a good dollop of rice (dirt cheap). I also fill it up a bit with bits of veg from the fridge (cucumber, leeks, spring onions whatever). Sounds weird but tastes lush. You could do the same with curry but that would be slightly more expensive depending on whether you use chicken or trurkey (diced turkey is quite cheap in tesco).

Broken_hearted

I would edit the first post with the changes you have made. I love sugar soap, vinegar and baby wipes for cleaning. Try getting tips from the OS board to cut shopping bills.

Broken_hearted

scootw1 wrote:

A good meal to cook on the cheap is spaghetti bolognese. I buy a frozen pack of mince from Tesco (just over £1) a large onion, tin of chopped tomatoes, a few mushrooms and a packet mix so about £2 in all. I get at least five meals out of that if you use a good dollop of rice (dirt cheap). I also fill it up a bit with bits of veg from the fridge (cucumber, leeks, spring onions whatever). Sounds weird but tastes lush. You could do the same with curry but that would be slightly more expensive depending on whether you use chicken or trurkey (diced turkey is quite cheap in tesco).

celery is great as well.

bugbabe

as am trying to get out of debt at the moment i go shopping every day or every couple of days and have a £10 a day budget for 8, we are having chicken curry tonight if theres any left in the pan we freeze it tesco is a good place on a budget