i can't stop spending

lemmings1986

thankyou am having a look now also just to say i cant believe how nice every one is on mse and all the knowledge you all have i wished id of found you all sooner

lostinrates

lemmings...sounds like a reward for good behaviour to me.;) If fate gives you a hamper when you stop spending for a day perhaps you'll find how much more you'll be able to have when you are making focus financial decisions.

oldtractor

lemmings1986 wrote: »

hi yes it has been quite nice here today too,good luck on the weight loss (oldtractor) it is hard i myself lost two stone on sw diet over 10 weeks and no how difficult it is i was going to bodycombat and gym but it got too expensive so now i have roped my oh to walking along the beach when its nice and were both off together as we live about a minute away well i went to work this morning to do our charity thing,we was having a cake stall which the staff had made and a raffle at the front of the shop to raise money for alzheimers (sorry for spelling)when my mother in law popped in to get some shopping she asked if i had bought a ticket for the raffle so i said no so she bought two tickets and gave me one,a hour later the raffle was drawn by a customer and i won i couldnt believe it it was for a hamper full of fruit and veg bowt £30.00 pounds worth i rang her up and told her the ticket she bought me had won and she said i could keep it there is far too much for us so i said i would share it with her although my cupboards are full i didnt have any fruit or vegetables in -fruit and veg is so expensive so we dnt buy loads we just normally just get apples,tangerines,bananas cheap fruit but this fruit hamper has got everything in fruit and veg we dont normally buy as its too expensive with the stuff in it i can make a stirfry have enough veg for a couple of dinners and enough fruit to take to work and maybe make sum puds to go in freezer-not sure if i can freeze them and not sure what puds i can make with them but will have a look on here and see if i can find sum plus will keep me busy i think this will last us until at least next week so thats something else i dont have to buy,and yes i havnt bought anything today my 1st ever no spend day yay me i have been that busy i havnt even thought about buying anything and am feeling really possitive sorry if this sounds like im gloating but i am soo proud of my self will try for another no spend day tommorow

How Fantastic is that!:j:j:T:T:T:j:j

Bitsy_Beans

Well done on your win Lemmings, not gloating at all. You have every right to be pleased as punch I find a bit of positivity works wonders

tigerfeet2006

Hi Lemming and well done on that NSD, you have every right to feel proud of yourself.

Congratulations on the win, very well deserved.

It might be worth investing in a slow cooker, then you can have a cooked meal for when you want to eat it and your OH might be able to have one to. You can also batch cook when you use it and freeze the left overs so you have your very own ready meals for when you can't be assed and your OH can have a supply to bung in the micro for his lunch or to take to work.

miss_corerupted

NSDs are good.

A course might be nice, councils offer a wide range for different intersts. and they can be really cheap or free.

I want to learn welsh and or do quilting/sewing. You can find information on your councils website

lemmings1986

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Hi Lemming and well done on that NSD, you have every right to feel proud of yourself.

Congratulations on the win, very well deserved.

It might be worth investing in a slow cooker, then you can have a cooked meal for when you want to eat it and your OH might be able to have one to. You can also batch cook when you use it and freeze the left overs so you have your very own ready meals for when you can't be assed and your OH can have a supply to bung in the micro for his lunch or to take to work.

hi yes i have got a slow cooker so will maybe have a go at making something everyone has given me some great ideas,sorry just to ask i read under your name 16/3o does that mean youve had 16 no spend day im sorry im new to mse but thats really really good i hope you dont mind me asking i dont think i could go 16 days without buying anything if you dont mind me asking how do you do it?? not meaning to offend you or anything i am going for nsd2 tommorow and could really use any hints tips thanks xx

lemmings1986

miss_corerupted wrote: »

NSDs are good.

A course might be nice, councils offer a wide range for different intersts. and they can be really cheap or free.

I want to learn welsh and or do quilting/sewing. You can find information on your councils website

i would love to do quilting or sewing but not sure if theres anything around here like that the nearest town is 30 miles away so is not cheap to get there and can be time consuming, but need to find a hobby i dont mind reading and baking when i have the time and i have got a stack of books from the library the otherday so i didnt have to buy any i also have a baking cupboard full of bits and bobs so when my cupboards start dwindling down am planning on baking instead of buying it from the shop

tigerfeet2006

lemmings1986 wrote: »

hi yes i have got a slow cooker so will maybe have a go at making something everyone has given me some great ideas,sorry just to ask i read under your name 16/3o does that mean youve had 16 no spend day im sorry im new to mse but thats really really good i hope you dont mind me asking i dont think i could go 16 days without buying anything if you dont mind me asking how do you do it?? not meaning to offend you or anything i am going for nsd2 tommorow and could really use any hints tips thanks xx

Don't apologise for asking, as you may have also read under my signature it says " the only stupid question is an unasked one." I menu plan and do an online shop through the http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/HomeA.aspx site so I can work out which is the cheapest shop for me each week, so I am not tempted to get anything I don't need. I don't do a strict menuplan. I have 7 meals which I just pick one to do on any given day. I usually have a couple for the slow cooker, a couple of half hour meals, one that is comfort food, a roast type thing. Most meals are usually chosen to take atvantage of each other ie: I'll do a chicken in the slow cooker for one day, then I will use some meat in a pie or risotto usually using the juice from the chicken in it as well. I save any other chicken off the joint in the freezer for a meal the next week. The carcass will go in the freezer until I have a couple and then I will make soup for DH to take to work.

I will always try and make more than I need to but try and keep the costs down. So I can freeze meals for weeks that are tight money wise or if it all goes pear shaped and I haven't got time to cook for the meal planned for various reasons so will grab my own home cooked ready meal out of the freezer and nuke it. DH will also grab them from the freezer and take them into work to eat. Saves a lot of money. If I miss a meal from my menu plan for any reason, I will still use it and hte next weeks plan will start a day later.

Doing this means I am not always in and out of the supermarkets buying one item for a meal and then seeing this, that and the other and coming out having spent £30 instead of £3. Though I understand it is hard when you actually work in a SM as well.

It took a few weeks to work out how much milk, cereal etc. we go through each week as well but now I fairly much have that sorted.

I also make my own bread, I luuurve my Panasonic and bake my own cakes and biscuits and flapjacks etc. As I have 2 who need gluten free this also saves a lot of money.

I am on the grocery challenge at the moment as I am trying to rein in my grocery spends as it had really started creeping up and up and this has concentrated my mind to bring it down.

Sorry for the ramble, hope some of that made sense and answered your question.

lemmings1986

well i have just been on my email to find i have been offered to do sum surveys i am joined up to quite a few but have been ignoring the emails for the past few months have just signed into my account and realised i have £8.50 worth once i reach ten pound they send me a gift card for mr t's so the ten i dont use for my weekly shopping budget can go in bank towards a cc, i am going to try and do surveys whilst i am bored aand will hopefully make some money to go towards my debt rather then wasting it am going to aim for £10 a month i'll see how it goes