i can't stop spending

*Jellie*

Hi lemmings! You've made a really good start with this. You might want to try a NSD challenge. Decide how many NSDs you want to aim for in a month but be realistic! There will be days when you end up having to spend but this way they're planned for and you still feel like you're moving towards your goal!

We tend to stock up food too but then we regularly do a strorecupboard challenge where we go a month with a minimum allowance for grocery spending (for us it is usually just milk money as we have frozen fruit and veg we can use).

We also tend to meal plan and batch cook and put the extra in the freezer.

Keep going. Baby steps remember!

satchmo1

Don't forget you can freeze milk. Lidl do organic milk and it's a bit cheaper to buy 2. I use 3 per week, so buy 4 and freeze 1. That way, there's always milk if I run out, and every fourth week I don't need to buy any.

Blueberries would be nice added to your apple crumble, nomnom. If there are any leeks in the hamper, these can be roasted and frozen. Somehow they are even nicer after being frozen.

Well done on your progress, it sounds like you had an episode of depression after the miscarriage. Don't be afraid to talk to your doctor about how you feel, and there might be a group (on-line or local) you can join/talk to.

Good luck, Satchmo

lemmings1986

hi satchmo1 thanks for tip we dont really use that much milk only for baking and puds, mmm blueberries would b nice.still get depressed sometimes but am in a better place at the mo i am training to be a manager so am doing lots of hours at work so it keeping me busy although it is still in the back of my mind but hope it will happen eventually off back to see specialist again in a couple of months so hopefully they will finally sort me out

amber03

Hi lemmings1986 just subscribed to your thread, think from what you say you work for the same supermarket as me, which at times can be a problem. I often say"right i'm not going to buy anything today" and then when i walk out of the shop to go home i have a bag of stuff in my hand i don't really need. Think i will do what you have done and not take any money to work if i don't need anything. I started well on the boards for the first few monthes of being on these boards but have'nt been on for the last two monthes and took my eye of the ball and had a few silly spends but now i'm back and refocused, so i'll follow your journey and hopefully with all the wonderful helpful people on these boards we'll eventually get debt free and moneywise.xx

lemmings1986

morning all well had a lovely tea tea at mother in laws last night.there coming here today for tea but forgot to take the pork out ooops hopefully it will defrost, if not i'll have to go to work and get something else for tea :mad:
well other half off to rugby so ive got the full day to myself
i wrote a inventry all of my cupboards and freezer yesterday i just need to get it in some order theres about 6 pages worth:eek:
had another no spend day yesterday yay but partly because there was no shops open were i live but to be honest didnt actually want to.:)
also got loads of cooking,baking to do for pack lunch and teas for week am trying to be organised for a change
ive got to go to work to sort some stuff out and i know i need bread,drinks and some cheese for cheese and onion pastys ive already got some cheese but not enough so will buy a small block as oh loves them but thats it so i am only taking one of my giftcard that has got just over £3.00 on it which i got doing surveys so saved some money there so i cant spend it if i aint got it with me dont think im doing bad in comparison to what i was spending i can actually say what and where i have spent it for the last week which is something i have never been able to do before :j

madnessandmayhem

Just a quick reply to say well done, and you sound like you are heading in the right direction-you've got the right attitude towards spending (or not!!) which is a HUGE step!! I work in a supermarket, and i would more often than not come home having spent £10 on not very much in particular-usually because it looked nice, and i fancied it lol also as my shifts were evening ones before the shop shut, I would end up with lots of whoopsies-some good and some just because they were reduced and 2 days later would end up in the bin
I'm on maternity leave now, so should be easier not to keep spending and trying not to buy things i dont REALLY need-like this morning I was thinking I should go and get some bananas for the kids as there were only 2 left, but then I though no, i've got other fruit they can have so why waste money getting bananas when I would more than likely buy more again at the end of the week!
also, as for the pork chops-i find (assuming you haven't done it already!) if you take them out of the pack and seperate them, and put them on a metal tray of some sort they will defrost quicker!

lemmings1986

madnessandmayhem wrote: »

Just a quick reply to say well done, and you sound like you are heading in the right direction-you've got the right attitude towards spending (or not!!) which is a HUGE step!! I work in a supermarket, and i would more often than not come home having spent £10 on not very much in particular-usually because it looked nice, and i fancied it lol also as my shifts were evening ones before the shop shut, I would end up with lots of whoopsies-some good and some just because they were reduced and 2 days later would end up in the bin
I'm on maternity leave now, so should be easier not to keep spending and trying not to buy things i dont REALLY need-like this morning I was thinking I should go and get some bananas for the kids as there were only 2 left, but then I though no, i've got other fruit they can have so why waste money getting bananas when I would more than likely buy more again at the end of the week!
also, as for the pork chops-i find (assuming you haven't done it already!) if you take them out of the pack and seperate them, and put them on a metal tray of some sort they will defrost quicker!

hi its a pork joint i took it out at 12am last night but its a £15.00 joint that i got reduced for £3.00 and its still not defrosting ive took it out the packaging and its in a bowl so fingers crossed

lemmings1986

well come back from work with one bottle of coke,one lemonade (supermarket own) and one small block of cheese and with staff discount ive still got bowt 28p left on my giftcard yay me i didnt look at the shelves while i was walking round i just got what i went for yay me :j

lemmings1986

well i thought id be organised and do some cooking in advance i just made a spaghetti bolognese but made it with pork cuz thats what i had in my freezer i can normally do it with my eyes shut,i just put in onions,garlic,mushrooms,herbs and a red pepper and a tin of tomatoes and two cartons of passata just before it was ready i went to put in a little sugar as sometimes it can taste bitter and as i went to put sugar in half the jar fell in and now it tastes really sweet i put some more tomato puree in and some garlic puree but it tastes really sweet but i dont want to bin it any ideas???

happy35

to make something less salty you add potatoes as they absorb the salt and then throw them away dont know if this will also remove a sweet taste