I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Lynsey

brighteyes1987 - good luck with your car.
Sods Law, all the savings I made last part of last year went when our oven blew up!!
This years 1st quarters savings is being "donated" to the dentist!!!

What will go wrong in the next quarter?? At least we are saving, even if just to offset bills. lol

Stuffed, ate too much tonight trying to get rid of bits that need using. Took out some mince and cooked for mince and tatties tomorrow, toasted teacakes for breakfast and some ham to finish off.
I've got a little milk left and hoping it will last until Tuesday, don't want to buy a pint, but may need too!!

Lynsey

Lynsey

Morning sleepy-heads.

Had my coffee fix with toasted teacakes and off soon to do brothers shopping.
He wants a few things from Morries and because I won't spend much this week I'm going to get 2 jars of Nescafe (200g + 50% free = 300g) for £4.50 each - I'm going to have to find a cheaper alternative coffee, Nescafe offers haven't been good this year!!!
Probably just going to buy bread buns for plane sandwiches, make life easier, already have ham.

Lunch is sorted and snacks for the rest of the day, fridge is pretty empty and just a bit veg to use up or sadly bin.

ms_night_ryder - I love it when I get "paid" to take stuff away, I get a fantastic buzz .............. nothing better ........... well not too much.

Weather fantastic today, sun has got his hat on and longer lighter nights ................... loving it, loving it, loving it. lol

Lynsey

quintwins

we're having car issues aswell, our wheels about to fall off (problem with the hub and sheered 2 nuts off so not as simple as it sounds) and we only relised on sat our mot is up, tax is due this friday aswell it's different here as mot's are done in a dvla run test center so we have to wait for an appointment, that means i'm housebound til it's sorted, not so bad next week as theres no school for the kids, but there school all this week and 2 hospital appointments and a school assembly, we'll manage tho we'll have to.

since i can't go out mil is doing the school runs for me so i asked her to get me milk and bread, no whoopsie run this week with no car so we'll have to pay full price for our bread, so i'll be rationing it :rotfl: did manage to get some £4.40 sausages for 99p yesterday when i nipped into tesco i got 4 packs but i left them in mil's freezer. dinner tonight is chinese pork chops, it was 6 for 64p they sould have been £6.50, hope the kids like them i'm going to do roasties and yorkshire puddings with them incase they don't like them atleast they'll have plenty to fill up on.

we all had wheatbix for breakfast (since there was no bread) lunch will be sandwichs as i have deli counter ham that could really do with being used. anyway making the most of being at home so i'm away to do lots of cleaning

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Hope everyone is full of the joys of spring with it being such a nice day!

Apple for brekkie and soup for dinner today. Decided to put the chicken back and get some salmon out for tea tonight. No idea what I'm going to do with it lol. Guessing probably pasta and a tom sauce.

Going to apply to go onto a Teaching Assistant course, if it's not too late as it starts in a couple of weeks. Also need to start on making the Easter bonnet. I might even let ds help.

pixnmix - same as me with missing the whoopsies. Used to just hit them at the right time when I was working but now I don't want to be dragging ds to the supermarket not long after we've got home from school.

quintwins - full price for bread? :eek: Have you not seen the wright's coupons?

Lynsey - not loving the light nights as much as you. It was well after 9 before ds went to sleep 'It's not bedtime as it's not dark'. :mad:

VfM4meplse

Lynsey wrote: »

He wants a few things from Morries and because I won't spend much this week I'm going to get 2 jars of Nescafe (200g + 50% free = 300g) for £4.50 each - I'm going to have to find a cheaper alternative coffee, Nescafe offers haven't been good this year!!!

I did an unplanned £40 shop at Asda one Saturday morning a couple of months ago - half of which was toilet rolls and Calgon - but I did pick up a couple of 200g jars of Nescafe Gold for £4 as well. I remember thinking that they may keep me going for another 6 months or so, but 300g at £4.50 is a much better deal.

Once you've got a bargain price in your mind, it's a struggle to pay more....

recovering_spendaholic

Back again after being totally wreckless with food spending this last month or so:o

I used the £30 off £90 ocado code last Friday and got lots of storecupboard stuff and some meat so I shouldn't need to go to the shops at all this week, but I bet I still will......

Had hm bread toasted for Breakfast, with cup of coffee (Lynsey - Aldi gold coffee is nice, plus I also love the Carte Noir instinct which is currently half price in Tescos - I mix them together so get 200g of coffee for £3.13), lunch will be packet soup (Knorr spring vegetable which I found in the cupboard when clearing out the other day) and dinner will be pork fillet cooked with fennel, onions and mushrooms.

Does anyone know where you can get Maggi cook in sauces and the "so juicy" sachets? They had them in Sainsburys but now don't, and Tesco only have a couple (garlic and herb and lemon) which I am not too keen on. When they had them in Sainsburys I got the red wine and shallot and the stir fry beef and they were both fabulous! Have even looked on Amazon!

Nice weather today here - really need to get some housework done!

cheerfulness4

Send shivers up me, all this talk of car trouble. Spent couple of thousand last year on ours only for it to finally conk beyond repair at end of year.
Least I love the new(er) car.

Hope the weather treats you kindly on the algarve, Lynsey. Had a couple of lovely holidays there myself with family.

Cooking the duck dad bought us today for mum and me. (will see about leftovers later).
Others don't like duck so I'm pulling some reduced mince out for them and making lasagne for them. Think I still have a Mr T value pasta sauce I can pep up.

Going to try some oatso-simple for my brekkies in a mo. Never had it before but DS loves it so I'm looking forward to it. Got the syrup one.

As the weathers so lovely I think I'll get out in the garden for a general tidy with mum and then get some more seeds sown. Must catch up!

quintwins

lol i have any i've saved them, but i can't acually get to a shop anyway, i do have some bread flour and yeast but hubbys not keen on it, to be fair it doesn't make great toast and he loves his toast lol, guess it won't kill me to spend extra on bread for a week or so lol i prob should have bought some of the 48p bread yesterday but i've been spoilt and imo that was too dear for reduced bread lol , besides we could do with using all that cereal and pasta/noodles up before i move anyway, will limit bread to breakfasts only

lyra

Your post made me laugh Quitwins, but it's so true, would be shocked to pay full price...went to Sainbugs with a friend on Friday & she got a loaf for £1.35 :eek:

Am at my parents, going to be dog-sitting whilst I'm off from uni. Anyway just looked in the freezer & the amount of reduced bread rolls my mum has, is ridiculous she needs to come on this thread!

Making lamb stew for dinner...not exactly the weather for it :cool:

VfM4meplse

lyra wrote: »

Your post made me laugh Quitwins, but it's so true, would be shocked to pay full price...went to Sainbugs with a friend on Friday & she got a loaf for £1.35

It took a while for me to realise that with a little careful planning, you need never pay full-price for bread! Take advantage of offers and whoopsies and you will have a never-ending stash. Your mum has exactly the right idea, that's what the freezer is there for lol.