I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Sequeena

9p bacon was lovely :j spent the rest of the day in an A&E waiting room. OH was in a road accident. He's fine thankfully.

katskorner

oh sequeena I do hope all is ok - what a nightmare! hugs!

ammonite

Hi all just got some YS stuff! Curry &rice for 81p, punned of plums for 40p, bread for 10p and four choc muffins for 30p. Was pleased as not usually in the right place at the right time!

I've fell off the wagon big time & restocked the cupboards. Convinced I'm addicted you'll cupboards!

Sequenna a hope your Oh is ok.. That Is terrible

Sequeena

Thank you both he was on a bus to work and a car pulled out right in front of them from nowhere. Just hurt his shoulder a bit this is the second time now. He was knocked off a motorbike in 2007 by a speeding car and shattered his pelvis and fractured some verterbrae so was a bit frantic when I got the call today.

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Feeling a fair bit better today. yay. Went to the docs and he gave me some painkillers and antibiotics but my throat has stopped hurting a fair bit overnight so unsure whether to bother with the antibiotics.

Don't know what I'm having for meals today. Play it by ear I guess and see what ds want. Not got any plans and up to just this minute it was bucketing it down but the sun has just come out.

Care at the Chemist - Don't think I'm registered for that. Will check that out, saves me paying for paracetamol etc. Thanks Jane!

Gotta scoot - iron man wants to fight!

Lynsey

Afternoon.

NSD yesterday and last veggie day completed.

Sequeena - hope your OH is OK.

Bad nights sleep as Hubby has been ill with abdominal pains. He's been "tossing and turning" all night and got no sleep ................. I didn't get much either. lol

He's not eating and I'm just snacking and no planned meals.

Been to Lidl and bought 4 packs of saugages and some more sweets, only £4.20 spent and not sure if any more spends today - do need things though and might nip to Morries and/or Sainsbury's tonight - see how hubby is.
I fancy a bag of chips, might share some if he feels like eating.

Catch up later.

Lynsey

[Deleted User]

Evening all
ammonite - great bargains well done!!

Sequenna - glad OH is okay, scary stuff!!

Lipstick and anyone else under the weather hope you feel better soon! including your hubbie lynsey!

Just wanted to share some good news before my nite out! - I have managed to declutter my food stores down to fit into 3 cupboards (3 and a half if you count spices/stock cubes etc...) !!

This is from 5 which were overflowing!!!

Fridge is housing cheese, eggs and milk plus salad stuff all to be used by monday

back of freezer also visible (but by no means empty!!)

hoping to "declutter" all food stuffs with only minimal additions before building my kitchen stores into something a bit more manageable!

Knew you guys would understand how happy this makes me :rotfl:

For a quick breakdown:
Breakfast: few boxes of cereal bar, half a pack of rice krispies, half a pack porridge oats , assorted fruit; dried, tinned and fresh

Lunches- 1 1/2 loaves bread, 4 part baked rolls and 16 rolls in the freezer/bread bin plus tuna, cheese, egg mayo, peanut butter and ham , plus crisps, cake bars and cakes which can be made from the baking stash!

Dinners- have veggie burgers and sausages, chilli chicken, fish fingers and sausages and yorkshire puds, plus readymeal curry all lurking in the freezer. will bulk out with some frozen veg/new potatoes, baked beans etc.. as needed until we end up with nothing me/ OH likes
Also can do a couple of pasta bakes from stores in cupboards plus curry/fajitas/chow mein if I buy chicken or quorn of some kind!

Feeling good about moneysaving if we stick to this this month!

Lynsey

Deleted_User - good luck with your moneysaving, enjoy your night out.

Didn't spend any more money in the supermarkets, but did end up getting fish and chips to share (£4.30) - nice change and a "treat".
Took the days spends to £8.50 and weeks spends to £21.92.
Today is the end of the first 6 months and my target was initially £600.
Came in well under budget at only £535.04, but some hard work at targeting "whoopsies" played a massive part, along with occasional coupons and Lidl half-price weekends.
Well pleased to be honest and haven't really suffered, though have stopped buying some things.
Stock is virtually the same as when I started on January 1st, slightly down on freezers stuff perhaps, but up on non-freezer stuff.
Weekly spend average over the 6 months = £20.58.
I want to keep £250 for December (along with Nectar points), so have almost £715 to last 5 months - luxury at last. lol
The £20.58 weekly average may seem low, but the value of food bought for that will be over £50 average.

I'm not going to spend more for the sake of it, but the next 6 weeks I should try and reduce freezer stuff and just buy what's needed (fresh stuff). I would like to clear one freezer and switch it off until Xmas, but sadly addicted to bargains and would probably fail!!!
We'll see though.

Sausage and mash with onion gravy tomorrow and hope to pick up some "whoopsies" like bread stuff and fruit and veg from Sainsbury's.
If I don't get the bargains tomorrow, I'll wait until Monday or Tuesday.
Tuesday we're using a Groupon, so will be going into Newcastle and can look in the market - should get cheap potatoes, carrots and maybe fruit.

Off to work out when my next Groupons will be coming in. lol

Lynsey

Lip_Stick

Morning all. Hope all are enjoying the weekend and feeling better if they've been under the weather. Think I'm all better now. I could just eat a full English breakfast! Unlike me on a Sunday morning. Going to meal plan this week and reduce freezer space. Thinking of maybe going back to weightwatchers... not sure if I can afford it tho.

Weather looks okish. Bright spells and it's not supposed to rain today so thinking of going out, maybe to York. I do love it there. Payday tomorrow so will try book the train tickets from London to Legoland. Feeling nervous about my trip, i.e. missing trains. :eek:

Deleted_User - you've done really well! Wish I was as... er... committed as you lol.

Lynsey - £715 for 5 months, you'll be feeling rich! Hubby any better?

Edwardia

Lynsey - hope OH is better, that's amazing how little your food costs
Sequenna - glad OH OK
Deleted_User - you're getting there !
Lip_Stick - chucking it down with rain here

People on the low carb diets support thread keep telling me that eating low carb is more expensive but I'm scratching my head here as to how.. I come on this thread, where people eat the average diet and there is just so much I never buy.

OH ate rubbish and his stomach rebelled yesterday so shopping today instead.

Dinner last night had Birds Eye Original Beef Burgers because we hadn't gotten anything out of the freezer. That's a burger ? It was smaller than the palm of my hand ! No additives but only 77% beef. Must admit they tasted good though.