Updated October Shopping, Whoopsies & Meal Planning For £100 Per Month For 3&Visitors

Missus_Aka

Well little sister has just left and am sooooo tired, if i was 100% it would have been ok but i think im running at about 50%, so we ended up making 3 cakes (one for our house as well) and it was lovely. Need to get onions, green turkish peppers & bread for the house (should be about £2) i dont have much of an appetite at the moment so im not really enjoying cooking as much as i normally do (i actually got through till 3pm yesterday on a cup of tea because i didnt realise i hadnt eaten as i had fed everyone else, only realised because oh asked me) oh has gone work, just have to do a few dishes and clean the bathroom, will make something simple for dinner and go sleep early......hope everyone is doing well

gnr1990

I love reading this thread, i was even reading it before i joined the forum. I admire your determination to save money - i need to be like you!

69chick

You are doing so well keep up the good work....I bet your little sis loves visiting you with all that lovely food and cakes too

Thanks for the MrT voucher by the way,will be using that this weekend when I am in scotland on holiday staying with family...we will need to buy in food for while we are there so it will come in very useful :j

Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly, hope you feel better soon,sending dodgy hugs :grouphug:

olliesmummy06

Do you have a worldwide foods locally at all? They are really cheap for the majority of things-milk is 69p or 2 for £1.30 (same size as Tesco's), chicken is £4.75 per kg-all meat, fish and poulty is very cheap there much cheaper than value ranges, 6 large free range eggs for 69p, 3 huge naan bread in 4 varities for £1.49, natural yog 29p each for 4 for £1, whole cucumber 30p, 6 gala apples 90p, 2.5kg red pots 99p, 10 oranges for 99p, 400g strawberries for 99p and many more. Also lentils, spices and rice are much cheaper too. I always shop there first then go to Tesco's for everything else.

If you haven't a local worldwide foods, do you have any local asian supermarkets as they are generally cheaper. Hope this helps.xx

kayl

Don't waste money on croutons!
I cut the end slices of bread into cubes with scissors, or any slices which are going stale, put them on a baking tray and add a teaspoon of oil. These go in the oven when it is on anyway for about 15-20 minutes. They keep for ages in a tupperware, though tend to disappear as my daughter likes to snack on them instead of crisps!
For variety, you could also add a sprinkle of garlic or mixed herbs.
I promise you that if you try these you will never want to buy them again!

quintwins

hope your feeling better your doing really well, just wanted to point out with the cheese tesco do 2 bags for £3 i usually get a packet of grated and a packet of sliced because i know i could never get 10 sandwichs out of a block of cheese, depending on what meals we have (and if the boys are at school) these last us the month

also if you don't mind tuna in brine poundland do 3 for £1 i use it to make my own tina mayo i drain it then give it a wee wash in my seive before adding tuna and sweetcornm, we use value mayo and value frozen sweetcorn (when i'm in a hurry i boil a wee bit then run cold water threw it in a seive aswell) it makes very cheap lunchs

Missus_Aka

Have spent

£2.00 on toilet roll
£0.79 tango 2l
£0.47 bread
£0.33 onions
£0.31 green peppers
£1.00 full bag of bananas, cherries, plums, grapes, oranges (this was whoopsied at the end of today from a market stall)

Which comes to £4.90 which takes my grand total to £89.94, the grated cheese is still here and i still have quite a bit so i think having that instead of block cheese will be a lot cheaper, i think i should start getting a huge sack of onions as it is cheaper as well. As for the toilet roll its like oh finishes 1 everyday, i go to work and there is near enough a full one and by the time i get home its gone, dont know what he does with it,i think i need to teach him to economise a bit. Cant think of anything i need right now, which is a good thing. oh made him & ds something to eat already, i dont really feel hungry...it has been a long day running a busy high st electronics store with only 2/3 people in when we should have at least 5. May just go to sleep........hope everyone is ok & well. Will reply to everyone tomorrow, have such a headache

69chick

With regard to loo roll, we go through a lot too as the twins use tons of it, I buy the value stuff it isn't as cheap as it was, but is still worthwhile in my opinion. I don't have any problem with using it at all...think the last pack I bought was a 4 pack for 70p at MrS that fruit you got for £1 is a great deal :money:

Hope you are having a less stressful day today x

Missus_Aka

More spending today

£0.79 tango 2l
£0.47 bread
£2.28 Mayonnaise x2
Total: £3.54

Adding that to the total = £93.48

Today has been much better oh took ds to nursery (and thats a 30 min walk just to get there let alone back as well) so i have had some much needed relaxation time, lunch was pasta and mushrooms in sauce (thats enough for about 3 days lunches) dinner is cooking, green beans with rice & salad

69chick dont have a sainsburys near me but my toilet rolls are £2.00 for 9 so not too bad and they are nice and thick and im glad the voucher will come in useful for you

quintwins i have started getting the 500g value pack from tesco thats £2.08 which is slightly better value and oh likes it, how do you find the tuna compared to branded? i have never tried it myself

olliesmummy06 no i dont think i have a worldwide foods near me, i have an asian supermarket near to my work so i will check out their prices next time i am in

kayl have never had croutons but if they are good to snack on i might try that out

unicornblue72

me and my Oh both work for angenics so money is tight and variable each week i always cook from homeamade food if possible having lived in a 10 yr marrisge with a money conrtol freak and then as a single parent my adivse would be always buy forzen veg can be cheaper then whoopise (unless you local car boot as a farmers market stall that they want to get rid of colleys etc ) we live off mince alot with 1 kg of mince i made 6 meals for two ppl 2 sheperds pies 2 chili and 2 bolganse mix granted there was a hell of alot of celrery carrots peas mushrooms peppers(the combo was slight diff to each dish the last dish i did was the chilli which had the peppers in) i try to buy forzen mushrooms as easy to place in said above meals plus forzen peppers too also i make my own yorkshire puddings and will make homeade pastry to bump a basic mash n two veg meal (it brings back memerioes when i a kid)plus will make bread n pudding for my fella with the crust of the bread that are past the use for toasting stage plus i am typing while waiting for some mince pies to cook a jar of mincemeat needed useing they not just for xmas .. if you make a very large one its good for a afters with a cheap custard (cant make custard) my domstic godness only goes so far