This Time - No Excuses!!!

ceebeeby

Day 6 - Good Morning!

Hooray - finally an opportunity to possibly (please) have an NSD! I've got exactly £3.02 in my purse and about £2.50 in my car in change .... let's see if I can keep it that way!!!

Todays Goals are:

• Earn 5 WW Pro-points through walking
• No eating any sweets, crisps, chocolate or cake for the WHOLE day
• Do my food cupboard list and write menu for next two weeks using as much up as possible
• Do 30 mins of Xmas gift making craft
• Do 30 mins work on DH home-made birthday gift
• Earn my first NSD of 2012!

I'm still chuckling at having just read Pinot's diary and the vision of her clambering over the wall! That's so funny!

Have a good day everyone x

ceebeeby

January Food Cupboard Challenge (And Daily Goal for Day 6)

The challenge is to use up as much food as possible from the cupboards without buying much more - say £20 per week budget?

So here's what's in my cupboards / fridge / freezer

Dry Goods

A ton of different herbs, spices and stock cubes
A ton of different types of bottle sauces - ketchup; soy sauce; sweet chilli etc.
Jams; marmalade; peanut butter; chocolate spread; marmite; syrup; lemon curd
A fully stocked baking cupboard with flour; sugar; baking powder; flavourings; fillings etc.
A bulging sweeties and cake cupboard - not going to list individually, but there are heaps incl. Xmas puddings and cakes

PLUS

Cereals
[STRIKE] Frosties - 1/2 box[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Honey Nut Cornflakes - 1/4 box[/STRIKE]
Cornflakes - full box (only I like them!!)
Coco-pops smart-price - no-one likes, not even me!
Box of porridge
Weetabix - about 12 left in packet
Sugar Puffs - about one bowl left

Drinks
Apple & blackcurrant squash x 3 bottles
Orange squash x 2 bottles
Lemon x 1 bottle
Fresh orange juice x 2 cartons

Snack Cupboard
12 x packets WW crisps
5 x packets normal crisps
crackers
peanuts
[STRIKE] popcorn (half bag)[/STRIKE]
melba toast

Tins
Rice pudding x 4
Peach slices x 2
Prunes x 1
Custard x 1
spagetti x 2
Vegetable soup x 1
Muligatawny soup x 1
Mushroom soup x 1
Tomato soup x 1
Tinned tomatos x 2
Salmon x 1
Tuna x 2
Beans x 2

2 x chicken pot noodles
[STRIKE] 1 x packet chicken supernoodles[/STRIKE]
2 x packet curry supernoodles
[STRIKE] 3 x tomato and onion pasta packet things [/STRIKE]
1 x golden vegetable rice mix
1 x mushroom risotto mix

Plain dried pasta: fusili; macaroni, lasagne and spagetti
Plain rice: long grain; whole grain; paella; pudding and basmati
packet of red lentils
5 boxes of stuffing (I love it and I'm veggy so helps!)

1 x jar casserole sauce
1 x jar gravy sauce (M&S leftover from Xmas)
2 x jar curry sauce
1 x carton pasatta
1 x bolognaise suace
box bread-crumbs
enchilada mix
southern fried bread crumbs
heaps of packet sauces
2 x jars pickled onions ...?
1 x jar make your own pizza sauce topping
4 x packets of yorkshire pudding mix
1 x packet of instant mash
4 x packet cheese sauce
2 boxes cup-a-soup

small jar salmon paste

Fresh Fruit and Veg

[STRIKE] 4 parsnips[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] a few spring onions[/STRIKE]
2 tomatos
[STRIKE] 4 apples (on the turn)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] 1 orange[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] about a dozen carrots![/STRIKE]
brussel sprouds
cauliflower
mushrooms
apples
bananas
[STRIKE] 1/2 bag potatos[/STRIKE]
Salad stuff
bag of carrots

Fridge

green milk - enough for weekend
red milk - enough for weekend
1 x packets bacon
1/2 butter
tub of eating marg
tub of cooking marg (1kg)
12 eggs
[STRIKE] 1/2 tub of philadelphia[/STRIKE]
bits and bobs of yummy cheese
all sorts of pickles ....
[STRIKE] plastic cheese to go on burgers[/STRIKE]
sandwich meat
Wine and beer

Freezer

1 pkt quorn pieces
frozen home made soup - enough for family
[STRIKE] 1/4lb burgers x 2[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] nice mince x 500g[/STRIKE]
2 pkts crumpets
2 pkts pancakes
2 pkts naan
peperoni pizza
1 x tuna fish steak
1 pkt crostinis
2 x vegetable pies
1 x diced beef
[STRIKE] 1 x turkey joint[/STRIKE]
1 x diced lamb
2 pkts kippers :eek:
2 x chicken / veg pies
1 x packet chips
1 x packet fishfingers
2 chicken drumsticks (big ones)
2 pkts muffins
yukky mince (smart price)
3 tubs of ice-cream
1 tub of home-made frozen yogurt
1 x apple pies
3 loaves of bread
3 pkts tortilla wraps
2 pack of pizza bases

WEEK ONE
Saturday 7th - Friday 13th

Saturday 7
Cereal / Toast
Curried parsnip soup (they need used up!) / hot dogs in rolls for those that didn't want the soup ... it was delicious!!
Big Burgers with salad had visitors, so also added pasta to the mix!

Sunday 8
Porridge or Kippers
Roast turkey, potato, carrot, yorky pud and stuffing ... visitors again for dinner, so need to bulk it out somehow!!
Apple pie and ice-cream pudding
Cheese on toast for supper and Xmas rubbish

Monday 9
Cereal / Yogurt
Lunch-boxes (pancakes ...?)
Mince n Mash with any left-over veg

Tuesday 10
Cereal / Yogurt<

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UP TO HERE
Lunch-boxes (cup-a-soup)
Cauliflower & sprouts Cheese with Frozen Pies
Rice pudding and peach slices

Wednesday 11
Cereal
Lunch-boxes
Chicken Casserole using the 2 x legs / sauce - with rice (slow cooker)

Thursday 12
Cereal
Lunch-boxes
Soup or Noodles - we're all out so fast meal

Friday 13
Cereal
Lunch-boxes
Fishfingers, chips and beans

Shopping List for Week 1
Salad
Potatos
Whoopsie yogurt
Fruit
Sandwich Meat
Cauliflower
Cheese Sauce - check cupboard, might have one!
Cat Food
1 x tin beans
2 x tins soup
1 x cup-a-soup box for lunch boxes
Fabric conditioner

What I actually bought ....

All of the above PLUS
2 tins hot-dogs
whoopsie hot dog rolls
4 pkts cheese sauce mix (cheaper that way)
Bolognaise sauce (well, you don't think I make it do you!!!)
2 boxes of cup a soups because they were reduced - will do for next week

TOTAL SHOP - £16.28 - just noticed overcharged on apples by 35p, makes me cross!

WEEK 2
Saturday 14th - Friday 20th

Saturday 14
Crumpets and scrambled egg
Rolls and jam
Spag Boll and Crustinis

Sunday 15
Porridge and crumpets or toast
Yorkshire Puddings with Beef Casserole inside, Large Mash
Eggy bread for supper

Monday 16
Cereal / Yogurt
Lunch box
Quorn fajitas (using enchilada sauce) and golden veg rice

Tuesday 17
Cereal
Lunchbox
Peperoni Pizza and home made pizza using tortilla base for 2nd one

Wednesday 18
Cereal
Lunchbox
SPECIAL DINNER

Thursday 19
Cereal
Lunch box
Tinned spagetti on Toast

Friday 20
Cereal
Lunch box
Out for dinner with friends

Shopping List for Week 2
Fresh rolls
Milk
Bread
Potatos
Carrots
Soap Powder
Cereal
Whoopsie Yogurt
Lunch meats
Fruit
Mixed peppers
Onions
Mushrooms
Cat food!

ceebeeby

End of the Day Catch-Up - Hi everyone, hope you had a good day!

ceebeeby wrote: »

Todays Goals are:

• Earn 5 WW Pro-points through walking I got 11 again!
• No eating any sweets, crisps, chocolate or cake for the WHOLE day Yippeeeee .... not a single bad calorific thing crossed my lips
• Do my food cupboard list and write menu for next two weeks using as much up as possible Post above!
• Do 30 mins of Xmas gift making craft I did over an hour and managed to finish a whole section!!
• Do 30 mins work on DH home-made birthday gift Tick Tick .. again, did about an hour on it!
• Earn my first NSD of 2012! and finally :j:j:jmy first NSD of 2012

Well, this is what I ended up achieving and it turned out to be a megga successful one (hooray!)

I finally managed to get that elusive NSD under my (tight) belt, I couldn't even be tempted by whoopsies or the M&S sale.

I've also done my two week food cupboard challenge and look forwards to any thoughts or ideas for anything I've not used up. I've got about £50 budget per week for food, but if I can get it to £20 max for both weeks that will help enormously as we're away for a week-end and could do with the spare £60 for extra eating out costs (rather than using :eek: plastic :eek:!!!)

Thanks as always for your amazing support - am off to bed now to dream up tomorrows goals (which is going to involve a pair of santa socks!!!!)

Night everyone xx

ceebeeby

Day 7

Just a quick post to say good-morning as I'm off on the dance class / shopping run.

Todays goals

• 5 ww points walking
• tidy out my baking cupboard
• clean the fish tank (I hate that job!!!):(
• no sweets, biscuits or cakes - but can have WW crisps (lunch) and frozen yogurt for pudding:p!
• 30 mins thrifty gifty crafting
• 30 mins on dh birthday gift
• staft kids photo albums for xmas with this years xmas pics!

Have a good day :):):)

PinotGrigio41

Just catching up on your posts yesterday, I cant believe you are so organised, and know exactly what you are going to eat for the forseeable future ! I think I need ot start rading the Arts and Crafts cupboard, rather dusty these days and start getting crafty again, its been years.

Hope you have a good day and achieve all of your goals.

Pinot x

ceebeeby

Am back from the shops!

Have so far ticked of 3 WW points and the fish-tank cleaned. Am struggling to motivate on anything else.

Here's what I spent:

£16.28 on ASDA shopping
£19.07 on Pets Supplies at Pets at Home (new fish tank filter, gravel, fish net & bulb for tank ... does look lovely though:))
£16.00 on a very very very self indulgent treat for myself (£10 from bank and £6 from purse - I cleared out handbags and found the extra!!) :o:o:o:o

Will update balance above!

Itsadogslife_2

Well done on your organisation of your cupboards and fridges etc. I am slowly working my way through the freezer My MIL has bought us a homemade pie from the very lovely butcher in the village - not very healthy but if I put mainly veg with it I have seriously got to get with the programme, I fell off yesterday in tremendous stylie and the wagon rolled away down the road (there was McDonalds at lunch time and pizza hut on the night it was messy )

Are you going to confess what your very very indulgent spend of £16.00 was?

hillside777

You are very organised.

I went to the shop and our spend was a lot more than yours, although we had run out of a lot of things, as we didn't shop last week, also there are four of us.

Hope you're having a good week-end.

Cialilerin

Good luck on your debt free journey - I will subscribe and join you on this journey! x

ceebeeby

Hi Itsadogslife ... mmm, the wagon rolling sounds delicious (well, certainly more yummy than home-made curried parsnip soup anyway!!!), I literally can't afford to roll of the wagon as regretably I've already developed an Xmas muffin top that are making my jeans over friendly as it is (they are hugging way too tight!!!). Am I going to confess .... errr .... much [STRIKE]needed[/STRIKE]:D wanted beauty therapy?:o

Evening bonnington - my life's so majorly chaotic that organisation is the only way I stay afloat! It is a bit OTT though isn't it!!!

Hi Cialilerin - what a lovely name!! Nice to see you and thanks for joining the mad journey! Seems a bit uphill at the moment, but looking forwards to either crawling or bouncing up it!!

So - here's how I did today:

• 5 ww points walking I think I did it - well, I got up to very nearly 4 at about 4pm, but then took my jumper off because it got wet, but pedometer thing came off too (oops) so I think I did!!
• tidy out my baking cupboard FAILED - did look and then quickly shut the cupboard door ... will do tomorrow
• clean the fish tank (I hate that job!!!):( Done and looks fab:j:j:j
• no sweets, biscuits or cakes - but can have WW crisps (lunch) and frozen yogurt for pudding:p! I had both the frozen yogurt (home-made) and 2 pkts of WW Crisps during movie - but only cos I had no breakfast (not deliberately .... just happened!!)... no other naughties though:o
• 30 mins thrifty gifty crafting Yay - did about 2.5 hours and got a huge chunk done!!:):):)
• 30 mins on dh birthday gift Done!! It's starting to look good!
• start kids photo albums for xmas with this years xmas pics! FAILED - spent so long on thrifty crafting, I forgort!!!:o

See you tomorrow - night everyone x