Second Purse Challenge 2012

fozziebeartoo

kerri_dfw wrote: »

Mine almost has aisles! Well shelf aisles, but stuff all grouped together like in the SM hehe so I know exactly what you mean I want to show you all a picture, but then realise that that's really sad hahahah

Nooooooo......not sad at all!! We'd love to see them!! :T

kerri_dfw

Grr, I shall take a picture tomorrow when the AF order arrives and we can all go oooh and ahhh. Although I don't have anything massively decent in mine just yet as it's all flour & pasta haha.
Which reminds me, can anyone recommend a breadmaker? I am rubbish at making bread, so a breadmaker that makes tasty seeded batch would be awesome.

MunniMuncha

I have to laugh as OH has just asked if he can have a bar of chocolate from MunniMart. I said he could so long as he gave me 50p - 'But I don't have 50p', to which I replied 'well you can't have one then'. He looked really sad :(and then after a little think said 'could you lend me 50p then please' - lmao:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MunniMuncha

MunniMuncha wrote: »

Oh my days, I am sooooooooooooooooo excited:T:T:T. Just about to have my very first taste of DR mince. It's cooking on the hob as we speak. Am so tempted to have a little spoonful:p, but am holding back until it is on my plate - nom, nom, nom :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mince was absolutely gorgeous, but was just wondering that it seemed a little bit 'sticky', is this normal or it is my cooking? DD did say that she preferred it from our 'usual' mince (and that says something as I think she could easily become a veggy)

jakes-mum

£22.09 in my 3rd purse as of tonight :eek: :eek: no wonder I never have any money half way through the month! Ive been giving it all to the supermarket!

Need to be much stricter with myself re my weekly shop my bill for this month as ive spent £200 according to my weekly diary for the 4 of us and I was really hoping to keep it at £140 for the month hopefully as my stock grows my food bill will come down

kerri_dfw

It's apparently surprisingly easy for me to take photos and upload them to the internet with my new phone.
So here you go Bean-A-Castle as of 01/03/2012, tomorrow it will look even more impressive as AF arrive

mooomin

Ooh I'm jealous, I just have one cupboard in my kitchen :rotfl:

polkadot

kerri_dfw wrote: »

Which reminds me, can anyone recommend a breadmaker? I am rubbish at making bread, so a breadmaker that makes tasty seeded batch would be awesome.

I have the panasonic,it was given to me buy a friend who went back to South Africa.I absolutely love it-although DH has put it in the garage as I got a Kenwood major for Christmas and he wants me to mix breads in that (which I havent) He has said when we move he'll find space indors so I can have both...can you tell I cant wait to move?

MunniMuncha wrote: »

I have to laugh as OH has just asked if he can have a bar of chocolate from MunniMart. I said he could so long as he gave me 50p - 'But I don't have 50p', to which I replied 'well you can't have one then'. He looked really sad :(and then after a little think said 'could you lend me 50p then please' - lmao:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I read that to DH and his friend who is overnighting-his response was almost as funny:" that sounds familiar-can I borrow 50p of my money, the money that I leave the hose for 14 hours a day for,that I have to travel on a stinking train listening to bad music through random headphones for" and then he said to his friend "but seriously-I now know to let her know if I need something so she can pay for it before I take it-and Im loving it because even though there are random plasti crates al ver the house,there is stuff in the house all the time.Friend just thinks its all very funny.

I havent exactly done any 2nd pursing today...but I did a few things that lend themselves to the concept.

• I remembered I had a qu!dc0 account which I have never used aside from two transactions over a year ago.and I discovered that using its rainforest deal finder and then going to Nect@r to make the purchase really does pck up a few deals.
• I logged into Shoes through qu1dc0 and REALLY impressed myself by picking up 3 jumbo boxes of nappies for DD,3 jumbo boxes of nappies for DS2, and 4 boxes of C&G growing up milk for DS2-total cost was £79,I earned 790 ponts because I get 10 points as a parent club member (add that to the 12.66 i already have that takes me over £20,and a week ago I only had about £2),when do these points expire? ive clearly not been using it to my best as even at normal prices, the cb i get back on nappies/milk make it even more cost effective than even C0stc0.
• The best part about doing the shoes buy was that I give the 2 babies £60 a month-320 for nappies and £40 for formula-but hers accumulates in its pencil bag,so as it cost me £79 I paid for it using the household accont and took the money back from their purses.I rounded down on one and up on the other and ended up with £60 out of the purses,which is what I budget for groceries for a week-and I now have cash in my purse so I wont have to use my card-which is what Im trying to achieve.

Mothership if you were here Id kiss you:)

• While I was wandering around Qu!dc0, I discovered the deal finder for rainforest and decided to look at chocolates (just to see if the easter stuff Ive already bought is the best deal) and I found these and these , which gave me an idea...I usually put £20 in our savings for christmas,and I always get lost because as I buy stuff I forget where I am-so I copied the spreadsheet and renamed it christmas purse. I only had this month in,so Ive spent £29 so I owe the purse £9-but thats already quite a bit for stocking fillers. Next month Im going to buy these for when our Elf comes to stay in December.I'll put them in the spreadsheet and then look up their store prices when they hit the shelves

SueP19

MunniMuncha wrote: »

I have to laugh as OH has just asked if he can have a bar of chocolate from MunniMart. I said he could so long as he gave me 50p - 'But I don't have 50p', to which I replied 'well you can't have one then'. He looked really sad :(and then after a little think said 'could you lend me 50p then please' - lmao:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: 10 out of 10 for cheek

AlwaysHappy

KERRI - that is awesome - I have the same (or similar) black shelving in the garage (can get from the hall into there -so easy). I couldn't take a photo of mine - there is just an explosion of stuff on it - all things are grouped together but tbh just too much - it has my existing stock pile and then my new store pile (which has prices on). I am going to attempt to use up the old stock as I can and then aim for a system more on the line of yours - like a "real" shop !!!
Re breadmakers - I too would recommend a panasonic - I have had mine 7 years, use it 4/5 times a week and never had a dud loaf. I could do with a new loaf tin for it as a while back hubby got the loaf out with a metal knife!!! and scratched the lining - I now have to go round the edge with a plastic blade to release the loaf which isn't too much of a problem but is getting worse - the new buckets are @£70 though so don't know whether to ask for monetary donations for my birthday and just go the whole hog and get a new machine - decisions, decisions......
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