Second Purse Challenge 2012

kerri_dfw

SueP19 wrote: »

Oh oh fess up who are they, it's so hard to get good material xxx

fabricdepot dot com They charge $18.30 shipping on upto 8yds. Which seems a lot when you look at it like that, but when you think that FQs sell for £3.50 odd each, and they have tonnes of different fabrics it works out cheaper. They can ship for larger quantities but that has to be quoted for first. When I put in my order I'll let you know how much they charge. I think I'm going to go for a good range of fabrics so I can have a little pile of yardage to make things for craft fairs

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Dreamerbea - can't believe you were burgled and for washing powder - that's terrible :grouphug:.


It's funny we too had sweet and sour chicken today, left over from yesterday's roast, but using a jar from Mr S , cos it was only 25p. Also boiled up carcass of chicken for stock so will make chicken soup out of that for lunch - so domesticated :rotfl:.

Polkadot -welcome back - was wondering where you were.

Mothership

Been bad and it was good!

I got a voucher for £5 off a £25 M&S shop, so I'm having a wee break from cooking for a few days I got. 3 x 3 for £6 deals.

Mousaka
Rice Pud
Ultimate mash
Qch Lorraine
2 packs BBQ chicken Wings
Peas & Carrots
Ckn n White wine
Apple Pie
+
Santini Tomatoes
2 packs Back Bacon
Pack of Sausages

And a pk of Reduced Dohnuts

TotalValue £32.54 Cost £21.63

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Forgot to say, I've worked up a menu plan and shopping list for my £12.50 per person (£50 for us in total) for the week challenge and it looks like I will be able to stick to this (in theory) so I'll keep you posted. My 'week' starts on Wednesday as this is the day I can go to Mr L on way back from Uni (I don't like to make a special trip there 'cos of petrol costs ).

GarnetLady

kerri_dfw wrote: »

fabricdepot dot com They charge $18.30 shipping on upto 8yds. Which seems a lot when you look at it like that, but when you think that FQs sell for £3.50 odd each, and they have tonnes of different fabrics it works out cheaper. They can ship for larger quantities but that has to be quoted for first. When I put in my order I'll let you know how much they charge. I think I'm going to go for a good range of fabrics so I can have a little pile of yardage to make things for craft fairs

*delurks* There are lots of American fabric websites that will ship to the UK. Most use a Global Priority envelope which is about $13 flat rate from memory, but it's probably gone up. Only other thing to watch is customs charges, this includes the fabric and the shipping cost, so worth checking you're going to be under the limit (although it can still be cheaper than buying in the UK! And some will under value on the declaration.). I've bought lots from America over the years, it was even cheaper than buying fabric with my discount when I worked in a fabric shop. *relurks*

jakes-mum

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending wrote: »

Forgot to say, I've worked up a menu plan and shopping list for my £12.50 per person (£50 for us in total) for the week challenge and it looks like I will be able to stick to this (in theory) so I'll keep you posted. My 'week' starts on Wednesday as this is the day I can go to Mr L on way back from Uni (I don't like to make a special trip there 'cos of petrol costs ).

:T:T:T your going all out

I managed to do last week on £49.08 so I was quite chuffed, hoping to come in lower than that this week.

muffin_man_7

jakes-mum wrote: »

:T:T:T your going all out

I managed to do last week on £49.08 so I was quite chuffed, hoping to come in lower than that this week.

WOW WELL DONE JAKES-MUM:T i've had a go at this years ago never made it came close a few times tbf i was feedin nine at the time its just me and 2 kids now (well ones 20 and youngest 15 ) and i aim to spend no more than £50 in a week but never works out always something we forget or son has one of his hungry phases he has a phobia with food so a hungry phase is good but not on me purse:(

could you share your weeks menu to give us a helping hand please it's not been a very good week ran out of a lots of stuff it's a first i usually guess really well, i'm hopin next week when i have a bit of cash i could give it a go again kids eat meat i'm veggie but should still be possible i hope
thanks for the idea

jakes-mum

muffin_man_7 wrote: »

i aim to spend no more than £50 in a week but never works out always something we forget or son has one of his hungry phases he has a phobia with food so a hungry phase is good but not on me purse:(

could you share your weeks menu to give us a helping hand please it's not been a very good week ran out of a lots of stuff it's a first i usually guess really well, i'm hopin next week when i have a bit of cash i could give it a go again kids eat meat i'm veggie but should still be possible i hope
thanks for the idea

I understand the hungry phases, DS's coeliacs play havoc with my food stock, if hes hungry hes starving, you'd think I hadnt fed him for a week :eek:

List of dinners :think: now I have alot of food problems so I do make 2 meals a night at times I'll write this weeks menu as its the easiest to remember :rotfl:

Sunday: full roast chicken dinner
Monday: Roast Dinner / Chicken Curry
Tuesday: Sausage, Mash Potato and beans
Wednesday: Roast Dinner / Lasagne + HM chips
Thursday: Ham and Cheese Omelette, Saute Potatoes and Beans
Friday: Stew in yorkshires
Saturday: Fry Up (whatever ive got in the freezer tbh :rotfl:)

If we have roast beef on a sunday, then monday for the boys is taco night and lasagne wednesday becomes something else . If I have battered fish/fishfingers in then they would prob have fish chips and mushy peas, or if I see a bit of cod reduced then a huuuuuuuuge fish pie is in the offering.

Im actually thinking of changing thursday to a chicken pie :think: might have to look for a G/F pastry recipe online :rotfl: as you can tell, my meal plans success is largely dependant on whats in the freezer and my wants :rotfl:

EDIT: actually the most popular dinner I ever made was something called a baked bean pie :eek: it was a pastry case with baked beans in the bottom, squares of ham on top and then beaten egg poured over the top and baked in the oven for 40 minutes. The 3 of them demolished it! cost me next to nothing to make

jakes-mum

:eek: cant believe how miffed I was at having to pay 60p to park in Mr W :eek: My new blue badge isnt here yet so couldnt use the disabled bay only spent £4.37 so couldnt reclaim the cost and moaned about it to Dh all the way home :rotfl: :rotfl:

On an SP note, I now have £31.54 in my 3rd purse and I still owe it £10 but wont declare that till I actually put it in

Have so far spent £13.31 of the weekly budget and over £8 of that was to SOS :j :j Mr W didnt have any bananas (would have gone over the £5 limit and got my parking back otherwise :mad:) so need to pop into Mr C later to pick some up, am hoping that im completely stocked now so will get a nice NSD tomorrow

fozziebeartoo

1) I have balanced purses today, SP did have £20 and then:-

SP bought 2 x large Bold gels for £3 each and 2 x 24 Colour Catchers for £2 each to add to Sallys Stores.

Then I bought from Sallys Stores:-

Wotsits bought @ 99p and paid £1.50
Animal mini biccies bought @ 76p and paid £1.50
Dishwasher tablets bought @ £1.00 and paid £2.50
Kitchen Roll bought @ 50p and paid 50p

So £10 out of SP and £6 back in, so SP is now at £16 (my max balance is only £20) and my 3rd Purse has £20.

2) I had my 1st DR steak yesterday, it was rib eye - no water at all came out as I cooked it, the fat went brown and crispy, it hardly shrank at all or curled up as it cooked and it tasted lovely and there were NO bits I couldnt chew and no gristly bits left on the side of my plate, so very pleased with that!

3) Feeling very delicate and sad today. DD and grandson are moving into their own place and for the 1st time in my life, I will be shopping for and cooking just for myself........:( In Sainsburys I bought 2 carrots and 4 big mushrooms to go in the lasagne I am planning to make tomorrow..........:(

OMG - I felt like such a Billy-No-Mates!!!

Living on my own is going to take an awful lot of getting used to and BUYING for one??????? HELP!!!