Second Purse Challenge 2012

kerri_dfw

Mothership wrote: »

Thats good you got it sorted out. I find spreading the offers out over as many months as possible is the best way to do it. I don't have to worry about buying meat. We had their steaks last night for dinner absolutely yummy.

Mmm yummy I used to love steak mm mm mm. Dad and my sister are pleased they don't have to worry about meat for ages now too They looove the sausages, my 2yo nephew thinks he's gone to heaven with those.

acl2009

Well my shopping trip took me about 3 hours in total but it was well worth it! Meant I was walking around and exercising as well as saving money!

Got a few good deals and used some of my weeks shopping budget to get a couple of them and now have a few little things in my shop AND money left over on top of my £5.00 I kept back for milk top ups in the week! :j

From Mr T
Season and shake beef casserole mix 5 @ 37p repay £1.49 ( just freakishly reduced saying half price but amount said quarter price!)
Utterly Butterly B1G1F 2 @ 90p repay £1.80

From Mr M
Tuna chunks in spring water 6 @ 50p repay 80p (I would normally buy Mr S basic even though these were normally £1.39 each deal 2 for £1.00)

From Mr S
Schwartz bolognese seasoning mix 6 @ 50p repay 98p (98p each deal of 2 for £1.00)
Branston beans 8 @ 37p repay at 63p (£2.55 4pk deal of 2 for £3.00)

All the deals I got were things I was either going to buy anyway for my recipes this week or things I know I would of got or buy on a regular-ish basis so all in all a few hours! :T

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Welcome acl2009 - you are already doing really well :j. It made me laugh when you said you made your shopping list including prices and totals as I do that too - so now I know I'm not the only one .

Yesterday I got from Mr A:

Percol coffee £2.98 pay back £3.70.

London Tea Bag Company fairtrade and organic herbal teas 20 bags for 50p per box (bargain - they must have priced them up wrong!), pay back 80p as I usually buy Mr A or Mr S's own brand.

Now my stock is worth £89.00 :j.

kerri_dfw

AF free delivery on over £35 spends this weekend

mooomin

Good shopping today at Fresian Foods

I wrote out my shopping list this morning and was able to get nearly half of it from The Cupboard Mr Fresian Dare Not Open :rotfl: I paid the SP around £14, which is still less than these things would have cost me in the supermarket.

I then did a fresh food shop, nothing was really on offer, so I didn't have to stock up on anything. I did manage to get a dinner service in Sain$bury$ for £7.50 which I'm thrilled about as my old plates were getting past it.

The best buy of the day though - hair dye! I normally pay £4.49-£5.49 in the shops, but it's half price in $uperdrug, so £2.69 per packet! I bought five, which will keep me looking lovely for the next six months! I didn't want to empty my purse completely, so five will do for now and if I end up putting more into the Cupboard next week if the offer is still on then so be it!

I'm starting to think I'm going to have to move some items around though - it won't be closable soon

Muppet_baby

Hey all, just checking in for my weekly update! I definitely seem to have turned a corner this week. Here's what I bought:

3 tubs of White Vegetable & Cheddar Soup (0.35 each, sell back £1.55 each)
2 individual Cheese & Onion Pies (0.25 each, sell back £1.48 each)
Pack of Extra Special Fishcakes (0.60, sell back £2.28)
4 bags of Haribos (0.50 each, sell back £1 each)
2 boxes of Frosties (750g) (£2 each, sell back £2.68)
Pack of Cheese and Onion crisps (6) (0.83, sell back £1.18)

Am really having to buy very little from the supermarket now, and can make lots of meals from what we already have. I like to pick up a few reduced bits and bobs here and there to bump up the stockpile

Mothership

This is the end of the month for me so...

My GB for April is £200

I owe my 2nd Purse
25 days @ £3 per day £75 (for meats used from the freezer.)
Various items used £42
April's £10 = £127
Add balance in purse £10.66 = £137.66

Transfer £37.66 to 3rd Purse contents of £86.04 = £123.70

Leaving £100 float in 2nd Purse.

After paying my 2nd Purse what I owe it I have £73 + £4.54 from March leaving me with £77.54 for the next month.

1st Purse £77.54
2nd Purse £100.00
3rd Purse £123.70

I wont update my signature for a few days till everyone sees this.

I Started out with £200 GB, as you can see from the contents of the 1st and 2nd Purse, even after paying back all the money I owed I still have most of that money to spend.

jakes-mum

Ive had a bit of a re-jig on my SP pricing as 1) I hated all those odd number buy back prices, so have rouded them all down and 2) I hadnt actually priced some things at a buy back cost of the alternative I would have bought if the ones ive got hadnt have been on offer IYSWIM :huh: anyway, my stocks worth a bit less but on the whole is more in line with what I would have paid if I had just gone to the supermarket

HelenPie

Hello! :wave:

I managed to find a couple of deals in Mr M on Saturday (though ended yesterday, I'm afraid )

The best being toilet rolls for £2.24 for 9 (half price), so 24.8p each. I bought 3 packs as couldn't fit any more in the trolley, but that should last 2 of us quite a while!

Update after March payday and a rough stocktake:

2nd Purse: £81.78, 3rd Purse: £0
Stock value: £130.45

kerri_dfw

I put in an |AF order whilst it was free delivery on orders over £35 this weekend. I'm going to be having lots of yummy stir frys:
CASE PRICE Sharwoods 8 Poppadoms Plain x 5 @ 20p each, charge £1 each
CASE PRICE Sharwoods Soy and Sesame Stir Fry Sauce With Chopped Ginger 12 x 100g @ 17p each, charge £1 each
CASE PRICE Sharwoods Szechuan Pepper and Tomato Stir Fry Sauce 12 x 100g @ 17p each, charge £1 each
CASE PRICE Sharwoods Thai Red Curry Paste @ 5p each, charge £1 each
CASE PRICE Sharwoods Yellow Bean and Chilli Stir Fry Sauce 12 x 100g @ 17p each, charge £1 each
CLEARANCE PRICE Bisto Original Gravy Powder 454g @ 75p each, charge £1.70
De Identified Garlic Dough Ball Mix 266g @ 50p each, charge £2
De Identified Sundried Tomato and Basil Focaccia Mix 273g @ 33p each, charge £1
Discovery 6 White Wrapbread Tortillas 340g @ 20p each, charge £1
Galaxy Caramel 74g @ 33p each, charge 50p
Granose Meat Free Chicken Style Roast Mix 150g @ 25p each, charge £1
Granose Sunflower Seed and Vegetable Burger Mix 174g @ 33p each, charge £1
Lifeforce Red Kidney Beans 380g @ 33p each, charge £1
Mcvities Digestives Milk Chocolate Tub 250g @ 79p each, charge 89p
Mcvities Ginger Nuts 250g @ 40p each, charge 85p
Strawberry Bonbons 1500g @ 24p/100g, charge 50p/100g
Walkers Grab Bag Salt and Vinegar Flavour Crisps 50g @ 20p each, charge 45p
Lucozade Original 1.5 Litre @£1 each, charge £1.70
Thomas Allinson Organic Malted Bread Mix 500g @ 50p each, charge £1

Sub Total
£37.69
Shipping£0.00
TOTAL£37.69