Fiscal Fast – 7 days no spending (at all)

boultdj

Happy new year everyone, and I'v got my first day out of the way,being at work has helped and seeing as I'm not sure of what I'v got in a cupboard audit will be done this weekend when I'm off.

catznine

Happy New Year! Hoping 2014 is a happier, healthier and hopeful one for us all. I need to join in again this week as things are tight again, managed to pay another 10% off the mortgage just before Christmas :j and now have to start to build up some savings ready for the next overpayment. I am allowing £100 (£20 a week) until next payday which should be doable if I have a fiscal fast now.

Today's New Years meal was the leftover slowcooked beef from entertaining family at the weekend. Trying to save all the oddments like mini cheesecakes, portions of stuffing, mash potato into the freezer for future treats, soups etc

Must stay away from shops tomorrow!

Good luck everyone!

Catz x

phyllisellen

Well what started off on plan for dinner was thwarted by unexpected guests over next few days in the form of extra children!
However, I went to a near empty Mr T and shopped to the 11th January on £68.95 including enough loo roll, tissues and cat food and cleaning stuff for a month. Used £8.35 in coupons.
Leaves 204.11 in the 'cash for the month' purse!
DD2 spent some time looking for the allusive football socks alas no luck, she buying her own tomorrow!
Generous grandparents have given entertainment money for tomorrow and I am hoping to make a bit to replenish fruit hopefully reduced! That way I will keep a NSD !
Peony 40 Ham pinwheels are a great way of using up basically anything!
Use puff pastry (I buy it as I usually have coupons or its on offer in Mr T but my Nan always made hers!)
Roll out a rectangle shape, spread it with small chopped ham pieces and grated cheese.
Roll up like a swiss roll, and cut into 2 cm slices.
Bake in oven 180 C for 12 minutes.
I use this or tomato puree and cheese, my children love pesto and shredded chicken ! Great for lunch boxes too!
They look better glazed with an egg glaze but mine never hang around long enough to worry if they look pretty!
NSD dilemma My hoover has blown up, I have a cat and a part time dog (my parents) and can't decide what to do, buy one, with coupons or sweep !

peony40

Good morning all,

PhyllisEllen, many thanks for the recipe, they sound delicious.

I am thinking that the frugal fast may be on hold today as i have ran out of dandelion coffee and nuts that hubby and i like to snack on, and have with our breakfast. I do have some money left over from December's housekeeping so I will use this and then pot the remaining cash.

Apart from this, my purse should remain closed.

Have a nice day everyone.

Peony x

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Day two and NSD ahead so I will be pottering around catching up on things indoors.Loads of stuff to get through,DD gave me quite a bit of left over veg that she would normally have chucked ,nowt wrong with it only my eldest has a thing about anything over three days old (dosen't take after me that's for sure ) plus she is fairly well off and shops in Waitrose .Another lady with more money than sense at times bless her,:):):) but I am happy with a nice savoy cabbage, a swede, some brocolli and brussels which will more than do me for several days As I have some carrots and parsnips in my veg drawer I will make some chunky veg soup today which will do for several days to come for lunches.
Happy F/Fasting chums
JackieO xxx

catznine

Day 2 for me too! That's a lovely haul of veg Jackie I have a pan of wonky but perfectly alright veg soup on the go too and hope to have enough to put some by into the freezer for when my friend visits next week. We are going to be ladies who lunch on Mondays but we lunch on home made goodies so we save too.

Just had a snack of leftover mash potatoes grated cheese from an oddment of leftover Christmas cheddar, twas lovely. Tonight's meal will be Bolognese pasta bake ala slimming world (sort of) as I found a pack of lean mince in the depths of the deep freeze, should make enough to be able to freeze a meal for us later in the month. Pudding will be a fruit salad to use up the last remnants of the fruitbowl, taking the advice of a lady called Donna Miller who runs a website called Miller's Grain House, worth a look at her you tube videos as there 're some great ideas for avoiding throwing away usable food.

Mr Catz needed a packed lunch today so I held back the last of the beef for a beef and picalilli sandwich, luckily it being just after Christmas we have crisps, cake and Clementines to go with it!

Am almost out of milk, I had this problem when I first did the Fiscal fast as I did n' t stock up then and forgot to this time. I do have evaporated milk a plenty which Mr Catz loves in his coffee and dried milk which I can make up for me, only a problem when we have visitors If oldest (2 1/2 year old) Grandaughter visits I will have to break the fast for her to have her full fat milk. I say oldest Grandaughter as 6 weeks ago tomorrow my youngest gave birth to our youngest little Grandaughter who weighed in at 8lb 11oz :j

Right I am going to have a go at menu planning now to see if that helps

Have a happy frugal fasting day all

Catz x

Frugalsod

I had to shop today as I was out of milk. So did a shop, bought enough coffee for a month or more, so clearance veg (1 cauliflower 35p and 2 savoy cabbage 25p each) so will have cauliflower cheese and some lots of cabbage soup, all for £10.99 I got some £40 cashback to last me the rest of the month. Tomorrow will be a NSD but am being taken to Aldi so will top up with some items from there. So should be fine for at least a week.

peony40

Went to the shops and got very grumpy! I remember now why I choose to shop via the internet. Anyway, £18.38 was spent in H*&B*
on nuts and nut spread. I was going to buy a couple of bath towels in B*talls but I could not find any one at the pay desk so I put the towels back and will make do with what we have.

No need to buy anything until Monday when our grocery shop is due, but I will be using gift vouchers for this shop so my bank account will remain untouched, yay!

Made soup today using up leftover veg, and making stew for tonight's dinner using food from the pantry and freezer. Dessert will be some berries with ice cream from the freezer.

parsniphead

Congrats on the newish grandchild catznine.

Peony40, it sound like the towel seller shop sort of did you a favour. Irritating though.

Another no spend for me today but shopping tomorrow so the first full 7 day no spend starts on Saturday.

Ninno820

Evening all - may I join in? I bought some veg today so will start tomorrow and aim for a week. I was away at christmas so don't have food to use up but do have two well stocked freezers plus the store cupboards. Tomorrow I am planning on making a ham and vegetable broth to keep me going for lunches. Dinner will be a butternut squash n bacon risotto.