Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

miserly_mum

My final spend for February is £234.78_pale_

My budget was £230 so just a teensy bit over :rolleyes: but I did really well on the January challenge so i'm not too worried.

Makes me even more determined to do well next month.

fallen_angel_shelley

i have ended up going over budget by about £20:mad: i lost my motivation this month, could just about drag my self out of bed most days and went a bit of track by not sticking to meal plans, not using stuff up and bining food:eek: i really need to get my self motivated for march. so my total for was £190.

Little_Belle

I'm still fairly new to here and only just really getting into finding my way round the site so...

Can I join for the first time in March? I'm having a guess budget of £250, thats 2 adults, 1 greedy cat, 2 rabbits, 1 snake.. lets see how I do - this is my first month of having a 'baking day' for the freezer so that should help too

lil_me

Little_Belle you need the March thread which is here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=768979

Little_Belle

now i'm sure when i started reading this thread I looked for the march one and couldnt see it! obviously couldn't see for looking... Thank you *hugs*

earthmother

Well, other than perhaps a bunch of bananas, I've finished my month, so I'm going to declare myself significantly OVER


Not wholly unexpected, and actually with good reason though.

I've taken advantage of various deals this past week or so, and now have two full freezers and a full store cupboard - cost about £80-£90 but worth nearer £200 by my reckoning, and easily covers most main meals next month, and in some cases, beyond.

So, whilst my end total is £276.49 (from an original budget of £160 :eek: ), my actual menu plan/immediate use shop has come in fairly near budget at approx £190-£200.


Next months budget, 3rd-30th March, currently stands at £175, so I'll declare myself in for March and hopefully, with all this bulk buying this month, I'll crack it.

JemimaP_3

Lost track myself midmonth as i didn't have enough in my budget for anything so was pinching from one 'pot' to cover another:rolleyes:

My budget was £80 just for me and i guesstimate i spent about £120:embarasse

chicken_pie_2

Hi, please put my total spend for Feb down as £163.48. Not too bad for my first month following this challenge! Thanks, Chicken Pie.

Zend

Bit of a disaster this month. OH insisted on paying for groceries via debit card instead of giving me housekeeping money. I find it difficult to keep track of what has been spent unless I have the money in my hand. This month we have gone over the budget, not sure by how much.

Bobbykins

Hi All

I finished my spending for February the day before yesterday but hadn't declared, just in case I had a last minute spending frenzy! So I am now declaring for the month.

Lil-me - please put me down as £209.74 for Feb

Quietly pleased with myself for coming in £15-ish under budget (I suspect it might be a fluke though!:o )Will put my March target on the March thread....am off over there now. See you there!