my non-mortgage mortgage free journey

quintwins

Morning all

Todays the last day of term, i still have a sicky boy which meant we missed the fireworks

I'm at work tonight so unsure what to do about tea i'll make the kids pasta before i go but i might get chinese on the way home, or i might lift some steaks out to make when i get home, i'll decide later.

Payday today but i can't add any of it to the savings so makes no difference.

KolaKube

Hiya quintwins!

Just popping in to have a browse of your thread, we are also based in NI (north west!)

Good luck with the saving up!

xx

quintwins

KolaKube wrote: »

Hiya quintwins!

Just popping in to have a browse of your thread, we are also based in NI (north west!)

Good luck with the saving up!

xx

:wave: hello (love your usename-i think i might be abit obsessed with food )

Nice to see another norn irelander here where abouts are you? i'm close to armagh.

ammonite

Sorry to hear about your sicky boy hope he recovers soon

quintwins

ammonite wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your sicky boy hope he recovers soon

Thanks it's been a long week we're off to to a haloween party tomorrow me and hubby rarely so out on our own (it just so happens were going 2 weeks in a row but chances are it could be 6 months before we go anywhere again) so i really hope he's feeling well enough to stay with granny since we already have our costumes bought.

KolaKube

quintwins wrote: »

:wave: hello (love your usename-i think i might be abit obsessed with food )

Nice to see another norn irelander here where abouts are you? i'm close to armagh.

We're close to Derry We NI folk get everywhere lol.

Thanks for the tips on my diary, will check them out! xx

quintwins

KolaKube wrote: »

We're close to Derry We NI folk get everywhere lol.

Thanks for the tips on my diary, will check them out! xx

my sister lives in derry, sadly she told me your freecycle is rubbish

quintwins

I havent posted in a ggew days as i've bene out at a haloween party and been looking after sick kids, well now i'm sick not much money saving going on here and i doubt there will be for a few weeks, £233 added to the savings this morning but £300 pinched a few days ago so not even even.

Booked a 2 night break on a livingsocial deal (like groupon) was £212 but thats 2 nights stay in a castle (thats sold it for me) with breakfast, a 4 course meal on both nights and a botle of champange and box of choccys on arrival i would say with all that food oncluded we'll spend very little , we won't be going til near the end of feb (not valid over valintines day) and will be like a xmas pressies for both of us and a borthday pressie for hubby.

quintwins

We're finally all better

Kids were sick when all the firework displays were on so tonight we will be carving pumpkins and letting off a few fireworks, dogdogs and soup is on the menu for dinner as requested so i need to grab some baps and maybe a few packets of soup.

Mega busy today this morning i had my crb check, then this afternoon i have physio then i'll come home and go tow ork then back for firework then kids to bed, can't wait til bedtime i'm gonna be knackered!!

Still no change on the money front.

quintwins

rent- £150
elec-£200
phone bill £200
food £3.68/£100
entertainment £100
kids birthday £250
mobile £31
applinace insurance £16
clothes £30
desil £100




nov budget
total spends £3.68
total budget £1400
total savings this month £0/£600


Morning all fireworks were good mil asked me to post something for her yesterday so i nipped to sainburys, i got
2 x 670g packets of cooking bacon (for 99p each)
packet of iced biccy buns from the bakery reduced to 69p from £1.35 (sorry did i mention i had one of the kids with me:p)
bag of basic carrots reduced to 46p from 92p
2 heads of brocolli reduced to 55p from £1.10

Total spends £3.68, i was going to go shopping today but now i have abit of veg it can wait.

Meals for the rest of the week look like this

thur
b-beans on toast with bacon
lunch-lo soup for the kids, i might have a bacon sandwich since i didn't have breakfast
d-chicken casarole with brocolli

fri
b-wheatbix
l-pasta with bacon
d-sheperds pie

sat
b-hm pancakes with real butter
l-sandwichs
d-either dinner at inlaws or fish and chips from the freezer

sun
b-toast
l-been invited for dinner
d-noodles with peas and sweetcorn for the kids(they've been watching kungfu panda lol), we'll prob have soup.


Plan for the rest of the day is lots of cleaning it's a real tip in here, plan for tomorrow is, off to the market for some fruit then off to tesco and homebargains for everything else.