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  • Nice cheap trip to Sainsburys...good price for the broccoli its so expensive at the moment.

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • KolaKube
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    Mmm I love cooking bacon... I take a weird sort of pleasure from trimming it all up to see all the good bacon for cooking with bought for pence lol, does that make me a bit sad..? The shop across the road from us does 1kg packs of local cooking bacon for about £2 but yours seem a better deal!

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  • ammonite
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    How did the pumpkin carving and fireworks go? glad you are all better :D
  • quintwins
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    Nice cheap trip to Sainsburys...good price for the broccoli its so expensive at the moment.

    MCI

    i know and my kids love it so that was pretty good for a fresh one
    KolaKube wrote: »
    Mmm I love cooking bacon... I take a weird sort of pleasure from trimming it all up to see all the good bacon for cooking with bought for pence lol, does that make me a bit sad..? The shop across the road from us does 1kg packs of local cooking bacon for about £2 but yours seem a better deal!

    x

    i don't cut it up (well i do sometimes) i grill it and put in in sandwichs :)
    ammonite wrote: »
    How did the pumpkin carving and fireworks go? glad you are all better :D

    err ok we're not all better i'm still sick apparently :( and we didn't manage pumpkin carving because i was so busy yesterday :( there still here we'll do them over the next few days.
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  • quintwins
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    I was very ill last night :( feeling better today, but we have next to no food and i was suppose to be going shopping today so meal plans out the window, had a dig in teh freezer and found some sausage rolls for lunch, and turned last nighst lo into a stew for the kids dinner, and a packet of baps for bacon baps for me and hubby if i'm up to it later.
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  • ammonite
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    Aww no sorry :( I must have missed that you were still poorly. Get well soon missis.
  • quintwins
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    ammonite wrote: »
    Aww no sorry :( I must have missed that you were still poorly. Get well soon missis.

    I was better until about 5 mins before you posted :rotfl:i think i'm ok now, i even managed some food (sausage rolls maybe weren't wise but we have no bread for toast anyway)

    I need to be better i have work tonight and tomorrow.i havnet started long enough to pull a sicky.
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  • quintwins
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    edited 2 November 2012 at 11:41PM
    Shoppings done, i need a few more bits on monday, but other than that i'm pretty much sorted i got

    2 boxes of fish
    chichen burgers
    2 bags of wedges
    2 bags of sausage rolls
    3 bags of chip
    bag of sweetcorn
    2 bags of mixed veg
    3 bags of flour
    1 bottle of whote lemonade
    2 bottles brown lemoade
    2 2 litres milk
    1 litre pure orange
    hot chocolate
    6 tins of madarins (these are down to 19p from 23p)
    2 jars of pasta sauce
    1 jar of sweet and sour sauce
    1 tin of spag bol (24p i wanna try as a pack up it they only had 1 tin left)
    white cabbage
    2 bags of potatoes reduced to 50p
    3 nets of oranges reduces to 20p
    4 fruit bags reduced to 10p
    3 boxes of cereal bars- two cranberry, one goodness apple
    one befe pie reduced to 13p will do a lunch
    bag of 3 leeks reduced to 15p
    3 bags of wheat crunchies crisps (b1g2f)
    10 value eggs
    value tomatoes
    iceburg letuce reduced to 8p
    value ham
    crispie sliced potatoes reduced to 17p
    2 bags of value grated cheese
    gravy
    2 big bars of cadburys caramel (don't judge me it's been an awful 2 weeks)
    bag of apples (how expensive have apples got?)
    value white chocolate
    2 blocks of real butter (this was nearly £5 along but this is a none compromise in our house)
    value onions
    wheaten bread reduces to 25p
    value lard
    bag of bananas
    2 loaves of bread
    4 fromage frais

    this all came to £71.08, then after all my offers kicked in £55.30, then i used a £4 off £30 spend and a £5 off £20 spend, and a £10 clubcard exhange for frozen food voucher, and lastly a clubcard coupon for 25 extra points bring my grand total to £36.30, i don't think i did too bad :)
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  • quintwins
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    nov budget
    total spends £39.98
    total budget £1400
    total savings this month £0/£600
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  • quintwins
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    Plan for tomorrow

    -go to skip
    -get hubby to clean chimney
    -get hubby to retension my washing line (not sure whats going on there) and put some washing on it
    -DO NOT EAT OUT unless someone else is paying ;)
    -give the bathroom a good scrub

    Food wise
    b-bacon baps
    l-chicken burgers
    d-fish and chips
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