Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

Butterfly_Brain

Brilliant Bobarella :T:T
I only have milk, cheese and eggs to get this week

Girlafraid

rice milk chillaxing in fridge, had a hectic couple of days, no time to eat much so havent tried it properly, did try a spoonful earlier, had to add some vanilla, now its nice, i'll try it on cereal soon, but i do think i wll have to wean myself back onto it. but hey it costs pennies to make, and it means i can have cereal again. so win win.
:-D

Butterfly_Brain

Aaargh what is it when something goes t*ts up everything else does the same.

Kettle died and had to be replaced, hospital parking so far this month £20 and I have a blue badge.
This morning I had to buy a blood pressure machine because the gp says I have to take readings every day but luckily it was on offer at £10 in Asda.
We are at another party tomorrow night plus I need to buy a card and present.
Then two funerals 29th and 2nd with flowers to buy because they were close friends plus I have another three trips to hospitals one next week and two (So far) in February
To top it all DS spilled coffee over DD's BF's 3DS so that will be a repair bill I will end up paying for.

In March we have the MOT and Car tax



So February/March looks like very tight months, so the freezer and stock cupboard will be hammered.

Girlafraid

Aww butterfly, it never rains but it pours.
cheek of the doc making you buy your own monitor, you shouldve demanded he loan you one. and boo to the tea spiller/people dying.
life is never easy is it?
*hugs*

Butterfly_Brain

Thank you Girlafraid xxx
It always finds a way to kick you at your lowest doesn't it.

But things could be worse, so onwards and forwards, keeping positive is the best thing, even though I want to scream, and shout and throw things, it won't make it go away.

MissOrganised1972

:grouphug: for you Butterfly Brain

Ladyluck1

Sorry BB! You're alwYs so helpful and I hate it when people are in this situation.
I seem to Have this every month, something happens or something breaks and we just don't have any spare cash to save for something happening.
Last time the car needed fixing it was just over £100 and that was my food budget gone for the month! So we lived off the £20 I had and luckily I had a fair bit of food in the cupboard and freezer.
I now keep a shelf just for emergency months with pasta and beans and instant mash wtc. Just incase.

I hate the way things are at the moment and can't see them improving. My husband already works 40hrs at minimum wage and we still struggle. We have young children and if I went to work we wouldn't be any better off

I hope some luck comes soon for you BB or at least a little break x

BHB

Ladyluck1 wrote: »

I hate the way things are at the moment and can't see them improving. My husband already works 40hrs at minimum wage and we still struggle. We have young children and if I went to work we wouldn't be any better off

Us too - its a ridiculous situation. Unless miraculously someone doubles my hourly rate we seem to be stuck on the same income if I do 40 hours and the missus works or not!


BB hope things get better - you have been an inspiration over the last few weeks since I've been lurking on the thread.


Perhaps you should have a cupboard stocked with chocolate for just such a situation


BHB x

Ladyluck1

It's rubbish! We also can't get a council house because hubby works so we're stuck paying fairly high rent too. The way things are it'll be us (the ones who work for not much) who starve before the ones on Benefits.

I've just made a lentil dal with some odds and sods, 3 old cloves of garlic, 2 old onions, 2 bendy carrots and 2 big handfuls of lentils. Plus some garam masala and some chilli flakes. Couldn't have been more than 80p and it made 3 portions easily!
Made a very nice lunch for me with an old tortilla wrap haha.

BHB

Ladyluck1 wrote: »

I've just made a lentil dal with some odds and sods, 3 old cloves of garlic, 2 old onions, 2 bendy carrots and 2 big handfuls of lentils. Plus some garam masala and some chilli flakes. Couldn't have been more than 80p and it made 3 portions easily!
Made a very nice lunch for me with an old tortilla wrap haha.

Sounds nice ....

The made up stuff with the odds and sods normally tastes better than the planned stuff in my case