how much will you/have you spent fri 13/04/07?

mrsspendalot

this_year wrote: »

big spend day today as it's shopping day..But we are going to try and do most from the likes of wilkos - iceland then if we must prob go to tesco...Do you think £85 aweek on shopping is a lot for a family of 4

a few weeks ago I would have said no, as we were spending about that for a family of 5

However, I went to the oldstyle board and now my weekly tesco shop is around the £30 mark for a family of 5, inc. nappies for a baby. I reckon you could get it down to at least £50

We meal plan like crazy and only buy what we need for the meals and breakfast, lunch etc. We have dropped a brand on certain things and are trying value brands for other things (some good, some not so good). We shop in Tesco but have been buying fruit and veg from local grocers. If you want to drop your food bill, i highly recommend posting your receipt up on the oldstyle board and let them scrutinise it and give you some tips.

mrsspendalot

It is our shopping day today as well, but that is budgeted for - planned spend £35

Other than that NSD

hannahsmummy1

i will be spending 1.35 on my bus home tonight after work- however most fridays the man lets me on for nothing (hoping it might be the same tonight!)

mrsspendalot

mrsspendalot wrote: »

It is our shopping day today as well, but that is budgeted for - planned spend £35

Other than that NSD

Oooh managed £35.32 so not too far out :rolleyes:

Becks_in_Debt

Our car has gone in for an MOT, hoping it will pass, but i wont hold my breath, I will post with the amount once I know.
Currently £40 for the test and hopefully it will only be small things that need doing, although yesterday we bought two lights for it (only needed 1, but OH bought wrong one £6.99 so needed to go back to get the right one £8.99), he had already took it out of the wrapper so couldnt take it back

Gemmzie

90p on parking to go to the dr's, will need some meds later but it was cheaper to buy than have prescribed

Need petrol too but that comes out of a different budget

Aj_eye

Just spent £10 on petrol....I was temptedt to drive the 55 miles home with the reserve light on ..but its a friday so there is bound to be staionary traffic on the M25 !!!!

But apart from that ..its a NSD

redsquirrel80

£1.35 on lunch and £1 entry into Grand National sweepstake at work - well you never know, might be lucky!

Just totted up my total for the week (since Sat morning) and it comes to just under a tenner - can't remember the last time I spent that little in a week but it's probably years ago!!

hbl_2

£2.18 on lunch. Next week I'll try not to spend anything on lunch in the office. Will bring in soup or something.

I'm bidding on a faulty iPod Mini - it's going to go for a bit more than usual because it's just the battery which is knackered. I have a spare (new) battery, so I can fix it up easily. I'm at my maximum bid at the moment, so if anyone else outbids me, I'll let it go. There are plenty of broken ipods on ebay...

discodiva123

Just parking and tunnel for work so about £6, but thats all im going to spend til i go shopping tomorrow for some new clothes