January 2013 Grocery Challenge

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missmucksmum wrote: »

£9.50 spent today on lollies for ds, cat food to last till my mr ts delivery comes on monday, and a Mcdonalds for kids dinner as a treat my husband decided to walk out on us yesterday so needed to get out of the house after a miserable xmas and new year x

Hope you're okay x

missmucksmum

GILL635 wrote: »

Oh honey, so, so sorry! You're having a horrid time, saving money would be the last thing on my mind.

I hope it all resolves itself in the way you want it to for you

xxxx

Thankyou! this has been the worst year ever and we only got married in feb been together 7yrs he was an alcoholic we lost our business because of it and all my family and some friends, I stood by him helped him do a detox beginning of september he was doing brill was going to go into rehab but felt he didnt need it as how well he was doing, then found out a week before xmas he was drinking again the odd one here or there but had lied to me I forgave him on the agreement he would stop again, he didnt want to so has left as wouldnt give him any money. Sooo doing the grocery challenge and reading posts on the forums is keeping my mind off things and stopping me from totally cracking up and to top it off its my 30th birthday on tuesday! my 10yr old went in the card shop today and got me some cards while I waited outside, on the positive note im going to the job centre on monday and not leaving until I find a job need to get my life back! x

xxsally1990xx

Could I please join too, target including toiletries£60 its just me im a student

Also doing weight watchers for the 3rd time over the past 2 years hopefully finally get to goal weight lost 2 stone -one more to go -hopefully I can do ww on the cheap :-)

GILL635

Well good on you! It sounds like the change may actually be just what you're after honey. Bless your DS going out and getting you some cards

x x

katholicos

missmucksmum wrote: »

£9.50 spent today on lollies for ds, cat food to last till my mr ts delivery comes on monday, and a Mcdonalds for kids dinner as a treat my husband decided to walk out on us yesterday so needed to get out of the house after a miserable xmas and new year x

OMG how awful!

I am so sorry you are going through this. Reading your post further down the page i see that you have supported him for many years, despite his drinking. This must be awful for you. But maybe his leaving will allow you to start on the journey to loving the life that you and your kids deserve. I hope that things soon start to look better for you:)

KatyReed+5

missmucksmum wrote: »

£9.50 spent today on lollies for ds, cat food to last till my mr ts delivery comes on monday, and a Mcdonalds for kids dinner as a treat my husband decided to walk out on us yesterday so needed to get out of the house after a miserable xmas and new year x

Bless you, i do hope things pick up, My ex left me 6 months ago, and now i can't imagin him being here, him leaving was definately the best thing he ever did for us, pm me if you want to talk, X

missmucksmum

yes we deserve a better life and I can give them one we would never get anywhere going on how we were no pont wasting my time on someone who will never love me enough sorry for going off topic ladies x

Lovethenight

missmucksmum wrote: »

£9.50 spent today on lollies for ds, cat food to last till my mr ts delivery comes on monday, and a Mcdonalds for kids dinner as a treat my husband decided to walk out on us yesterday so needed to get out of the house after a miserable xmas and new year x

So sorry to hear your news and really hope you can focus on yourself and get things going the way you want them to.
Sending you big hugs :grouphug:

she_who_can_not_cook

Lovethenight wrote: »

Almost out of dishwasher tablets, but should be able to eek out what's left until payday. Has anyone bought the dishwasher tablets in bulk from that guy on eebay? I think he sells washing powder too.
Not sure whether to chance £13 on a box of 200 dishwasher tablets that might not be any good?:undecided

i have done the homemade dishwasher stuff i found it ok to use but it made the stuff dull so i did a quick rinse cycle with vinegar

its 2 tbs of borax and 2tbs of washing soda

now my dishwasher is a small not full size one so i used 1tbs each not 2

frankerooney

Just back from Leedl. DH loves supermarket shopping. I, on the other hand, do not! I normally do a meal plan and order what we need online every 10 days or so. DH's method is to pick everything up and ask "Do we need this?". I want to get outta there asap so I automatically say "No I think we've got enough of that". Then of course I get home and think of all the things we should have got . Meanwhile DH has bought lots of treats and random "bargains" :undecided. So first spend of the year £30.47