What would you buy last fiver?

tina_malteser

marmite £land coffee £land bread 2for £1 mr t mr t bogof clover £2
i will survive i will survive oh yes (donna summer)

JIL

Well it looks like it will be tuna on thursday. What about tuna fishcakes, or a tuna lasagne but with home made pancakes instead of the pasta. Theres a really good blog i think its a girl named jack who lives on pennies. Some good tips on there. I will try and get a link. http://agirlcalledjack.com/

torbrex

When I am short of cash my basic purchases are, in order;
Bread
Tatties
Eggs
Baked Beans
Bananas
Mince

TripleJ

For the future, make your OH the chief sweet-stuff maker.

Can you teach him to make flapjack, simple biscuits and Twinks hobnobs. then he won't need to waste money on bourbon biscuits.

You could also make fruit jellies with tinned fruit - make them straight in the packup boxes for the children.

katieowl_2

JIL wrote: »

Well it looks like it will be tuna on thursday. What about tuna fishcakes, or a tuna lasagne but with home made pancakes instead of the pasta. Theres a really good blog i think its a girl named jack who lives on pennies. Some good tips on there. I will try and get a link. http://agirlcalledjack.com/

That's a brilliant blog, I've just been poking around. She's 'one of us' Thanks for posting the link!


Kate

Lilyplonk

Total agreement, katieowl .

Kirri

katieowl wrote: »

That's a brilliant blog, I've just been poking around. She's 'one of us' Thanks for posting the link!


Kate

Interestingly cheap food ideas but how does she spend that much on gas/electric if they are wearing hats etc indoors and not having the heating on..

katieowl_2

Kirri wrote: »

Interestingly cheap food ideas but how does she spend that much on gas/electric if they are wearing hats etc indoors and not having the heating on..

I guess she has to have it on sometimes, she can't give her son a cold shower... Mine is about the same, and I'm not appliance heavy...electric oven and heating? I've no central heating anyway and I'm sitting here with a hat on! I'm paying by direct debit, but I shudder to think what it costs if you have to rely on a key meter..
Both my DD's have told me in the last week they daren't put the heating on in their rented places, because it just eats the credit on the key!

Kate

Lilyplonk

Maybe she's got a rubbish heating system? Draughty / single-glazed windows?

Perhaps it's her 'life-style necessity' - especially where her child is concerned.

I always found that when my brood were under school-age, I had to have the gas fire on during the day - whereas, if it was just me/ex-oh at home during the day, it would definitely be switched off till they came back home.


ETA - oops cross-posted with katieowl - great minds :rotfl:.

Kirri

katieowl wrote: »

I guess she has to have it on sometimes, she can't give her son a cold shower... Mine is about the same, and I'm not appliance heavy...electric oven and heating? I've no central heating anyway and I'm sitting here with a hat on! I'm paying by direct debit, but I shudder to think what it costs if you have to rely on a key meter..
Both my DD's have told me in the last week they daren't put the heating on in their rented places, because it just eats the credit on the key!

Kate

It still seems excessive for a small flat. with barely/any heating on if the article was true. I have elec heating although admittedly only fan heater at the mo but even the storage heater only puts it up another tenner when I use it, elec oven, immersion, elec towel rail and mine is less than half hers.