What would you buy last fiver?

gailey_2

Well tonights tea wasent pizza as run out time had meeting of school commitee.

So kids had


raw carrots/cucumber
1jacket potato with cheese.
pizza toast , toast with puree and grated cheese

followed by value fromage frais.

Oh had oven chips,beans and 1fried egg.

had 2small potatoes with cheese and side salad and banana for dessert.

Warned hubby tommorows tea could be sausage.

thinking making a beany/cheese potatoe pie for kids.

girls being fed in school/nursery.

might do 1 boiled egg and soldier for baby boy.


Hoping ,milkman delivers my 12pints as ordered.

will do nice salad for lunch tommorow with smoked salmon and veg soup for tea.

wifefaefife

Sounds like you are in control

I would buy theses few things with last £5

All asda Smart price

Marg !60p
UHT milk 53p
Loo roll (4pk) 67p
Potatoes (2.5kg bag) 99p
Eggs (6) 95p

boultdj

You can also mash the swede with carrot as well gailey, or how about cutting in to smallish cube's and roasting it.

gailey_2

well yesterday

kids had last of cereal
girls had cooked lunches and snacks in school/nursery.
I had mushrooms on toast for lunch.
bananas from veg box for snack.

Husband had training meetig with free sandwiches, crisps and drinks.

Milkman delivered milk at 4pm!

made for family tea

sausages, mash. green beens from veg box with bisto gravy.

I had veg soup with various veg from veg boix, stock, value herbs, salt , pepper with last slice of bread.
kids drank last of squash.

toiliet rolls run out
so have nappies but have backup cloth nappies.

Freezing weather today my 3year olds been poorly all week.

todays pay day.


oh on early so he popped round 24hour garage at 6 and got loaf bread, cereal so everyone had brekkie.

walked to school with toddler in tears.
plan was get bus to retail park and do mini shop at lids

got bus home £4:( got free metro paper but buses so pricey here.

tempted to try struggle on until tommorow or will send oh later this evening. will see what this weekends lidls deals are.

i have for lunch lettuce, tomatoes, defruisted reduced smoked salmon and 1 egg to make nice salad.

Ideally need to make sweede carrot and parnsip mash as my lot fussy they be ok if they dont know what it is.

All fruit gone apart from 4oranges.

Wasent too impressed with quality veg box this week seemed lacking but really helped not sure would order from them every week.

have some cucumber, carrots as healthy snacks for kids today
also have bread and jam
cereal and loads milk.
using caster sugar in coffee and have some backup brown sugar
we have the basic coffee.

so we done ok.

trying to be careful as this month want to reduced monthly food shop to 200 or less this month as car has mot.

tessie_bear

good on u gailey...im so glad u got sorted....just a thought but did the kids drink a bottle of squash in a couple of days ? you could save a bit of they had water sorry to hear baby unwell hope he is on the up soon

tess

purpleivy

Gailey, don't know how old your family is, but I read here last week somewhere the 'budget holder' purchased sufficient snacks, treats, boxes of juice to last till the next shop. Family announcement (and that includes to your OH, who is required to set a good example to the family!) to tell them that when it's gone, it's gone and they will have to wait until the next shopping day.

I don't have mine at home any more, but with a daughter who has a 'first to the fridge' policy as far as the 'nice' yogurts are concerned and the 'luxury' cereals (i.e, not the ones she buys on her student budget!) then I wouldn't be afraid to try this out!

tessie_bear

purpleivy wrote: »

Gailey, don't know how old your family is, but I read here last week somewhere the 'budget holder' purchased sufficient snacks, treats, boxes of juice to last till the next shop. Family announcement (and that includes to your OH, who is required to set a good example to the family!) to tell them that when it's gone, it's gone and they will have to wait until the next shopping day.

I don't have mine at home any more, but with a daughter who has a 'first to the fridge' policy as far as the 'nice' yogurts are concerned and the 'luxury' cereals (i.e, not the ones she buys on her student budget!) then I wouldn't be afraid to try this out!

thats a great idea... will nick that...thankyou

missmucksmum

Hi Gailey have you thought of perhaps at the beginning of the month when you 'live like kings' maybe bulking out some recipes and freezing extra portions for meals in the last week before payday? I freeze bolognaise, lasagne, curry, hm french bread pizzas, pasta sauces, you wont find your making double but just adding a few extra bits, portion controlling then freezing half you wont really notice it. Also I stock up on a few bits for freezer surprise when skint- Tes** value fish fingers 65p for 10 as recently found out they use 100% pollack fish fillet in them with some beans/veg mash/wedges (any left over mash can be frozen too) x

Pitlanepiglet

purpleivy wrote: »

Gailey, don't know how old your family is, but I read here last week somewhere the 'budget holder' purchased sufficient snacks, treats, boxes of juice to last till the next shop. Family announcement (and that includes to your OH, who is required to set a good example to the family!) to tell them that when it's gone, it's gone and they will have to wait until the next shopping day.

I do something similar although I shop on a four or six weekly basis, I buy what we need for the period and if the crisps/chocolate/peanuts/nice things run out before the rest of the proper food then they don't get replaced.

I can't be doing with worrying about snacks - they go in the cupboard, buy a specific stash for each person if necessary and when it's gone it's gone.

I'd also suggest that you need to preload your shopping budget so that rather than spending unnecessary amounts on things like cereal from the garage, you are buying what you need at the start of the month, that way you may avoid some of the problems and will instil the concept of making food last.

I know you're anti Tesco etc., but it's cheaper to do a big Tesco shop and get all that you need rather than end up buying from the garage, corner shop etc.

Almo

Hi Gailey,

I sometimes squeeze sausages out of their skins and mix with stuffing mix, bit of hot water and some grated apple (could leave that out) to make burgers. Might your OH be OK with that?