£21,000 to pay off -but we will do it this time.

pennywisepoundstupid

Feeds 2 adults and 2 kids, there was cat food and guinea pig food in there too.

This weeks meal plan

Sat - out for meal (comes out of entertainment budget)
sun - sausage, hm salads potato/coleslaw/pasta/green
salad and HM bread.
Mon HM pizza and salad
Tue- spag bol + garlic bread
wed- Jkt spuds beans and cheese
Thurs - Pork stks,HM spicy potato wedges + salad
Fri- omelette and chips
Sat-breaded fish, new pots and veg
sun- rst chicken rst pots veg

Lunches are left overs for me and DH or HM soup, kids are on packed lunches 4 days a week, so usual sandwich fillings ham, cheese, I can see a lot more egg now we have the chucks, we tend to have HM cakes/ puddings.
Kids also have a refillable water bottle in their packed lunch box.
I don't tend to buy lots of different drinks, orange or blackcurrant squash is about it and we don't buy much alcohol.

debtfreewannabe321

pennywisepoundstupid wrote: »

Feeds 2 adults and 2 kids, there was cat food and guinea pig food in there too.

This weeks meal plan

Sat - out for meal (comes out of entertainment budget)
sun - sausage, hm salads potato/coleslaw/pasta/green
salad and HM bread.
Mon HM pizza and salad
Tue- spag bol + garlic bread
wed- Jkt spuds beans and cheese
Thurs - Pork stks,HM spicy potato wedges + salad
Fri- omelette and chips
Sat-breaded fish, new pots and veg
sun- rst chicken rst pots veg

Lunches are left overs for me and DH or HM soup, kids are on packed lunches 4 days a week, so usual sandwich fillings ham, cheese, I can see a lot more egg now we have the chucks, we tend to have HM cakes/ puddings.
Kids also have a refillable water bottle in their packed lunch box.
I don't tend to buy lots of different drinks, orange or blackcurrant squash is about it and we don't buy much alcohol.

your meal plan doesn't sound much different from mine apart from the fact I don't make my own pizza (i prob should would taste better as i'm not a fan anyway lol) I don't drink squash but we do buy the fresh juice and I will only buy 'not from concentrate' and organic meat & fruit & veg so it must just be this that is pushing my budget up but still i feel better for it so i guess i shouldn't moan :)

joanne109

Hi PWPS thanks for sharing your diary.

I'm subscribing and I'm also the bad mummy who always says "no".
Usually now when one of the kids asks for something another will jump in and say "we can't afford it" breaks my heart but it's true!

Joanne

pennywisepoundstupid

Hi Joanne, thanks for popping by and reading my diary. It's hard having to say 'no' constantly isn't it, but at least our children will not grow up spoilt.

DFW123 - No I don't buy organic, with DH being in farming I heard lots of different things and decided not to go down that route. Yes we buy fresh fruit juice as well, try to get the kids to drink milk/water as DD has soft teeth so worry about acid on them, I think overall food has become so expensive, I was reading an article the other day about food banks and they are stretched to there limits with the amount of people needing help, I noticed a few weeks ago my local sainsbugs has a collection for a local food bank, so I'm going to try and add one item to my shopping every time I go in to donate, just something small like a tin of beans or soup, makes me feel quite sad that in a country like ours people are going hungry:(.

On not so MSE news, the dogs ill and is off to the vets this morning, fingers crossed its not too expensive.

kittycatfan

Hi pwps hope doggie not to sick whats up with him , yesterday I took my cat to the vets and although no treatment was required in the end it still cost me £33 for the consultation wow what a rip of , good luck

pennywisepoundstupid

Dogs very poorly and is having an operation on her stomach, looking at a very big vets bill around £600:(, but she would have died if we hadn't gone ahead.

No more overpaying for me for the next few months.

debtfreewannabe321

Oh no poor doggy. Did she eat something funny? Hope she will be ok xxx

kittycatfan

Ah bless well i hope it all goes well

Alice_in_Poorland

Hope the dog gets sorted. xx

pennywisepoundstupid

Well the operation has gone well and doggy is back home, she is still wagging her tail and being happy and friendly, if that had been me i'd be crying and demanding chocolate, Vets have been wonderful and we can pay them in 3 lots over the next 3 months.

Been into town this morning, so its been another spendy morning

£2.25 in boots used points though.
£28 in sainsbugs on items I didn't get Friday (on offer)
£7.99 shoe zone on work pumps
£50 petrol
£15 superdrug
£7 poundland

I will be glad to get back to work it stops me spending.