June 2007 Grocery Challenge

irishwexford

can someone help me. I jointed these boards last evening and found a site about daily planning of housework and Anthea Turner. I just cannot find it again. Need some practice of getting around on here

rosieben

irishwexford wrote: »

can someone help me. I jointed these boards last evening and found a site about daily planning of housework and Anthea Turner. I just cannot find it again. Need some practice of getting around on here

https://www.flylady.net may be the one about housework or else http://organizedhome.com/

or did you mean this thread on MSE http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=474773


not sure where to find Anthea turner - maybe someone will be along with a link shortly.

irishwexford

thanks for reply. I am having to write down the forum I visit as I just cannot remember which one, so many on here. At present I am just sticking with this one as I want to cut down on food spending and will find my way around in good time. Good boards though.

Curv

This is crazy... I used to hate food shopping back in the 'old' days (i.e. a couple of weeks ago) before I started budgeting and when I could effectively spend what I wanted. Now I'm restricted to £37.50 per shop I'm getting excited about it... I'm sure that says something significant about me, although I dread to think what!

teedy23

Curv, it says you rise to a challenge. The act of shopping for groceries can be boring in the extreme, if your faced with restrictions it can fire your determination and imagination. You really have to think about what your doing, and there may even be a little bit of competitive spirit about it as well. I said I would list all the things I waste on the site, as I was emmbarassed at the stuff that was going in the bin, and didnt want people knowing about it, hence I,ve cut my waste to almost nil, wish I could do same with my waist

Nova5

I know exactly what you mean Curv - I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Just been to the post office with what I thought was enough cash to post a couple of items (sold 3 items in 4 days on Amazon!), and didn't have enough - oh the shame! I went back to the car laden with baby carrier, 3 year old and shopping bag with parcels to raid parking money from ashtray, and then had to take join the end of the q again :mad: So much for leaving debit card at home!

mikeD

irishwexford wrote: »

can someone help me. I jointed these boards last evening and found a site about daily planning of housework and Anthea Turner. I just cannot find it again. Need some practice of getting around on here

To get Anthea's tips just Google anthea turner and take your pick. She does give tips on the BBC3/Anthea Tuner website. Hope this helps.

Curv

Yay! I came in £6.51 under budget

Oh, Nova... I really feel for you - it's a pain having to lug toddlers about at the best of times (I've got a 17mo and a 4&1/2mo :eek: ) but having to do it twice blows goats.

And thanks, teedy - I like your 'rise to a challenge' theory better than my slightly smuttier one

Curv x

lemanie

irishwexford wrote: »

can someone help me. I jointed these boards last evening and found a site about daily planning of housework and Anthea Turner. I just cannot find it again. Need some practice of getting around on here

This is definitely the flylady thread, we were discussing the Anthea Turner programme the other day, here's the thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=474773 for this week which will continue to run over the weekend and then a link to next weeks will be posted at the end. Come and join us, I'm new but it's addictive! :rotfl:

Nova5

Curv wrote: »

Yay! I came in £6.51 under budget

Oh, Nova... I really feel for you - it's a pain having to lug toddlers about at the best of times (I've got a 17mo and a 4&1/2mo :eek: ) but having to do it twice blows goats.

And thanks, teedy - I like your 'rise to a challenge' theory better than my slightly smuttier one

Curv x

Well done Curv! :T

Did you have to sacrifice anything or substitute any of your usuals?