The October Awakening!

Kaybeebop

Yaay SFD number 3!

Had lots of fun today chasing 3 yo round the park playing hide & seek in a very open & flat play park with absolutely no hiding places but she loved it.

Busy morning had to rope in DM to take DD to dancing while I took DS to football only got lost once which is a miracle DH away overnight up North but back now.

Hoping for SFD tomorrow too DH treating us all to lunch after Disney on Ice. Excited!

stoplurking

Oh Foxy, hope you get your knickers dried for the morning.

Stewby, sorry about the house but there is definitely another out there waiting for you.

Spend day today as planned, but £86.52/£180!! We'll be joining Abundant on the whole grain rice and maybe some dust for the rest of the month at this rate, unless my plan to buy as much as possible at the start of the month has worked of course.

Lillyanna, I'm going to try the milk freezing thing. I suggested to OH in sainsbobs today that we buy in a carton of UHT milk, just for emergencies you understand. He gave me such a look! I said you'll ruin my SFDs if we run out. For some reason he thinks if he buys it, Kat won't know, and I'll still have a SFD. Poor thing, he is very MSE but hasn't twigged that Kat lady has eyes everywhere! So, freezer it is but not till I've run out.

Everyone is doing loads of overtime, making a bomb -well a small party popper, what with fees and all- on eBay etc. I haven't made any money, don't get overtime and nothing to eBay. So, how about I count the £200 credit I got back from energy company as I had overpaid? Had a moment of 'new boots, new boots' dreaming, then paid it off my card.
Please let me count that, NSK? Onwards and upwards. X

stewby

Thanks stoplurking.
As people have said, I think I just need to be positive and wait for one to (hopefully) come along at the right time.
It's just a bit gutting cause had I known you could pay off your mortgage early by overpaying a little each month and realised the stupidity of my debts a bit earlier, I could have had a better deposit and I maybe could have bought the house.
It's a massive reality check of how important it is to get a grip of my finances.


I am a bit scared of freezing milk but then I didn't even know you could until I came on here. I am a bit scared it might go off whilst defrosting.


Well done on having so much self-control and not buying the new boots!! That's the kind of self-control I need when going round tescimos.

determined_new_ms

Morning! Up with the larks as we have dgd this weekend. She is so adorable! 3 months on Thursday :A She loves getting up at 6!

So pleased with my efforts so far - although I don't think I'm going to manage 20 SFDs! We go on holiday on Friday so doubt there'll be any SFDs there. Although it is all inclusive so oh is thinking we could do it on a shoe string. I also go away for 2 days for work on Tuesday so will be eating out 2 nights, however I get the money back on expenses - so I'm thinking that doesn't count???

Friday I did my shopping for the next couple of weeks & bought items for the food bank. Dropped it off to one of my schemes a work that has a food bank collection box. Felt very good doing it!

Yesterday was a sfd. The bathroom is 75% through the first fix, we finally have a bath & a flushing toilet :j db has no more time so it will now be completed when he has days off. REally hoping it will be finished before Christmas!

SFD 3/20 - SFD today
Lunches to work 2/17
Food bank 3/£3
Groceries 62.65/£130
Make £100 /£87 -

Today isn't going to be a SFD as I have a long planned day out with an old friend. We had planned to go for lunch but I'm going to make some soup and suggests she comes here before we go out.

Keep up the great work everyone. Very inspiring!

shyspender

Quick update because I totally forgot to check in yesterday.

It was a SFD yesterday, as planned, I had no reason to go out, so I didn't. In fact, I didn't do a lot at all, and it was great. I even managed to have a very rare lie in:T

The caffeine headache appears to have gone, touch wood, and I've nearly finished my 'transition' bottle of fizzy pop so it will be water and squash all the way.

Just about to head in to work, sadly not for overtime, but to try and get a head start on the week. I'm planning on leaving by lunchtime though so that I'm not tempted to use the vending machines. I haven't counted today as a lunch to work day and I also haven't made anything to take in, so I have to be good.

I will update tonight, I will! I will!

Maisie_M

Didn't get a chance to check in on Friday night as I was getting all my stuff ready for selling at an NCT sale and the laptop battery died on me last night just as I had caught up on the thread and was about to post:mad:

SFDs: 2/20 - Friday was a SFD but yesterday was our shopping day
Food budget: £20.08/£280
Donation: £0/£3
Planned outings: 0/1 Meal out for birthday with OH (paid on voucher already)
Takeaway £0/£20 - Chinese to celebrate birthday with children,
Take lunch to work: 4/20
Beauty spends £0/£10

Hoping today will be another SFD as we got the shopping yesterday. Will need to top up on bread during the week but that's all.

Daisychain1

Good morning everyone. It's a beautiful sunny day here in the South West which I'm glad of because I definitely need to get out and do some gardening.

Today will also consist of all the other rubbishy jobs that I need to do before work again tomorrow.....ironing, dusting, clean the bathrooms...boring

However with all that in mind it's going to be a SFD today so that's 4 now :j

SFD 4/20
Food budget £35.39/ £180
Lunches to work 4/18
No eating out 0/31

DC1

roxy7699

Morning
Spend free day yesterday number 2.

Frugal_foxy_2

A quick note to Stewby, I promise milk is fine to freeze. I just leave it out to defrost-no issues at all. I freeze loads of stuff. Milk, cheese, coconut milk, egg whites and yolks, rice. All totally fine. I do defrost meat within the fridge. I buy a huge block of cheese (Lidl) and grate it in the food processor and freeze it or just keep in fridge. Much less used that way. Same with onions, buy huge sack, peel them all. Fine chop in food processor and make little individual cakes in my muffin tray which I then freeze. Then I put them in a freezer bag. Instant chopped onion for cooking. I just chuck in frozen to soups, curry, stews etc.
I am a freezer girl I guess. I work such long hours, usually between 10-15 a day, I have to have food ready prepped.
Good luck everyone today. :A
A SFD it will be for me. X

roxy7699

I also freeze milk, takes a while to thaw but is fine.
frugal foxy I like the onions idea. I'm going to have to do that. What other veg can be done in this way?