Diary of a spendy cow

Pippilongstocking

Oh living room sounds like it will be lurverly.

Happy Weekend what you at?

mooomin

I'm doing Race For Life on Sunday :eek:

I'm a little scared but I've raised £250 so quite proud. Walking the 10k not running though :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Goodluck!

I'd be walking it too

Munchin

Hi Moomin, enjoy the race on Sunday. I've done the Belfast one and it is one of the best for the atmosphere and lots and lots of pink:D.

mooomin

I'm not really a fan of pink to be honest - I'll be in my normal clothes I think!

So, another week has gone past. One thing that's annoyed me this morning is that I didn't realise that verifying my bank account with PayPal would make my current account my default method of payment. I always use my credit card with PayPal so that I can earn tesco points, and had made a purchase of about £25 the other day. I paid it off my credit card right away so was shocked when it came from my bank account this morning too :mad: I must be more careful in future. I'm going to have to leave my credit card alone for a few days until all the transactions go through and I can figure out what's going on

Not a lot planned for today apart from a visit to the shops to get our groceries for the coming week. With 16 days left of the month I have £80 left in the food account so that's pretty good. We don't need loads of stuff either so I'm going to get a three for a tenner meat deal as well and add some more supplies to the freezer.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone!

beanielou

Hope you have a great night.
Respect my friend
If I was doping it I would be whizzing in a scooter which is really not the point!!

mooomin

Ooft - £32.76 later and the shopping is done :eek:

This does include some stuff we don't need all the time - drain unblocker, binbags and safety pins, but it's still at least a fiver more than I wanted to spend. It'll be a frugal remainder of the month in Chateau Mooo at this rate :rotfl:

The new total for the month is £101.87/£150 :eek:

Pippilongstocking

Oh the scale of spending whilst you might not be very happy its a goodly amazingly wee amount that you target each month for household grub etc and you're doing grand.

But i do know what you mean. Topping up 'essentials' hurts a bit.



Have a good un.

mooomin

I do ok with my budget but sometimes it's hard. I now have £24 per week for the next two weeks. Totally doable.

Here follows the mealplan:

Today: Bolognese
Tomorrow: Bolognese
Monday: Gammon, egg and chips
Tuesday: Slow-cooker chicken
Wednesday: Jambalaya
Thursday: At a pub quiz, probably eating there
Friday: Chilli

tomtombeanie

I second pippi that you're doing a grand job

Idea for a cheap tea - we call it eggy in the basket...

http://www.sainsburys-live-well-for-less.co.uk/recipes-inspiration/recipes/baked-spinach-eggs/

I find that one each is plenty, serve with salad or baked beans. I leave out the spinach for the kids, they have a piece of chorizo or pepperoni in the basket sometimes instead. Basically you can put in what you want, then the egg on top! It's a good easy way to use up old bread and random bits.

Enjoy the run/walk, I ran a 5k one a couple of summers ago, it is a lot of fun but quite an emotional day, too - even though I wasn't running for anything/anyone specific, lots of people are and the signs they put on their backs are both motivating and heartbreaking...

As a quick P.S., congrats to pippi on clearing the CC debt - just noticed your sig. Well done!