2014 Frugal Living Challenge

yukkibear

miss_empty_piggy wrote: »

I never think about making coleslaw but I think that I will now. Thanks for that allie23 My parents are coming for tea and I am trying to use stocks instead of going out and spending. I was thinking about going to buy some coleslaw but don't need to now.

HM coleslaw is so nice. Red cabbage, white cabbage, onion, grated carrot, shred cabbage and onion finely. Mix with mayo, or my brother swears by balsamic vinegar instead of mayo to make it healthy. Not tried that though

miss_empty_piggy

yukkibear wrote: »

HM coleslaw is so nice. Red cabbage, white cabbage, onion, grated carrot, shred cabbage and onion finely. Mix with mayo, or my brother swears by balsamic vinegar instead of mayo to make it healthy. Not tried that though

Now I love balsamic vinegar but not sure I'd like it in coleslaw. Might give it a try next time though - thanks.

Well the meal went fabulously and all I had to buy was - yes you guessed it - the cabbage and onion to make the blooming coleslaw. But, it is delicious and I have loads left to have with HM pizza tomorrow and maybe Jacket Potato for lunch on Monday.

off to Mr T's now to see if there are any decent YS items. :rotfl:

miss_empty_piggy

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When adding the rotfl smily I always keep my cursor in the same place and only press it when he comes over (like in the old arcade games) does anyone else do this or am just weird????:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

(did it again!) x

CT19720

Can I join in please?


My aim this year is to save money, back into my savings account. A few things came up in 2013, like replacing my car, holiday with the kids in the summer, and loaning my mum half the money for a back operation that she desperately needed in September, so by the end of the year, I want to have saved £6,000. My mum and OH owed me some money, so have decided to put that straight into a money box to go towards the £6K. I'll also keep saving and £2.00 coins I get and loose change for the big whiskey bottle I have.


Haven't been back to work yet since Christmas eve, so have had 6 NSD already, but needed to get some fresh fruit and veg, and bread today.


I've got a good stock of food in the cupboards and freezers, so am going to run everything down, before doing a major shop again.


Meal plan for next week sorted, and tomorrows dinner, will be 'bits and pieces', like sausage rolls, mini sausages, scotch eggs, salad. We had a roast dinner today, so wanted something easy tomorrow.


Spent most of yesterday shredding paperwork, and 2 sacks later, I've made a good start, just need to keep up the momentum of carrying on doing it.


Cleaned the kitchen today, including doing the fridge and oven, and baked some cookies, and fairy cakes, so that should keep my kids going for a while.

thepennyfarthings

Evening all,

Daisychain1, I love decluttering cups of coffee:D

Sweetpea26, :grouphug:

Dollydaydream, I love books:). I volunteer at local library, I return my books then borrow/request loads more:j:j

Minesamojito & butter-fly8, welcome:)

nat21luv, I am a cake designer:cool:. When my children are invited to birthday parties I always offer to bake the cake rather than buy a (cheap, carp, plastic) toy. I have never had anyone refuse:). The children always remember the cake:j:j:j. Well my cake anyway!


Anyway it was DD2's birthday today:j:j:j:bdaycake:
I can now speak furby:eek::eek::eek:
All presents purchased before christmas:money:!
DD2 will be having her birthday party end of Jan. She is still young so it can all be a little too much straight after christmas.

Spending day today:( All food shopping staples fruit,veg, pasta, rice, cereal and bits for packed lunches. This shop means I can batch cook using meat, poultry & fish already in freezer. Lots more meals:money::money:.

Aldi £26.98
Lidl £11.41
Co-op £3.33

Off to bed now, working tomorrow (at my other job:()
tpf.

mum2one

happycrafter wrote: »

I remembered half way through doing the spare room,
It wasn't soup but Stilton and something scones can't remember the something lol


Fancy making soup now as well

Was it stilton and ham scones? x

happybird71

Hi everyone. I've been reading this thread on and off all day and feeling very inspired. Thank you. I have managed to make an inventory of my freezer today which will help simplify things and de-stress me! Had a baby boy 11 weeks ago and DS1 will be two this month so life is a blur. We're not in debt but I would love to pay our mortgage sooner and figure out where our money goes! Looking forward to more inspiration.

mum2one

My plan for next week
stock check freezer
outside cupboards - booze, toilet roll. kitchen rolls, cereal, toilettries
check pantry and fridge

=What I do with sugar, flour, sauce packets etc is use old icecream containers to store them in the 2 litre sizes are perfect=

Frugalish day - had family day out, so split the cost, I brought coffee, cakes and icecream, mum got dinner - and we got 20% discount off it all.

Then £15 spend on stuff to come home (mum gave me £4 back) - includes 2 lots of ham - ham salad 2mor for tea, ham, mash and parsley sauce for Monday.
Then got couple nick nacks ready for Xmas xx

caravansaver

count me in, looking to get married end of the year and pay off a lot of my debts.

Florenceem

Set up a Birthday's list on the computer. Got 3 x After 9 mints - reduced price - £1 for big box - good as part of gifts for three grandchildren.