Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

beanielou

Seasidegal58 said:

Sorry to hear of the money troubles beanie. I live on my own and budget £160 per calendar month for food - £40 per week but my weeks consist off 8 days rather than 7 owing to the extra week that pops up occasionally during the year. That sum is only used for food - I budget £25 per month for non-grocery items like laundry, cleaning products, batteries, etc and some months are under and other months over this amount so roll it forward. 

I used to have a monthly Ocado delivery and top up with fresh food as needed but in order to walk more I now take my trolley and walk to Aldi as it's so cheap, and other times walk to Waitrose to buy the things I can't get in Aldi. I also like my local greengrocer's produce but I wouldn't say he's particularly cheap. Other times I top up either in my little local Tesco or Co-op if needed. 

By the way, I have the mop that @Sun_Addict uses and agree it's very good!👍

Thanks. ☺️ 

lucielle

Hope you get sorted. 

skint_spice

Thinking of you but sadly nothing useful to add x

milann

I’m so pleased you had a lovely Christmas 🎄
Good luck with tackling the budget Beanie. I think it’s disgusting you have to pay so much for the help you received….
Do Asd@ deliver  near you? I’ve been shopping there quite a lot recently even though I have M@rris@ns around the corner. I ended up with £40 Christmas bonus just for doing my normal shopping. Might be worth looking at it if they do. 

When are they doing your kitchen ?

beanielou

milann said:

I’m so pleased you had a lovely Christmas 🎄
Good luck with tackling the budget Beanie. I think it’s disgusting you have to pay so much for the help you received….
Do Asd@ deliver  near you? I’ve been shopping there quite a lot recently even though I have M@rris@ns around the corner. I ended up with £40 Christmas bonus just for doing my normal shopping. Might be worth looking at it if they do. 

When are they doing your kitchen ?

Thanks. Pretty scunnered. Had a bad experience with Asda before I started using Waitrose. 

February for kitchen. 

beanielou

skint_spice said:

Thinking of you but sadly nothing useful to add x

Thanks.  x

LadyWithAPlan

I got my monthly single grocery budget down to £140-£150 per month but COL means it’s now more like £170 pm plus maybe £10pm bulk and cleaning /toiletries are in a separate pot 

I am also gluten free so that means it’s all more expensive as most YS reduced items have wheat in 
I also live in London so I think £45-£50 pw is doable as a single person 
I eat meat and i cook a lot - especially beans and pulses - the pressure cooker is so helpful and also makes a quick stock 

Can I suggest you join the Grocery Challenge as it really helps me and lots of us on there all learning from each other . 

beanielou

LadyWithAPlan said:

I got my monthly single grocery budget down to £140-£150 per month but COL means it’s now more like £170 pm plus maybe £10pm bulk and cleaning /toiletries are in a separate pot 

I am also gluten free so that means it’s all more expensive as most YS reduced items have wheat in 
I also live in London so I think £45-£50 pw is doable as a single person 
I eat meat and i cook a lot - especially beans and pulses - the pressure cooker is so helpful and also makes a quick stock 

Can I suggest you join the Grocery Challenge as it really helps me and lots of us on there all learning from each other . 

Thanks. Will look for the grocery challenge. 

redofromstart

Just sending hugs and sympathy. 

beanielou

redofromstart said:

Just sending hugs and sympathy. 

Thank you. Appreciate it.