"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Westie983

Potted a £1 into my pot, (avoided putting into the vending machine) after a swim at my local pool as I have signed up to Aspire channel swim which starts on September 12th so just getting myself ready.

Its over three months, swim the length of the channel in your own time, in a pool of your choice, raising money for Spinal Cord injury, not quite sure what I have signed up too, but looking forward to the challenge, and an excuse to keep fit and eventually get back under the water and scuba diving again...

If anyone is interested google aspire swim and sign up...

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e4rub

Sue, I will NEVER leave. The sealed pot money is what I use to buy mine and the hubby's 25th of December presents (didn't want to use the C word with it only Being August!!!) Therefore, the more I save, the more we get
Thanks for your kind words ❤️

Emily x

nannygladys

Hi all, I haven't been around for months but I have been putting my £1 a day away every day, well every 4 weeks £28!!! So all's well and I'm back in the frugal fold once again.
Nannyg
Ps congrats Emily, it's a great feeling being debt free

Westie983

nannygladys wrote: »

Hi all, I haven't been around for months but I have been putting my £1 a day away every day, well every 4 weeks £28!!! So all's well and I'm back in the frugal fold once again.
Nannyg
Ps congrats Emily, it's a great feeling being debt free

Welcome back into the fold, and well done on keeping up with the pottage, that takes commitment :-0)

NeedToBeDebtFree

Hello

£12.21 potted today. Not able to pot as often as I'd like to this month, with school uniforms to buy and holidays clubs to pay for, but I'm definitely still here, catching up on posts daily.

mummytummy

Sue-UU wrote: »

That goes for you too, Saver-upper and mummytummy and......especially jakes-mum!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: A week on the naughty bench (the steps not big enough for you lot!) with NO chocolate or biccies......while we're all feeding our faces with the lot!!!!!

How big is that naughty bench? We don't need biccies or chocolate, we got sweeties tucked in our [STRIKE]knickers[/STRIKE] bra's :rotfl:

Welcome back boss lady






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AntoMac

Welcome back Sue. Glad you had a great holiday.
£17.01 potted this week. My best week by a long way. The £0.01 is Roadkill - I'm now up to 21p in Roadkill.
Was down towards your way yesterday in Shepton Mallett. Had a lovely afternoon down there. Interesting that the 'Cawslaw' you get for your jacket potato at my (Bristol-ish) end of the County becomes 'Coeslaw' as you head south.

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jakes-mum wrote: »

I have seperate everything! He has his own toaster which is on a seperate unit, all his oven trays are the same colour so everyone knows its a 'gluten free' tray he has his own shelf in the cupboard for his biscuits and cakes and his food always gets cooked on the top shelf of the oven and served first. Hardest thing is if they are all having fish fingers say, he has to have a different amount to everyone else so I know which plate is his after I serve up :rotfl:

I do tend to buy alot of G/F foods especially as alot of normal foods are actually G/F, but things like sausages and fish fingers are so bloomin expensive I cant feed 4 of us G/F all the time.

I don't make seperate lasagnes or anything though, that is all completely g/f for everyone, and everything (and I mean everything) has to be dishwasher safe so I can make sure its properly clean so I wont accidently contaminate him through not handwashing something properly.

He's been diagnosed over 6 years now so its a bit second nature to me, the worry is when he goes to other peoples houses and they think sticking a fork in their sausages and then his to turn them over is not going to harm him *rolls eyes* I must be doing ok as he has his gluten levels tested every year and the hospital have been very happy with his results the last few years.

Hi sorry I missed this reply when I logged in before. Thanks very much, sounds like it's hard work. I was wondering about making 2 meals eg lasagne like you said, but it is easier just to do one. DD is older so I can get away without sausages etc. and she buys quite a lot of stuff herself - like you said though it's so expensive! My food bills have rocketed and I'm finding its not so much the meals as snacky bits, biscuits, cereal. I'm trying to bake gf but it's a steep learning curve :rotfl:
I deep cleaned the whole kitchen and replaced a lot of stuff I couldn't clean properly eg wooden utensils, baking things, plastics, when she was diagnosed but haven't got a dishwasher so have to hope hand washing is enough when I occasionally use a knife on 'real' bread.
Sorry this has turned into an essay, thanks for your help TDx

plumduff55

Hi, I've just potted a measly £2.82.......... It would have been about £18 BUT I went to the car boot and bought so many bargains including a very dressy Per Una jacket and skirt that will do for my nephews wedding next year. Four pairs of brand new knee high socks and 2 pairs of lamb skin insoles ( thinking winter here ⛄️). Also 5lb strawberries to make strawberry jam later today, a Laura Ashley lamp and 2 DVDs for my grandchildren's Christmas.

So, in my defence I am extremely happy with my bargains and hopefully it will be raining next Sunday, I won't go to the carboot and I will pot lots :rotfl: xx

jakes-mum

TheDapster wrote: »

My food bills have rocketed and I'm finding its not so much the meals as snacky bits, biscuits, cereal. I'm trying to bake gf but it's a steep learning curve :rotfl:
I deep cleaned the whole kitchen and replaced a lot of stuff I couldn't clean properly eg wooden utensils, baking things, plastics, when she was diagnosed but haven't got a dishwasher so have to hope hand washing is enough when I occasionally use a knife on 'real' bread.

Yup, the biscuits are probably my biggest expense as the teen monster can eat his way through an entire pack in one sitting if i'm not watching

With regards to cereal, the Mr T supermarket own brand cereal is the same as their own brand free from range (their ingredients are exactly the same but the cheeky beggers whack the price up for putting free from on the box :eek: ) coeliacs Uk actually list their own brands in their directory as safe to eat.

I also tend to save up for the 3 for 2 offers which are twice a year, once in may for coeliac awareness week and once in november and I spend about £60 on G/F biscuits, oats (for flapjack ), G/F weetabix and cakes which he then has to ration for as long as possible! Does save me a fortune over time, he has literally just come to the last pack of biscuits from his may stash. I also try and bake his cakes/muffins as I found that using the standard 2oz flour/sugar/butter to 1 egg ratio gave just as good a results with G/F flour as it does with normal

I do love my dishwasher, it makes it sooo much easier to keep things safe for him and I seriously couldn't go back to one toaster now! I keep saying to DH, its going to be so strange when he leaves home, our whole lives have revolved around his health! One thing I was told by the dietitian was if I ever did think I had accidently glutenified the boy was to shove as much water down him as I could to try and flush it through his system as soon as possible.

If you ever need G/F help you can always pm me

I have no potting news as I havent got a new pot yet :rotfl: