Large single Parent Family getting Debt free

kimplus8

Meal Plan
Sat- pop crisp and movie night- Pizza (the Sainsbury value one is fantastic)
Sunday- lunch- Roast chicken, carrots, broccoli, parsnips, roast spuds, stuffing, Yorkshire puds and gravy
Sunday Supper- sarnies and fruit
Monday- Bolognese pasta
Tuesday- Slow cooker Stew and dumplings
Wednesday-Liver and Onions
Thursday- Turkey Curry
Friday- Savoury Mince, neeps and tatties

breakfast this week is cereal (I'm too shattered to do porridge every morning)
Packed lunches- ham sarnie, crisp, yoghurt and 2 pieces of fruit.
Snacks- carrot sticks, cheese cubes, biscuits, fruit.
Sweeties for Friday, fruity sours and chocolate buttons.

happy days xx

System

Hey Kim.
Nice meal plan. Do you have a slow cooker? Porridge in a SC is pretty good, and you do it the night before so it's ready in the morning. XXX

Saver-upper

Hi Kimplus8,I have been dipping in and out of your diary for a couple of days,though I am going to sit and read all the way through it,probably tomorrow.I just wanted to say how fabulously you are doing-you are working so hard for your family,and you should be very proud of yourself.

Smodlet wrote: »

Hey Kim, guys, I know you know way more about fleabay and therefore, I surmise, that which pays your pals: I have, in the last 3 or 4 days, set up a PP account, don't ask me how, technology is not my friend, and am awaiting a payment. It has left the PP a/c but has yet to appear in my bank a/c. Should I be worried and is there anything I can/ should do, please?

Thank you for your assistance.

Smodlet,I have only transferred money from Paypal to my current account once,and if I remember properly,it took about 48 hours.I only use Paypal for Pinecone to pay into,and then I transfer from Paypal to my savings account in November (to add to my Sealed Pot Challenge total).
Kimplus8,there is an option on Paypal to transfer funds to your own bank account.I think it also extends so that if there is not enough money in your paypal account to pay for something,the funds can be taken out of your bank account,though I am not sure how you set this up.I am sure the Paypal website would tell you.
Hope this helps.
Saver-upper steps back to continue lurking......

kimplus8

Saver-upper wrote: »

Hi Kimplus8,I have been dipping in and out of your diary for a couple of days,though I am going to sit and read all the way through it,probably tomorrow.I just wanted to say how fabulously you are doing-you are working so hard for your family,and you should be very proud of yourself.



Smodlet,I have only transferred money from Paypal to my current account once,and if I remember properly,it took about 48 hours.I only use Paypal for Pinecone to pay into,and then I transfer from Paypal to my savings account in November (to add to my Sealed Pot Challenge total).
Kimplus8,there is an option on Paypal to transfer funds to your own bank account.I think it also extends so that if there is not enough money in your paypal account to pay for something,the funds can be taken out of your bank account,though I am not sure how you set this up.I am sure the Paypal website would tell you.
Hope this helps.
Saver-upper steps back to continue lurking......

Thanks Saver- upper.
In that case I think I'm going to leave my PayPal as it is so I don't end up going over my balance and taking money from the bank lol- it's kind of a tool just now that keeps me restrained from buying all the beautiful baby clothes on eBay!!

Smodlet

Eeeeee! Smodlet's twenty knicker is pending, innit? :rotfl:

Lunacy rules on Planet Smodlet.

kimplus8

ramblehan wrote: »

Hey Kim.
Nice meal plan. Do you have a slow cooker? Porridge in a SC is pretty good, and you do it the night before so it's ready in the morning. XXX

Yes I do I have a huge 8 litre crock pot so the bobognese, stew etc ill prep on there in the morning :-)

Smodlet

I thought I could do cook-outs. Struggling to imagine what 8 litres of bolognese sauce looks like. Puts me in mind of those rock stars in the seventies making groupies sit in bath tubs full of warm baked beans... You probably didn't need to know that, huh? :D:o

milasavesmoney

Warm baked beans? :rotfl::rotfl:

kimplus8

Smodlet wrote: »

I thought I could do cook-outs. Struggling to imagine what 8 litres of bolognese sauce looks like. Puts me in mind of those rock stars in the seventies making groupies sit in bath tubs full of warm baked beans... You probably didn't need to know that, huh? :D:o

Smodlet you do make me laugh- you and your brilliant sense of humour! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kimplus8

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/71007175#Comment_71007175
I MAY have gotten a bit ranty! I didn't mean to offend but I'm so sick of people moaning at larger families draining benefits etc- it's actually just propaganda created to diffuse the real issues of tax avoidance and fat cat bailouts!:mad::mad::mad::mad: