A Budgeteer's Adventure

CharlieKat

Well I logged on to update spends but seems the receipts are peskily elsewhere!

I've updated 2 small spends £1.28 reduced cheese and 49p milk.

there is more spending £11.25 of which was on cat food. I bought the best value i could get for the brand 2 of them like.

I also bought 2 xmas presents £3 each instead of £10 each so i'm happy with that.

I've contributed £8!! to collections at work - there just seems to be alot at the moment - i don't think there'll be one for me for a very long time :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: they're for: significant birthdays, engagements, weddings, babies, length of time at work and leavers - i just have the chance of a significant birthday which will be almost 10 years away :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

back to the shopping analysis - i am quite pleased with the spends - nothing too expensive and nothing i hadn't planned to buy so i am still managing the best i can. i've also continued to use freezer and cupboard contents - i know that is what they're there for but i really do want to see a significant change in the amount we have.

Whoops just remembered £1 spend which got me 2 items - 1 for a week of packed lunches and the other can go into making snacks for packed lunches too and there's enough for maybe 2-3 weeks worth.

i am trying to find the balance between buying something i know is a good price at this time only (coupons) and not unnecessarily filling the cupboards and freezer. the cupboard then overflows onto the work surfaces making me very grumpy indeed and the freezer becomes inaccessible - it is easier with less and this is what i'm aiming for.

CharlieKat

Quickly popping in to post March spends - decided to start afresh with a full month

Food £24.67 made up of

£15.14 cat food

80p reduced items to make 13 meals

£4.27 dental hygiene - toothpaste, interdentals

£1.50 long lasting and vastly reduced balsamic vinegar which we use but i've not been able to bring myself to buy lately

£2.96 drinks for mr CKat - he pays but it goes into and comes out of food budget

CharlieKat

Further spends to update:

£39.98 wow!

£12.84 cat food

leaving

£27.14 on what?

milk, potatoes wine (cheapest decent drink), £3.25 reduced price meat to make between 6-8 meals, 15p reduced price veg to make 5 meals, butter and storecupboard staples of salt, peppercorns, onions, stock.