£365 a year challenge

ma-ri-ella

3.60 spend on 10 tins of strongbow lol .it was a bulk buy and will last ages .36p per can is good when it is normally over £1.brings my total to 13.43 . so still have 56p until sunday , will do inventory next .theres been a lot of bulk buying so will have cheaper weeks ahead :P

ma-ri-ella

massive inventory !!!
31 tins soup
2xtuna tins
1 kg rice
veg chilli beanz
tin peaches
tin mandarin pieces
3xpeas
1xplum tom
1xchopped tom
1xnew pot 300g
red kidney beans
sweetcorn 200g
irish stew
rice pudding
one pan rice meal
5xpasta sauce
tub pasta, spag 500g
... it goes on so totally stocked up

Topher

Nidco by Nestle do a whole milk dried. Far better than most dried milks which tend to be full skimmed.

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day 11 and my purse is still firmly shut

WeegieWumman

JackieO wrote: »

day 11 and my purse is still firmly shut

Oh Jackie!
When you eventually open that purse of yours, a hundred spiders will be homeless.:rotfl:
Well done you!

chirpychick

WeegieWumman wrote: »

Oh Jackie!
When you eventually open that purse of yours, a hundred spiders will be homeless.:rotfl:
Well done you!

This made me chuckle so much - When we had our boiler serviced the man said “how old is your boiler” i said its over 30 years old. He then proceeded to ask if it had ever been serviced in that time because there were hundreds if not thousands of dead spiders in the casing. :rotfl::rotfl: When I said it had been 18 months he was visibly shocked :eek: and said he had never seen anything like it in his life. Not one to be afraid of spiders personally but i was so glad they were dead!

ma-ri-ella

JackieO wrote: »

day 11 and my purse is still firmly shut

Wish i was like this !! work in retail - charity shop and supermarket so it seems to be "bargain buys" on all fronts.

The challenge seems to have taken a battering this week . I just need to tell myself it will average out over the days.. the cupboard is full, there are still some essentials i need but i could do without them .

Biggest other challenge is not to eat crap!!

ma-ri-ella

so slightly over now but needed soya spread, mayonnaise and i treated myself to a graze flapjack /pack of clemantimes. Annoyed about the flapjack but least its healthy . Not so bad with fruit it will help woth next weeks meal plan

ma-ri-ella

up to 21.77!! not great but i needed medicine so couldn't help the cost. don't think theres anything i need this week apart from milk and possibly fresh fruit/veg..or some vitamins just been feeling the bad weather.will be back with a meal plan

Lynplatinum

Hiya All

the title makes this sound great but I think ma-ri-ella's challenge is harder because I was trying v hard to use up a pantry with many OD items that had been gathered over 20 years as part of preparation to move house - and I was saving money to pay for the removals people.

Advantages that I had were:

1) The £5 did not include entertainment I had a separate £10 budget for that (thanks for this idea Jackie O)
2) On my way home later at night was a Morrisions - who do 2 price reductions - one down to about 1/3 of the cost and then a second one each day to pence for each item so it will register on the till. I could often go in there and spend £1 and come out with 15 items
3) I had a freezer into which said items could go to be kept until needed
4) My vast pantry (so flour; rice; pearl barley; cans of tomaotes; cans of beans baked and without sauce; tuna; mackrel; herbs and spices etc etc)
5) my medicinal needs were taken out of the Happy Cash Stash
6) one of the great things from Morrisons locally was fresh fruit and veg on YS
7) the £5 figure did not include Direct Debits for fuel/car insurance/gas and electric/council tax etc

ma-ri-ella - I really thing you need to consider :money: Martin's Mantra - do I need it; will I use it. I would try to get yourself, as others have said, a stock cupboard of basics such as flour, butter, eggs, baing powder, rice and pasta. Please, please dont let this challenge make you ill - ensure you buy and eat all the fresh fruit and veg you can - while supermarkets can be v cheap (Lidil have differnt fruit/veg on offer every week for about 50p each a bag; Aldi also; and Asda) there are also markets to get fruit and veg from but consider, carefully, will I eat this before it goes off? DO I need any more of XYZ ( in your case beans! :rotfl: )

5 a day is possible on the way I did my £5 per week challenge. but its not for everyone! (And yes, no doubt someone will say I cheated - but it saved me money!)
Nite all