Love Food Hate Waste 2020

YorksLass

London_1 said:

P.S. Just had a thought, any spare cash you get squirrel it away for the coming winter to use either on extra fuel bills or food stuffs. I am a great squirreler when it comes to spare cash  

That's exactly what I'm doing too.  I have various "pots" to pay for different things and now have a new squirrel fund as well that gets fed with every spare penny to go towards next winter's exorbitant energy bills.

I agree about using up what we already have before buying more, it's surprising how many meals a store cupboard can provide.  That said, I will buy any bargains that I spot whilst out shopping providing of course it's something we will eat.

I've decided to keep my grocery budget "as is" for now but with the way prices are going up it will have to stretch further, so it's really a reduction by the back door.

joedenise

Same here @YorksLass; can't really afford more for the groceries if we're cover all our other pots.  We're going to need a new boiler in the next year or two so saving for that, also need to replace the double glazing at the back of the bungalow which includes French doors; the front door also needs to be replaced so it's certainly going to be an expensive year or two!

London_1

It always seems to come at once doesn't it.just when you think you are on the upward trend ,something comes along with a wallop to send you back down again A bit like snakes and ladders life isn't it.
I was feeling quite relaxed then we had the storm a few weeks ago and wallop tiles came off the roof which had to be repaired asap in case of rain.Luckily my builder did it fairly quickly bless him but it still made a hole in several hundren pounds that I wasn't expecting. On the positive side I had my Feb-March duel fuel in today and its only gone up by around £6.00 sinece last years Feb-March bill so I'm not too bothered about that. With milder days its becoming only an hour a day for heating which will help bring down my bills for a few months. 

mandy47

London_1 said:

It always seems to come at once doesn't it.just when you think you are on the upward trend ,something comes along with a wallop to send you back down again A bit like snakes and ladders life isn't it.

Not just me then!

London_1

Came home with a whopping great left over leg of  lamb joint from my DDs tonight .Its going to be turned into some decent meals tomorrow.
 DDs bought it thinking the other two boys would be home this weekend, but ended up with just 5 of us to dinner tonight, and her and her OH are going away tomorrow for a few days and she said she knew I would be cross if it got wasted. 
So definitely some individual shepards pies maybe some moussaka and possibly a small curry all for the freezer or I may take some round to feed the two boys left at home as they have work and school this week.Nothing will get wasted thats for sure

JackieO xx