2008 - Live on £4000 for a full year.

Penny2myName

Thanks skintwellie got some frozen cauliflower in would that be ok?

mumzyof2

Eveninggggggggggggggg alllllllllllllllll

broke_mum_of_three

Today has been a NSD for me, practially unheard of for a Saturday:j I think it was because I never left the house. I was reviewing my spending yesterday and got a bit despondant as I couldnt see how I was going to stay in budget:mad: and thought how am I going to do this if I can't even manage the first month! Then I got a bit annoyed with myself as I have little to moan about really, I feel humbled when I read some peoples situations, thats not to belittle anyone but my outlook on life is that there is always someone else worse off than myself, so be appreciative and get on with it:T .
I killed dead things today and gutted the whole house out and feel so much better for it. I listed 20 items on ebay to try and get to the end of the month by playing catch up and made a lovely chicken stir fry with everything I already had in the house.
Thanks so much for all the recipes, I have learned how to save them all, at the start I was writing them all down by hand:eek:

skintwellie

Haven't tried frozen cauli, but sure it will be fine. Good luck

Penny2myName wrote: »

Thanks skintwellie got some frozen cauliflower in would that be ok?

wornoutmumoftwo

I went into town today and headed straight for boots, all they had reduced were christmas cards!

So, hit the charity shops instead and book two great cookery books for £2, one is potato recipes the other pasta, and I really didn't know you could do so much with the simple spud!

I also located the local schoolwear shop and have joined their saving scheme as my eldest is starting school in August and I don't want to be skint when it's time to get a uniform for him, so feeling quite pleased with myself.

Janey51

Just added up what my spend has been today and total is £9.35.
As well as my bargain £1/doz free range eggs, I bought a diarry ro record my spends in which cost £1 and a pair of pink gloves to put in my niece's Christmas Hamper.

princess_leia_3

Well more spending for me today but it is my birthday and it was for my present so do I have to count that? Also did a shop on Tesco.com which came today but hopefully mos of that will keep me going through Feb aswell

sophiesmum_2

skintwellie wrote: »

Haven't tried frozen cauli, but sure it will be fine. Good luck

I often make up veg soup with all frozen veggies if I haven't any fresh in, works fine so you shouldn't have a problem. Its a good way to use up all the little portions left in bags at the bottom of the freezer. We call it bottom of the bag soup:D

fallen_angel_shelley

catznine wrote: »

Hi Penny!

I make a cream of veg soup regularily, it changes a little according to what I have in but basically it is:

1 lb veg (any or all of these will do - potatoes, carrots, onions, leeks, swede, sweet potato, parsnip etc)

1.5 pints stock

seasoning

knob bujtter

little milk

Peel and chop vegetables and put into a pan with the stock. simmer until soft and blend until smooth. Put back into pan and add a knob of butter and heat through, stirring, add milk and season to taste. this is our favourite way to use up vegetables from the organic veg box. Easy and cheap! hth

this soup sounds yummy and so easy to make. i think i will give it a go sometime this week, we are on a very tight budget for the next couple of weeks, some how i have gone in to my OD and my CC, water and elec bills are due in soon.

notanothergreyhair

Good grief...another £44.82 gone today. Most of it was due to be spent, but a few pounds were wasted.