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Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
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That looks a really good haul, @marionmgcars.
F2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 6.5kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)4 -
marionmgcars said:joedenise said:I keep looking by my local Aldi never have anything - it always says on it Nothing Today!
How much do they charge for their bags and are they worth the money?
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Agree, @joedenise - I could make several meals from that & most of it is easily freezable.
F2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 6.5kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)5 -
You're right @foxgloves - plenty of meals could be made and frozen from that Aldi bag. Wish ours would over order! They hardly ever have any YS reductions yet alone doing the bags!
My DH decided to have a look at the app this morning and it seems our local hippie is in it and they've got 2 bags available so he's ordered them at £4 each! We know that the fish and chips both freeze OK as when we're had them in the past there's always too much so we freeze the LOs and they reheat brilliantly in the halogen oven or the Remoska! Will be interesting to see what we get for our £8!
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wow, that's brilliant for £3.30! So this in on the Too Good to Go app? Or in store? Think I must take a lookMaking the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £550/£3000
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Studies/surveys August £7.48
Decluttering items 771
Books read 14
Jigsaws done 8
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up4 -
Makingabobor2 said:wow, that's brilliant for £3.30! So this in on the Too Good to Go app? Or in store? Think I must take a look🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her4 -
Well, I was going to tell you a story about Mr F's grocery shopping last night & also about a misbehaving bra( the two are not related, thankfully!) but I've run out of afternoon, so all you've got is a photo of today's sourdough loaf, just out of the oven. Will do better tomorrow.
F x
2025's challenges: 1) To fill our 10 Savings Pots to their healthiest level ever
2) To read 100 books (36/100) 3) The Shrinking of Foxgloves 6.5kg/30kg
"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards" (Soren Kirkegaard 1813-55)12 -
That looks so delicious.
Can't wait to hear your stories....lolMaking the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £550/£3000
.
Studies/surveys August £7.48
Decluttering items 771
Books read 14
Jigsaws done 8
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up5 -
That looks very nice indeed 😋
Looking forward to the bra story 😆 I have a misbehaving bra story. I was wearing one of those multi way strap bras when a male work colleague touched my shoulder, said what’s that and extracted one of the straps that had somehow become detached and ended up on my shoulder. When he realised what it was he was so embarrassed 🤣I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)6 -
Yes...a loaf so delicious deserves its own hat xx5
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