£170000 in 10 years

Hi Busy Mee1.Thank you ,i am glad that i am feeling positive again i feel so much better. The millionaire challenge is exciting i have banked the £800 but still have 4 items left to double up costing £165 in total so hoping to turn that into £330 ,once i sell something i can buy something else so today i need to get them back up to the top on gumtrex .
I dont know that i can help you much ,i think the main reason i keep it down low is due to the fact i find reduced items ,for example yesterday i popped into the local shop to send a parcel this is what i found -4 nectarines for 40 pence -4 oranges for 90 pence-a bag of new potatoes 25 pence -4 baking potatoes 40 pence -a bag of rocket 50 pence and a mince and onion pie 45 pence -i think it all added up to £2.95 .I allow myself £6.57 a day .The day before i was in a different shop where i found 3 large packs of mince for £1 each ,last night we had spaghetti bolognese with 20 pence spaghetti from Aldix and 35 pence passata from Aldix total cost for 3 was £1.55 i put the other 2 packs in the freezer .I also picked up 3 packets of bread at 20 pence each and they are now in the freezer .Tonight we will have the baked potatoes ,salad all reduced from various shops and a tin of tuna which i think was 44 pence from Aldix and some grated cheese .
The thing is that i have lots of time on my hands to shop around which i do enjoy and i know which shops reduce at what times and where to look in the shops ,do you have time in your lunch break to have a little look in any small local shops or maybe after work on your way home ?That does include everything ,we have another small shop near to us which sells toilet rolls for 69 pence for 4 and they are really thick rolls so i buy 2 of those a week .I tend to buy Ecovex ,i live beside Waitrosx and i wait until they come on offer i always keep a couple of empty bottles then i pour half a bottle into each and top up with water and shake ,by the way i do the same with milk ,whole milk half milk ,half water ,but i do have plenty of time to do all these things and i treat it like a job /game therefore keeping it fun
Its beautiful here again today ,we have been so lucky havent we ?I shall go out later for a nice walk .I hope that you are having a good day too.

HI Busy Mee1 .I saw a list somewhere that had all the large supermarkets on it and the times that they reduce items each day if i can find it again i will put it on here but late evenings area good time to try ,our local waitrose reduces some things between 3 and 4 and again about half an hour before closing .I buy the economy plain large yogurts for 45 p from Asdx and add my own fruit cheaper and healthier as no sugar either .My husband is quite good and prefers to stay in the car if allowed which hes not and sticks to the budget as long as he has some biscuits hes ok .
Hope you have a good weekend.

Week 24 day one. Another week has just flown by i really must try harder to post every day .The envelope system has not worked very well mainly due to the fact that i keep forgetting to take the money out with me every day so i have given up and will go back to my usual method of paying by card,keeping the receipts and transferring to my book every evening .I did not make my £10 a day this week but sold one item on ebax and made some tiny bits of interest .Still no sales for my make a million challenge i will have to lower the prices soon ,i might not double up but should still make a profit at least enough to buy something fresh .
Savings appear to be on target and i am hopeful that my husband will have enough overtime this month to take us from £12728 to £13000 ,we are on target for £1000 savings this month but have accountants to pay which will take a large chunk so £13000 looks achievable ,that will leave 6 months till the end of the year so the target will be to add another £6000 making £19000 saved by the end of the year ,what an amazing feeling that would be .
Food spend still on track we didnt spend any money yesterday we used what was in the fridges and freezer so very pleased with that .Right well now off to look around the shops for bargains i hope everyone will have a good weekend

Hi Busy Mee1 and thank you as always .Yes it will feel good to get back up to the £13000 mark again its just so frustrating trying to get above that mark and every month there seems to be something that needs to be paid that i havent accounted for .
Thank you i hope that you will have a lovely ,peaceful weekend too and with a bit of luck and some sun you will be able to sit outside and enjoy your new garden furniture ,it is really hot here today ,i am looking forward to the day that i can buy some new furniture ,at the moment my garden is full of swings ,slides .bikes ,vegetables and lots and lots of plants so not much room for anything else .

Thank you themadvix it seems to the magic number at the minute .
Yes it is a problem but i am hoping that the occasional sales where i more than double my profit will make up for the shortfalls.
Hope all is well with you ,i am going to try and catch up with diaries today .