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28/8/08 00:33
27/8/08 12:54
This thread is deff helping me out too sokeep it bumped girls!
Im still worried i wont make rent with a big electric bill to pay but the electric will have to wait as long as i have a roof over our heads eh
I have 40 quid in my purse set aside for food this week so i have no choice but to not go over!
27/8/08 12:36
I Just got a tesco credit card so I can get more points and also be able to keep track of how much I spend every month - just gotto make sure I stick to buying the essentials and not get carried away.... This thread really had made me think about what I spend and I now meal plan which has saved me about £40.00 a week on my food bill, so thanks ladies, keep up the good work! x
27/8/08 12:31
That diet does not sound healthy i would pass out!
Well i need to go shopping really 8 days after my 35.11 shop!
I still have meal foods just not snacky time things for any of us.
I could make cakes but need fruit really.
Will write my list and try to go later today or tommorow x
Hows everyone else's supplies keeping up?
25/8/08 20:41
omg, £250 a month on all that, sheesh, wish we had £250 spare in the first place.
awww, hugs jodie, 6weeks and you can worry abit less and have another gorgeous baby to stare at and the worries melt away!
Think I'll pass on the lemonade diet, eurgh to drinking salt water, doesnt sound the nicest of diets.
25/8/08 19:43
Well i THINK we did the food shopping on tuesday and we still have food!
Good thing too as we are flat broke
Im literally scared to spend a quid because im scared we wont make rent
Stupid tax credits dropped dramticly and we really are tight tight tight.
We pay rent on the first and im waiting till next week to pay the electric bill even though it came last week., we will probably have to pay council taz later in the month too.
We will be fine once this baby is born as will recieve tax credits for baby which i will have to save for when they drop again
i only have 6 weeks till im due and all i can think about is lack of money
Will make the food we have last as long as possible in the hope we will get paid before more bills come in
25/8/08 19:18
It's not a diet really it's a detox, but you lose alot of weight, last time i lost a stone and only put 4lbs back on when i started eating properly again.
It makes your skin look really really really amazing too
You drink salt ater for breakfast, then a kind of homemade lemonade recipe for lunch and dinner, then before bed herbal tea. It's a liquid detox, it is hard but after just 10 days with those amazing results it is sooooooooooo worth it!!
25/8/08 13:00
Whats the lemonade diet? xx
25/8/08 11:19
I know I think I should re qualify In hair/ beauty therapy!
Waxes, threading, hair cut, high/low lights, nail extensions/manicure, pedicure, sun beds/fake tan, eyelash extensions costs about £250 a month.
Not to mention the gym membership, treats like contour wraps, massage, facials. It costs too much to look your best really, and that is naked before we even get to make up and clothes!!!
I haven't bought lo a toy or clothes for about 2 weeks, and if you've read my posts before you probably know he usually gets a lot! It is good really as he has rediscovered old toys that he forgot about - he probably thinks they are new ones.
I wrote a proper shopping list today for the first time (usually just scribble essentials that we have run out of or forget to take the list at all) iI have put it in my handbag already and determind to stick to it at shopping and see if that helps to get the cost down today!
I'm going on the lemonade diet for the next 10 days so that should save some money,
I used my boots points at boots and bought the baby some nappies as it was 3 for 2 on huggies plus the packs had 8 free nappies each in them so was really like getting 4 packs of nappies free! That was great!
I've been sending off for all the free samples of dental products and i've got about 10 boxes of sample size toothpastes now which is about a million years worth of toothpaste(almost!), and mouth washes and toothbrushes so that saves money too
If a dvd comes out that I think looks quite good then I usually just go and buy it but I've been using blockbuster and so sure that has saved money.
Oh I've upped my tariff on my mobile contract, I used to have flex 35 but my bills were ending up at £200 a month in total, i've upped to flex 50 and my last bill came at £70 in total!! Whoop whoop!
25/8/08 00:05
Dentistbaby sorry to hear your weekend didn't go as planned.
Hope you and oh can talk properly soon. Good luck.
Well we're broke, but thank God I get paid on Wednesday. Also we're supposed to be getting our 2.75% annual increase back paid from April. So should be a wee bit extra!! I hope. We've a wedding to go to on Saturday - but I have my waxing, tanning and hair to get sorted and paid for before that!! God if only I was naturally gorgeous I'd save a fortune, lol.
24/8/08 11:08
You are welcome
Been arguing with oh so me and lo not gone for weekend, on the plus side saves some money!!
23/8/08 21:20
haha, beep, beep, naughty words chrissy! I'd be saying them if i'd spent that eeeek!! God knows how you managed a £35 shop though Jodie, pretty impressive! Might send you to do ours!
23/8/08 21:20
Well i am chuffed with myself!!! Won a tenner on the lottery tonight!!!! Not alot left at mo as took kids to Southend today!!!! Went with my Mum too so quite a cheap day for me, not for her though!!!!!!!!
23/8/08 21:14
Well I am completely shocked girls. Today I spent over £100!!!! Un-f@cking-believable!!!!
I had to go get hay/straw/sawdust for our rabbit, then meat from the butchers, then stuff from Gordons (chemist- sells everything much cheaper then supermarket), then batteries for Caiden's new toy hoover, then pair of shoes for dh, a card for the boy across the road and that was it!!! £100 gone. Unbelievable!! Oh almost forgot I got myself a hair-dye - £6.69 all on myself!!! Shocking!
Although have to say my on-line grocery experience was fantastic - they came to £42 including delivery.
Still £142 on things, aaarrrggghhh!!
Dentistbay Caiden had his shoes on him today - they really are as good as new - thanks
23/8/08 19:20
hiya hun i sent you a pm exlpaining what i clicked on hope you get sorted out. im well chuffed at my bargain.
23/8/08 18:23
babz where did u get ur coat from?? I could do with one!!
23/8/08 15:02
see i do all that jodie and do use own brands(apart from coke lol) but cant seem to get it cheaper!
23/8/08 13:09
oh wow thats fab 30 pounds is really good. mine was 70 yesturday and ill still have to nip[ mid week for more bread milk and fresh stuff. i always edo a list as i usual;ly do mine online. its so much cheaper than us going coz dh is always hungry wen we shop and my bill doubles with things he fancies lol.
22/8/08 13:44
Well usually i dont write a list but meal planned this week and as you all know our weekly shop was 35.11.
WE still have food in and i am really impressed with myself.
I have to buy some bread,milk and a bottle of pop today but that wont be hardly anything.
Tonight we are having a roast dinner but with sausages, so its not like we are eating rubbish either.
To be honest planning our meals is really working for us this week as its really fixed into our routine.
I think df likes the fact he knows what he is having, as before we had to decide what to have which took like a hour!
What helped me save this week was-
:switched the cats onto biscuits and not pouches of meat.
idnt have to buy nappies/milk as bought a box of nappies and wipes in bulk the week before.idnt have to buy wash tablets and bought in bulk the week before as they were on sale:ignore'd the bogof's
:stuck to the list
: and bought flour,sugar butter and eggs to make biscuits,cakes and treats instead of buying tons of packs.
I intend to do the same this week as think i have found a way to go for us.
Well done on the job Kaz!
22/8/08 11:30
My local dorothy perkins had a sale and i nipped in with my mum (she shops there) there was buy one get one free on sale items, and I got 2 pairs of shoes for £12!!!!
Jodie so annoyed for you. It really isn't right is it? Why do you have to be struggling for money and other eejits are getting money handed to them left right and centre!!!! AAAaarrrgghh! Okay sorry about that, it just irritates me. I mean you obviously need the money to pay bills and buy food, it's not like you're going out drinking it and the bloody benefit system is letting you down, more than likely because some eejit who doesn't need the money is reaping the benefits and probably trying to squeeze a short weekend break into there busy schedule with money that rightfully should be yours!!
Okay I will stop now - just try not to worry. I know I worry myself badly but then I get to a point where I'm like, if the money isn't there I can't pay it????? I can remember my dh, who is so used to me being organised nearly pasing out when I told him I had just got 500ltrs of oil delivered and he asked how we were paying it and I just said "I'm not, what are they going to do, sifle it out??" I honestly was past caring, my lo needed heat so I got oil. I did get in contact with them when they sent me the bill and basically told them I couldn't pay for it, they sorted a monthly plan for me, they got there money in the end- tight buggers, lol.
My point was - things always sort themselves out - they have to or the world wouldn't keep going round, so chill
As for groceries - I'm doing mine on-line again tomorrow. Doing a meal plan first and checking for vouchers etc. Also a good tip is hide food - well not really hide, but put the nice things out of sight. Dh just found a 2ltr bottle of coke tonght and he's delighted, lol. It's been there since last Friday, but I'd put it right to the back and he hadn't seen it, so it's lasted him ages, lol.
Night girls.