We had Sophie's birthday yesterday, which was a whirlwind of parties, fun days and family dinners. We had a wonderful time, but we are left with copious amounts of uneaten tasty treats! Les said he has every faith in me to finish off the wine my brother brought :D but the rest of it, I'm not sure! I HATE food waste. It's like throwing money in the bin. So we'll be having hotch potch meals today mainly consisting of cake and crisps. I'm sure the kids won't mind!
I've done the majority of our shopping. I went to the market on Saturday to see what I could pick up. I saw my lovely butcher who I haven't been to for ages. They asked after the kids and chastised me for "gooin all veggie". They were lovely, and it did make me think I really should make more time to shop there rather than dashing around Aldi. And after my worrying about not being able to stick to my budget, I said I needed £2 in money of chicken legs, and that's exactly what I got! I had decided that I wanted some fruit but it had to come in at around 10p a piece. The first 4 fruit and veg stalls didn't have anything anywhere near that price and I was on the verge of giving up when I saw 10 satumas for £1. I'm just hoping they taste ok!
I've been convinced by my friend Jo (and others) to go to Asda last thing to pick up some bargains. She does some amazing things with the food she picks up for pennies in the reduced section. I'm already feeling anxious though about working out what I have to spend and whether the stir fry veg, or pre cut carrots are going to be worth it. Things are too tight to pick items up on a whim without knowing how they'll fit into our menu. I'm also far too British to argue over packets so will more than likely loiter at the back and see if there's anything left!
The main things I still need are bread and milk. And probably something for the kids lunches, although I'm not sure what. I'd hoped to pick up some popcorn kernels from the market thinking that they would go far. But they only had big packs for 90p. Now it would have made absolute buckets of popcorn, but I don't really have 90p spare in the first place. So it might be smart price digestives. I have plenty of flour, sugar, oats and eggs. So if anyone has any baking recipes which don't need butter please let me know.
We're heading out for a neb around an antiques fair this morning, then this afternoon will be spent preparing for the week ahead making soup, stock and cooking up sausages for packed lunches, and hopefully elbowing my way to some discounted bread!
Main meals for the week look something like
Egg and beans on toast
Iraqi Iroog (a bit like a burger bulked out with cheap stuff)
Chilli and rice
Chicken stew and Yorkshire puddings
Instant noodles
The sponsorship this year has gone through the roof, we're at £400 already! In part due to a very generous donation of £200 by the company I work for. But every penny helps so please consider sponsoring us if you can. https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/livebelowtheline2016
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