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RE: Household Money Saving Tips - KevinTW - 12-02-2014
(08-02-2014, 04:59 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Don't go the pub at all, will save plenty of money then lol...
Out of interest, as theres a few superscrimpers on here, how much do you roughly spend on bills/food etc over a month? I'm not talking about 'fun' if that's your thing (alcohol, clubbing etc) but just normal living costs?
Groceries £250 a month for the 4 of us. Thanks Jamie Oliver, The Ministry of Food book is fantastic. Cheap and healthy grub. Water £20 month-rainwater tank. Gas Elec £80 for both -woodburner fuelled from skips. Council tax £1800 a year! WTF
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Eeyore - 12-02-2014
How are you managing to spend £250 a month on food? D:
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - THE_Liam - 12-02-2014
I was just thinking that. Me and my lass spend £70 in Asda, £20 at the butchers, and then maybe a tenner a week on milk, bread, veg and other short-lived stuff, so £120 a month absolute maxiumum a month, and that's eating really well and includes a couple of crates of beer...
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - bigcheez2k3 - 12-02-2014
Maybe he has young'uns, nappies are expensive.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Toms306 - 12-02-2014
Judging by the council tax I assume he lives in a mansion....so the groceries also have to cover the servants.
But seriously, I don't think that's bad for 4 people in all honesty? I was budgeting myself about £150! Though £100 of that would be loo rolls.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - lolsteve - 12-02-2014
£15 a week for food , smartprice chicken burgers, hash browns and frozen peas pretty much everyday for a week now
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - THE_Liam - 12-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 08:00 PM)lolsteve Wrote: £15 a week for food , smartprice chicken burgers, hash browns and frozen peas pretty much everyday for a week now
Jesus mate I wouldn't live on that, that's really bad for you...
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Eeyore - 12-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 07:47 PM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote: Maybe he has young'uns, nappies are expensive.
Are nappies Groceries? D:
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - bigcheez2k3 - 12-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 08:04 PM)SRowell Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:47 PM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote: Maybe he has young'uns, nappies are expensive.
Are nappies Groceries? D:
Depends what you're into
You'd normally buy them along with the shopping though.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Toms306 - 12-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 08:00 PM)lolsteve Wrote: £15 a week for food , smartprice chicken burgers, hash browns and frozen peas pretty much everyday for a week now
I can't eat most of the cheap ASDA shite, they cram it with garlic/onions/spices etc to cover up the fact it's made of chicken arse which doesn't go well with my delicate guts.
Sucks tbh, I'd spend much less on food if I could just eat anything lol.(12-02-2014, 08:04 PM)SRowell Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:47 PM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote: Maybe he has young'uns, nappies are expensive.
Are nappies Groceries? D:
I would include them in groceries tbh, as well as loo roll, kitchen roll, washing powder, fairy liquid etc....
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - lolsteve - 12-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 08:02 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: Jesus mate I wouldn't live on that, that's really bad for you...
(12-02-2014, 10:08 PM)Toms306 Wrote: I can't eat most of the cheap ASDA shite, they cram it with garlic/onions/spices etc to cover up the fact it's made of chicken arse which doesn't go well with my delicate guts.
Seems to be doing me alright, been pretty much just been eating that and toast for 4 years
that and smash before I realized actually making mash myself is so much more tasty. am trying to replace the cheap meat with quorn where i can as its only a little more expensive and much nicer
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Wolverine1091 - 13-02-2014
Massive bag of potatoes - can do so much with them, and store in a cool dry place, they rarely go off - yea they sprout and may go a little soft, just pull the sproutings off before cooking.
If you use bread, keep it in the fridge, lasts much much longer than in a bread bin.
I only use heating to dry clothes, man up if you're cold.
Never watch live TV, so no tv licence - saves loads.
If you drink alot of tea - 3 teabags in litre flask, will stay hot all day - use less tea bags and only boil the kettle once. Just don't dishwasher a flask, it destroys the internals and stops insulating.
If you're bored - ride bike, raining? man up, or take bike apart, clean everything, put it back together.
Valentines is coming up - make something from scratch, will be much more appreciated than a meal out - cheaper too!
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - lolsteve - 13-02-2014
I find the bread goes dry quicker in the fridge though :/
Household Money Saving Tips - rocker8742 - 13-02-2014
Freeze it and only defrost it when you need it, me and the mrs buy it when it's reduced to 10p or so
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Sian - 13-02-2014
£250 on food! :O i have two kiddies and only spend £40 a week! Madness!
And nappies are like 2 big packs for a tenner in tesco last about 2weeks! So there not that expensive unless your child wears gold lol
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - RetroPug - 13-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 07:43 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: I was just thinking that. Me and my lass spend £70 in Asda, £20 at the butchers, and then maybe a tenner a week on milk, bread, veg and other short-lived stuff, so £120 a month absolute maxiumum a month, and that's eating really well and includes a couple of crates of beer...
So you spend 120 for two people...which multiplied by 2 is 240, and you're wondering how on earth he manages to spend 250 for four people?
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - KevinTW - 13-02-2014
£250 that is food,washing powder,cleaning stuff,nappies,toiletries the lot.Band E council tax. It is ridiculous here as we council tax accounts for about 45% of what is spent by the council whereas in some places it is about 20%
(12-02-2014, 10:08 PM)Toms306 Wrote:(12-02-2014, 08:00 PM)lolsteve Wrote: £15 a week for food , smartprice chicken burgers, hash browns and frozen peas pretty much everyday for a week now
I can't eat most of the cheap ASDA shite, they cram it with garlic/onions/spices etc to cover up the fact it's made of chicken arse which doesn't go well with my delicate guts.
(12-02-2014, 08:04 PM)SRowell Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:47 PM)bigcheez2k3 Wrote: Maybe he has young'uns, nappies are expensive.
Are nappies Groceries? D:
I would include them in groceries tbh, as well as loo roll, kitchen roll, washing powder, fairy liquid etc....
Re: RE: Household Money Saving Tips - THE_Liam - 13-02-2014
(13-02-2014, 10:02 AM)RetroPug Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:43 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: I was just thinking that. Me and my lass spend £70 in Asda, £20 at the butchers, and then maybe a tenner a week on milk, bread, veg and other short-lived stuff, so £120 a month absolute maxiumum a month, and that's eating really well and includes a couple of crates of beer...
So you spend 120 for two people...which multiplied by 2 is 240, and you're wondering how on earth he manages to spend 250 for four people?
What I eat could feed 4 kids mate. Also kids don't often get through 2-3 crates of beer....
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - RetroPug - 13-02-2014
(13-02-2014, 11:40 AM)THE_Liam Wrote:True but then kids need loads of other assorted stuff.(13-02-2014, 10:02 AM)RetroPug Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:43 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: I was just thinking that. Me and my lass spend £70 in Asda, £20 at the butchers, and then maybe a tenner a week on milk, bread, veg and other short-lived stuff, so £120 a month absolute maxiumum a month, and that's eating really well and includes a couple of crates of beer...
So you spend 120 for two people...which multiplied by 2 is 240, and you're wondering how on earth he manages to spend 250 for four people?
What I eat could feed 4 kids mate. Also kids don't often get through 2-3 crates of beer....
Just saying it's not as ridiculous as it sounds for a family of four.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Atterz - 15-02-2014
- Join Army, enjoy entire wage to self.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Poodle - 15-02-2014
Shit, he's got us beat!
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Piggy - 15-02-2014
Till he gets shot
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Dum-Dum - 15-02-2014
(12-02-2014, 07:29 PM)KevinTW Wrote: Groceries £250 a month for the 4 of us. Thanks Jamie Oliver, The Ministry of Food book is fantastic. Cheap and healthy grub. Water £20 month-rainwater tank. Gas Elec £80 for both -woodburner fuelled from skips. Council tax £1800 a year! WTF
(12-02-2014, 07:56 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Judging by the council tax I assume he lives in a mansion....so the groceries also have to cover the servants.
That's not bad for a family if four. I pay about £1100 a year council tax and that's after the 25% discount for living on my own in my tiny little house that's band A.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - KevinTW - 16-02-2014
Council tax is crazy now. Thank God it has been more or less frozen since 2010.
(15-02-2014, 10:18 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote:(12-02-2014, 07:29 PM)KevinTW Wrote: Groceries £250 a month for the 4 of us. Thanks Jamie Oliver, The Ministry of Food book is fantastic. Cheap and healthy grub. Water £20 month-rainwater tank. Gas Elec £80 for both -woodburner fuelled from skips. Council tax £1800 a year! WTF
(12-02-2014, 07:56 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Judging by the council tax I assume he lives in a mansion....so the groceries also have to cover the servants.
That's not bad for a family if four. I pay about £1100 a year council tax and that's after the 25% discount for living on my own in my tiny little house that's band A.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Atterz - 17-02-2014
(15-02-2014, 09:27 AM)Piggy Wrote: Till he gets shot
LOL .. Not sure if serious!?
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Sian - 17-02-2014
I have a family of four and don't spend that much!
Spend around £40 a week on food and if they need nappies i spend £30 on food
Dont have gas. So just electric key meter which is costing me around £15 a week now as use a plug in oil heater instead of the storage heaters
Car insurance for both our cars is £100
Water £100 every 3months
And £100 ish a month council tax
We scrimp with some things but we get by!
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Piggy - 21-02-2014
Not sure if already mentioned, natwest are doing cashback on their standard current account debit card.
Few uses, more to be added, but main one is BP.
You get 1% cashback. But along with nectar you then get 2% cashback with bp.
Its relative to the price, but my local bp is as cheap as jet/shell as it has two "cheap" days per week
PS a mate just got a natwest account just for buying fuel!!
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - lolsteve - 21-02-2014
Would this apply to a student account?
I also got an email from capital one offering me 1% cash back recently too
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - RetroPug - 21-02-2014
Not sure if they're still doing it but Halifax were giving you 100 quid if you switched your current account to them.
RE: Household Money Saving Tips - Uberderv - 21-02-2014
(15-02-2014, 12:41 AM)Atterz Wrote: - Join Army, enjoy entire wage to self.
Them were the days
Never know how quick your life can change though....