So far the food spend for the month stands at £94.88, this week that includes another £10 top up for MasterShoestring's lunch account and £11.86 at the supermarket. MasterShoestring is probably going to need another couple of top ups for the lunch account as he is eating more than £10 of food a week and there will be another small shop on Friday 26th January to see us through until the start of February on the following Thursday. I'm still hoping that we might squeak through January on £120 for the month !
I did spend slightly more than I was planning to at the supermarket this week as I found 3 very large turkey drumsticks reduced to £1.85 each from £2.40. They weigh around 1kg each and with a few side dishes will make very nice Sunday lunches in February, so I put a few other items back and went just over the £10 I had planned in order to get them for the freezer. Apart from that I only bought milk, fruit and some wheat biscuits for breakfast so was pretty frugal.
Over this past week we ate egg and bacon pie, pasta bake, leftover curry, soup and bread and some more curry on Friday ! I made a cake and a crumble which lasted all week as MrShoestring is losing a bit of weight he put on over the past few months and says that it is easier to stay away from puddings altogether rather than have a small helping ! He lost 5lbs this week so getting serious is helping ! Smaller helpings should also mean we have plenty of food left to the end of the month. The big unknown is how many times MissShoestring will be home for supper ! Still, if we have leftovers they can go in the freezer for another time !
How are you getting on with your New Year challenges ?
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