We ate the fish fingers, mushy peas and the Lurpak is in the fridge so I updated the list before blogging. Even if I don't go shopping at all this month I don't think we will starve. There is plenty to make at least two months meals when you consider that some of the meat will have other things added to it, be portioned up and put back in the freezer for another time.
Gas, hubby has altered the timings and temperatures on the heating and water and thats showing an improvement on our weekly energy readings, not long now before we change the clocks and gain another hour of daylight. Our cutting down on electricity is covering the extra we are using doing Mum & Dads washing and the use of the dryer so even though there isn't a monetary reduction there is no increase either, so pleased about that :-). Fuel for the cars is about the same, £60 per month and we are happy with that.
We live on a limited income, just hubby's private pension, but because we are both careful with money we are able to eat good food, stay warm, run our cars and have holidays without incurring any debt. We both feel extremely lucky to be in this position and are enjoying every day :-)
Todays weather has been awful, snow, rain, sleet and horrible winds, I think its pretty much the same for the rest of the week :-(
Thank you for all your lovely comments yesterday.
Wherever you are, take care and stay warm.
Love Karen xxx
Well done for being so organized.
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Thank you. You are very organised for Easter, with your lovely decorations, very pretty. x
DeleteYou are so, so organised! I have shopped online at Sainsbury's for nearly a year and am looking to save some £ as our weekly bills have crept up and up these last few months. I've done the weekly shop at Aldi for the last 2 weeks and have spent at least a third less than usual each time so I am rather chuffed so far. Really happy with the quality of what I've bought too.
ReplyDeleteYour time is so limited Sarah with your full time job and children. Good for you giving Aldi a try, we buy a fair bit from there and Lidl and very rarely have we been dissapointed. The mature cheese number 5 from Aldi is excellent. x
DeleteIt is great that you are so organised and obviously self sufficient financially. You could teach a lot of people a lot about how to manage their money! xx
ReplyDeleteI do like to be organised, I cant settle if its chaos :-) we lived for a whole year on hubbys projected pension before he retired just to make sure we would manage, it was a good excercise. x
DeleteI agree you are very organized, I hope we will be the same when dh retires in a few years time.
ReplyDeleteI m sure you will be fine Gill, you have been very organised with your menu this week....lovely food. x
DeleteThat is a lot of food, should keep you going for a while.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lot, its made me realise that we don't need to have such a big stock of food, some stuff has been there a while and is getting used first. It will be interesting to look at the inventory at the end of March.
DeleteYou are very organised, I like you neatly typed inventory, being organised is how we manage, we are spending less and less.
ReplyDeleteThank you, to me its just the usual boring stuff lol. Even a small amout of organisation makes for an easier life And a better bank balance :-)
DeleteGood post, I love lists, your in control of the items you have. It's not a lot to want after working all your life, but a comfortable retirement is everyone's aim.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marlene, I'm quite a simple girl, I don't really want for much. We have worked hard and are now reaping the benefits of a comfortable retirement. Only another 2.1/2 years to hubbys state pension :-). We will feel rich then wont we :-)
DeleteOrganisation and planning does seem to be the key to success. It's great you're enjoying your retirement.
ReplyDeleteYes it does, looking after the pennies has enabled hubby to retire at 55, 7 years ago and we have never looked back, we have been very fortunate and most of our planning has paid off. :-)
ReplyDeletei'm always very inspired to see people living so happily on "less" <-- it isn't really less, it's actually enough but the endless message of the larger world seems to be always screaming a need for more of everything.
ReplyDeletei've only just started this year, keeping close track of our budget and trimming wherever i can -- food is one of those places it's actually easy to do that -- but your organization and list is showing me i can do even better!
so lovely to have found your blog! :)