Starting from 1 September DH and I have decided that the only things on the cc bill will be
food
petrol
car insurance (due 7 Sept)
We are no longer randomly spending on ANY clothes at all. The boys have their uniform and I have new NEXT-sale boots and a warm waterproof coat and we do not need ANY MORE CLOTHES.
Proper meal planning and shopping at ALDI and Sainsburys.
No more Costa lotta coffees.
No more takeaways or cheapy McDonalds/KFC for the kids.
We will use the library for books so no need to buy any.
Packed lunches
Coffee in a flask if I take the children out along with snacks and drinks bought from supermarket and not random cafes.
The boys are pretty much ECO anyway and brilliant at turning off lights and water etc and they only have showers and not baths.
We want to cut down on spending to see how much we can save over time. DH has a great job and I work at school FT so it will be interesting to see what we can do.
GULP!
Anyone want to help join me??
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No more random spending for 3 months...........any takers?
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Collision · 28/08/2011 19:16
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