To think I could live on �20 - 25 per week?

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Is it realistic? If it were just me and the cat. The cat food costs 2.75 per fortnight for tins and 11 per month for biscuits approx. I could get cheaper biscuits for him i guess.

This would be for all food and stuff like shampoo shower gel, washing up liquid etc.

Not face creams make up or wine....

Their bread flour and sachets of yeast are good. If you ask at the till they will lend you a quid for the trolley. Cause they are nice like that!

Just thought of another good one - meatballs & pasta. Get the specially selected sausages and strip the skins off and roll into balls. Then cook as meatballs. They are really nice and you only need two sausages per person max.

Try the kids apples - many more in the pack although they are a bit smaller.

7.52 i think. People i work with spend that on lunch!

Good tip about the poundcoin. I have a token but its vanished.

The apple variety was poor today and apples are one thing i am a bit choosy about.

Our water meter bill is £20ish a month, 2 adults and a toddler. I shower every day, toddler has bath every day, DH showers hmmm every other day? Don't water the garden though leave it to nature. Get the tap fixed and install a water butt!

There are 4 of us and we spend £100~120 each week so £20~30 for one person looks very doable.

I shop at Lidl for the meat and as many things I can, do the rest in supermarket. A big difference is that I cook everything from scratch. No cereal from breakfast we have porridge, biscuits for the dcs cooked at home, same with the bread.
And I freeze everything! Even a half portion if left over in the evening is frozen for lunch another day.
Menu plan help keeping the cost down andensure that I never have food that is just ending up in the bin because I didn't get to use it before it went off.

There are 5 of us and we spend £60 per week. I was feeling quite flush the other day so thought 'fuck it' and did one of those trolley dash type shops, flinging in treats and impulse buys. I spent £83! I love Aldi.

It's very doable if you have a freezer. I think you should look at it as 100 month, not 25 a week. Most recipes are 4 servings so you cook 7 meals a month. You can easily make a nutritious veggie meal for well under 5 quid but if we're generous let's calculate with a fiver. That's 35 pounds a month for your main meals. Breakfast 5 pounds. Lunches 20. Leaves you with 40 for snacks, drinks and other stuff you need. I'd love to do you a sample meal plan.

Just wanted to wish you good luck op

What a wonderfully helpful, supportive and resourceful place this is.

I would also second the idea of talking to a mortgage advisor now. He or she may be able to get you a better deal now. And talk you though your options for when your fixed rate term ends. Best to be in possession of all the facts I reckon