A miserly May on Mumsnet for the fantastic frugaleers!

[MissAnnersleyismyhero]

Saw April was getting very full so thought I'd start this off early!
Welcome to all who want to save cash, live frugally and pay debts, or just trying to live within our means!
Full of hints and tips on how to save money in the supermarket, meal planning and daily life.

[ComfyLeatherChair]

I might make the sacrifice too!
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/jane-clare-wines-lidl-kind-6713384

[northender]

I'm just planning my £45 aldi shop. Making sure I get stuff which will last or freeze to make up the cost. Lidl just isn't as convenient for us.
NSD today

[ilovepicnmix]

NSD. This is working out to be a cheap trip back to see family.

fluffy do you know how long the lidl voucher is valid for and does it have to be printed off?

Welcome comfy and all newcomers.

[ilovepicnmix]

I've just checked fb so will answer my own questions. valid this Fri till Mon and needs to be printed . I'll still be at my mum's but she might like it. My frugalness is a family joke so it'll give her a laugh if nothing else.

[CoolCadbury]

lilac and italian I am sure there will be a YNAB sale on in May. (I can feel it in my waters )

[AdoraBell]

Had a think about PJs and decided against looking, they can manage with what they already have

[MissMysticFalls]

Sort of a NSD as I bought things with my birthday money. Until this evening when DP ordered a takeaway - but I can make my lot last for three meals and we discovered this morning that we had about 65 quid still in our "jam jars" for April so decided we could treat ourselves and take DS to a (overpriced) children's farm this week as well.

[AuditAngel]

Evening all. MissA thank you for the new thread. NSD today.

Yesterday £10 for DD1's dancing t-shirt and I owe £18 for her hoodie but I didn't have enough cash on me to pay this one.

£14.30 in M&S on bits and bobs, went in for coleslaw, but got lots of reduced bargains.

[lilacclery]

Great coolcadbury won't hold you to it but it'd be great to get it at a frugal price! I successfully downloaded the trial to my pc, it was on my laptop the previous time that I didn't use it so spent a bit of time last night getting familiar with it and will watch the videos etc at the weekend. Will give it a good road test and then sale will either have happened or I will have decided if it's worth the full price.

Planned spending for today is Fairy Liquid, can't compromise on this & toilet paper has to be the 10 pack in pink wrapper from Lidl. That should be it.

[Helenagrace]

Hello!

Signing in for May. We are spending loads at the moment. Had to buy a second car for DH to get to his new job. Got a good deal I think. They wouldn't drop the price but they have given us a £500 two year warranty plan and six month's tax.

Also looks like we're moving. The house here is fine but the kitchen is beyond dreadful. The neighbour says it was fitted in 1985! It's quite literally falling apart and the LL does the bare minimum. For £200 per month more we can get a bigger much nicer house by the beach so we're going for it. Bit stressful though as we have to get all the checks done by Friday.

I'm not going to write down what we're spending. I will just cry.

[FantaSea]

lilac I have to buy Fairy liquid too! The other day in Asda they were selling off the huge 1250ml bottles for 50p each! I couldn't believe my luck so I got 4 and so have enough to last me ages .

[ItalianWiking84]

Payday :) Very nice. So added another 535 to the saving, so saving total from april pay is 1535 euros :=) Feels good.... Hoping for a NSD today....

[annielostit]

Aldi pinot grigio is better than lidl @3.99 a go.

[Fluffycloudland77]

£10 on petrol.

[CoolCadbury]

italian that's some serious saving. Well done

helena I would kill for a house by the beach so an extra £200, if you can afford it, sounds okay to me. Is it going to cost loads to move? Last time, we did most of it ourselves and for the big stuff, hired a man with a van.

[CoolCadbury]

Despite spending £124 last week on food shopping, our monthly spending on food and toiletries came to £320.

[MissAnnersleyismyhero]

Almost an NSD until I passed the fruit stall on my way back from blood test - could not walk past 3 massive punnets of strawbs for £2. So LSD.

Feeling good about debt repayment, DH had a wobble this morning when he saw £1500 of really hard earned, long awaited freelance and overtime money he has earned in dribs and drabs since October (but received all at once on this payday) going straight off debt, but we chatted and he seems more cheerful now.

It's funny, it doesn't get me down at all - I get a high off paying down the debt whereas he gets frustrated. He's really done amazingly though - gone from habitually chucking small purchases onto one of 3 credit cards and juggling the payments to living completely within his means almost overnight - no slips in 4 months.

YY annie to Aldi Pinot

[MissAnnersleyismyhero]

flip me cool! Lobster at yours tonight is it?

[AdoraBell]

Well done on getting DH to that point MissAnnersley.

I had a result this morning, forgot to give DDs £2.50 each for something in school today so they had DH's spare cash instead. Means I can do my end of one month and beginning of next month NSDs.

It's a holiday here tomorrow so no school run road tolls. I'll buy honey and nuts on Friday.

[ItalianWiking84]

Thanks cool all goes towards the car deposit and a house mortgage, so feeling very happy every time the savings goes up :)
NSD here :)

[FantaSea]

Just bought a 16-25 railcard for DD using my Tesco clubcard vouchers. It would normally be £30 but has only cost me £15 in vouchers and will save her a third on all her rail travel for a year, so I am very happy .

[CremeEggThief]

£15.89, on travel, a new boot tray and a coffee out. I've been feeling a bit fed up lately and I got paid today, so decided to take out £20 for unbudgeted spending.

The only Lidl wine I've had is their New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc for £5.something, and I was extremely impressed.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Nsd