need to live on £185 a week this month

[FloozeyLoozey]

Not including housing/utilities. There's me and eight year old ds. Need to stay within budget this month. Always skint at the end of month.

So this is just food / entertainment? Do you need to pay for school meals and transport? What are your usual outgoings?

Lucky you.

Is there a typo here?

So £780 spending money for just 2 of you this month? Lucky pair!

Is that for food & petrol only??

Assuming a typo here...

What fixed outgoings do you have?

e.g. school bus, music lesson fees, petrol for essential trips, etc?

Did you mean 185 for the month? 185 a week is loads!

Can I come and live with you?

£185 should be do-able. What are your fixed costs within that time?

Think it was a typo.

I don't think anyone is going to be helped by more posts saying "that must be a typo" or "OMG that's LOADS you must be an idiot not to be able to live on that".

Living on less than you are used to is something that requires extra thinking, no matter how much it actually is in numbers.

I bloody wish I had 185 to live on! You can't really think that's going to be a struggle can you?!

Must be a typo surely.....?!

Trills you don't get to decide what people post unfortunately.

£185pw is hardly a small amount!

What would you usually spend on OP.. If that's what you've got for the 2 of you but you're used to it being more I'm sure there are savings in there somewhere.

I am not trying to decide what people post, merely expressing the opinion that further posts to that effect would be unhelpful.

You need to live on £185 a week for a month, for just two of you? Easy.

Next!

Food wise, there's just ds(15) and me here and I spend around £60 a week (90% is organic). 1 large chicken lasts for 3 days (a roast, chicken and pasta/chicken curry/stir fry/chicken and noodles), 1 pack of mince lasts us for 2 days (chilli mince and rice/mince and pasta), fish, milk, bread, yogurt fruit and veg. I already have rice/noodles/spices/pasta. Travel is £15-30 a week (depending on if I'm needed to take him to school). I work weekends so we don't leave the house.

Hope this helps.

This is the second thread I've read in 5 minutes where posters have jumped on the Op for having a moan.

There's always someone better off or worse off but it's all relative surely?

Need to know more about your situation as we don't have that as a family of 4.

I'm just incredulous that someone would feel the need to post asking for help to stay within that budget! If housing and bills are paid, that is purely for food and entertainment. How can that be difficult?

For one I used to spend in excess of £60 on fuel a week, so that could be a large chunk of outgoings.

Childcare is about £150 a week. Over budget after two things if this was me and that's what I had a week.

Some posters need to wind their necks in. I can't stop you posting but the OP obviously is worried about it and asked a reasonable question IMO.

Floozey what does your budget need to cover?

Could I please just ask why childcare would be £150 a week for a school-age child who will be in school from next week?

Yes, it would help to know exactly what the budget needs to cover.

As regards food, as someone else suggested earlier, pasta, rice, potatoes, pulses. One chicken can go a very long way, if used sensibly.

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