Category Archives: Money

Food and Budget Update: 11/06 to 17/06/2016

Posted on June 21, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPINGIt was a pretty usual shop for me this week, I had completely run out of sugar and olive oil. WHAT I ATE Pizza on Saturday with Gin and Tonic Cake with Rhubarb Compote for pudding.Sunday was this rice bowl … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 04/06 to 10/06/2016

Posted on June 14, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  The shopping came to £15.33, slightly over but still pretty good. COOKING AND EATING I had a photo issue this week. On Thursday, I had to reset my phone and I forgot that I hadn’t saved the photos on … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 28/05 to 03/06/2016

Posted on June 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  This week was a pain shopping wise. 4 shops, Lidl, Sainsburys. Tescos and M&S the total spent was £13.57 This was Saturday’s shop. On Monday, I was in M&S and bought 2 packets of strawberries (reduced to £1 each) … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 21/05 to 27/05/2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by nicdempsey

Time to talk about food and budgets. My food week runs from Saturday until Friday. I went to Paris on the Friday and didn’t get back until late Sunday night, which is why this week appears quite short. SHOPPING  I … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 14/05 to 20/05/2016

Posted on May 24, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING I was very busy this weekend, which explains the very quick and blurry photo of my shopping. I was really pleased that on Saturday morning the only vegetables left in the fridge were some carrots, which were peeled and grated … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 30/04 to 06/05/2016

Posted on May 10, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  Straight away, I should confess to some ‘cheating’, I used some of my holiday money to buy a couple of pies and some sausages from The Amble Butcher. The rest of my shopping was done in Lidl and Morrisons in Morpeth … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 16/04 to 22/04/2016

Posted on April 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

I wanted to have an less spendy week, which I sort of did. the theme of this week was chickpeas. That wasn’t entirely planned but I had a bag of dried chickpeas which I wanted to cook this weekend and … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 09/04 to 15/04/2016

Posted on April 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  So I blew through the £15 budget limit this week with the shopping coming to a grand total of £18.24. Not good. Here’s what that bought:   COOKING AND EATING  Saturday night dinner was amazing.  We had an aubergine … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 02/04 to 08/04/2016

Posted on April 12, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was a pretty normal week, except that I had Monday off and came down with a cold mid week, it’s been going around the office, so not unexpected SHOPPING  This is what I bought. It was a grand total … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 26/03 to 01/04/2016

Posted on April 5, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was Easter weekend which budget wise feels a bit wonky. SHOPPING  I shopped on Good Friday because that seemed like it might be easier, I had a feeling that on Saturday everyone was going to remember that the shops were … Continue reading →

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