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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: 07/05 to 13/05/2016

Posted on May 17, 2016 by nicdempsey

I have to confess that food wasn’t much on my mind last week. I was tired and had a migraine and I just wasn’t feeling that enthused. SHOPPING I went to Lidl on Sunday afternoon and stuck to the list. … 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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Food and Budget Update: 19/03 to 25/03/2016

Posted on March 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  Here are the lists: Here are the receipts: And here’s what that bought: The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that there are two bags of sweeties (jelly bunnies and mini eggs) in the shopping. I had told Ma … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 05/03 to 11/03/2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was a bad week. Mostly because I had an upset tummy for most of the week. SHOPPING  I decided on Saturday that I didn’t really need to shop this week. There seemed to be lots of food hanging about … Continue reading →

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