Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
Buying food for yourself on £ 40 per calendar month must be hard and there must be so many repeated dishes and wasting nothing from yesterdays food, i am not saying it cant be done at all, but adding a whopping 50% it would make it easy for me.
Good luck if this is what you are wanting buying your own food, but i must admit there are certain foods i dont eat what Emma buys so maybe your partner dont like anything you buy too and the other way round.
Be interesting what your budget is for the household bills and everyday stuff, or again do you just buy and pay your own way in life .
Never waste any food, never reheat anything, never eat anything other than English food as I know it, never eat out never had a take away, never bought a Costa coffee, I think I eat very well and it's how I've eaten all my life so to me it's very normal, sometimes I buy a bar of chocolate and it will last three weeks because to me things like that are a luxury, never bought actual sweets because as a child I was taught that I would have no teeth and that's turned out true because I have lovely teeth still. Regarding rice, had it on odd occasion, must admit when in Philippines I did have things like rice with beef steak or chicken also the odd Kentucky but didn't have a lot of choice really and I think that's the only time I've had to buy food out. During my working life when I was driving for my living I did buy food in transport cafe's but all they sold in those days were proper breakfasts and dinners and that was perfect for me, I do like fish and chips but only have them once or twice a year food to me is not a priority it's a necessity, must add I may have a fizzy drink a couple of times a year, when I walk round a shop or supermarket and see things like chocolate cake and other tempting luxuries I have the will power to ignore that kind of stuff because it's not needed to keep me alive and healthy. When I was married to my ex most Philipina friends and visitors used to say we were rich because we went to Philippines twice a year and bought a new car every year went on a nice Cornish holiday every year, had a nice immaculate furnished home and we were on less income than these people it was because me and my ex were always very careful with money because she wouldn't spend a penny and we always saved to pay cash for anything and everything never any credit at all, the moral of this kind of life is that it's what you don't spend that's important in life.