£10 Challenge Days 4 and 5

It's been ground hog day in Cartoon Kirsty Land.

I still haven't spent any more of my original £10, so the score still stands at £9.74.

Food wise I'm doing really well....


With the vegetables from the greengrocers and a tin of mixed beans from my store cupboard I've managed to make a total of 6 dinner potions of food, 2 ratatouille and 4 bean casserole. I think bean casserole tastes better after it's been frozen, so today and yesterday I've had ratatouille, baked with cheese on top.  I had the first potion with a peanut butter sandwich, and today's with mash potato.

Lunch has been the same for both days: 1 and 1/2 sandwiches, a satuma, a penguin, 30g (1 fruit potion) of saltanas and 2 oaty mountains. Ditto for breakfast; Wheat biscuits, saltanas and milk. and ditto for snacks too; 4 bourbon biscuits, yesterday- a yoghurt and today some fairy cakes, as it's my birthday :) I made them with the 22p value cake mix. I jazzed them up with icing, lemon and chocolate flavouring.

I decided today that the cheap chocolate is just too awful, and therefore I haven't had any at all. Being at work has help with meal timings, and with a later dinner time I decided not to have any supper.

So, the much awaited value wheat biscuit evaluation; umm.. they are okay. They are quite small, so I've been having 3 at breakfast, they taste okay, and they mix with milk reasonably well. They aren't as nice as the real thing, but they are edable and I'd probably buy them again if needed.

I'm much more impressed with the value baby lotion, at 9p. Although the freshly moisturised feeling doesn't last as long as my normal choice, the smell is pleasant and it leaves my face clean when used as a cold cream.

I'm 5 days down and 2 too go.. so tune in tomorrow :)


Things I've done differently to save money:

• Not much

Meals Today

Beakfast: Psuedo-weetabix x 3, milk, and 30g saltanas
Lunch: 1 and 1/2 sandwhich, 1 satsuma, 2 oaty mountains, a penguin bar, 30g saltanas

Dinner: ratatouille, and either a peanut butter sandwich or mashed potato

Snacks: 4 bourbons biscuits,  and on day 5- fairy cakes

Drinks: Water, 1x squash

Supper: nothing