We have spent too long chit chatting about how we are going to save and haven't begun to work out how much it is possible to save in one month. I'm hoping seeing the hard cash totals will encourage us on and keep us away from wine in the week and extra treats at the weekend.
so here's our totals so far.
Taking packed lunch and a thermos £3.50 a day so a monthly saving of £115 (no its not bad maths, I work three days a week and Max five)
Not running the dishwasher £5ish a day so a monthly saving of £130 (thats is mega encouragement to wash up not load up and switch on)
Only going to the supermarket once a week £60 versus normally over £100 so monthly savings of £160 (although we have cracked a bit on this we are still being pretty strict)
So the total we 'could' save this month is over £400 and that's not bad at all, however it is way off the £900 we need to save each month but we shall take it in baby steps. The only trouble is the chickens need a new bag of food, Martha is angling for some new felt tip pens and I'd like some new clothes to go with my new job. Factory warehouse shop here we come!
p.s If you read this earlier there was some extremely bad maths in my packed lunch sums, apologies but it's all corrected now!
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