Aims Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 hey!im gonna be moving house soon for the first time ever! its a small and old house but i have never lived by myself before! anyone got any pionters or anything to say to make me feel better? plus, anyone got any tips on living on a food budget for a week???? £20!!??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I Have done on and off for the last few years.. Biggest advantage is you can live how you like and not have to be tidy, quiet for others.. lay sprawled out on teh couch all day if you so wish.. and live to your own timetable. but dont stay alone for too long as it can become all to easy to become a hermit Biggest draw back is the obvious social aspect can get very boring, unless you are able to escape and visit people.. Livign on a budget... something I have never totally mastered.. but just go back to your student days of living of lental curry and such like... alway buy a whole roast chicken ( unless a veggei ofc ) then you can have a roast one day.. chicken sandwiches/salad the next.. and boil up the bones for lovely chicken stock which you can turn into a huge pot of soup that you can live of for weeks.. stay away from so called fast food.. ready prepared food.. alway cost tens tiem more than can make yourself.. and never as tasty. even buying a bag of flour and soem yeast for making homemade pizza is better than buyin the froozen ones.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Good luck Aims! Better buy a big bag of lentils and see if you can get some tatties off someone for free. Have you got a fishing rod? It's fun living on your own once you get used to it. No one to answer to etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Try to vary the diet as much as possible. I lived on Lasagne for four days a week and soup for the other three. I also had soup for lunch. This went on for months and it sends you mad in the end 8O Get a coat with big pockets and go shoplifting. Steer clear of the booze aisles, after all no-one would suspect that customers are going to be stealing the broccolli - only kidding. It is difficult living on that sort of budget up here as the prices don't get slashed like they do south. There is always the supermarket skips though. Some good stuff gets binned in there all too regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 There's loads of good stuff on the Moneysaving Expert forums. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com and http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/index.html. Moneysaving Old Style & Student Moneysaving amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aims Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 thanks very much peeps! lol sadly i have never been a uni student before, but im just gonna have to live on the cheap stuff from somerfeilds. i think my main meal most nights will be baked potatoes and beans with a lil bit of cheese!!! mmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Best advice I can give is to watch your waste. Anything bought and not used is a drain on your budget. Look out for bargains.......Somerfield have a huge box of washing powder for less than £2. Check the use/sell by dates on everything you buy but remember that date only applies to an unopened packet stored as directed. Local shops are cheaper for some things.....worth checking. A freezer is a great help if you use it a lot. Otherwise it justs pushes up the electric bill. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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