or, alternatively, ‘Men don’t make passes, at girls who drink glasses of milk…..
Do you recon I can convince my girls of this? Or milk gives you zits or ??????
We gotta reduce our milk consumption. I just popped down to the supermarket, now I have been a bad little frugalite and have NO IDEA how much milk costs. I need it, it doesn’t go on ‘special’ so I just buy it. Normally it is part of a basket of stuff, I don’t think I have ever just bought milk on it’s own.
I bought 3 litres of Rev low fat milk. It was $6.10. *boggle*
I had to hold myself up at the counter.
We go through a 3 litre bottle in 2 days. Thats $21.35 on milk per week. Don’t add up per year, I couldn’t handle seeing the number. To top it off DH and DS can’t drink milk and I only have it in my coffee. These girls gotta start drinking something else.
What kills me though, my girls are healthy. They don’ t drink soft drink and have cordial occasionally. It’s water or milk. Well not anymore my little chickidees. Not unless you get a part time job to support your low fat, calcium and protein fortified Moo juice habit.
It’s due to the drought I am told. Everything is going up in price, except what I am paid for my sweat and tears Mr Howard.
Boo has a golden delicious habit. His sisters support it and join him in his addiction. We go through 5 kilos of apples a week at least, @ $6 a kilo. LALALALALA *hands over ears* don’t tell me what that is a week I don’t wanna know. And then there is all the other fruit…… Too loves red capsicum to snack on, last lot I bought was $7.95 a kilo!
Meat. Shhhh, don’t say that out loud or the carnivores will start salivating and I will have to mop the floor again. I am only buying meat when it is less than $5 per meal. I had to head high tackle some grey haired biatch blocking my chance to grab a discounted beef roast with her ‘walking frame’. Walking frame, yeah right, you are just trying to hide all the discounted meat lady. GET OUT OF MY WAY! I have teenagers to feed! Nah, I didn’t really do that. I went up to the poor old dear and said ‘Let me hold that for you, it looks heavy’. When she handed it over, I hightailed it out of there!
Nah, that didn’t happen either. She took it and I cried.
The cost of feeding my hoard is killing me. Literally. I have grey hairs popping out every day, Dr Lewins secret formula ain’t cutting it for combating the lines appearing on my face. I have to take a paper bag with me to the supermarket to stop me hyperventilating at the checkout.
DH has to get a job. Mummy needs some botox.
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Awww Kelley! I so know how you feel. About a year or so ago we were going through 3L of milk in one day! That’s two adults and two small children.
I surrupticiously switched to powdered – took me a couple of months. The girl still drink 1L a day (at about 60c a litre) and Hubby, well, if I buy it, he will drink it.
Maybe try stretching the milk by mixing 1L of powdered with 1L of fresh and see if anyone notices the difference. Hehehe. My kids didn’t!
Yeah, I tried that once. 1/4 powdered to 3/4 fresh. Thought I would go slowly. Found Moo pouring it down the drain cause it tasted like “Anal dwelling butt monkey” Noice. From what I have learnt from the frugals girls
is that I can get it cheaper. Will have a look around tomorrow.
Oh and just to make you feel better, I bought a pair of shoes tonight
Boring black ones, but considering I didn’t own a pair of black shoes, probably considered a necessity 
OH I had another thought this morning (are you sick of me yet
? ) about using powdered milk just in cooking (if you do much cooking with milk that is?). Might help offset the costs of your girls expensive milk habits!
SHOES! You bought SHOES and didn’t discuss this with me first! Black shoes are good. Thigh high boots or cute 6 inch kitten heels? I have bought both this year and just scored some gorgeous chunky black wedges that I am in love with right now. Stop me! I could go on for years!!!!!!!!
*slap* OK better now, and I don’t use milk in cooking much but that is an idea when I do. Thanks Kin.
My hubby goes through a 2 litre bottle on his own every 2 1/2 days. He doesn’t drink plain milk, doesn’t eat cereal and milk, it goes only into his coffee. He’s unemployed,(and unemployable, has mental problems) sits around the house smoking (outside only) and drinking coffee. He also washes the dishes but often finds that he can’t get through that one task without a smoke/coffee break, then another s/c break before deciding that drying them is just too much to handle.
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