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Managing Your Family's Budget

mum of 3 boys 1 girl

Meal Plans

any tips would be great.. i need to get the food bill down! it's way to high... thanks

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simple savings is a good sight they have tip pages, menu planners, gift ideas etc and if you subscribe to newsletter has handy hints...

LizzyWizzy

Can you live off $800 a week in NZ?

Hello, This might be a bit of a long one - sorry. My partner might be transferred back to Auckl...

8 replies

Hey thanks, I'd love to pick your brain! I've spent all morning looking at where we can cut back. I think we may have to move to So...

Cheekie_Chopz

Still waiting for DP tax refund and centrelink tax refund

Hey guys thanks for reading my post, firstly i would like to say that my partner lodged his tax ...

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when dp did his he payed an extra amount to get it back within 4 days! Well that was a load of crap. After he lodge his tax an we k...

tam1111

How much does you family spend

I was reading the responses to the previous post about grocery shopping and it got me thinking ab...

35 replies

Mmm... I need to start budgeting a bit better! We're a family of three and I budget around $200 per week for food. It always ends ...

Bills question

To those of you who pay a certain amount off your electricity, phone, water bill etc each week or...

8 replies

Thanks for all the info. I do my banking online and that sounds like to best way for me to set it up at the moment! Will sit down to...

Shani27

2 credit cards

Need some financial advise on how to best pay off our two credit cards. Prior to having babies w...

3 replies

Yes we are in Australia. From what I have found out from other banks I called so far we actually have one of the higherest rates. I ...

Squidlet

Stay At Home Mum

Sharing is caring guys, it's a pretty cool website. http://www.stayathomemum.net.au/ For those...

6 replies

I had a look but the post is misleading about spending $100 a fortnight on groceries, the meal plan doesnt cover 14 days for a start...

Jade&CailsMummy

Centerlink

I left work about 3 months i had my reasons and am pregnant and i contacted centerlink to let the...

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what did the woman say when you said, why the hell do you have a job then.. sorry haven't quite worked out how to use quote yet lol

Olive*Oyl

What is your no 1

I almost cried when I saw my shopping bill yesterday It was atrocious!! I was scared to tell D...

20 replies

Fill your meals up with more vegies, We made the rule that at least half the plate must be vegies or salad, and we have not only bee...

LeeLee89

Family Tax Benefit A and B

Firstly im pretty sure Ive put this in the wrong place... Can someone please explain to me what ...

6 replies

thanks guys, i think i might just go in and make an appointment and sit down to talk with someone about it. its all just too confusi...

Rachie0406

Question about centrelink

My DH and I own our own home (we have a mortgage with the bank) DH works full time, i work part t...

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I just rang centrelink and they said that i didn't need to tell them about it.

Sjaitken-1

what am i entitled to?

my partner and I have 1 girl 4 months old. we are struggling with money so much its hard to even ...

6 replies

thanks for the advice everyone, it just dawned on me i have a garage full of old funiture and junk i was going to tip but why not ha...

Streetlights

I need to 'win' this pending arguement!

HELP!! DF wants to take out a personal loan to cover paying off another personal loan (from befo...

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DP is an idiot with cars. Brought his first one in syd, tried driving it back to Darwin even though the army would have paid to ship...

teleah.n.coopers.mummy

Better off on centrelink than working full time

Well I am writing this so people can see the reality of full time work when you take into account...

16 replies

I would LOVE to go back to work... love to. I have a brain better suited to working then housework. Oh wait, don't we all? In my...

mum to rylee

HELP

I am sure there are mums on this site who can make me feel better after my crazy day My DD is 6.5...

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it will get better. like PP said you will learn to leave the big jobs for the weekends. if your washing machine has a delay start ...

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