BF was away last week for a job. Two of the workers called in sick, so it was just BF, his dad and my little brother (he is nearly 15). They decided to just pull long days, so BF worked 64 hours last week and earnt $1920.00. $450 went on tax, but on the good side he didn't have to pay for his food/petrol/accomodation.
He still has the last three weeks of pay in his bank as well, so he is transferring $950 to me (owes me for some concert tickets and car rego) then transferring about $3k into his savings account. YAY! Then he will live off whatever he has left until next week.

I am so proud of him, he has come a long way. :-)

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I tried shopping at a fruit and vegetable store that I haven't been to since I was a little girl shopping with mum. It's known for being a bargain. I have to say I was impressed. For $39.95 I bought:
1 lettuce, 1kg bananas, 750g tomatoes, 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes, 500g carrots, 1 lemon, 3 capsicum, 6 avocados, 1kg nectarines, 1 cucumber, 2kg potatoes, 3 grapefruit, a six pack of freshly baked wholemeal pita breads, 1kg zucchini, 1kg sweet potato, 1 kg broccoli, 500g beans, 1 head of australian garlic and one large pumpkin.

Normally I spend about $20-$25 at the markets, but I get less. So I am thinking that the markets and this vege store are around the same, cost wise. I don't normally buy this much stuff, buteverything comes in 1kg/2kg/500g bags. There isn't much that is loosely packed. So normally I would buy one head of brocolli, but they only come in bags of four (1kg). Or I would buy about 4 potatoes, but they only come in bags of 2kg.

So this has made me VERY determined to not waste a single piece of fruit or vegetable. As a consequence my spending at the supermarket this week has only been $10. I will need to pick up a couple of things, but this week I think we will be mostly eating veges, veges and more veges. Menu Plan to follow shortly!