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$24 Veggie Shop

Posted on January 8, 2016June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
$24 Fruit and Veggie Shop

Welcome to 2016! I totally did not accidentally type 2015 then…   It’s Friday, so that means it’s time for a food post. Normally I would blog my grocery shopping receipts but I lost/threw them out, so I can’t do that. I can tell you I spent $90.66 at Coles & $24.37 at Woolies though. […]

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$257 Grocery Shop

Posted on December 24, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
$257 Grocery Shop for a fortnight - including Christmas!

After a crappy weekend and start to the week, I had money and it was time to do my fortnightly grocery shop. Only, I was going to be at home for TEN STRAIGHT DAYS. Apart from when I had the flu and couldn’t even lift my arms to drive, I don’t know the last time […]

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What I Ate, Mate!

Posted on November 25, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Fish and Broccoli Pizza

Here it is, the fortnightly photo post of what I ate! This is partially to show you what I make with what I shop for, but a lot of things are also made from our general home stock of pasta & rice.   Fish and Broccoli Pizza: Obviously we ate this cooked and the photo […]

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Food, Glorious Food!

Posted on November 11, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Katsu Don

And it’s time!! The fortnightly “what I ate” time. Hungry, anyone?                 If you want to see what I did/ate for my 30th – that post is over here at my travel blog.                               […]

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$165 Grocery Shop

Posted on October 30, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
$165 grocery shop

To be honest, I actually wanted to spend less than $100 this fortnight. But stuff I use was on sale, a couple of things at prices that it was ridiculous NOT to buy them. Overall, I know it’s not an expensive shop, but I feel like I was a bit lazy in sticking to my […]

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I Don’t Know What Fancy Food Is

Posted on October 28, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Beef Burger

I love food but I’m not a foodie in the popular sense. I generally don’t enjoy eating out & prefer to make my own food. On that topic…   What is fancy food?   Is it the cost of the ingredients?   The time you spend making the meal?   I don’t know what is […]

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$221 Grocery Shop

Posted on October 16, 2015January 5, 2018by Vanessa Smith
$221 grocery shop

A big one this fortnight! Our freezer was getting empty by the start of this week, so I knew it was time to do a stock up shop. It also timed well with pays between varying contracts of mine, so yay! This one will last us a lot more than one fortnight for sure – […]

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$140 Grocery Shop

Posted on October 2, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
$140 Grocery Shop

It’s that time again! Take a look at what we bought for the fortnight.     For some reason, I’m lemonade obsessed right now and have drunk most of the bottle I bought and want more. Go figure. I’m not normally a huge soft drink person but right now I want it. I bought two […]

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Budget Food Shopping

Posted on September 18, 2015June 26, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Budget Food Shopping

For  a little while I’ve shared my grocery shopping budgets. I also blogged about it last year (you can read that here). For a while now I’ve been meaning to do a follow up but I keep losing my receipts each fortnight, so that makes it a bit harder to blog about it.     […]

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Arakawa Japanese Restaurant

Posted on August 19, 2015January 5, 2018by Vanessa Smith
Arakawa Japanese Restaurant RACV Royal Pines

My oh my oh my. Arakawa Japanese Restaurant at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast was fantastic. The company was also great, but the food and entertainment level was great.   Arakawa Japanese Restaurant   We decided to get a set menu, and chose menu one, which was $59.00. You can take a look at […]

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