Well we are at that time of the month when the pennies get a bit tight!  Tighter this month because the car was MOTd, needed two new tyres which we have paid out for only to have the car totalled and written off.  I also did a major shop in a couple of tranches of meat for the month.  I should not need to top up massively on the meat front unless we run out of a particular ingredient.  I am so glad that I concentrated on stocking up so much this month.  I tend to do this when I can do it. I also did a major cleaning materials raid as well this last month.  Next time probably middle of the month, I will stock up on tinned goods as I am getting low on some items. So what do we do to get by?  Well I start diving into the Freezer and the Pantry ingredients and the fresh items that I do have in the fridge.  I make use of what we have and do what I can within the time frame before the next pay day.  This is one of the main reasons that I try and ma...