Just to give you an idea, i pay about 4.65 for our milk,however it is a little dearer than most as i buy Anlene, which has vitamin D and other stuff for your bones in it, but it is only like about 30 cents dearer, i no longer buy supermarket bread, i buy from a bakery called bakers delight, we get really lovely fresh bread, two for $4.80.it is better quality bread,fresher and healthier, but we do have a reward card and every fourth visit we get a five dollar freebie, so makes up for the slightly dearer price than the supermarket.

As for cat food i pay $12.00 for 1.5kg of excellence and buy purina one 500gr for about 5.69, i mix the two and the bigger one lasts about three weeks, i also buy two large cans of food for them and Lexie has to have special prescription food from the vet , it cost us 27 dollars a month. My litter costs 9.95 for 15 litre bag, this last about a fortnight.

Meals are mostly chicken products,with a bit of steak and mince,pasta and fish, with salads every night and steamed vegetable, i buy pumpkin, kumara and carrots and brocoli every week, apples, pears,oranges or mandarins, and bananas every week.

I hardly ever buy biscuits,never cakes,i do buy low fat crackers, and museli bars and snacks for my daughter .

We do buy two cartons of six pack yoghurts and a pack of dairy foods for my daughter, they mount up to around nine dollars a week when on special.

I cannot buy in bulk or store things as we have little room and only a small freezer suitable for a about a weeks supply.

Eating out is a rare event ,we do occasionally but never anywhere expensive, i do not buy takeaways either, but buy a packet of oven chips or wedges which we have once a week, but they usually last a fortnight (two weeks) as well,they only cost around 3.99 at full price and are often on special.