Cost of living Florida
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Re: Cost of living Florida
I see travel insurance, never thought of that-If i could stay for 6 months that would do it as the US has an agreement with australia where we will draw the pension from which will be $ 582.63 US a week.
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I've got a husband with the appetite of a horse, and a daughter that loves things like smoked salmon, fresh olives and chorizo and also eats a huge amount (my son is more fussy and eats a bit less - for now anyway!).
Everything I cook is fresh though, I don't buy any convenience food which is much more expensive, and I do only shop at Tescos rather than Waitrose! £100 a week or less is our usual.
I wonder if you were in London or a more expensive part of the UK too? Your gas/elec bill quoted above seemed incredibly high to me too, so perhaps the area makes a difference.
Everything I cook is fresh though, I don't buy any convenience food which is much more expensive, and I do only shop at Tescos rather than Waitrose! £100 a week or less is our usual.
I wonder if you were in London or a more expensive part of the UK too? Your gas/elec bill quoted above seemed incredibly high to me too, so perhaps the area makes a difference.
I shop (online) at Sainsburys just because I cant stand wheeling that bloody trolley up and down the aisles at the weekend but its still around £150.00 ish plus a week. (I'm veggie well one of those annoying still eat fish vegetarians! so I know the smoked salmon thing!(especially on bagels), my baby Milk (aptamil is 10.00 and a pack of nappies is 10.00 theres 20 pound on two items)
so thats possibly the added expense?
Last edited by goldenstate31; May 21st 2012 at 7:33 pm. Reason: spelling (again!)
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Re: Cost of living Florida
I get IAMS, around the $40 mark for the big Blue Bag.
Because she seems to so well out on her travels I just feed her one scoop a day. So a big bag last for quite a few months.
Somebody was swearing the other day about some Canadian dog food very good for the coat?
Because she seems to so well out on her travels I just feed her one scoop a day. So a big bag last for quite a few months.
Somebody was swearing the other day about some Canadian dog food very good for the coat?
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I have some friends who have a Memorial Day party, bring your gun or borrow one of theirs, BBQ, Beer and who can shoot the most rodents from the deck. But they probably have a 10 mile free fire zone.
I was concerned with a .22 that I could theoretically if you pointed in the right direction with the right elevation lob one on the to the Highway.
So I thought an air rifle would be a safer bet?
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Nappies, at BJ's, getting Pampers, it's $50 for about 200 on deal at the moment, but the cruisers and the like are $40 for 115 nappies.
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But other wise, sounds like a fun party!
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I do like the Mosseburg, had thought of getting one. But not for this purpose.
I have some friends who have a Memorial Day party, bring your gun or borrow one of theirs, BBQ, Beer and who can shoot the most rodents from the deck. But they probably have a 10 mile free fire zone.
I was concerned with a .22 that I could theoretically if you pointed in the right direction with the right elevation lob one on the to the Highway.
So I thought an air rifle would be a safer bet?
I have some friends who have a Memorial Day party, bring your gun or borrow one of theirs, BBQ, Beer and who can shoot the most rodents from the deck. But they probably have a 10 mile free fire zone.
I was concerned with a .22 that I could theoretically if you pointed in the right direction with the right elevation lob one on the to the Highway.
So I thought an air rifle would be a safer bet?
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We do get it from the farmer next door so pay cost price, but it's still only £10.99 for 15kg in the shops.
I shop (online) at Sainsburys just because I cant stand wheeling that bloody trolley up and down the aisles at the weekend but its still around £150.00 ish plus a week. (I'm veggie well one of those annoying still eat fish vegetarians! so I know the smoked salmon thing!(especially on bagels), my baby Milk (aptamil is 10.00 and a pack of nappies is 10.00 theres 20 pound on two items)
so thats possibly the added expense?
so thats possibly the added expense?
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Re: Cost of living Florida
We buy Dr. Johns Gold - http://www.gilpa.co.uk/product.php?shopprodid=6
We do get it from the farmer next door so pay cost price, but it's still only £10.99 for 15kg in the shops.
Could well be. We also don't drink a huge amount of alcohol, which I suspect means our shopping costs a lot less than most peoples! But I do budget very carefully as well, and do lots of 'family meals for a fiver' type recipes.
We do get it from the farmer next door so pay cost price, but it's still only £10.99 for 15kg in the shops.
Could well be. We also don't drink a huge amount of alcohol, which I suspect means our shopping costs a lot less than most peoples! But I do budget very carefully as well, and do lots of 'family meals for a fiver' type recipes.
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Is it really beer, proper beer? Whenever I have been to anything even remotely red-neckish. beer was always at a premium. Good thing is they do not want to drink the stuff we bring. I still do not understand why.