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Three words: Tesco Value Range

I buy loads of their products and they are absolutely FINE!

Some eg's: Value noodles 9p (ditch the flavour sachet and  use them as the noodles with a stirfry)
Value Yogurt 6p
Value bread 40p
Value Oats 55p
Value eggs (15) £1.45 or (6) 88p
value orange juice 56p
Value Peanut butter 69p

Those are just a few examples off the top of my head.  The range covers pretty much every basic product you can imagine. If you want to get an idea of what you could buy register for their online grocery site and type in 'tesco value' into the search box.  You wil see all the products.  (good to get an idea of what you want before you go to the shop because often the value range products are tucked away and you have to play store detective and hunt them out).I totally think you wlll be fine on £10 for a week with 2 people, but you will have to shop smart and it won't be a gourmet week by any stretch. 

You mention you have a bag of lentils.  Lentils are so unbelievably filling. One of my fave things to do with them is making up a sausauge/lentil/potato/other vege casserole.  Yum!

Hope you finances pick up soon :)

The only cranberry sauce we have here in the UK is the one you get in a little glass jasr by Ocean Spray.  It's not really a jelly though.  Is that different to what you guys are talking about?!?!

Original Post by marlies4:

Don't know if you like kids but if you do think about being a nanny. With your degrees you would get paid pretty well. I have been working as a nanny for 6 years and love it.

Actually I have thought about that... All the really awesome nanny jobs tend to be in London for posh schmancy-fancy families.  It's something I'll explore a bit further if I do get more desperate!  Luckily I have a wonderful BF who is happy to support me while I look for a job, so I do have the luxury of not having to worry about rent etc.  Phew.

Original Post by dnrothx:

 Heh.  I do think performance arts are a possibility if you're the cream of the crop.  I have a friend who is an opera singer that is doing some sort of internship or apprenticeship or whatever-they-call-it with the Metropolitan Opera.  So, she's made it work.  If one's talent warrants it, then by all means pursue it and be prepared for tough competition.  If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

However, if you're just average (e.g., my piano playing, at best...violin playing, not even close! :D), fuhgetaboutit.  I suppose it's about developing multiple interests.  I love music, but I realized long ago that it wasn't going to pay the bills.  Pursued other things that I liked as much and made a career out of it.

That's absolutely brilliant! I guess one of the things standing in the way of me getting a proper grown up career is because I'm still doing singing on the side, with the aim of getting into a postgrad course over here at Royal College/Royal Academy/Guildhall/somewhere similar, hopefully within the next 2 years.  Because that takes up A LOT of time, I really don't want to commit myself to working 40 or 50 hours of corporate bullsh*t.  

And anyway, our Times is way older than your Times

Original Post by alibsam:

Eh not necessarily. I knew I'd need more than a BS in psych to do anything and had always planned to get my PhD in Social Psych. Things just change. However, I'm not sure my upcoming MA in International Peace and Security will do a WHOLE lot either. haha

Come over to Europe and get a job with the UN.

Ali: Your friend sounds absolutely amazing!

I am totally willing to be flexible in terms of where I live, but my partner is less keen on moving.  If I manage to find a job in London we will be forced to move closer though (at the moment am 50 min train ride from central London). 

I'm also facing the uphill battle in that im on a 2 year visa and I DEFINITELY think it makes prospective employers think twice about hiring me.  Sigh. 

It's really not unusual to have massive water gains associated with TOM.  Some women experience up to 8lbs!

Original Post by muttlover:

What kind of job have you been looking for? Music jobs such as teaching are in very low demand because many public schools are cutting their music departments due to budget cuts.

German is a different story. I'm not sure how qualified you have to be, but have you thought of being a German translator? My friend is studying Chinese in school in hopes to become a Chinese translator. They are actually paid pretty well for just listening and translating.

You could also look into German teaching jobs.

Well I'd like to find a job to do with music, although not necessarily teaching.  I'm looking for jobs already.  No point wallowing... but I so wanna stuff my face with chocolate right now.  Reaaallly trying hard not to. :(

Original Post by muttlover:

I'm so sorry. I know a lot of people who are going through very tough times, or their parents are having trouble getting them through college.

Can I ask what your two degrees are? Just curious! :)

Possibly the 2 most pointless degrees on the face of the earth:

Bachelor of Music with Honours (Voice Performance)

Bachelor of Arts (German)

If you have a cold your system is all gunked up with mucus and things anyway, and it needs to retain water in order to keep producing all that mucus! 

The sodium could also be adding to the problem.

Don't stress until you are well again.  I bet you have lost weight ... just don't be surprised if you put it back on again after a couple of days of eating regular again. 

I was on it for about a year, maybe 18months.  Only thing I noticed was dry lips and dry eyes (I wear contacts).  Staying out of the sun as much as possible helps, or wear a good sunscreen.  You'll be fine! 

wow thanks everyone. these are great so far!

only problem is, i keep seeing stuff *I* want!!!

are your mushrooms dried mushrooms by any chance?  If so, then they could be high calorie because the water has been removed.  If raw, mushrooms are about 15 cal per 100 g.  Preeeetttty low calorie in my book!

Team: Blue
Week 0.   7/7-79: 275.9
Week 1.   7/14-7/16: 274.3
Week 2.   7/21-7/23: (sorry I was away this week)
Week 3.   7/28-7/30: 273.9
Week 4.   8/4-8/6: 272.8
Week 5.   8/11-8/13:
Week 6.   8/18-8/20:
Week 7.   8/25-8/27:  271.9
Week 8.   9/1-9/3:

Total lost: 4

Team: Blue
Week 0.   7/7-79: 275.9
Week 1.   7/14-7/16: 274.3
Week 2.   7/21-7/23: (sorry I was away this week)
Week 3.   7/28-7/30: 273.9
Week 4.   8/4-8/6: 272.8
Week 5.   8/11-8/13:
Week 6.   8/18-8/20:
Week 7.   8/25-8/27:
Week 8.   9/1-9/3:

Total lost: 3.1