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October 2011 Grocery Challenge
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Todays spend is
Northampton Market £3.50 on fruit and vegetables
Sainsbury's £22.49 on other food shopping
Total spent for this week is
£25.99.Cat, Dogs and the Horses are our fag and beer money
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Another NSD so should come in under budget, but I think I will go up to budget level by buying extra cartons of toms to put up for winter.£1 a day 2025: £90.00/365 Xmas fund0
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hi....had a small spend on the coop today and £2 in farmfoods.....rolo and yorkie pots 2 packs of 2 for £1...also got crunchie mini bags £2.50 b1g1f in the coop....i find this size very handy for lunch packups and to eat with my cup of coffee
i 2nd the poster that mentioned the early bargains in aldi but ours reduced bread...fruit and veg i have never seen the pies and chicken reduced....but ill keep looking
as i am sat here ds and dh are hacking up a pumpkin as a practice for halloween....oh the mess
take care tessa ramseyonwards and upwards0 -
:and then I want a spooky DVD. I dont want to scare them to death though so can anyone suggest a good spooky movie for ages 7 and under? :
my girls (1, 3, 6 and 9) loved this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monsters-vs-Aliens-1-Disc-DVD/dp/B001NGO8BC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319048906&sr=8-10 -
my girls (1, 3, 6 and 9) loved this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monsters-vs-Aliens-1-Disc-DVD/dp/B001NGO8BC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319048906&sr=8-1
my kids are in their teens now but have you seen the Scared Shrekless DVD that they have in Tesco for £5 at the moment?Jane
ENDIS. Employed, no disposable income or savings!0 -
This month is just going from bad to worse. Spent some money in Poundland, Mr S & Iceland. I need this month to end asap & for November begin!Grocery aim £450pm.Spent £519 August, £584 July, £544 June, £541 May, £549 April, £517 March, £517 Feb,£555 Jan, £573 Dec, £465Nov, £561Oct, £493Sept, £426Aug,£496 Jul, £528Jun, £506May,£498April, £558 March, £500Feb, £500 Jan, £490 Dec, £555 Nov,£566 Oct, £505Sept, £450Aug, £410 July, £437 June, £491 May, £471 April, £440 March, £552Feb, £462Jan0
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Having looked at what's in the cupboard and freezer and considering I'm away for a few days next week I've decided to do an essentials only shop on the weekend. This means hopefully spending about £10.
So far the only things I can think of that are needed are...
dog food (about £5)
small milk
an onion
maybe shampoo and conditioner (see how the bottle goes)
bit of fruit
We'll see how it goes......0 -
A total of £6.79 in spends and 1 NSD since I last checked in. I'm almost starting to believe we can make it to the end of the month within budget, although it'll be tight. I'm trying to focus on using stuff from the freezer and stash - but haven't been doing well on fresh fruit and veg. So I'm avoiding buying more of that unless I have a specific use for it planned and ready to go - no whoopsies, no 'to have some fruit available', because the stuff has just not been getting used up, and I hate to waste it. Still inundated with apples, so if I haven't thought of anything else by the weekend, I'll be making crumble and/or pies.
Rather late to add my six pen'orth on these, but:
Quintwins: I often freeze stir fry veg. I just transfer it into a freezer bag, get as much air out of it as possible, and chuck in the freezer. It will release quite a bit of liquid when you cook it from frozen, but if you're cooking it well and stir-frying at a highish heat, it'll evaporate off as you cook anyway. And if you use a sauce as well, the lack of crispness will be even more disguised.
Cattysmum: I sat down with Him Indoors yesterday and watched Scooby-Doo Meets Batman [DVD contains 70-ish minutes, I think; a couple of good episodes, from the 1972 era cartoons - we rented it, but I've seen it in Mr S for about £3], and honestly, I can't recommend it highly enough. Plenty of haunted-house-style mysterious stuff, and lots of laughs. Well, it suited two childish people in their 30s-40s, so the kids might like it too :rotfl:Haven't done the GC since February, but a glance at the Tower of Receipts tells me I really need to get back into it... and plenty of other Challenges besides.
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I went to the local butchers today to get some more stewing beef for my tamarind beef in ginger beer slow cooker recipe as MrTs didn't deliver me enough-that cost £3.35 and then had to pop into tesco local to get some coffee and got Cafe Parisien for £2.09 which brings my total to £5.44.HSBC Visa-High interest-£2349.23 Nat West £2605.18
My Overdraft-£1500
Barclaycard-1089.77
Marks and Spencer card- 3331.30 next 92.67
Total was 11066.29 now £10,968.150 -
Need to update my sig, spent £8.15 in lidl on lots of veg, flour, cheese. And 87p in sainsburys on pitas (the ones from tesco- 4 packs were OOD in 2-4 days after delivery, i assumed they would last at least a few days longer but went moldy in the packets unopened!!!!), reduced spuds, reduced sausages.Living cheap in central London :rotfl:0
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