December 2011 - Grocery Challenge
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Hi and welcome to the new people joining us - lovely to see you here - remember to check out the recipes that Rosieben lists on the first page
Ches - your budget can be weekly if that suits you better - I have included you in the weekly targets for the time being - if you want me to put you on the monthly one its no problem - its really whatever is easier for you [I'm now wondering if I've got the right person??]
Been shopping again - we sem to be going through food at a great speed!!!
Need to update my siggy but I'm too frightened to work out what we've spent!!
Helen
PS - Skintmum - just post your target when you're ready and I'll pop it on the front page :]Projects made for craft fair - 40
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I can't work calendar months as I get my housekeeping from OH each week. If I finish the challenge on the 22nd. Use the money I get on the 23rd for the extra Christmas food and the money I get on the 30th as the 1st week of January I think I will be satisfied with that. Phew.helen_jelly wrote: »... Ches - your budget can be weekly if that suits you better - I have included you in the weekly targets for the time being - if you want me to put you on the monthly one its no problem - its really whatever is easier for you [I'm now wondering if I've got the right person??] ...
Hi All,
I'll update later on but I just wanted to say sorry Ches, I was having a dim moment a couple of days ago :doh:and should have said as Helen now sensibly has, you could always have a weekly budget!
Off to slap my head a few more times ... :rotfl:
Take care,
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Just realised not posted my shopping on Monday £9.63 in B & M, £14.23 in Cool Trader and £3 in Mr S ( it actually was £43 there but I used my nectar points so only had to pay the £3. More Shopping tomorrow and then last before Christmas will be Tuesday or Wednesday I hope. Off to update sig.Need to get back to getting finances under control now kin kid at uni as savings are zilch
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I will declare bust as well, glad im not the only 1
I spent another £6.2 today, this was to get more oep glitch, chicken pack £3, frankfruters £1.99 apples £1.89 and welchs grape juice £1 odd, i know the total is more than £6.21 but the glitch took money off also got the following el paso items, x 6 tortilla packs, 3 cans of refried beans, 3 dinner kits and 3 bottles of salsa, this lot was FREE.
Also i get paid on wednesday, but dont want t touch it until jan.
Have loads in freezer, pork joint, beef joint, chicken fillets, salmon bits, chicken pieces, salmon fillets plus some stuff i hav e forgotten i am sure, so really dont need anything but because i do my promo work in mr t's sometimes i cant help it with the whoopsies, eating away from crimbo and boxing day, so shouldnt really need anything, we shall see.
Will still be logging any spends for this month though.Lose 28lb 3/28lb
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sent hubby to the shop for milk and bread for the morning and ice cream and coke for now, he spent £10 so an improvement for him (he isisted on bringing £40 with his so i was abit worried lol)
i'm happy with where my buget is right now as we're half way threw the month and i'm still only half way and we do spend more in dec but i shouldn't spend much in the last week, gonna stock up on hagen-dazs now i know it's half price we hardly ever get good offers on it and it's soooo yummy i've been eating loads of ice cream lately because i keep getting a sore throat and ears and it helpsDEC GC £463.67/£450
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Another NSD for me. FIL bought me lunch, which was lovely.
Dinner tonight was Gluten Free HM burgers.
I popped two medium sized onions in my little whizzy thingy ( very technical term that . It's a like a tiny food processor that you put the food in and keep your hand on the button and it chops the food really fine. Wish I could remember what it is called, brain freeze) Tipped the onion into a bowl. Whizzed up two slices of GF bread( one slice of normal Probably) and tipped it in the bowl. Two to three cloves of garlic, two tblsp mixed herbs. A grinding of salt and pepper.Mixed them up together. Put in 700gm minced beef and mixed that in. Made into patties by getting a lump and flattening it and shaping it between the palms of my hand. Cook in a griddle pan, I get a little oil hot and put them in and turn the temp. down and cook slowly them, not to fast as it helps keep them moist.
You can also add grated carrot to bulk it out even more and/or grated courgette. If the mixture is dry then add an egg.
I served this with lots of veggies in a bowl and lots of chips in another bowl and everyone helped themselves. Also as a variation I put slices if cheese on the burgers near the end of cooking time.BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Thanks Spigs. Yes it would be better for me to be on a weekly budget as thats how I get paid. £50 per week for me for the whole of 2012 should be doable. I have costed out my monthly menu and it comes to just under this if I have to buy everything from scratch so fingers crossed.
I will post my end of month figure on the 22nd and hopefully it will be close to target.
I will be starting the next challenge on the 30th December.Mortgage and Debt free but need to increase savings pot. :think:0 -
I went to Aldi yesterday with my £5 off £30 voucher and did very well indeed - the shop came in at £33.08 so that was a total spend there of £28.08 and we're now looking quite well stocked for the month ahead.
I also spent £3 in Sainsbugs, so I'm now sitting at £31.08/£200 for December/January.
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I shared a Rospa order with my daughter, so £11 to add.Very impressed as got bacon 25og 2for £1.
Onions 4kg for 59p and margarine for baking 500gr at 25p.
So £45 still in food purse,one week to go.
Just need some eggs and loo roll so may go to Iceland later.Slimming World at target0 -
Morning
Still hanging on in there - total is now £257.15.
It is usually the gap between Christmas and New Year that gets me!August Shopping Challenge. 26/8. Budget £250 Spent £256.81.. £6.81 over. So £0.00 a day left.0
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