July 2008 Grocery Challenge

michelle06

hi am giving my update for this week -
spent £23.98 on gift for a new addition to the family £6.40 on family bus ticket to get there £15.00 electric £6.00 on ciggies £6.00 on daughters school busfare for the week and £38.98 on tesco.com which equalls £96.36. i know i have gone over my £70.00 a week budget but am still optimistic as we did have a new beautifull niece to welcome into the world also shopped really well bought lots of ingriedients for home cooking all in all am quit impressed with my self - watch this space.

i love this site and all the lovely cheap recipies keep up the good work all of you xxxxxxxxxxx
JULY GC = £240 per month = £70 per week
week 1 = 96.36

Mrs._Irwin

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Washables are great, but disposables are handy as a back up when things go a bit pear shaped (and that never happens with a LO around lol). I have reusable wipes that I do use sometimes, and I use water/a few drops olive oil/a few drops baby wash and that works wonders for a lovely soft bum bum. Well done on the caffeine front-I try not to drink much and never very much when exclusively bf- DS is generally a calm contented DS, although he is teething right now :eek:
x

I've found the emergency disposables too tempting, which is why they're all used up! It's amazing what a difference the no-caffeine has made, I didn't think the amount I was drinking was very significant, but the withdrawal headaches! Ouch!
I'm using almond oil in the wipe solution, cos I already had some in, but will use olive oil when it's run out.

Mrs. Irwin
xx

busy_mum_4

denisefowler wrote: »

What an excellent idea! Mine are the same, always finding bruised fruit still in their bags at the end of the week...:mad: what about sugar though? isn't it a lot sweeter in the tins? still better than no fruit at all I suppose...

I never buy tinned friut in syrup, I always buy it in natural fruit juice so I am hoping it is not to unhealthy.

annelouise_2

Planning a NSD for me today as dd9,dd8 at water park till 4pm.

Have made chicken nd sweetcon mayo for ds4 lunch and celery soup for me from celery tops,carrot,onion,potato,stockcube,s&p - just popped in a chuck of chicken before I wizz it up.

Toad in the hole for tea with roasties,corn and carrots.

Have 2 batches of Twinks to

KAAT_LADY

busy_mum wrote: »

I never buy tinned friut in syrup, I always buy it in natural fruit juice so I am hoping it is not to unhealthy.

I always buy fruit in juice and have found that MrS's own label fruit is in juice so have started buying that..and foung it quite good

Flylady_Flower

busy_mum wrote: »

I never buy tinned fruit in syrup, I always buy it in natural fruit juice so I am hoping it is not to unhealthy.

Good point. will definitely have to get some I think - so no longer just sandwiches for lunch - weetabix cake, banana cake, muffins, twinks & now tinned fruit... excellent!

annelouise_2

Planning a NSD for me today as dd9,dd8 at water park till 4pm.

Have made chicken and sweetcon mayo for ds4 lunch and celery soup for me from celery tops,carrot,onion,potato,stockcube,s&p - just popped in a chunk of chicken before I wizz it up.:j

Toad in the hole for tea with roasties,corn and carrots.

Have 2 batches of Twinks to make for teachers and a lasagna to assemble for tomorrow's tea.Txt friend whose sending her OH with 1 doz free rage eggs for a bag of Twinks - result:rotfl:

Plenty in for last days packed lunch and hopefully another NSD tomorrow too.

Have bought a 2 litre plastic slimline jug for fridge which I dilute fresh fruit juice into as my 3 drink gallons - very MSE.

Need to repot tomato plants this aft,on to do list.

annelouise

nicki_2

I'm hoping for a NSD today. I was doing well yesterday as I stayed away from the shops...until I went to get the bus to my mates house and the bus driver refused to accept a £10 note as he didn't have change (seperate budget for travel ) :rolleyes: So I ended up going into a newsagents to get some change by buying a drink (I was thirst anyway but was going to wait and have a cuppa in my mates instead :rotfl: ) and as its the only newsagents in the area they charge a premium - 95p for a bottle of Dr Pepper :eek: I've seen it other places for 80p. BUT that was my only spend, and I managed to keep DD talking on the way home so we "forgot" to go to the chippy on the way home I'm getting good at "forgetting" my money and stuff like that :rotfl: Also lost track of time at my mums and DD ended up missing Brownies so that also saved me £1.50 in subs

mandy_moo_1

went to Mr M's this morning to stock up on some more of their Robinsons juice before the offer ends on Sun......2litre bottles are BOGOF at £1.85 so i got 8 bottles......that's 12 stashed under the bed now :rotfl:

second load of washing's just been hung out, and i've done all me jobs and walked the dogs, so i'm gonna put me feet up and do a bit of x-stitch.............ssshhh!! :shhh: don't tell anyone!! why do i always feel guilty when i sit down for 10mins with a cuppa, or for an hour with a book or my sewing? its not as if anything else needs doing till tea-time, but i always feel like i shouldn't be doing it!

hope everyone's having a good day, and the sun's decided to shine on you xx

Anitaj73

Hi all, quick bit of advice please

I am doing bread rolls instead of a loaf and wondered what temp oven should be and how long they will need??

Thanx for help