July 2008 Grocery Challenge

huxley

GRRR that thing called life is realy trying to sabotage me this month!!! DH has been a bit off colour so meal plans have to be changed, needs filling stuff because he gets very hungry after work but chest isnt too good so potatoes/bread and other normal filler uppers are out, mil has been giving a cancellation for her knee op so she is going to need to be included for meals for the rest of the month and then the iron blew up! I mean I know I hate ironing but honest didnt do it on purpose:o so just had to get a replacement:mad: . Oh well signature updated going to start trying to catch up on the rest of the posts now:T

Flylady_Flower

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

Thanks Denise :rotfl: I think that is quite appropriate today :rotfl:

I am taking pills tonight to help me get off
I hate taking them ,,, every blue moon

Ha ha, I know the feeling :rotfl: - mind, lately I only have to put the tele on and I'm asleep...., maybe you should try it? a bit of sky at night or anything about Gordon Brown (or is it Heathcliffe now???) should do it! (ohhh, political again, must stop doing that...)

jackk_2

wendywitch wrote: »

Are the numbers after your "DD" etc your children's ages or do you have 9 children?:eek:
I thought it was done in age order e.g daughter number 1 = DD1, have I been doing it wrong?

Hehehe i have dd17, dd14 and ds6.........plus ds20 at uni, now that would be a lot of children, so definately their ages , must admit i still wonder at some of the abbreviations .

x

KAAT_LADY

denisefowler wrote: »

Ha ha, I know the feeling :rotfl: - mind, lately I only have to put the tele on and I'm asleep...., maybe you should try it? a bit of sky at night or anything about Gordon Brown (or is it Heathcliffe now???) should do it! (ohhh, political again, must stop doing that...)

I am still hurting from that fall,, neck and back are just still a bit sore so I dont drop off as easily,, although I did drop off the floor didnt I :rotfl: :rotfl: right through the ceiling :rotfl: everything is political these days ,,,, even gordon brown:rotfl:

Flylady_Flower

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

I am still hurting from that fall,, neck and back are just still a bit sore so I dont drop off as easily,, although I did drop off the floor didnt I :rotfl: :rotfl: right through the ceiling :rotfl: everything is political these days ,,,, even gordon brown:rotfl:

Oooh, sorry Kaat_Lady, completly forgot about that. How are you now? I had something similar quite a few years ago now so totally understand. It must be hard to sleep when everytime you move it hurts (and sometimes when you don't I bet!) I hope you feel better soon, :grouphug: take care, take tablets and get some sleep, you deserve it...

Blairweech

Barneysmom wrote: »

I remember when I was little, I'd ask her what's for dinner and she'd say 'Bread and iffit'
I never found out what 'iffit' was else I'd get my own back :rotfl:

I think Iffit might be If...it's there, you can have it (something along those lines, anyway)

KAAT_LADY

smetf wrote: »

Hi all
Glad to see my dream amused you have been racking my brains for who else I could remember pink-winged I think (wings that were pink ) but couldn't!

I have finished all my essays :j so no longer avoiding them by being on here- just feeding my addiction :rolleyes:!

Updated sig earlier but took me a while to catch up- quick trip to Co-op (nearest supermarket for 5 miles) to buy cereal and fruit.

Planning to cook weetabix brownies, fairy cakes and poss choc and banana loaf for charity tea party tomorrow :A- hope we have a bit of sunshine. BTW thanks to whoever posted about supercook stuff- got my sugar strands for fairy cakes for around 13p in Mr A as opposed to 88p in Co-op today!

Must get the BM back in use too- if I don't will need to buy bread next week.

Smetf

hi there all :j :j

Smetf,,, I am still thinking about your dream ,,, everytime I see a name I wonder what they are like and do they look like their onscreen name,,,

like Orkney Star ,,, I imagine the pole star and the aureola borealis in the background it must look nice ,, well it does in my mind:D

MrsMoney Penny on the other hand I think of James Bond,,,Sean Connery and a lovely lady with all the gadgets:cool:


I bet I am the only one to do this but I hope not,,,:rotfl: :rotfl: maybe I hit my head when I fell:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:



Thanks Denise I have just taken the tablets ,,, well about eight actually as I forgot to take the morning ones

Ches

Spent £42.54 in Mr S today. That brings total spent to £128.12 leaving me with £71.88 for the rest of the month. My visitors have cancelled so won't spend as much as I expected. Every cloud and all that!

KAAT_LADY

well guys

the tablets are now starting to work so I will see you tomorrow,,, I hope,,

goodnight all

savingpennies

Well, I've reduced our spending on bills/mortgage/phones as much as I can and my next step is to reduce the food bills. So I'm here to join the challenge. I have always cooked from scratch the problem has been when I've come home from work shattered and as no-one else cooks in our house :mad: we end up with take aways. No More!

I've got OH on board as he wants to be a mortgage free asap. I've created a meal plan, the chicken for tomorrow night's HM Indian is defrosting as I write and tomorrow I am checking out the cupboards and the freezer to create a list. Then I am off to Aldi for any items I need.

Cooking lessons for OH and two DD's begin this week. Each of them is going to learn how to cook three dishes so that they can each do the cooking on one night a week.

Wish me luck and any advice you can offer will be gratefully received.