August 2008 Grocery Challenge

BigMummaF

A question if I may?....I did a list of sorts, using mysupermarket.co as a guide cuz I didn't want to spend too much more than £30 to qualify for the £5 moc. But as I went around the store, a good few of the prices were higher than given by mysupermarket--does anyone else find that?

Also, our Wilkies haven't reduced the price of their seeds & the Wollworths around here have none at all :mad: It's times like this I so dearly wished I lived somewhere else:o Spending has been a bit scary but we should be OK for till least the weekend when I'll need tatties.

I've got a bottle of Stardrops to do the bathroom floors, bits to put together for a birthday 'survival kit' & some more salad seeds+a weenie greenhouse to fit over the growbags...£3 in Woolies:p Keep your fingers X for me wikkle plants this time please:p

Flylady_Flower

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

am going to wait til after honeymoon to replace it as he can use the grill, in fact i'll see how long i can leave it before he complains :rolleyes:

I remember when everyone used to get about 6 when they got married - times change eh!

princess_leia_3

crockpot wrote: »

Sent hubbie to Lidl with a list and £20, he spent £15.54!!! So realy pleased.

trying to have an eat up and say money for treats for boys in the hols, we went to a chiense buffett restaurant this week,paid for out of left over GC money. Sorry I never could spell!

Got a roast chicken, pots and a sweet pot in remoska for tea, amzing how well we are eating on so little.

Is the Remoska really as good as the Lakeland catalogue makes out It makes me want to buy one but I find it hard to believe that something can cook a pizza/roast a chicken etc etc So I would be interested to hear a real persons point of view

MRSMCAWBER

Hi Princess Leia

I told my mum about the remoska..I have wanted one for a couple of years ..then spurred on by a thread on here decided i WAS having one (hubby is getting it for xmas -after much badgering ).. My mum has orderd one and had it a week and is in love :T Her oven hasn't been on yet since she had it..her and my brother love it..and it is very low on the electric..brother being an ex electritian worked out that to cook their whole meal the other day was the equivalent of running a 100w light bulb for 1 hr..Thats using the medium one..the Grande one will use a bit more;)

Im just waiting to order mine -even though its for xmas:D

ifonlyitwaseasier

denisefowler wrote: »

I remember when everyone used to get about 6 when they got married - times change eh!

lol, well as we have all the general stuff and can't really get any more appliances (wait til i see how many vouchers we get given if i say that still, *wants a remoska*) we decided to ask for vouchers for three different stores so we can get what we need, that and i'm quite fussy on household stuff ('cept for cheap toasters ) that OH and I, ok I, decided it would be more sensible to get the [STRIKE]donations[/STRIKE] gifts this way instead, am happy that our friends are coming tho, thats more important.
we found out last week that a close friend of MIL2b, who was coming to the wedding, died and her funeral is next wednesday, and as i'm in full flow for the wedding i have things i can't (wish i could tho) change to go to her funeral, but MIL2b doesn't think she's going to go either as doesn't think she could cope with it.

managed to wreck my nsd, had to pop to lidl for my mum and get fabric softner and lots of the 20p lemonade for the wedding pimms and as my mum gave me £20 i only spent £1.45. then went to MrS and spent £10.70, but as Oh got two reduced pairs of simpsons pants and some socks for our honeymoon i'm calling it £5.20.
not too bad for 2x cravendale 2ltr @99p each offer instead of being £1.56 each custard powder, crumpets and basics sausage rolls.

right off to do the dishes and start writing my clothes list for h-moon

Sunny_Donny

Hi
updated sig - went to Tesco and did a big shop and used my NOTW £5 off and spent 47.22 - everywhere is full to bursting.
Making twinks at the weekend with 3 year old niece as everytime I see her she wants some of my special biscuits so we will make them together when I am babysitting - keeps her busy!! and she can take some to grannys too.

princess_leia_3

is anyone heregoing to Chessington World of Adventures over the holidays? As we bought 5 pack of vouchers for the on ride photos and didn't use them all! So I have one voucher left which gives you a photo/magnet/keyring from an on ride photo/sealife entrance!
So if anyone is going and wants the voucher, just send me a PM and I will post it out to you! (I have tried to freecycle it but its not allowed as its not going to landfill )
EDIT - Voucher gone now!


More on topic, I really want a Remoska now :rotfl: maybe once I have opened my sealed pot in Decenber I will treat myself if I have enough in there

mama67

Have just been through my freezers (yes 3 of!!) and my cupboards and this is what came out at me or I now is in there from my delivery last week.

There are still other bits lurking in the bottom of the chest freezer which I will have to sort out.

Anyway here goes: ( and please bear in mind I have a hollow legged teenager who is permanently starving and can never find anything to eat as there is nothing ??? in the house.)

STOCKLIST


FREEZERS



8 x 400g beef mince
1 x 400g pork mince
1 x 500g value fish fillets
1 x 6 portions b/c fish fillets
1 whole chicken
1 x 500g stewing beef
1 x 200g ox liver
1 x 4 pork steaks
2 x 400g value bacon
20 cook from frozen sausages
8 value sausage
6 belly pork slices
8 value burgers
4 qtr lb burger
4 pork & apple burgers
4 bacon chops
2 x 6 lamb kofte kebabs
1 value gammon joint
6 x plaice fillets
3 x cod fillets
2 x whole trout
2 x falafel
1 x bean burger
12 x 400g blackberry
8 x 400g rhubarb
4 x 400g gooseberry
3kg basmati rice (uncooked)

TUBS


3 x 500g ratatouille
6 x 500g chicken stock
3 x 500g beef stock
2 x 500g lamb stock
2 x 500g pork stock
3 x 500g bolognese base
3 x 500g veg curry base
5 x 500g mushy peas (hm)
4 x pear puree

SUNDRIES


2 x lasagne
8pk pancakes
3 bread loaves
1 x 6pk finger rolls
1 x 12pk buns
6 x 250g butter
6 x 500g marg
2 x 250g lard
7 x 1ltr elderflower cordial (hm)
10 x 4 pint s/s organic
3 x 4 pint f/c organic

GROCERY CUPBOARD



TINS & PACKETS


16 x baked beans
8 x value chopped tin tomatoes
15 x value tuna chunks
1 x value kidney beans
1 x mixed beans
1 x value peaches
1 x pineapple
10 x value strawberry jelly
6 x pataks curry paste
1 x white wine sauce
1 x fajita sauce
2 x coconut milk
4 x value tomato ketchup
1 x value brown sauce
6 x value stuffing mix
3 x value lemon curd
3 x value strawberry jam
1 x blackberry jam (hm)
1 x apple chutney (hm)
1 x cranberry sauce (hm)
2 x lemon & lime marmalade (hm)
1 x blueberry jam
2 x value salad cream
2 x value mayonnaise
2 x value golden syrup
3 x black treacle
1 x yeast
5 x white bread flour
1 x w/m bread flour
5 x value sr flour
5 x value plain flour
3 x castor sugar
3 x value spaghetti
4 x value pasta shapes
2 x value lasagne
6 x 24 weetabix
1 x cheerios
1 x cookie crisp
1 x frosted wheats
1 x coco pops
1 x 1kg value oats
1 x 500g oatmeal
6 x 100g choc chips
4 x 100g value bars choc
1 x 500g value sultanas
1 x 500g value dried fruit


DRINKS


10 x 1 ltr peach & barley
2 x 1½ ltr orange
1 x 1 ltr blackcurrant & apple
4 x 240 t/bags
2 x 100g coffee
1 x hot chocolate
1 x cocoa
2 x 2 ltr lemonade


TOILETRIES & HOUSEHOLD



2 x 9pk toilet rolls
1 x 4pk value kitchen rolls
5 x 1 ltr value bubble bath
3 x 1ltr avon bubble bath
2 x value baby shampoo
3 x 200ml 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner
2 x 100ml value toothpaste
2 x 2pk value bar soap
3kg value washing powder
10 x avon handwash
5 x avon 150ml tea tree shampoo


THERE ARE ALSO OBVIOUSLY ALL THE OPEN OR DECANTED PACKETS/JARS/BOTTLES OF MOST OF THE ABOVE AS WELL.

Chell

Mama67, you could open your own shop with that amount of food! :rotfl:

halia

tesco delivery on wednesday saved £15 on Bogof + £6 voucher so total spend £46.
had takeout tonight to celebrate house sale going through (but I reckon thats entertainment budget not groceries)
DH spent about £10 in local shop before I had a word about only buying what we need.
Had a long discussion and agreed to try and use up the store cupboard and freezer over the next 2 months.

we have SOOOO much dry food stocks! So I only really want to buy fresh stuff for at least this month.

Also we're gearing up for a big increase in our mortgage so we need to start cutting back.