September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

suzybloo

Hope you are all doing well - the end of the month is not too far off! Since Friday have spent £11.80, taking me upto £256 so far. This was on fresh produce so not too bad. Did have a charity day on Saturday (Cancer Research Relay for Life) so did spend a wee bit on that - but all for a good cause so will take that money out of the other account as is wasnt reallly in my grocery allocation! Just going to make a list for the shopping, and use up whatever is in the freezer - looks like I am gong to be just about on target! Really pleased. Heading in to Perth this week so will have a look into Aldi and Lidl - unfortunately we dont have these shops in our town - they are twenty miles away. I noticed that Tesco have the 2litre 'The One' milk on at £1 just now so that is really quite good compared to the rest of the milk available. Have a good week!

Flylady_Flower

Hi all,

spent £3 in Farmfoods tonight on 2 x 3ltrs milk - very cheap (also spent 2 x 25p on 3 mars bars for me, DD & DS - 75p total... shhhh)

I will update siggy tomorrow as still have another receipt from yesterday to put on...

ANGELNIKKI - Take good care of yourself and love to you and DS - looking forward to seeing you back with us soon as it means you have your own place - a wonderful if not worrying thought I would imagine... take care x

Herewegoagain

Hiya guys,
Thanks mrs mc for posting, most enjoyable, please keep it up.
Went shopping with mr to mrM's this evening spent £8.62 so def not a nsd.
Got value peas .95p (as Lidl's have shot up in price, last time I looked £1.38)
value scones .34p Lovely used as cream tea and just the right size for us
canbells chicken soup only.28p (will use with rubbery chicken & bones)
Muller products still on offer, any 10 for £2.00 (Saving £3.40:j )
value bananas not very good so got 6 loose for .88p
Grapes £2.49(not as cheap as Lidls but their's don't last as well lately)
Baking pots .69P
Sandwich spread .99p (prob not very mse but I like it)
Also bought myself some choc snack a jacks but not out of GC budget, as considered my luxury entertainment:rotfl:

Congrats Turbo, lovely name:T :T

Hugs to all who need them esp me Goodluck for rest of month, soon be Oct

HWGA xx

gunsandbanjos

I'm very excited, just discovered they are building a big new asda about a mile down they road from me:j Sad i know:o

Congratulations turbo. Hope you and baby are doing well.

the_cat

Congratulations turbo!!

Well I have blown the budget for this month by LOADS. I was doing really well and on track to make budget (just about) until I saw some codes for extra points at MrT. The expiry dates on them meant that I had to use them for this month and it was too good an offer to miss..... I spent just over £100 on food to stock up and will get £80 back in deals. I use them to pay for my car MOT/service and will now have enough to pay for next year's bill in deals so although it feels a bit like a failure on the challenge, it will save me a fortune in the long run.

Will keep the budget at £220 for October please as I like to have a float for stocking up on whoopsies/bargain offers. If I don't see any, I will use the extra money on a thick curtain to cover the archway in my living room and hopefully keep out the draughts!

BigMummaF

Does MrA advertise when these 50p deals are going to be or is it every weekend please? My 'chauffeur' has offered to take us on Saturday so I'm hoping to take full advantage seeing as it's at least an hour's drive in both directions! Therefore, any bargains you regulars spot between now & then, please let me know

WelshWoofer

Morning all!

Just a quick one..
I am declaring at £161.18 from a budget of £160.

My new month starts on Saturday but I don't need anything until then.
Even though its a smidge over I'm quite pleased as it was my first month buying for two and we had quite a few extras to buy for visitors.
I've decided that all in all we can try to trim the budget down to £150 for a month (2 people, 1 little dog) and still get by OK.

I'm not shopping again until Saturday or Sunday and have already compiled a list of the essentials. I'm only planning for next week as we're both away the following week with work and the shopping will go a bit haywire for a bit.

I'm really finding that meal planning is the key to success as without this I get all carried away in the shops and just buy random stuff.

Just a quick question...

I've made Twinks hobnobs, custard cookies and Millie's cookies (all of which were a resounding succes - I surprised myself!) - Does anyone have any fab recipes for any other easy to make cheap biscuits/cookies/cakes?

Thanks....
R x

angelatgraceland

Phoolgrrrl wrote: »

If I cook chicken that has been frozen raw how long will it keep in the fridge?

We had a cooked roast chicken last week from the M&S deal and the next 2 nights dinners (risotto and curry) were so much faster as chicken already cooked.

Thanks

It will keep about 3 days-same as if you had bought a frozen chicken and cooked it.

Nikki-Your XOB-Oh I think Id kill him! Meat? He is obviously overfed and has got fussy. Mine wouldn't dare do that and he's a right ungrateful tyrant! ;+)

Gonna pop in Mt T probably today to get some milk-unless theres a better deal elsewhere I find online before I leave. NSD yeasterday. Lots of UFO's in my freezer in the way of frozen meals. Oh I should label them as soon as I cook them!
Thinking of trying an 8 day week-doing online shopping once every 8 days instead of 7. This works when you want to cut back even if you cannot manage NSDs. Eventually over a 7 week period you gain an extra weeks grocery money(unless you are very down on your luck)So Im planning to book my next delievery for Monday rather than Sunday but I may stretch it longer as Ive still got loads.

** how do you do multiple quotes on one post? Nikki does them and they are so easy to read**

May not do Mr T after all as theres a voucher in the Daily Mail for £3.70 today and if it works I can use it in Waitrose for my milk and a few bits without buying Brides magazine. Fingers crossed.

Flylady_Flower

angelatgraceland wrote: »

** how do you do multiple quotes on one post? Nikki does them and they are so easy to read**

I think Nikki might copy the whole post to a word doc then onto her post, or opens two tabs - one to read, and one with her reply on, then you can just cut and paste directly onto that - but you can just highlight/copy the bit you want to quote then paste it into your post, highlight it again and then click on the box above that looks like a little yellow speech bubble and that will make it into a quote - hope that helps...

KAAT_LADY

Good Morning All

budget has not been broken into yet so it may last longer ,, off to Donny today to see around with family,,going to the Yorkshire Outlet [strike]not to spend anything[/strike] just to look around :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

see you later

KAAT xx

ps nice to see you back HWGA been missing you ,, take care xx