September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

cammumof3

findingmyfeet wrote: »

HELPPPPPPPPPPP......AGHHHHH... just went to make my millies cookies, opened a new bag of flour and found it full of ting wee bugs!!! how did i get them. Always keep my flour in plastic tubs with lids but this is a new bag i was just going to empty in the tub. Well that did it.. all the cupboard out, nothing in there so disinfected it all anyway, cleaned it all and put it back. Needless to say large bag of flour in the bin. Hate wasting it. anyone else had this?? What do yoy all store your flours in ??

Me thinks i now need a coffee and a sit down- or should i say calm down.

Welcome to all you new people, everything here is totally addictive so be warned lol.

Edit to say, I too had to have a nice coffee and a sit down, to recover

taking deep breaths.......

Oh no, I know how you feel.
This happened to me.
I bought a bag of Mr A's own flour and went to make something with it that afternoon. Well, I opened it and it had loads of moving things in it, I couldnt look. I screamed and jumped back by about 2 miles :eek:
Lucky my mum was here so she checked it and she had to wrap it up and seal it so none could get out. We took it back to Mr A and had to fill out a form and I got a Mr A card with 5 pound credit on it, to encourage me back again. (It worked)
But I cant stand things like that.
I too emptied out my cupboard and checked every thing, I have my flour and stuff like that in Tupperware (and empty squash bottles now too) but I still checked everything.
My mum put celotape over the top and I made her wrap it tight in a Asda bag,
Caz

taffy1969

Hi posted my last post on Aug last night - final spend £369.57 over by nearly £20 but as I said in my post is DD1's birthday today and we have had parties and parties so pleased with the final figure, sort of!!
GC for September is £350 again. Will be tight this month as have hardly any meat in the freezer so need to do a big butchers shop which won't be cheap!! Need to get the kids out of the 'cheese' things they eat and buy more blocks of cheese and cut it up! Here's hoping.
Good luck everyone for September.
Taffy

married_to_the_seas

:eek: wooooooooo how many pages !!!!, well my monthly shop at iceland this morning (well hobbled think my back is going lol)was £61 ! 2 feezers full! Got lucky with some of their veg ie carrots,onions,cabbage and such like they were reduced so bagging them up and putting in freezer, i don't like buying processed food so main shop was frozen meat(i always spend so much time checking that i get the best cuts lol) and veg . will see us through mind my kids love veg so much(not that im complaining), fingers crossed i bought enough , bought some reduced beef chunks(fresh) so pasties tomorrow to make :T .Goodluck everyone this month! im off to eat my stew i have made (one large chicken 4 meals so far for 4 of us,curry,roast,and 2 days of stew :rotfl: :rolleyes: reminds me of when i was lil and at home with my mum

Winky,_The_House_Elf

Ok this is my first go at this!

2 adults,
breakfast
lunch for me (OH has a subsidised canteen, and pays out of his "pocket money" for that!)
evening meals
snacks

Oh and 2 dogs, but just bought a huge sack of food so shouldn't be a problem this month...

I will try for £160, which is just under £40 a week? I get paid on the 23rd but OH on the last Thursday of the month, so I think I will go with calender months to make life easy!

Wish me luck!

Winky x

OrkneyStar

angelnikki wrote: »

PS can people try to limit themselves to one or two posts a day please instead of posting over 10 times. If you want to reply to several posts just do it in one post instead of several. Makes it easier for everyone who has limited internet connection/ limited time to keep up with the thread. thanks xx

If anyone has any Old Style quick questions use the Quick Questions Thread or there's also a Freezing Quick Questions Thread

Hi,
LOL nikki I was just thinking that I would limit myself post wise on GC (as I can waffle a bit) and its funny just as I think it you have suggested it.
I have added my other post on to this one and deleted it as a separate post now. You are right, this is the GC thread and there are many other places for other chat and such like. Thanks again nikki and MrsM for looking after this thread, and everyone else for their help/tips/ideas.
Was actually just on to update my sig.
Spent £4.04 in the Coop, on 2 x boxes of bio powder (bogof and 33% extra free), punnet peaches (wanted kiwis but none and the ones in Tesco were bricks!) and 1L local milk reduced to 40p which will be used to make a batch of DS porridge.
Hope all well.
x

SmileyS_2

I'm going to go for £400 for a family of 5 to inc breakfast,lunch for me and packed lunch for my 2 boys plus dinner for 5.
Please can someone tell me how to put it in my signiture?

Coolmum66

Hello all

Just posted Aug total on Aug thread - under budget so am happy!!

Please can you count me in for £200 for September please??

4 weeks of grocery money / shopping for me.

Good luck and planning to all who join in! Must, must, must try and meal plan better this month!!

Coolmum xx

dazzle21

£235 for me this month as have B'days to cater for! Ended up over budget last month, so am sat planning meals today to hopefully come in under budget this month!

gunsandbanjos

Downsizing__for_sanity wrote: »

Guns and banjos -

Make sure you ask about a childcare fund - I get nearly all my childcare paid for, which is the only way we can afford for me to be at Uni. There are also Govt hardship funds which the Uni administers - don't feel proud, you will no doubt be paying back student loans at some point so apply for everything you can. DFS aka Ellie x

Thank you for that, where to i apply to? Is it the SAAS? They are paying my fees.

Jane2112

Hi,
I have lurked on here long enough! Please put me down for £250 for September for me,OH,DS x2 both working and living at home. OH comes home for lunch most days, I have packed lunch as does DS1, DS2 doesnt work till evening so makes own lunch and then has tea at Grannies ( saves me money! - No I usually get her a Asda card once a year with a decent amount on - will add that in)

I am determined to try some recipies. My top tip is to 'copy and paste' any recipies into a 'word' document then you have you very own MSE recipie book and you don't have to try and remember which thread you read the recipie in.

Luckily for us we have a very good Aldi near to work, so Asda has been sacked for most things. I never go to Mr T's and occasionally go to Mr S's. I try to support the local market for fruit and veg.