June 2009 Grocery Challenge

TheBees

Congratulations SEARCHING ME on the birth of your baby boy.:j

Re the TWINKS HOBNOBS WITH DESSICATED COCONUT. All I did was replaced about an ounce of oats with an ounce of dessicated coconut.

Tonight we had Jamie Oliver chicken korma from the Ministry of Food recipe book. I cooked it all afternoon in the slow cooker and added a couple handfuls of oats to make it stretttch a little further. It made enough for tonight's tea plus enough for another family meal which has gone in the freezer. Very tasty.:D

Off to co-op and the butcher for absolute necessities tomorrow then a big shop planned for tuesday. Really pleased with myself for managing 3 NSD's in a row - what a miracle!:rotfl:

Good luck everyone.

hermoine_2

Well I do not think that I am doing too well with this challenge.

Spent another £31.51 today in Mr T's! This brings me to £192.06 out of £250 and we are not even half way through the month. So either I am being too hopeful or spending too much. I purchased all my meat in the first week and have just been buying perishables and stuff we run out of like today wash up liquid.

I did count in the £20 I spent while DD3 was in hospital + the £11.04 it cost me in junior painkiller for her. So if I take this out then not doing so bad.

Did anyone else have this type of problem when they first started doing the challenge?

H

Callisto

Spent £27.89 in Morrisons today, which included the Mini Cheddars multipack offer (buy one, get two free), fizzy drinks for OH and a multipack of chocolate (mainly for me - nom nom.)

karenccs67

searching_me wrote: »

hello not updated since sunday ive been busy had my little boy on monday morning so not really been keeping track to well i know OH has spent about £20 on things ive asked him to pick up like milk and bread and stuff and i cant remember how many NSD's have had this week either so i'll just leave it as it is ive updated my spend but i'll leave my NSD's and add any extras on next week ... my month ends next saturday so lets see if i can manage it x

Congratulations on your new baby boy :smileyhea

MadamMim2013

searching_me wrote: »

ive been busy had my little boy on monday morning

Congratulations x:T:j:T

rosieben

hermoine wrote: »

... Did anyone else have this type of problem when they first started doing the challenge?

Before I first signed up to the GC I saved receipts for a few weeks, and I was horrified to see how much I was spending as against what I thought I was spending.

Bear in mind, though, that you've been doing a bit of stocking up (meat etc) so your spends will probably be much less for the rest of the month?

zoe260373

:beer:Congratulations on your safe arrival SEARCHING ME,well done,x
Just popping in to update my sig,with the everyday spend on bread and milk,but my local shop are much cheaper for those than the supermarkets so it doesnt pay to buy in bulk and freeze etc,milk is 95p for a 2litre/4pint bottle!!!:p cant beat that really eh!other than that though ive been very good,
good luck to the rest of you too,x

cuddlymarm

Good morning everyone:hello:

I'm still trying to stay on £40 per week but probably won't manage for the next few weeks cos DS2 is now back from uni for the summer. However I'm going to try my best still and I've still got food in the freezer and cupboards so I could probably last a couple of weeks without shopping if I need to.

Also I got a £10 voucher from Mr S if I spend £50 online so I might give that a try (Its go to be used by the 21st so I might as well)

Anyway I'd better get on
Have a lovely day everyone
Cuddles:rotfl:

Janae

Good morning

Have not posted here for a while but have just gone through my receipts to do an update. Current spend £206.18 plus there is a receipt floating around somewhere from Mr S's. Two weeks to go:eek:. I think I'll be over budget but hopefully by less than last month. Meal plan done for next week, not too much needed from shops but OH & DD2 do like their fruit which will add to cost. We only have four strawberries ripening in the garden so that's not going to help a lot:o.

Have a good weekend everyone, off to update siggy.

kj

hypno06

thanks kjsam! Your post prompted me to go and look at my strawberries and I think we are in for a bumper crop this year - loads that are almost ripe, so must keep a watch on them in the next day or so and pick them before the birds get them.........