September 2009 Grocery Challenge

jayward

just needed bread today 79P well i sent oh so i hope thats all it is.:rolleyes:

mummy2mygirls

please please can i come back and join you????????? i was doing well with my shopping etc but after having dd3 i have lost the plot!!!
Going to set myself a highish target for the mth to ease me back in and then will try and lower it over the next few mths..... so for sept i will hope to spend £350 I have already spent £90 and have a dd1s bday to get food for aswell... so even though its high i hope i can stick to it......

I am pregnant again and already have lots of sweet cravings (well being pregnant is my excuse for them.....) and also feeling sick so need some ideas for meals which i will cook when i feel ok and freeze for any evening when i really cant face cooking from scratch......

Please have me back???????

kezlou

booskyeboo wrote: »

Does anyone know what the super 6 are at Aldi this month please?

I am not doing too well, so I am off to look at the recipes to make a meal plan and hopfully reduce the amount I spend.:)

Leeks
Corn the cob (3 pack)
maris piper potatoes
Grapefruit
kiwi fruit (6 pack)
apples (6 pack)

extra savings:-
Tomatoes (Vine)- 69p,
necterines (6pack)-69p ,
courgettes (3 / 4 pack)- 59p,
spring onions - 29p,
white grapes - 69p,
iceberg lettuce- 39p.

Hi all well went and spent more money on food and washing powder. Why can't supermarket sell a value non bio washing powder its really annoying me now. 89p for bio powder yet the smallest non bio box £2.10 arghhhhhh Well at least i won't have to buy any till next month. But its official no money left in the bank, only the rent. lots of DD's went out two weeks early entirely unexpected which has now thrown everything out the window.
Ran out of eggs and lentils as well so bought some very cheap from the asian food store. So thats it what we have has to last whether the boys and OH like it or not.

rosieben

mummy2mygirls wrote: »

please please can i come back and join you????????? ...

Welcome back, I always read your name as mummy to my 2 girls so I made a joke about your user name being out of date - I'll go and find my glasses hope the sickness passes really quickly

my favourites for bulk cooking are spag bol sauce, chilli, shepherds pie etc. I used this recipe and its good; I'm sure you'll get lots of other suggestions too.

Fire_Fox

I haven't spent anymore, tho Mr. Fire Fox spent £1 on bananas (for moi). However we are fast running out of all sorts - fruit and veg situation is dire, no cheese, no yoghurt, no bread, no chocolate, no crisps, and only a little milk! Did find two portions of salmon in the freezer that I'd tidied into half a box of battered fish so that was a bonus. :T

ChocClare

Woohoo, no spend day today. I have got 460 million eggs (possible exaggeration) so we are having Spanish omelette tonight with leftover boiled potatoes and my LAST big onion. I usually stop by the Egg Lady (farm up the road) on the way to work on Fridays to buy free range eggs for my colleagues, but my girls have been so productive yesterday and today that I am going to take some of my own eggs in instead - recoup some money (well, a quid, but every little counts as Mr T says - and my eggs are MUCH nicer than the Egg Lady's)...

Beth86

We don't seem to be doing too well here.

We're on our 3rd day and have spent more money again.

£5.85 on tobacco Should be a goner soon as dp now has patches!
£0.69 on filter tips (Again another thing to go)
£1.22 on snack raisins for the little man's lunch box
£1.00 on Bread (We don't like the value stuff)

So total for today is £8.76 :eek: bringing our total spend to £74.95 :eek::eek:

Seriously need to cut it all down... Otherwise we're not going to get it under £250. :rolleyes:

*EDIT* Decided not to include tobacco in the future as it can be covered by money from other sources!

mummy2mygirls

rosieben wrote: »

Welcome back, I always read your name as mummy to my 2 girls so I made a joke about your user name being out of date - I'll go and find my glasses hope the sickness passes really quickly

my favourites for bulk cooking are spag bol sauce, chilli, shepherds pie etc. I used this recipe and its good; I'm sure you'll get lots of other suggestions too.

Thanks for the receipy i will have a look. I always freeze left over bol sauce but its only enough for half a meal....grrr so will try and streatch it somemore so it can be a full meal....

When i was pregnant with dd2 i wondered if i would have to change my name if she was a boy but was fine i wonder if i will this time....... guess i have a long time to find out

Puddleglum

Well, I have now been back at work, full time for two weeks now and tbh my mse routine has been shaken to the core. It is the first time I have worked full time away from the home for 13 years (THIRTEEN YEARS!!!:eek:) and the first time I have done so with children. So I have placed a big shop for delivery with Mr S (this will be a monthly thing) and will just do little weekly top up shops from now on. I hope that even though I will pay a little over the odds on one or two things that I will still manage to stay within £250.

Fingers crossed. (THIRTEEN YEARS!!!!!!!!! goes to lie down in a darkened room)

russetred

Botany wrote: »

OMG a whole mutton? Don't get me wrong, I think it's a fabulous, fabulous idea... just wandering just how big is your freezer

:rotfl:
It is really big! A huge chest freezer that a residential home was throwing out cause the handle was a bit wobbly.I needed one as my tidgy freezer had died so I grabbed it or should I say 2 strapping blokes lifted into my kitchen!