September 2009 Grocery Challenge

Skint_Catt

Another £8.94 for me - half of which I probably could have lived without :rolleyes:

Miss-spent_2

2 NSD in a row and should be the same tomorrow.
Fridge and store cupboard really emptying out now.

Had friends round to night so quickly made a chocolate cake and topped it with some cooking chocolate I have had in the cupboard for at least a year-it was fine.

Have been invite to MIL on Sunday which saves a meal

Botany

Just a quick update: went to Aldi and spent £12.11, then to the newsagent to buy the Radio Times (£1.10, and I count the RT as part of my 'grocery budget' as I normally would buy it at the supermarket with the rest of the stuff, except Aldi doesn't do papers and magazines).

£199.35 left in the pot...

GemmaBuckle

Still doing OK - so far this month I've spent £90.19 of my £150 budget but got some really good buys from that. £4 went on a 12.5kg sack of potatoes straight from the farm. They're going in the cold dark cupboard under our stairs so should keep fine. Felt a bit guilty about buying a jar of curry sauce yesterday as I have the ingredients in the cupboard to make my own, but I've never tried the recipe before and by the time we got back from various errands it was almost 9pm so I was a bit tired! I only used half the jar so I've put the rest in a tub and frozen it. Does anybody know if it's OK to do this?
Also got some great whoopsies last night - loaf of bread for 30p, garlic baguette for 75p and 5 ciabatta for 24p. All in the freezer for toasties etc.
Hope everybody's having a good day!
Gemma

highland_fling_2

they had a huge block of Pilgrims vintage cheddar or a name to that effect in there. Weighed over 1.3kg and was being sold for £6.16. It said half price on the label as was still packeged for the deli but even at half price i think its a bargain. To be honest i have no idea what im going to do with it, suppose i can freeze it? Hope so cos it wont get ate straight away.


Slowandsteady:Perhaps you could grate it and freeze in portion size bags.

mrs-moneypenny

i've frozen cheese in the past and its been fine (i used to cut it into usable sized chunks and make sure it was wrapped up well in cling film.


Managed an NSD yesterday (only because local shop didnt have carrots)

had to buy 2 pints of milk for lads breakfasts and milkshakes for pack up as milko came late:mad:

rosieben

sounds like a good bargain, slowandsteady, I usually have at least one tub or bag of grated cheese in my freezer (buy it on offer), its so handy for cooking; you can freeze it in a block or the small packs as you would normally buy, but its usually too crumbly to slice, not so good for sarnies!

edited to add, if you freeze it in bags its quite easy to separate, just tap the bag against the worktop and you can take out as much as you need

moneytree1

Hi there can I pledge £132.50 for September sorry I forgot to pledge earlier also have spent £62.00 so far but my cupbards are full so hopefully can last with just bits and bobs as money is extra tight till student loan comes through. good luck to all thanks. PS spent £121.26 last month so was in credit.
Moneytree1

slowandsteady_2

Good day all, Thanks Mrs Money Penny, rosieben and Highland fling regarding my exceptional amount of cheese! Will chop it up later and will freeze it as i got caught up yesterday and didnt end up doing it.

Hoping for a NSD today as a) i have no space anywhere b)i dont need anything c) i'll have no money left!

am going to take dd for a stroll in her pram. Was thinking i might walk the whole mile and a half into town and burn some calories. But im leaning towards going for a drive to the World Famous Bury Market as isnt too far and i love a nosy round in the fish and meat hall (will not spend, will not spend)

Either way not going to waste such a lovely sunny day staying indoors!

Catzpaws

Hi everyone

Trying hard but didn't manage to stick to list.

Went to Lidl today to get some provisions and spent a grand total of £9.09 on corn on cob, cordial, chopped toms, olive oil, foxs crunch creams, potatoes, utterly butterly and Staropramen. Most of this stuff wasn't on list - ah well! Still need to get other stuff, which I'll get from Aldi on way home tonight.