December 2009 Grocery Challenge

pammyj74

a bad spend day for me, only went in to get a couple of things and ended up spending £10.14 and earlier spent £2.36 on the 3 for 1 offer of choc orange my treat from the kids for xmas tho so I could cheat and say its from my xmas budget but i've added it now! So have just scraped over £60 at the moment!

rosieben

Keiss_21 wrote: »

Just posted this recipe on another thread....thought you might like to see it here too!
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sounds lush, thanks Keiss, I've added it to the front recipe list

JayneC

Ok I confess - had fish n chips on Monday (hangs head in shame!) cost £10 for 4 of us! Had a v long day at work, had to leave home at 5.30am to go to London for meeting. Forgot to take out the food from freezer in the morning. Excuses I know, felt very bad afterwards - but done now! So that's £10 to add to my total and also spent £3 yesterday on bread and milk. Doubt I'm going to stay under budget now

BigMummaF

thisismoneysaving wrote: »

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Has anyone ever made their dog a cake?? How'd it go? I'm thinking about doing one for mine for xmas... am I crazy?! :o
Do you think I could replace the marmite in the cheese & marmite twists for tomato puree or something else?....

I made a chocolate chip sponge t'other day for Pup, using vanilla sponge & doggie chox Had considered a double choc version for the Offspring but didn't want to poison the woofie with the cocoa, but they enjoyed their version too I only use a third of the sugar in my cakes which also helps I think.
When I first looked into feeding Pup on homemade, I was very surprised to see that dried fruit is as bad as human chocolate for them so perhaps you--& I come to that --should have a look at the info yourself in case it's changed in the past two years. For instance, I recall that while it's safe to use garlic in their food it's the opposite for onion & dogs love cheese but too much dairy can cause the squits! It's also an idea to give natural yoghurt every now & again to help redress the balance of those thingies in the gut. Our Pup also has trouble with meat--lamb, beef etc--bones; he likes them but they too give him runny tum so we stick to the creamy coloured rawhide now.
As for the twists, I'm sure I've seen people using things like ketchup, pickle & even garlic paste I think..

franby64 wrote: »

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I am still going to try and resist buying Christmas food (my Mum is bringing the turkey etc - my share is basics and kiddy stuff) until my delivery next Tuesday.

I will see if I can share the voucher or get a lift but it's really only the Co-op's way of forcing money out of me and I think I'd rather stick to my own plan this time.

Would it be worth your mum giving you the money & you get the stuff from the shop & use the voucher? Just a thought of course..

JayneC wrote: »

Ok I confess - had fish n chips on Monday....cost £10 for 4 of us!....

:eek: That's a good price! Even before the Offspring grew so tall, it was around £15 for the four of us...mind :rolleyes:...they didn't actually have fish I s'pose, more often burgulars.
Did a stock-up yesterday & must have spent around £45 on actual groceries..I really must get my recording system sorted out once & for all so I can do this properly come 01.01

SunnyGirl

Just updating signature with today's shopping. It came to £72.70 and included an 8kg frozen turkey. All I need to buy next week for the Christmas meal is starters (prawns & avocado) and the cranberries :T Then just the normal shopping for the week, which is already planned out on paper.

In case anyone is interested Netto are doing the above mentioned turkey for £7.99 and a big frozen turkey crown for £10. I am going to go and buy the crown tomorrow for sandwiches for over the holidays. I'll slice it & freeze it in sandwich size portions to stop any waste.

Botany

There's £108.98 left in my virtual money-pot for the month, as I spent £12.47 in MrW yesterday (including some fabulous woopsies that went straight in the freezer and will keep us fed for many many days). I may pop down to Aldi later this week for some bits'n'bobs but other than that mini-shop, I THINK (hope!) I'm fine until after Boxing Day (now that would be sweet.... :rudolf:)

Long_tall_sally

I am beginning to think I am incapable of not spending. Had to take OH's Mum to Aldi today & managed to spend another £6.31 even though I only went to Mr T's yesterday and I still need to get passata, the turkey & veg, xmas pudding & maybe more toilet rolls! Hey ho, will adjust my signature accoringly.

meanmarie

Ordered my turkey to-day and spent €1.50 on broccoli....small piece for just OH and me....robbery, am now at €117.36 of €350 and got a hamper from friends in Japan yesterday which has nuts, seeds and olives in as well as 6 bottles of various alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages which will help with the drink over Christmas.

Must update my signature.

Marie

yummyhoney

spent another €50 today in tesco,,didnt get much really just choc to make truffles and marshmallows for fudge,,few other bits,,will update sig now,,

rosieben

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

I am beginning to think I am incapable of not spending. Had to take OH's Mum to Aldi today & managed to spend another £6.31 even though I only went to Mr T's yesterday and I still need to get passata, the turkey & veg, xmas pudding & maybe more toilet rolls! Hey ho, will adjust my signature accoringly.

do you use a shopping list Long tall sally? I'd never manage without one - I have an ongoing list on my pc which I update as I think of something I need, and I update it again after I've shopped; my list is divided into 3 sections - local village shopping, next online shop, and next visit to mrm or mrl with my sis (not very often).