January 2010 Grocery Challenge

Nessa56

We haven't met but welcome Mrs M glad you are feeling better

I am pleased to say as my month ends on Monday and I have just spent £9.18 in Mr A and no more spends needed that I have succeeded :j:j

I am going to go for the same in FEbruary of £100,00

Thank you everybody if I keep on like this I will definitely get where want to be

If anyone is interested Mr A is doing 2 packs of 6 of Mullerlite yogurts for £3.00 (my favs)

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RuthG

Yesterday was a NSD, as I was at a conference all day and they fed me for nothing

Made a cup of tea this morning, only to find the milk has gone off, so had to chuck the rest. Wasnt too much left, thankfully.

But that meant I had to go to the shop to get some more. So, rather than get it from my local shop that charges a fortune, I decided to go to Aldi and Asda and get the weekend veggies at the same time and some cheese that will last us the rest of the month at least.

Spent £8.92, so off to update the signature. Well under budget this month; need to try to keep it up.

Ruth

scotsaver

Hugs to those that need them and thoughts are with those who may be facing Redundancy.

Another NSD for me today and hoping to keep it that way until Sunday when I know we will need some more F&V etc.

Dinner tonight is our usual Friday night Fish, HM chips and mushy peas.;)

Have a good evening everyone.:D

RuthG

I will be using some of the potatoes I bought earlier for tonight's tea. Thought I would see how far I can stretch one of those small cans of tuna (I have a heap of them in the cupboard). So, the plan is - tuna in a cheese sauce with veggies, topped with mashed potatoes.

Then use the second half of the tuna tomorrow, adding onions, mushrooms and chopped tomatoes and serving with pasta.

Have just made some HM bread in my breadmaker (first time it has had an outing for years). Not sure what has happened to it - looks ok, feels light enough, but is very short, like about two inches. I was epxecting it to be about 5 or 6 like it used to be when I used the BM before.

[BTW, where has the smiley with the shrugging shoulders/arms gone??]

Ruth

RuthG

BenW wrote: »

I will be using some of the potatoes I bought earlier for tonight's tea. Thought I would see how far I can stretch one of those small cans of tuna (I have a heap of them in the cupboard). So, the plan is - tuna in a cheese sauce with veggies, topped with mashed potatoes.

Then use the second half of the tuna tomorrow, adding onions, mushrooms and chopped tomatoes and serving with pasta.

Have just made some HM bread in my breadmaker (first time it has had an outing for years). Not sure what has happened to it - looks ok, feels light enough, but is very short, like about two inches. I was epxecting it to be about 5 or 6 like it used to be when I used the BM before.

[BTW, where has the smiley with the shrugging shoulders/arms gone??]

Ruth

OK I have worked out what went wrong with the bread. I apparently bought yeast that is for handbaked bread and therefore needs reactivating before use. I didnt do this, so result - bread that hasbnt really risen.

Anyone know if it will be ok to eat? And what I might be able to do with it??

Ruth

mrs-moneypenny

sorry to hear about your yeast problem i hope someone can advise you what to do

managed a couple of NSDs this week
today brought eggs and postage stamps (and a new iron but that was out of a different pot)

gong to MrM tomorrow so must get a list sorted out

poohbear59

It is payday for us today and we spent £88 in Aldi and 13.72 in Mr T but this will come out of February's budget.

Total spend for January was £120

Aim to spend £240 for February (4 adults)

ellemm

Have updated signature after weekly shop today. Pleased to have only spent a total of £84.53 for the month (OK we were away for the first 9 days but this includes the food to feed 12 adults and 4 kids at family soiree on Sunday :T)

Lots of half price veggies in Lidl and nice salad stuff to go with the roast meats which will get cooked tomorrow.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Rachel021967

I spent £1.20 on sweets for my daughter and £9.50 on next weeks school dinners. Off to update signature.

Long_tall_sally

Another small spend today afterall as OH was in town after work in order to get my birthday card for next week & spent £2 on baked beans, £2 weetabix, £1.61 on bananas & potatoes £2 on milk. 9 days to go now to end of the month & counting! Off now to catch up on the threads.