January 2010 Grocery Challenge

millionaire_in_training

£12 tonight for our monthly take away. Was up to my eyes in it cleaning my ds's room so it seemed like a good idea lol

Long_tall_sally

Skaps - apart from using the coleslaw in jacket potaoes with cheese or tuna, I can't think of any other uses BUT I frequently use coleslaw that is days past it use by date. I would say keep using it as long as it tastes ok, but maybe that's just me!

TheBees

Hi everyone - DH and I were back to work today and DS16 arrived safely home from school ski trip. :j Asked DD13 to buy 3 carrots and 2 onions for me today so I wouldn't be tempted to buy anything else. These will be used for a savoury mince recipe which I'll be cooking in the slow cooker tomorrow.

Freeezing here in Devon but no snow yet!

My advice to newbies is to make a menu plan but also if you cook something like spaghetti bolognese, chilli or savoury mince, then make a double amount and freeze the spare one. This doesn't mean you have to buy double the amount of meat... simply pad it out with more chopped vegetables or a handful or two of oats. This really helps because you'll find that by the end of the month there could be several spare meals ready made and free! HTH TheBees

helen_jelly

Evening everyone

Budgets done up to and including wornoutmumoftwo - thank you

Welcome and hi to all the nwe people joining us, its great to see you on here, please spend a few mins reading the posts on page 1 by Pink and check out the fab recipes posted by Rosieben and if you have any good recipes then feel free to share them on here and Rosieben will add them to the list, ask any questions you may have as there are lots of clever people on here who are willing to help out, good luck and please remember that we don't fail on here, we look, learn and move on.

Helen x

KITTY_2-2

Back to work today and managed to avoid the call of a cappucino and muffin from the restaurant this morning

I have however had a spend of £16.33 today in Home Bargains. This was a stock up the cleaning supplies, food bags and kitchen roll plus a new bottle for the gym as mine has disappeared

Also bought a rug for the living room which finishes it nicely (just 19.99) and a birthday present for my neice from Debenhams. So total spend today is 76.32 :eek:

Thankfully this isn't all from GC money otherwise I would be struggling. I keep separate budgets for birthdays and household items so my only food spend was £2.96. I'm very pleased with where we stand so far this month - long may it continue.

Little_Miss_Frugal

Doing quite well...haven't spent anything on groceries yet. OH will nip to Mr T early tomorrow morning for a few bits for the children's packed lunches and some milk...he will be under strict instructions not to spend more than necessary.

So far this year I have only spent £10 on diesel for my car

skaps

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

Skaps - apart from using the coleslaw in jacket potaoes with cheese or tuna, I can't think of any other uses BUT I frequently use coleslaw that is days past it use by date. I would say keep using it as long as it tastes ok, but maybe that's just me!

Will do that thanks

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£52.50 today but that included lunch boxes and drink cups for the girls - they've never had packed lunch before and some xmas wrapping paper marked down from £3 to 75p. Also got multipacks of somethings for the girls which will last until the end of the month.

slowandsteady_2

Evening all,

NSD today on groceries as started new job-very long day sat in an induction presentation, took sandwiches and a flask of coffee which somehow spilt all over my rucksack:eek:, so stuck to water from the dispenser.
I am not happy at all though as i have to pay for parking, at a so called 'discounted' rate of £5, so thats £10 on parking this week alone to attend training that is mandatory:eek:, i think thats wrong, i dont have a spare £10 to park, if i get the bus, even though its miles, it wil still cost me £4 so i appreciate id have to pay either way but i still resent it, especially as i dont even work at the hospital im being sent to! Its in the city centre so not really anywhere i can park for free, plus the weather being so snowy i wanted to be undercover, but im still not impressed!

Ok well rant over:o, tonight was just a thrown together type thing as i was shattered and dh hadnt long since been in, so had pasta and tomato sauce with a couple of cumberland sausages.

Am full of a cold so am eating throat lozenges and hoping my voice doesnt go as its very sore and my voice is starting to go hoarse.

Back to the hospital for training tommorrow and to throw a fiver away again:mad:. Its snowing again tonight so dont want to leave it in a space i might be lucky enough to find on a side street, to clean the snow off.

I shall stop moaning now, my apologies to you all:o

Untill tommorrow, good night x

elizabunny

Evening all!

Had a small shop today, needed to stock up on Bread Flour, Yeast, Milk & Eggs just in case the 'big freeze' stops me from leaving the village (which is often the case when it snows).

I haven't been inspired to cook much today as have felt really 'yuk':(. SO hoping for a better day tomorrow. Sig. updated.