January 2010 Grocery Challenge

Linda32

Hello all, I said £240 for the month so thats £60.00 for the week. My week started on 31st December (so Thursday this week to Wedenesday next week) - helps me keep a track.

Have changed my calculations to monthly £240.00 to finish on 28th January, that will be 4 weeks at £60.00 per week

Already spent:-

£63.91

Co-op £8.30
Co-op £17.15

£89.36 Total :eek:

Aril

Hi everyone
Hope you're all safe and well in your neck of the woods.
The small person has had school cancelled today so he and DH walked over to Mr T and did a shop that should see us through to the end of next week barring possibly milk and bread. I've trained them well as OH rummaged around in the whoopsies and bought back 3 X sausages for 60p each:D He spent £19.18 in total so am chuffed with that:j We'll definitely spend more next month when the stockpile I built up in December is run down though boo hiss:rotfl:
Aril

helen_jelly

Evening everyone and thank you for looking after the new people whilst I've stressed out hehe

Thank you for all your kinds thoughts for DH and myself, he is now home, still in pain but they think he may have had kidney stones but he also has a badly infected prostate and also has to go back for some scans and a tube up his bits to see if he has a tumour in his bladder so a bit more waiting for tests and then results but he is at home now so thats good and although he still has pain he does have very good painkillers to deal with it.

I will update the budgets in a while but I have made a note of them up to and including Moniker

Helen x

ilovetea

Haven't spent anything again today. This weather is great for the budget.
Good stocks of most things and some of the stuff in the cupboards does need using up. If needs be I'll just have to eat the biscuts and choccy I got for Christmas:rolleyes:.
HELEN. hope your hubby feels better soon.

ilovetea x

AllBuyMyself

skaps wrote: »

Try this Thai sticky chicken
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/629671

Thank you! Looks very tasty.

highland_fling_2

Hi everyone,
can't believe how quickly this thread grows.

Helen- sympathies to your poor hubby. I have had kidney stones and they are very painful.

Popped into lidl while I was out today and they had some really good offers on f&v, some things only 29p. Worth having a look if you have one near you.

ragz_2

slowandsteady wrote: »

Evening all,

Hope your OH gets well soon, Helen.

Just a small spend today, £2.95 i caved in and bought some teabags, i have really tried to like the basic ones but its something i just cant compromise on. So got a box of 240 Fairtrade teabags from Co-op which were half price and i think 50% extra free so not a bad price, and lovely cuppa.

x

That's a good price, tea is one of my luxuries and I usually get the tesco finest fairtrade 240 bags for about £5 so if I or OH get into town while this offer is on I'll definitely get some - thanks for this!

Snow great for my purse too, so far 3 NSD in a row!

Made the £8 chicken I bought into a lovely soup and pie today after having it roast yesterday. OH was really impressed but I know a lot of people get more than that out of one! Still, at least it justifies buying free range.

Psyching myself up to possibly having to bake some bread tomorrow (mine never comes out right...)
Can I make it with normal flour though, don't have bread flour?
Off to find a breadbaking thread...

Alison_Funnell

NSD here too. Though tbh it isn't relly due to the weather we are only just getting the heavier snow, just being good! :eek:

I have cancelled all my Abel and Cole deliveries for the rest of Jan. We are getting a delivery from a local farm - better, bigger and cheaper!

JayJay14

ragz wrote: »

Psyching myself up to possibly having to bake some bread tomorrow (mine never comes out right...)
Can I make it with normal flour though, don't have bread flour?
Off to find a breadbaking thread...

I usually use smartprice plain flour for bread now - got the idea from Weezl when she was doing her 50p challenge. It makes lovely rolls as well.

Kitchenbunny

A NSD today - I resisted the temptation to get a little something for the journey home too - saving my wallet and my waistline! I'm not feeling like posting much today, so I just thought I'd update that and head off. Here's to a better tomorrow.