February 2010 Grocery Challenge

ragz_2

Adding £4 spend on milk and treats

Thinking I may actually manage this month though as we have plenty of meals in and only 1 more shop to do!

Keiss_21

Ssshh :shhh: ragz me too!

I have similar spending so far and target as you for this month, so hoping to make it for once...thought I was OK last month, but blew it with days to go, so here's hoping!

scotsaver

A NSD today but with all this talk of Loo Rolls I've checked our supply and we only have 2 left.:eek: Does anyone know of any special offers on at the moment? I usally buy Charmin when it's on offer in Lidl but hasn't been on offer for ages.

Dinner tonight is Chicken soup made from the leftover stock from Slow Cooker yesterday and then HM Macaroni cheese and a large Salad Bowl.

Have a good evening everyone.:D

Welsh_Poppy

4 NSD which I am happy to report...but down too 2 loo rolls I normally have at least 20.......so need to stock up soon but not see offers and we like andrex.

We had a mushroom with herb crust bake salad and new pots and veggie sausage.

ragz_2

Keiss_21 wrote: »

Ssshh :shhh: ragz me too!

I have similar spending so far and target as you for this month, so hoping to make it for once...thought I was OK last month, but blew it with days to go, so here's hoping!

May I ask how many yours is for?
mine's for me, DH, DS1(3) and DS2(2) - little one's don't eat a lot but DH does and I have to make his packed lunches from that too. Also includes nappies for DS2(2) and DD(2 weeks)

looie

hi all, just a little spend for me today £7.66. £7.71 left of my budget so that should see us through next week as hopefully won't need too much, just milk and bread.

I'm determined to stay in budget this month as I went over last month !

SilverCo

Hi everyone :hello:

Another £33.40 to add as went wild in Mr M yesterday! Amongst other things, I managed to get a good haul on their offers:

Homepride 1.5kg S/R flour - 50p
Homepride 1.5kg Plain flour - 50p
Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup - 50p
Mr M Lemon Juice - 50p
Chinese Meal for 2 - £3
P*inces Pink Salmon (buy 1 get 2 free) - £2.29
B*anston Bked Beans with Sausages (2 tins) - £1

Not sure how I'm going to get through the rest of the month, everything crossed I think! Still, only a week to go!!

Silver x

PS. Only 5 loo rolls left, eek!! :eek:

HowlinWolf

I am now officially overbudget. £225.06 for this month so far and that's with the odd bit of creative accounting (i.e. not including the weighing scales to replace my broken ones in the grocery budget which is what I would normally do). We do have plenty food though but I doubt we will get to the end of the month without spending anything else.

losingpatience

Went to Mr S tonight and spent £24.42. We didnt really need anything either but I still don't think we'll go over budget. About £13 of that wasn't on groceries or toiletries but I'm still going to include it in with the total.

Made a lasagne last night and had loads of the bolognese mix left over so had that with baked potatos for tea tonight. So managed to stretch the pack of mince to 5 meals which I was really pleased with myself about as sometimes it only does 2 meals Probably could have gone to 6 meals but the BF had a second helping of lasagne last night. Got a coupon for a free loaf of bread a few weeks ago which I used today as well so had some nice crusty bread with tea so it worked out to be a very cheap meal!

monks

long tall sally Have made potato cabbage and chilli soup a few times which is quite nice for a change and use up your cabbage,could also subsitute onion for the leeks you have.
serves 4 - 1/2 cabbage or 8oz kale, 10 oz potatoes, 1 red chilli or flakes ,1 onion , 2 cloves garlic ,2 tablespoons oil ,2 pints stock, salt and pepper

p.s visions of os,s struggling home with their mountain of loo roll supplies has made me smile all evening- know how to spot you now :rotfl:
sunnyday great idea please can i join :rotfl:
oh dear think im losing the plot blame half term !!!