February 2010 Grocery Challenge

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LIDL have 24 charmin for £7.99 starting monday according to a leaflet i read at DMIL's.....

HTH

lizziebabe

Another NSD yesterday as I was at work. Took chicken, beetroot and spinach pasta for lunch (cold), actually it was yummy.
The kitchen at this new job is up 3 flights of stairs so bought a bottle of water today 60p, now have the bottle to refill as can't keep going to the kitchen. Took ham and tomato sarnies today and fruit.
Got my free goodies from A*bel and C*le today - 1 organic chicken, 1 lamb shank, 1 pork and stuffing shoulder joint, leeks, bananas, skimmed milk, 1 pack of braised venison. They were doing a deal - spend £15 a week for 4 weeks and they will credit your account with £50.00. So now I am spending the £50. Still have some left over for next week. It isn't really cheating is it :question:

Keep up the good work everyone. Even those of you who are going over are still keeping to the challenge. Maybe there will be months that are better and it will all even out. This challenge is certainly making me think hard about what I am spending and what I am spending it on! :think:

Hope you are not having too many sleepless nights ragz.

PennyGrabber

Not been posting for a few days - just caught up with all posts now! NSD today and yesterday. Spent some money the day before, but can't remember how much, so i'll have to find the receipt for that! Only 5 days left of my Feb, so here's hoping I make it for the first time ever!!
PG x

jintyb

brodie1 wrote: »

Hi,
loo rolls, Im worrying as I only have 28 left :mad: Glad Im not the only obessed one:):)
Brodie

No, you're not the only one - I'm down to 8 :eek: from my usual airing cupboard/ shedful - I get all twitchy just thinking about it!
SunnyGirl - I agree - Maybe we should start a Loo Rolls Anonymous thread to help us with our addiction LOL!
Have a great day everyone

bargainhunterss

When do we need to start posting to sign up for the March challenge? I think March is going to be a difficult month for us so we could do with being v tough on ourselves! x

Sunnyday

monks wrote: »

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 !!!

I`m just starting this weeks shopping list off and right at the top i have loo rolls

We never had the beef stew last night so i still have all the ingredients for it tonight. We also have an option of beef, jacket pots and veg with onion gravy so i shall see what we fancy later. Either way thats two more days meals taken care of :j

SD

Sunnyday

bargainhunterss wrote: »

When do we need to start posting to sign up for the March challenge? I think March is going to be a difficult month for us so we could do with being v tough on ourselves! x

When its coming up towards the end of this month peeps will begin to post their March figures and then a new March thread will be started to post in.

Lots of us end the month on different days so it usually takes a few days for everyone to be on the next month and both threads will probably run for a while.

I know what you mean about wanting to get started though, i`m terrible lol. Try and do a meal plan for each day, i find that helps.

HTH

SD

mrssnowy_2

Day off today,WM on,DW emptied,bread rising,house clean(ish),so a pottering day today-unless ....well there we are.

Just a thought,does anyone else read the blog from Oz by Rhonda Jean, down---to---earth?
Lot of sound thoughts on simple living,including using old cloths/rags in the house instead of kitchen roll etc..
(there is even a thread from peeps who use them for EVERYTHING:D)
I haven't bought kitchen rolls for years-certainly buy toilet rolls tho':)
Its one way of saving a bit more money and storage space,keep a big bag of reusable rags in the kitchen,sling in WM after each use until really worn out.

See you all

mrss

franby64

Still spending! £8.77 today.

Bread, milk, marg and fruit I needed.
Frozen peas I hate buying as they are so expensive but I can use them in a few meals this week.
I bought myself a cheap yoghurt for breakfast and some cream to put in the curry for tea and that is it!
Anyway, my average left now is £4.88 a day - still not bad but shrinking by the day! I had hoped for a bit spare in my GC as I have already spent all my Feb general/other/whatever fund. I think I will go over in Feb but not as much as in Jan so I suppose that's progress!

loulou0327

Plans changed a bit here my nieces and nephew have come to stay a few days so bang goes the menu plan were now cooking for 7 instead of 4.lol
And just discovered that my adult niece is coming next week too, clever planning needed if i want to come in under budget me thinks.:think:
Off to approved foods tomorrow to see what they have in.