February 2010 Grocery Challenge

franby64

I got £1.53 back from A*da today as they had overcharged me on my last delivery - it's all welcome at this time of the month!
Spent £6.13 (minus £1.53 = £4.60) on milk, sausages and some half-term kiddy carp - Dr Pepper, Monster Munch and Penguins all on offer.
£4.98 a day left.

russetred

Just updating my totals.Its freezing here and I'm sitting with a hot water bottle on my knees.Definitely macaroni cheese weather.

loulou0327

Nipped to approved food today and got loads of stuff though thats another 29.50 spent. going to Mr N in a bit to pick up my box of wine for the weekend (cheapest 3.75 i think).I really do think i have a shopping addiction going to see if i can manage not going in a shop Sat or Sunday but i doubt it!

poppy-glos

another £11.07 spent in mr t,

making chicken schnitzel for tea (saw phil making turkey ones on this morning), with saute potatoes and salad. This will be the last of my christmas eve 6p new pototoes - they have lasted and kept well!

Guests round tonight so splurged again! on snacky stuff and drinks...

Going to have to be very strict to come in on budget, my month finishes on 28th.

mrssnowy_2

Shopped in MrM on Wed,BIG £5 chicken and a few bits-Mum paid for it-thanks.
Chicken divided up,bits frozen-carcass in SC for stock.
2 thighs for lunch in a concotion of veggies and used up an elderly bit of cabbage.Quite tasty.
Lazy day today, changed beds,2 loads done in WM,gentle tidy up.
Do less on days I don't work:o

£122.95/£180 and 9 days to go,and no shopping needed-well only milk and veggies,but not £57 worth
(I hope)

mrss

brodie1_2

Gillir2000 wrote: »

Another spend yesterday and Tuesday...forgot some ingredients for an oxtail stew and then bought some supplies for the weekend yesterday - I have guests from tonight til next Thursday. I've realised I've forgotten stuff though, so I'll have to pop out later again!!

It's disorganisation on my part. I write a list and promptly lose it as soon as I'm in the supermarket

Hi, see you have mentioned oxtail stew. Whenever I have tried to make it , it always comes out greasy, what am I doing wrong:o
Brodie1

freakyogre

Went to Sainsburys at lunchtime as needed some noodles for tonights dinner. £2.00 on 2 packs of noodles, there's 6 blocks in each so works out quite cheap. Also bought some bananas, a bottle of squash for work and a packet of biscuits for one of the girls at work. I nearly spent another £1 on a packet of crisps, but after picking them up and walking round the shop, I put them back again!

I shouldn't need anything else next week except milk, a bag of potatoes (but this is to make wedges to go in the freezer for further meals) and a tv guide. We'll see...! I think £60.00 was a better aim this month as it helps when I see things on offer.

I did my meal plan for March last night so will sit and go through all the recipes tonight/over the weekend, make a list of what I need and get a rough idea of what I need to spend.

Long_tall_sally

Now declaring at £7.85 over target so far! I stupidly decided to go to Mr S's with the kids as my OH's Mum had given me a voucher for £7 off a £45 spend. If I had kept it to the £45 with £7 off and spent no more I would still be within target but now feling a bit fed up with myself. First of all I picked up the wrong size baby bells - small bag of 6 currently on offer for £1 and mistakenly I picked up a bag of 12 which cost £2.88! Secondly the kids were driving me so mad with their behaviour that I couldn't keep track in my mind of what the total was. Honestly, I was so fed up with the pair of them. In my opinion they are generally quite well behaved but take them supermarket shopping and they start behaving like 2 year olds and running up and down the isles and they are 10 & 8!
My stress was increased further to find OH throwing out quite a bit of food from the garage tonight after he discovered mouse droppings & chewed bags of pasta & cereal. Aaargh!

PennyGrabber

I went to tesco today, but not sure what i spent as i bought some clothes and other stuff which doesn't come from my gc budget. Will work it out and post it later.

Made a really nice (and simple!) fish pie for dinner tonight, just poached fish, peas/sweetcorn/both, bit of parsley sauce on top, then mashed potato to top it off! Although generally my family aren't fussy eaters, my dd and ds like sweetcorn, whereas bf and i don't, and we were feeding my mum too, so i ended up making four individual pies. No more hassle than a big one, in fact less, as i didn't even bother taking them out of the dishes to serve! That way, dd and ds (who shared one as they are 3 and 4) had peas and sweetcorn, as did mum, and we just had peas. Nice, simple, homecooked food, not too much time to prep. That's my kind of dinner!!
PG x

CherryPie

freakyogre wrote: »

I think £60.00 was a better aim this month as it helps when I see things on offer.

Can I ask, is this just for you?? If so, I'd love to know how you get down to this. My budget is double this at the mo. But I suppose it depends on what you include.