April 2010 Grocery Challenge

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Went shopping this morning and got all I need for this month until at least after 24th.I am away from 17th-24th on holiday So I spent £47.32 and have £72.68 left in my 'food kitty'purse.So I'm really pleased with myself at the moment

butdoineedit?

No spending today, am tired but happy now i have soup, stroganoff a rice dish & loads of sarnies for work in the freezer. Feel better about my splurge on whoopsies now i have seen what they have made!!:D

Only thing i have to do now i make myself eat them before i start buying any more bargains!

pammyj74

only a week in and I am already up to £51 spent :eek:
I am going to be soo far over my target this month without a doubt!
And this is a month I really needed to buckle down my spending

slowandsteady_2

Evening all,

dh got some milk today from the pound shop but no idea if he used GC money as i wasnt in but will add to total.

Had a trip into the city centre today and had a little spend on a little coat for dd, half price at £4.99 so not bad.

Have just spent a couple of hours doing a bit of cooking, made the usual weekly big pan of veg and lentil soup for lunches and a gorhous garlic and mushroom rissotto, also put a pan of pearl barley on but forgot about it and have ruined half of it cos it dried up , but i can rescue most of it and it was going to be chucked in the soup anyway so not a total loss!

Oh well, off to get comfy in my PJ's and have a glass of wine and help dd to eat one of her many remaining Easter eggs

Night all x

TheBees

Hi everyone

I finally sat down and wrote out a menu plan for the next 2 weeks using lots of things from the freezer. However due to the fact that we dropped out of the GC for a couple of months there seems to be a lot less real food in the freezer and cupboards and I need to build up the stock again and use up the odds and ends. Must make some more cakes to freeze and maybe get the bread maker going again tomorrow. Trouble is I always find the slices are too big... has anyone found and easy way of slicing homemade bread thinner?

Underneath the menu plan is a space to write any shopping needed and as soon as I notice something is about to run out I've been writing it on the list so it can be bought with the main shop and not with a last minute dash to the corner shop when we've run out.:rotfl:

Tonight we had spaghetti bolognese. I made a double amount in the slow cooker and will be using the second portion for a lasagne later in the week. There's even enough for 2 people to have another meal of it some time so not bad.

Anyway good luck to everyone with the challenge.

bargainhunterss

Hi! I majorly bombed out last month. "Must do Better" I think! So, if I can sign up for £216 for April? I'm hoping that should be manageable! Am hoping for 12 NSD's for the month too....currently on....1. Hmmmm, could be going better!

Long_tall_sally

Bought a few things from the Co Op as they had new offers on but cannot find the receipt. I have £6.89 in my mind so have updated my signature with that for now! Just off to catch up with the rest of the thread now.

guccigoo

just done an online shop for mr t £46.40 which is coming tomorrow. spent 53p in mr s today on batter mix, off to update sig...:)

katenut

First grocery shop of the month, spent £58.72 stocking up on everything. Am pleased with my total so far, just need to keep the top-up shops to a minimum.....

gin

Went for a walk to get out of the house and ended up spending £1 on baby wipes that are on special offer in the Co op Pharmacy. Poor 2 year old stopped being sick two days ago, but her nappies are shocking, so we are getting through wipes like you would not believe. I have even put her in disposables as there is no way I want these in my washing machine, and the amount we are getting through a day I'm not sure I could keep up with the washing anyway.

Planning to go to Aldi for baking potatoes tomorrow. The builders are replacing the render on my house and roof on my kitchen, so I can just stick these in the oven and not get in their way too much.