April 2010 Grocery Challenge

jintyb

BigMummaF wrote: »

I used to do things like this when mine were little One of my ever-lasting memories was No2 Offspring running to the front door & shouting gleefully to the other two "Hey! We've got chicken bones for dinner!" & me hurriedly assuring the neighbours we were having chicken WINGS with salad :rotfl:We had hard meat [pork], hard bread [uncut & in the days before I made my own], round meat [luncheon meat] & cowboys breakfast--nothing more than a value version of a mixed grill
I think green trees was my biggest triumph, as they happily ate raw carrot & cauli but were suspicious of broccoli..ahhh..those were the days! I used to cut a face out from the top slice in their sandwich, or use pastry cutters to jazz up a meat paste sarnie, while those little bread rolls had slits cut into the top & bits of cheese & cucumber became the spines of a hedgehog. And d'ya know? I kinda miss doing things like that; don't think I'd get away with it now they're all grown



What a laugh! That reminds me of when I was wee, if my Mum said it was scrambled eggs, no way would I eat it, but if she called it " Eggo Scrambolo" well, that was different and I loved it! We still call it that and Im 50 now!!!:rotfl:

boultdj

Can I join for May please? A target of $200 for the month for 2 of us, including cleaning stuff.

guccigoo

im doing a naughty today and have ordered 2 pizza's from pizza its buy one get one half price, so thats £17.48 to declare. will update sig when ive eaten mine:D

guccigoo

meant to say pizza hut!

Changingme

No more shopping for me this month total is£268.98 can you please put me down for £260 for May please will try again.

dreamywings1

Eeeeeekkkkkkkkkkk im declaring £596.37!!!!! OMG:eek::eek::eek:

I will try harder this month, therefore please put me down for £400 again please for May.

[Deleted User]

Declaring for April with £27.88 left over from my APRIL purse.
Will start again on Saturday for MAY with £120.00 as usual.:j:j:j
I am very pleased as it's extra to go into my holiday pot for my August family holiday to the Isle of Wight.More ice-creams for the kids if nothing else:j

Sunnyday

Well after all my earlier determination it looks as if i`m going to end up over budget this month after all.

Apparently there is a water leak somewhere and i`ve arrived home from w*rk to find that we have no water!

We were having mixed salad which i was about to prep and wash but if the water isn`t back on soon then i shall have to do a quick supermarket dash :mad:

Normally this wouldn`t present too much of a problem food wise as i would just take something i prepped earlier out of the freezer but we have been using up all that kind of stuff so the only things left have yet to be made into things IYKWIM

Huge frozen gammon anyone Even the tins etc have been run right down ready to get the kitchen fitted soon.

HMMM maybe we shall end up with a takeaway but it will blow all my hard w*rk to stay withing the budget this month.

SD

JayJay14

Good evening all,

I am declaring at £154.48 for April, much better than I expected but I am going to try and keep it at £150 for May - things seem to be ging belly up again on the finances front so need to keep all spends in check.

becky170

Oops forgot to get margarine and nail vanish remover so had to stop in at the supermarket again. Another £2.43 spent!

Mrs M can you put me down for £145 for May please?