October 2010 Grocery Challenge

sistercas

spent over £30 in l!dl :eek:

I did get the sherry thats on offer for xmas and some jacobs biscuits for cheese on bogof too

the rest i'm not even sure :eek::o

Chloris

Leek and celery soup. Just saute chopped celery and leeks for 10 mins, add vegetable stock, simmer for 20 mins and whizz up. Serve with cream (I attempt to draw the Hulk in cream for my 6 year old!). I never add too much stock to my soups because I like them thick. Also means the children eat more veg and slurp less water! You can add a tablespoon of rice to any soup before simmering to thicken it (it will need to be whizzed!). I could live on soup.:j

mrsbowie

well I'm very proud of meself today, all I bought was a stamp!

sistercas

mrsbowie wrote: »

well I'm very proud of meself today, all I bought was a stamp!

:T :rotfl:

Hippeechiq

triticale wrote: »

Love your ability to adapt, Winged one! :T

Me too :T I'm hopeless at that kind of thing

sharronej wrote: »

At the end of the day we have to do what works best to safeguard our own families futures before we look outside.

I agree. It's no good me supporting my local GG if by doing so I then have less money to buy other things I need.

LongTallSally if you click on this link
£IDL.CO.UK and feed in your postcode, it will tell you what offers are on in the £idl nearest to you

In my branch, they currently have Pilgrims Choice Extra Mature Cheddar on offer for £2.49 for 500g which is £4.98 kg. Don't know about the rest of the country, but the Cathedral City cheese offer ended Monday of last week in my store.

Not actually been in a shop since Saturday, but I had my A$da delivery yesterday which came to £ 83.26 bringing my total spends so far to £189.88 leaving £85.12 in the kitty.

Not going to whinge - it's my own doing. Haven't been in a shop this week, so still have the princely sum of £4 cash in my purse. I will need bread and the obligatory milk before next Monday - when my new week starts - and £4 aint gonna cover it! and what's more I don't care

Billie-jo

Had to get a few things yesterday including some cream, bread, frozen peas, lemonade, flowers and some alcohol as had friends over.
Total cost was £28.33 which was more than we expected but its only money......:rotfl::rotfl:
£156.59 left to last 19 days (£8.24 per day) fingers crossed

Managed to use the last of the sausage rolls from christmas over the weekend. Also made some beetroot and tomato soup !!! Quite nice actually but not something I would want too often.
Also used half a box of past their date crackers up by crushing them and using as breadcrumbs for coating some fish cakes which I did a few weeks ago but when froze them had run out of breadcrumbs.

Eviesaver - where were the 2 packs of H£inz beans for £4 from please? as only got 2 tins left in cupboard.

XSpender

NSD for me today:j

Must get milk tomorrow and I have cancelled this weeks organic veg box which will save almost £20. I am trying to get through to the weekend buying only milk and then just bread and fruit at the weekend. to last through to the following weekend.

I have added up what we have spent on food/toiletries/dog food and cleaning over the last 2 months and the amount is :eek: and compared to what we were spending earlier in the year when I was doing the GC every month it is :eek::eek:. I really need to get back in to the swing of this challenge and stick at it every month because it really works for me

suzybloo

Have had to do a midweek shop for the usual fresh items, but did pick up a pair of leather gloves within the shop that I will take off the total spend today, so will add £24 to my total, not doing too badly at the moment as have quite a stock in.

cw18

Small spends for me today - 3rd grocery shop of month, and first since last Wedesday

Went to A!di for spuds, tomatoes and cucumber (£2.13)
Then B'n'M for a tin of organic chickpeas (29p)

Also picked up 2 packs of iBuprofen in B'n'M, but they're from a different budget

Sue14

86p spent on 2 pints of milk in the petrol garage today, instead of going in the mahoosive T*sco and probably spending a hell of a lot more! I will need OH to get some more tomorrow, but he can get it on the 2 for £2 from the store he works in.