October 2010 Grocery Challenge

mum2b

Please put me down for £225 for this month, Went over this month :mad: got a DD having a mahooosive growthspurt!!!!!!!!!!!!
My month start 30/9 and ends 28/10

Coxy11

Morning everybody,

Managed a NSD yesterday, which is a miracle. What helps is DS1 having a money-free canteen system which saves having to scrabble around for coins in the morning.

No work today (I'm a gardener) due to pants weather - electric hedge trimmer + rain = not a good idea. Unfortunately means I will not get paid but will spend the time tidying up our tip of a home and ironing - oh joy.

Just wondered whether there's a thread on here listing meal plans? I only seem to be able to do 5-7 days at a time before running out of inspiration. DH no help at all - just says Spag Bol and Sweet and Sour Pork whenever I ask him, men huh :mad:.

Have a good day all.
Coxy
xx

rosieben

Coxy11 wrote: »

... Just wondered whether there's a thread on here listing meal plans? ...

We have a weekly Mealplans thread - here is the current one plus I did a quick search and brought up this list of previous weekly threads

and the Complete Menu Plans Collection

and a link from the front page recipe index - very useful article at Creative Organising - Ten Tips to Simplify Meal Planning

hth

~moneysavingnovice~

I've decided that this month I'm going to keep a list of all the food we throw away, so I can make sure I'm really concentrating on minimising waste.

Nothing's been binned yet!

Long_tall_sally

I have been to Aldi, Lidl, Sainsburys, Farm Foods, Iceland & The Co Op in the last few days and although I haven't added it all up yet I know that it is going to be quite a lot! Need to go to Farm Foods again today for milk & toilet rolls. I have bought quite a few bits for xmas already.

I need to try & find the time to do another meal plan as the last one that I did which was 10 days did work well except I lost the list & had to guess on the last two days!

Thanks to Pink-Winged, Mrs M and Rosieben for all their hard work. It is much appreciated.

Mrs M - can I try (AGAIN) for £450 for October please? (Well if I don't try, then I have no chance whatsoever of ever actually achieving it one day!)

thanks Longtall sally

cw18

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

I need to try & find the time to do another meal plan as the last one that I did which was 10 days did work well except I lost the list & had to guess on the last two days!

Mine's all in (yet another) spreadsheet on my laptop - and currently runs up to the end of the year for breakfasts and evening meals (totally based on food I already have in other than veg). Lunches and suppers tend to depend on what I feel like on the day, what I've bought on Whoopsies, what hours I'm working, and how many calories I have available (which depend on exercise done as much as anything else). Snacks are also on my plan, but I really only stick the afternoon ones religiously (and those only on work days!)

aussiemum

Did my weekly supermarket shop today and spent $111.90, not too bad $20 cheaper than last week
Still need to go to the butcher and grocer though
Does anyone else shop weekly or do you shop when you need/run out of things ??

VJsmum

Please can I join? I am going to start with £450 :eek: (I know, I know) but this is about 3/4 of what I normally spend.

I will include food, toiletries and cleaning products but not any christmas pressies that may fall in my trolley!

brodie1_2

Hi all,
to start with the mess ups. I brought a £5.00 chicken weighing a massive 2.5kg from sains, great bargin I thought. Had chicken veg and roasties on sunday, all fine and thought I would do my usual and make leftovers into chicken pie(in fact enough for chick lasagnes too)
Made the pie and unusaully it was awful, the chicken just tasted of fat, couldnt be served up. That will teach me not to buy cheap mass produced chicken. If I get supermarket chick its usually co-op Elmwoods. We do have butcher here that also has a market stall and they sell there own chickens, must visit them again soon. The butcher also does 5lb for 6.99 of mince. Its all home produced.
We had DS girlfriend here so had to go up the chippy for tea £10.00.:eek:
I had spent morning for 3 and ahalf hrs in the next town whilst waiting for catrto be serviced ....... and I have a stinking cold:(
Yesterday also picked dh up from work and went to farm foods got some oven chips and spring rolls as I was still feeling ill for quick meal. Found out they were the sort u deep fry, couldnt use them as havnt got one:(:eek:
Today I am feeling loads better , baked the usual hobnobs and tried kezloos calzones.
You are a star Kezloo:T:T:T
My son 2 2 calzones I had one they are great. Just the sort of thing I was looking for for, DH packup and lunchtime snacks.
YesterdaY i was feeling really fed up,ill etc but strange as it may sound I am motivated agin due toKezloos calzones:T
Brodie1

ChocClare

Well, hello again - please can I play, it's the only thing MAKING me keep an eye on my spending!

Usual thanks to pink, mrs m and rosieben, and please would you put me down for

£360

this month.

Good luck everyone!