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November 2010 Grocery Challenge
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Hi All, Can I join please we have 3 adults, dog, cat, bird and rabbit. I am keeping a spending diary which I started on 27th Payday, I will aim for £275 for November0
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I am reducing my amount for November (as I got quite a lot of cupboard stuff in October in the end) down to €450 - should still be loads but lets me keep a bit extra for December and still come in on target for the year.
Haven't bought anything yet (shouldn't need to shop until the coming weekend - unless the builders go through the biccis and milk very fast!), actually, I'd forgotten that was part of the reason for overspending last month - extra tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biccies for builders starting today. But I have my weekly menu on the Oct thread - mostly from freezer/stores except for lamb knuckles slow roasted tomorrow. (Don't think slow cooker is great while builders there).GC 2010 €6,000/ €5,897
GC 2011:Overall Target: €6,000/ €5,442 by October
Back on the wagon again in 2014
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Morning
Thanks for adding me to the list!!
I have listed everything in my cupboards and freezer and will be able to make some menu plans which will hopefully cut down on my spend for the month. I seem to have about 6 pints of milk too much any ideas how i can use it up? i have risotto rice and white rice but no pudding rice.....
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Hiya,
I'm trying for £375 this month,
Tesco £52.54
Month will start 29th October and finish 26th November.0 -
Im going for £400 for november.
if i can stay under this for the month then dec should be ok as ive been saving stamps at MrM
its stir up sunday this month so got to get my pudding and cake ingredientsSPC~12 ot 124
In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind0 -
First NSD for the month
Have some bits left from October in the cupboard so should last me a couple of weeks
6 tins of soup
1 tin rice pudding
1 packet gingernuts
Herbal tea
3 bottles squash
1/2 bottle double concentrate squash
fiance going to pick up some juice for me later! (a treat) so purse is staying firmly shut!OU Law studentMay Grocery challenge£30/ £110 -
Day 1 and I've just spent £14.77
lean minced steak, beef sizzle steaks and pork chops discounted to £10, large onken yogurt 70p (using 30p off voucher), 1 pizza £2.07 (using 50p off voucher) and block of cheddar for £2.
Just need some spuds but going to wait for dh to fetch in a big sack later. Just realised I also forgot to get some eggs!
So I now have £185.23 left. As I need this total to stay as high as possible for a costco shop later on, I think I will avoid the shops for as long as I can.
Off to start some of the bread mix I have in the cupboards from a Big Brands order last month. Also have a couple of muffin mixes to try out and with the tins of pea and ham soup from app foods dh should be ok for his pack ups for a while.Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
Jan grocery challenge £35.77/£1200 -
I seem to have about 6 pints of milk too much any ideas how i can use it up? i have risotto rice and white rice but no pudding rice.....
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Use the risotto rice for rice pudding - I've often done this. They're both short grain 'fat' rice capable of soaking up lots of liquid. I think I prefer risotto rice over pudding rice, in fact!I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
oh seriously!! i was hoping for something like that .... do you have a recipe... dont want much to IDetermined to do better0
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oh seriously!! i was hoping for something like that .... do you have a recipe... dont want much to I
lol! I'm a throw-it-in person for rice pudding, but the recipe on page 1 of this thread (under desserts etc) should work fine.Personally I don't add nutmeg - I splosh in vanilla essence or scrapings from a vanilla pod
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200
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