November 2010 Grocery Challenge

cw18

Picklepud wrote: »

bought quite a bit of whoopsied cooked meat for sandwiches from the deli counter chicken/ham/brisket beef I also bought a pack of ham and I froze that but not sure about the deli stuff? do you guys freeze it? I know you say you freeze sliced meat so i am happy with the pack stuff but not sure about the deli whoopsies..

Most certainly

I got a 'fair bit' of roast beef from the deli last month (or was it September?), and that's all portioned up in my freezer. Will be used one portion at a time for a 'roast dinner' - much cheaper than buying a joint (which then shrinks) and using the oven to cook it myself

Picklepud

cw18 wrote: »

Most certainly

I got a 'fair bit' of roast beef from the deli last month (or was it September?), and that's all portioned up in my freezer. Will be used one portion at a time for a 'roast dinner' - much cheaper than buying a joint (which then shrinks) and using the oven to cook it myself

i didnt even think of that ... thank you sooo much off to freeze it all now :T

Sue14

katholicos wrote: »

My uncle is about 72 and a bachelor (this could be why...) and he has two of those monkeys on a shelf in his hallway...when i tiedied up for him once i put them in a drawer...the next time i visited, they were back on the shelf...what is it with men and monkeys!

Maybe my DS isn't so bad after all, lol, he's only 29, but he's always had a thing for monkeys!

XSpender

Well, the budget has well and truly been blown!:o:eek:

Had to get some nappies for DS yesterday even though I have 600+ size 4s in the house from when they were on offer in C0stco:eek: He has not grown in to them as quickly as I expected so had to get some more size 3's. Luckily they were on offer and got 2x64 for £12. DH decided he wanted tinned chilli and tortillas for tea, if he had told me earlier I could have defrosted some of my chilli but he was at a conference all day so was unsure when he would be in or if he would want a proper meal. Also bought some prawn crackers for our chinese night on Saturday, some tissues and a bottle of wine. Total spend £23.31 taking me to an embarassingly high £397.75. Apart from beer at the weekend we should not need anything else until pay day next Friday. We shouldn't but that doesn't mean we won't buy anything in this house:o

jammy_dodger

hi to all
ive just updated my sig was very pleased when popping into MR T late tues night i picked up a host of whoopsied items , am rarely that lucky included 2 x butternut squash for 3p each 2 packs saus meat 2p each a box of mushrooms for 1p and a head of broccoli for 1p a carton of onion gravy also 1p will go loverly with saus meat plait thingy .. :j

so thats sausage meat plait made , butternut squash and cumin soup , and a veg curry that'll make at least half a dozen meals for less than 50p when ive added the bits n bobs from store whoopee

Long_tall_sally

Wow jammy dodger, you got some amazing bargains there! I have never ever seen whoopsies as low as that! I'm now rather jealous!

Sorry to hear about all the health problems people & their families are having.

My hope for the weekend is that I clear out my baking cupboard. It is rammed full & I am not too sure exactly what is in there, although I suspect lots of flour. OH is on a stag night tomorrow night so may do it then.

jintyb

Just back from final shop for November for me as my pay day is on Monday. Final total for November is £195.66!
Delighted to report that I am under budget for the month by £4.34 and for the year to date by £26.07! This has been a bit of a challenge to get there but worth it, and has also involved a bit of juggling between various SM's, something I never did before.
The result is that I'm going into December with a good stock of items we use regularly and also pet food.
Today I also took advantage of a lot of the Christmas offers - half price Black Magic for MIL, ( mR t, big box £5) At the Coop I got 2 tins of Fox$ Biscs £5 each and 6 Cadburys med selection boxes at 3 for £5 so that was £18 as I had a £2 off WYS £20 vchr.With the £2 I saved I bought Pudsey cupcakes for CiN. ( Christmas buys are not included in the grocery budget)

All in all a good result!:)

NickJW

Hi All

I've just had 5 NSD's but needed some odds and ends from Mr S today - £2.10 spent.

I'm quite pleased that my spends are still looking low. It's 63.3% through my month, but I've spent 62.1%. :T

wssla00

Hi all My new budget starts today and I STILL haven't decided what to do with it......

however just popping on to say anyone with quidco accounts, sainsburys are now tracking 50p a time for each grocery order (so even if like me you use them quite frequently!)

Which is a nice bit of a cashback for something you do normally anyway

JulieGeorgiana

OMG OMG OMG!!!

I am at my limit and have a £6.50 shop to do today!!!!!

Last week my husband and I were both sick... and it's meant I overspent!

Why is it you always 'don't care' and overspend!

Oh and I don;t add takeaways.... we spent £15 on that!!!

Oh well, next friday is the start of a new 4 week period for me!!