December 2010 Grocery Challenge

larmy16

Hippee, yes you got it right!

Hope the mamm went ok. Blooming uncomfortable bordering on pain and then they let them out.

Long_tall_sally

Yes hope ther mammogram went ok Hippeechiq. I've never had one but have heard that they are uncomfortable.

I hada NSD day today. I went through my freezer & store cupboards Sunday & made a list of all the contents. I then sat down & made a meal planner for the next 9 days which I was quite proud of doing but have deviated from it already. I find them such a pain to do. I have to find out how many people I have for dinner each night as OH's boys come 5 out of 14 days but not always the same days, then consider whether I am working on that day & then what sports activities I have to take my son to. We were meant to have fish pie last night & the leftovers for the kids tonight but ran out of time yesterday so had it tonight & last night we had chicken curry instaed of chicken enchilada that we supposed to. Must try harder for the remainding 7 days!

welshkaz

Sorry for dropping in for a moan everyone, i started this year a spendaholic debts everywhere household bills catalogues spent hundreds a month on food and bits bought every bargain that came in ssight on the grabbit board in all honesty a right mess but something clicked i stopped spending paid 70 percent of my debt off and just stopped spending but little by little old habits are creeping back a bit here a mp3 player there an extra this for christmas and to be honest ive really finished my xmas shopping as i had a pile of vouchers and bought bits through year, anyone got any advice on how to stop me slipping further down the slope into debt, its the old me saying its christmas so spend spend spend.... hubby is a softy and never moans but i feel really guilty with parcels being delivered i dont think ive finished a grocery challenge for months ....

rosieben

welshcaz, could you bribe yourself by saving up for something you really want? I'm as bad as you sometimes, ebay is too handy for me!!

sharronej

rosieben wrote: »

welshcaz, could you bribe yourself by saving up for something you really want? I'm as bad as you sometimes, ebay is too handy for me!!

I agree, the internet is not always our friend! I've stopped going on ebay and have clicked most of the sales emails into my junk folder - it doesn't even feel like spending just the click of a button!

I've almost spent my alcohol budget for Boxing Day, I've done some extra work over the last couple of weeks so have managed my Christmas food and alcohol out of that (well I'm hoping so I haven't bought the ingrediants for the hot buffet yet). DD sent me a message from Uni asking for Amerett0. Does anyone know where the best place to buy it is? Never bought it before.

larmy16

Hippeechic I noticed on Mysupermarket that Tesco Ultraslim is currently £3.00 per tin and will be so until Feb 11.

The strawberry one is for 12 servings but the chocolate one is 8 servings only. Have never tried it, but I thought I would get a tin of each to see what my ds thinks of it. If he likes it I shall be bulk buying.

jintyb

LolaLemon wrote: »

Have you tried some oats (add some essential oils too if u want) wrapped in a muslin (or muslim, i always get that wrong!) and either tie it to your taps so the water runs through it, or add straight to the bath whilst filling up, this makes the water a bit creamy and is brilliant for the skin, u can then use the 'bag' as a sponge and get washed with it, its lovely (oooh i sooo want my bath back! only got a shower in here)

I agree, that IS lovely, also if you dont have muslin, you can use a popsock ( kneehigh sock, sorry showing my age there!:rotfl:) or cut a bit off old tights to put the oats in. HTH:)

Doom_and_Gloom

Update:
Budget = £20 cash + £100 Mr S giftcardSpent = £15.02 cash + £43.85 Mr S giftcard
Left = £4.98 cash + £56.15 Mr S giftcard

Sunnyday

Hi peeps :wave::wave:

i`ve not been around due to long hours at work and walking there and back due to the weather
I shall catch up eventually though - the main thing is that although i`ve not posted yet this month i am actually doing the grocery challenge :D

Sooooooooo please can you put me down for £200 food and £60 pets MrsM - sorry its so late

This will cover all the extra bits and pieces for Christmas and also any hamper fillers such as choccies and stuff that i buy from the supermarket whilst we are there.

I`m off to catch up with 483 emails _pale_ fingers crossed that most are junk and don`t actually need to be read!

Happy shopping peeps :wave:

SD

franby64

Good morning

I had a T*sco delivery yesterday and I'm now up to £258.78/£450.

Time to take stock so I'm going to cancel next weeks veg box and try and run down the soup lake in my freezer! I'm having a cooking day today, making spag bol, shepherd's pie and nut and veg loaf for the freezer (oh - perhaps I won't be emptying it :mad:!) Maybe some bread as well.
I do need to buy fruit and a sliced loaf today though.

Had a shock yesterday when I saw that the T-bags I usually buy in the C*-op (Fairtrade 240) had gone up from £3.25 to £4.50!!
This is the sort of thing that worries me.
I know it's still a cheap drink at less than 2p per cup but I hate price jumps...what's next??
Anyway I found a box of 80 for £1 in Tesco but I prefer to buy fairtrade - They'll probably be on offer at some point.

Have a good day .