January 2011 Grocery Challenge

2joanne

Made a luscious lunch today: rice, roasted left over potatoes and red pepper (from sunday dinner!) and left over tuna from kids sandwiches all mixed together with some soya sauce - delicious and free on SW!!! Even DH liked it!

Also our 2nd ever true NSD - am loving the new money saving ways!!

redkids1972

Been ever so good today back to work but not a penny went out my purse all-day. I was so tempted when we stopped for petrol at the co-op garage as they had some wonderful deals but no I resisted. Teas have been planned for the week and all going to plan my freezer is full and too be honest shouldn't need much to last the remainder of the month. I have a budget of £240 for 2 adults and 3 kids and 3 cats I was worried that I wouldn't be able to manage it but now optimistic I can.
Can anyone advise me how to reduce the cat food for the month down I used to spend 40 but now buying it off-line is £30 thing is my cats so fussy and only eat pouches in gravy and wont touch the cheap brands so I end up throwing them. i do buy dry biscuits as well and give them to them also but its all adding up I would like to buy tins as im sure this would work out cheaper but don't know so any thoughts appreciated

Catslovelycats

Just changed sig to show that I spent £8.60 in T's today.
It was after I had to fork out £7.20 for some antibiotics and wanted to make sure I am loaded up with bio yoghurt to keep my bacteria levels up.
Cross that I missed the chance for a NSD.
Even crosser that I forgot to get something that I now need to get tomorrow!

claireylulu

Had a bad day all round. My car ended up in the garage costing us £270 and I slipped when shopping at the local coop add £12.87 to my shopping budget. Not a happy bunny today :mad:

kez12

Hi all, just been catching up on the thread and everyone certainly seems to be sticking to their meal plans or adapting accordingly:T.
I managed to make the Bhoona thart Mothership kindly posted at the wekend it was fantastic, but had to laugh when my DH saw the receipe entitles Mothership Bhoona I think he thought I was going to blow him out the water.

My 3 DD arrived home today with all the ingredients carefully measured out for the Welsh Cake Receipe, they were so quick to make and they loved them so much they are taking some into school and kept them busy whilst the hotpot was finsihing off ( yes I have managed to eeek out Sunday's Pork joint for 3 days) :A

I just have the eggless lemon sponge to make which will probably be Thursday as I am working away tomorrow.

All tomorrow's lunches and dinner made including a quick jelly for the kids tea. So am feeling saint like and enjoying a G&T whilst catching up on this thread.

Small spend for me today grrrr £2.64, from the local MrT on garlic, Carrots, Choc Mousse for DD's and 1/2 price mushrooms.

I might not get to catch up tomorrow so have a good day everyone

XSpender

DH came home late and has just managed to fix the electric problem and get my oven working:eek: Takeaway is on its way as nothing in to cook a quick tea:o Detox diet will have to start again tomorrow:o

Billie-jo

Had to get some fruit today as only had satsumas left, also some prawns and some reduced braising steak. Total came to £9.78

Used the last of Sundays Turkey in a curry for tea tonight and have just got some mince beef out of freezer for tomorrow. It will either be cottage pie & veg or meatballs and pasta - will decide in the morning.

Hope everyone is making some savings although with the way prices are rising its certainly getting harder to do.

Just watching this HFW programme on fish !!! - what a terrible waste. Disgraceful. How many of us would love a basket full of whats being thrown back. It all most makes you cry. (Hugh just said that with what he threw back he could feed over 2000 TWO THOUSAND people with !!!!!) OMG.

Certainly need changes in the fishing laws.

Pernicious

Evening all,

Popped to the supermarket again today & I surprised myself by spending under a tenner! :j

• Got 4 tins of chopped tomatoes for £1.94 (half price)
• 5kg of potatoes for £2
• Curly fries & oven chips for £2
• 12 Hot dog rolls for £1 (using the extra pack for lunches this week)
• Bread for only 50p a loaf :eek: I haven't seen bread that cheap for a while...
• Carrots for 65p
• A leek for 36p

Grand total:- £8.95

So this leaves me with £9.37 until payday (28th). All we should need before then is fruit, bread, milk & maybe some fresh veg...do you think this is doable?!

PennyGrabber

redkids1972 wrote: »

Can anyone advise me how to reduce the cat food for the month down I used to spend 40 but now buying it off-line is £30 thing is my cats so fussy and only eat pouches in gravy and wont touch the cheap brands so I end up throwing them. i do buy dry biscuits as well and give them to them also but its all adding up I would like to buy tins as im sure this would work out cheaper but don't know so any thoughts appreciated

My cat isn't fussy, but I didn't really want to be spending as much as I was on feeding her. What I do now, is give her mainly dry food, with just a little bit of wet food (from a tin) in the morning and evening, or sometimes just the evening if I forget! She takes about 2 1/2 to 3 days to go through a tin now, and she wastes a lot less, as she gets it in smaller quantities. Dry food is out all the time for her to graze on as she gets hungry.

HTH

GRRR at myself - spent £51 in Asda tonight, having said that I wasn't even going to go! Missed my exercise class, and thought I'd pop in to fill the time. WHY?!! I should've just come home!! I'm such a muppet. Sig updated, and did get a lot of whoopsies. Going to work out the true cost, had it not all been whoopsied or on offer. Think that'll make me feel better!

buddiebabe

Spent 39p in MrT tonight on a pack of 4 iced buns and a bag of maris piper potatoes.

OH spent £3.98 in Morrisons on 2 ready meals to take to work which is not too bad except they were 3 for £5 and he only got 2 :mad:

Never mind it could have been much worse and he got exactly what he went in for!

Buddiebabe x