January 2011 Grocery Challenge

Catslovelycats

welcome Ilona!
I'll get my megaphone ready to yell in your ears (nicely, of course...) when you overspend!

Catslovelycats

Thanks PP
I need to return a jar of marmite that had a huge gap where the lid should screw on :eek:
I shan't replace it as I'd planned. Instead I'll get refund and buy a branded product and try that. Fingers crossed, cos I too love my marmite and nought but 'best will do:D

NickJW

Quick update

£5 spend in Mr T yesterday - got some reduced Finest Lamb Shanks, instead of going out for a meal. It was cheaper since there are still a few bottles of wine leftover from Xmas and I had one of those instead of drinks out

And £1.79 in Mr S today.

Updated signature. Didn't do the stew on Saturday because I forgot to take the beef out of the freezer so I'm doing that tonight

bella121984

Just done an online shop with MrTs for the rest of the month, obviously its only a rough total til it arrives but it leaves me with around another £40 left in my budget..im amazed! If I can stick to that (and I should be able to, we wont really need anything other than milk I dont think) then I will have saved about £250ish from what we would usually spend on groceries in a month!

MRSMCAWBER

Afternoon all

Well I will be nipping out later -hubby is nipping me to one of the bigger supermarkets so I can get :-

• fish sauce
• soy sauce
• fresh ginger
• fresh chilis
• white wine vinegar
• passatta
• lemons

and that should be it... I seem to get through masses of these lately
Dinner tonight is a new recipe -Asian aubergine and pork casserole -I made it yesterday so it could stand and obviously I tasted it and oh me oh my its gorgeous -just hope its as nice tonight mmm. Im still sticking with my meals plans and it makes life so much easier -not to mention making sure I look forward to every single meal :j

well I lost another 2lbs this week -good job too as I have signed up for this :eek::-
http://www.genesisresearchtrust.com/events/trek-nepal

so I need to get the rest of this wobble off and as fit as possible.
Im in the midst of a serious fettle -I am going through every corner, cupboard, box, drawer in the hous and getting rid of the junk, boxing up stuff that we don't need right now (ready for moving towards the end of the year) and boxing up anything that can go to the car boot to raise funds towards the sponsorship. The end result should also mean a super shiney house :j,,,,
right -off to do some more-have a lovely day everyone

ebayqueen_2

Hi all

Found a great book on amazon for Pasta making and sauces...brilliant book well worth buying.
Thought I would share my enthusiasm!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/8844026899

waltzingMathilda

I am struggling to read everything on thread - it moves so quick!

have decided to run for calander month rather than 15-15th as thats when payday is. Perhaps the challenge will keep me in check at the end of the month and the bank account keep me in check approaching payday - thats the theory anyway!
So have updated my sig.
Had a lovely gammon joint yesterday, cooked in diet coke - sound wierd but was yummy and really tender, have lots left over too so will rejig my plan a bit.

happycrafter_2

:j

Book people are at OH work and he got me a book on jams chutneys and preserving, for £6 he said it also has a section on wines can't wait till he gets home now going to sit down with the book and a cuppa

JulieGeorgiana

bella121984 wrote: »

Morning everyone! Im trying to do my meal plan and shopping for the next 2 weeks and I have realised I spend a fortune on stuff for DS lunchbox. I have been buying those fruit bars which are one of your five a day, planet lunchbox I think they are called, they do smoothies and all sorts, but they are so expensive! He loves them, and I know he will eat them, where as if I put an apple in there he will have a bite and thatll be it. He usually has a sandwich and some cucumber/pepper/cheese or something, with maybe a mini breadsticks too, and a yogurt if I have any and one of those fruit bars or smoothies instead of fruit...what do your kids have in their lunchboxes?

I was watching a programme that said that most of those bars which claim to have 'fruit' or 1 of your 5 a day has so many additives and sugars that it worse then a chocolate bar!

I've seen so many which are BRIGHT GREEN, how is that natural?

I have a fear of anything like that...!

My son gets:
A sandwich (Pate or Cheese)
A piece of fruit (pealed orange today)
A choob yogurt
A HM Scone (Sometimes HM Cheese Straws or HM Rock Cakes or even HM Biscuits)
and juice (ACE Orange and carrot Juice, 200ml = 1 of your 5 a day)!

If he doesn't eat his fruit at school he has to eat it after dinner with his Banana, and get's no 'other' dessert. So he eats his fruit knowing that he'll be penalised if he doesn't.

So that's 3 portions, plus I add 2-3 veg with or inside dinner!

I also buy the fruit depending on offers, and he hates most of it, but eats it anyway!

He does like carrots and Cucumber, so sometimes he get's that instead of fruit!

When he spends a week at his dad's I do notice a sudden drop in the cost of groceries... so I do sympathise!

elly2

Afternoon all been shopping so need to update my sig......spent.
£2.50 on herbs/spices (the onion powder/granules are hiding from me so need to visit mr t's to see if they have any)
£5.00 in the fruit shop (noticed their herbs/spices were alot cheaper than the weigh house so will be using the fuit shop from now on )
£16.00 in HB on various dried stuff/pittas/nan bread etc etc
£7.00 in he*ons which included 3 tins of chopped toms (got home to find i have 3 in cupboard already ) and cat food.
£14.00 in nett* (needed to buy a bag aswell :mad:) got the yogurt needed for my curry and some cereal but £7.20 of this was spent on pear koppaberg cider got 6 bottles for £1.20 per bottle :D which is great as they are so expensive in the other supermarkets. So will say £7.00 in nett* making a total of £32.50 today.
I have £35.00 left in my shopping purse and need some lamb mince,onion powder,oil and a coconut block?? (not sure what this is but i need it :rotfl::rotfl:) so i should come in under budget as my new week starts on weds.