January 2011 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

ma-ri-ella wrote: »

tiny spend today .94 at mra!! did i need the items? nope but there reductions were really good today-old me would have bought loads more. going to try making bread tonight-my recipe says use vinigar(gluten/wheat free recipe) but no other recipes say to do this so think will miss it out :P

I just checked my bm books and in the prima gluten free recipes it lists cider vinegar (if allowed) so it shouldn't be a problem if you leave it out. The panasonic gluten free recipes don't include vinegar.

Catslovelycats

well, spent £5.19 on whoopsied rolls, some daytime snacks and naan breads, veg
still within budget
have just enough bread, veg and fruit for the week I think and am hopeful I will be within my first GC budget.
woohoo!

Mothership

SuziQ1962 wrote: »

Mothership -you are an inspiration! I love your purse/bank idea and will sit down and start planning mine-but where do you store all the stuff you buy-I have a very small house with no storage-though if I ever get round to listing stuff on ebay that might make room:)
Good luck with sorting out your life x

You can do it on a smaller scale then, maybe three months supply of items you use all the time, I've got stuff everywhere, like a wee hamsters cage with food hidden in every corner.

rosieben

Jolaaled wrote: »

Just come across this site too...may be of interest.

http://www.bakingmad.com/ideas/bread-maker-recipes.
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Brilliant site J, thanks, I've put the link to their front page as there are so many good recipes there. :beer:

Mothership

sistercas wrote: »

i'll buy it
I love the purse /bank idea and would like to have a go , I will have to re-read the post as i havent quite assimilated how it works
(((hugs))) hope things sort themselves out x



just made millies cookies , which should keep my lot going for all of a nano second :rotfl:
got enough bread till tomorrow , so wont put the bm on today

have to go to home [EMAIL="b@rgains"]b@rgains[/EMAIL] to get some foil and sandwich bags in a few mins

No one here needs to buy it, you will get it all FREE LOL and before anyone else.

BTW The Grocery challenge would make a good book!

Candy_Belle

Evening All!

Was really hoping for a NSD today as only had 3 so far! Argh!!!! Never mind onwards and upwards eh?

Spends for today

B/Car - £1.05 Handwash & Refill

Sainsbugs - DH went for bread and came back with.........:mad:

Bread, Rocket, 6Pk Walkers & 6Pk Kettle Crisps! £5.41
Total £6.46

DH is a crisp & biscuit monster! Am ashamed to admit that I have 7 pks of biccies in the cupboard and choccie ones in the fridge!!

Hmmm.........wonder why we are not saving £££'s but gaining lbs!!!

OrkneyStar

Mothership wrote: »

Anything you write yourself is yours, it does not belong to MSE. I wont be specifically quoting any tips, but I can say how I've personally benefitted from taking part in the challenge. And possibly point people in the direction of MSE and let them discover it for themselves. I could not possibly write everything that is good about this site I'd need a weekly magazine LOL. This site is somewhere to go if you need help/support/encouragement, thats why we are all here. I am happy to share with everyone what I do to get by, all my tips, and there is lots of those still to come, lots of experience to share.

Ok, well if you are not quoting any tips, simply how it helped you, then it is not an issue really.
(For clarification when I saw owned by MSE, what I mean is I am aware that by writing something here I am making it freely available for them to use, and so effectively theirs (if they want it ). If you did quote any tips here, I would expect you to ask the poster and/or MSE if that was o.k., and quote them as a source!).
Anyway all the best with the book/venture.....x

ifonlyitwaseasier

evening all

mothership - love the idea of the purse/bank, will have to work on that

so i'd like to say :P to this months budget lol, and for Feb can we be put down for £150 please MrsM

had to go get yogs, salad and meat today but most of the money came from someone else so not a huge spend in the end

ioiwe x

Missus_Aka

I Had started on a budget of £150 a month but have changed that to £135 a month but have a stock up budget per yr. of £180 that i can spend any time i see a good offer, if there is a good offer i normally stock up for the year, they are normally non food items...washing powder, softener, toothpaste...this is for 2 adults, my ds 3yrs , my sister who i have 2 nights a week and dh brothers who normally come over a few times a month for dinner. I dont really buy value items its normally all branded......most of my meat/veg/fruit comes from the local turkish shop it is always cheaper...i normally allocate £55 for my delivery of tescos at the beginning of the month, £30 for my first turkish weekly shop, £10 for my second, £15 for my third week and £25 for the last week. Have noticed shopping around normally helps with prices, home b@rgains are great if you have one near to you.......to be honest we eat quite well & i have no idea how much we used to spend before i started budgeting it must have been nearer the £300.00 mark but we would waste soooo much....

Yesterday i had a ready meal left in the fridge beef & mash that a family member had left because they didnt want it and we never eat them & they never look like enough for one person so i used the sauce put it in a pan added mushrooms from the freezer, carrott, half a pepper, half an onion, quartered and boiled 5 small potatoes added this, sliced up the beef a little more finely and added it the ate with some leftover rice and presto had a meal for 3 (me &ds snacked on the mash)

mfwin2019

Well it is the 24th & I have £7 left for the rest of the month. Freezer & cupboards still quite full but I will need more milk, fruit & veg on Friday. I think I will go slightly over but as I only gave myself a budget of £125 for the month ( 2 adults, dd1 - 7 & dd2 - 6)I am quite pleased.

Can you put me down for £175 in Feb as cupboards are still quite full but some things are starting to run out


Thanks