February 2011 Grocery Challenge

destroyerofdebt2011

minnie2 wrote: »

anyone seem any cheap airers anywhere?

Have u tried looking on the freecycle website you may even get one for free, ive also been known to find freebies in the free adds and sometimes on suermarket notice boards.

huxley

Thank you for the ideas re the artichokes we normally just have them roast we really don't need to grow so many plants but we grow a row as a windbreak (no pun intended ) on the lotty, had so many this year been giving them away to people at LETS so they can grow them!!!!!!

Pinwheel

Hi just popping in to update sig and panic about how much I've spent already from my March budget! I've bought 2 chickens, a big pack of mince and some veg and salad as well as yogurts and milk this weekend. I cooked one of the chickens today and we had a roast dinner, tomorrow we are having a rice thing with some leftover chicken and I am making a chicken pie to freeze for next Sunday. The other chicken is in the freezer and I am going to make a big batch of bolognaise /chilli and shepherds pie base from the mince and freeze in portions. My meal plan is done for this week and I shouldn't need anything except maybe some bananas and apples. We are well stocked with basics so fingers crossed we can manage on what's left until the end of March. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.
PWx

freakyogre

Just making a note here of what i've spent today. I'm including it in March's total (was going to cheat and just add it to February, but most of it won't be touched until at least March).

£1.70 on eggs at the car boot.
£2.78 at Tesco - their offer on 3 tins of beans etc ended today so I got 3 x tins of chickpeas, 2 x tins of butterbeans and 1 x tin of borlotti beans. Also got some custard and some Stork.

I suppose I have cheated slightly as I used half of the Stork and 2 of the eggs tonight to make a quiche...although it's for lunches later in the week so that makes me feel better

muffin_man_7

Billie-jo thamk you for those recipies i have some coconut so will give it a go dont have a sugar thermometer so will just have to guess ive done fudge without one so should be doable fingers crossed i used to do a lot of baking not so much now

Aril

Hello:D
After a very long absence I'm back on board with the challenge please
Please could you put me down for £230 for March.
Thank you
Aril

meanmarie

Declaring at €171.20 for February and being a coward, going for €190.00 again for March Mrs MC....thanks.

Marie

Craftyscholar

Declaring at £80.55/£90 for Feb.

Can you put me down for £85 for March please Mrs M.

TheBees

Declaring at £390 for February.:mad: Not brilliant but could have been a lot worse. £10 over budget.

Please put us down for £370 for March please.

muffin_man_7

not sure where i ended for febuary with laptop not working i lost track of everything.

after every thing else is paid out i'm gona be on a very tight budget.

can you put me down for £100.00 please mrs m thank you