March 2011 Grocery Challenge

MumOf2Beasties

:oquick spends update, think i'm falling off the wagon:eek:getting very close to the budget!!

only £12.33 to last untill the 31st, but the monkeys are with their dad for the weekend so don't need to feed them myself for 2days!!

spent roughly £8 on potaoes, eggs, pizza, chips and fish fingers for my lazy cooking days:p

also spent £9.98 on 2packs of pampers nappies, half price in c0-0p, though not counting them in this months budget as i have plenty and won't be using these untill april:D

maybe i shouldn't panick just yet, £12.33 for 4 days doesn't seen tooooo bad:olol

Does anyone have any recipes to use up a small jar of mincmeat left over from christmas?was thinking some sort of strudel type pudding?could that work??
well done to everyone under budget and to anyone over, just think how well you've done savings the pennies:T

quintwins

evening all, had a nsd yesterday, then today i decided it was time to get rid of my dtd vouchers now it's getting complicated so i spent £ topping them up, i'm now very very well stocked up, sent some freezer stuff home with mil stocked up on all tinned items, pasta,rice coke, dishwasher tablets tin foil ect ect, i would say april will be a quiet month, also the nursery re-emburesed me £4 snack money so i don't have to pay that tomorrow so i'm ready to

declare £314.86 for march, and would like £200 for april please

i know i'm waaaayyyyy over budget but i have enought food to feed the 10,000 20times over :rotfl::rotfl:

Hippeechiq

Fab news about your job Sistercas - so pleased for you :j

I've had a bl00dy awful day

Some of you may know that my DD suffers with an awful debilitating mental illness and that we had to go to an ESA assessment last week - well, between the NON Mental Healthcare Professional who assessed her and the pen pusher at At0$ who hasn't even met her, they've deemed that she's fit for work!!

I feel like I've been winded, I'm totally totally, gutted. It's just one battle after another, and I'm exhausted.

I now have to start the appeal process !!!!!!! So, depending on whether or not I can lift my spirits, I may be absent for a few days. Although will probably update my signature without posting.

Spigs - I'm not sure when your op is hun, but it must be any time soon, so just in case I'm not around, I wish you all the very best, and send positive thoughts :grouphug:

rosieben

Hi Chopper, welcome to the GC

Pink will start the April thread on 28th, she'll post on here to let us know its up and running

helen_jelly

Meanmarie - I went to Aldi today and bought some wool - I can't knit!!!!! I'm sun=bscribing to The Art Of Knitting so I can get started lol. The wool looked lovely so I couldn't resist and I'm going back tomorrow to get 1 of the scarf kits

I also bought some of their Strawberry plug sets - lovely plants. Also bought Lettuce and Tomato plug sets, and paid 39p for a bag aof onions [not big ones but they'll do]

Welcome and Hi to all the new people

Well done to thse coming in under or near their targets

Remember, we don't fail, we look, learn and move on

Helen x

Ps Hippeechiq - lots of hugs for you and DD

rosieben

Hippeechiq wrote: »

... Some of you may know that my DD suffers with an awful debilitating mental illness and that we had to go to an ESA assessment last week - well, between the NON Mental Healthcare Professional who assessed her and the pen pusher at At0$ who hasn't even met her, they've deemed that she's fit for work!! ...

I can't believe they've done that; big hugs to you both, will be sending you lots of positive vibes

PennyGrabber

Hippeechiq, I'm so sorry to hear that. I had severe depression a few years back, and the thought of going to work set me off into spasmy type attack things, so I may have some vagueish idea of where you're at. All I can say, is that your daughter is very lucky to have such a caring mother as you. I know you'll do the best by your daughter, and if the appeals don't work, you'll be there for her. I think the whole system of mental-illness-judging needs to change. I was sent back to work waaaaay too early, but luckily have managed to get better as time's gone on, with the help of some good friends (mum not so helpful, but that's a whole other story:mad:).

What does your daughter do when she's working? If she absolutely has to go back can they offer her anything more manageable? They will/should want to find something appropriate, otherwise they'll miss out too. It's just so wrong that people who need to be off work have to go back, yet there are others who scrounge off the govt and have absolutely no comeuppance. It's completely sh*t.

Prayers for you and your daughter.

PG x

tigerfeet2006

Hippee, (((hugs))) to you and your DD. I have had dealings with that load of $%^&* when they cut my Industrial Injuries Benefit. I have to admit I was not strong enough to fight it. I hope you manage to find the strength to fight this, you know whaere to come if you need to vent, there are plenty of people who will lend a cyber shoulder. Would it help to post on the Benefits and Tax Credits board for advice on appealing? Can your local CAB help you with the appeals process?

I have had a NSD today

sistercas

hippeechiq my god its so frustrating , everything is a battle , please keep battling hon , those dimwit penpushers need bringing into the real world . keep posting if you can we are all here for you x

thankyou for all your good wishes , i'm hoping i sleep tonight without weird dreams

had a few little spends this week £3.79 on veg, £14.55 in HB and £10 in the c0-0p
£300.54 in total with a full week to go

my parents are coming for the weekend too so that will cost more

janie-h

Hi all :wave:

Hippeechiq - do appeal and don't give up the battle. It's hard and stressful but you and DD hang in there. Just because a 'disability' isn't immediately obvious, people think there's nothing wrong. My son is severely partially sighted and it took us 7 months of appeals and hard struggle (with the help of Action for Blind People) before he got it. They had to give it all back-dated though, serves the b***s right!

There were times when I would be on the phone to A for BP in tears saying that I couldn't go on with the letters and phonecalls and feeling people were looking down on us - but you have to stay strong.

I'm thinking of you and DD xxx :grouphug:

Anyway, enough of my ranting... update on spends -
HBargs - £9.99
L**l - £17.20
Grocer - £4.69
Indian market - £3.45 (Loads!!! of herbs/spices and a bottle of rose water)

March budget blown! Off to update sig x