April 2011 Grocery Challenge

tigerfeet2006

£35 spend on an A$da delivery for this weeks top up. Not doing to bad with only 2 weeks to go till pay day.

quintwins

tesco bread flour has went up to £1.24 :eek: this means i'm going to have to start buying loafs again because it's just to dear and my lidl never has any in

spent £18 odd last night in te$co (will check receit in abit) mil wanted me to go help her with her dtd, i shud be getting most of mine bk, tea is pork casarole (with pork and gravy leftovers from the freezer) and some free dtd roasties and a wee bit of mash and veg shud be a nice cheap tea, kids are off today so will have to find something for there lunch aswell not that were short of food

oh and i had a £4 spend of coffee yesterday :eek::eek: my mums having a crisis so i went to talk to her and since she's being evicted i firgured i shud pay for the coffee, then the twins were grumpy so we stopped for ice cream in thorntons which was another £4 :eek: and then £1 on a loaf of bread aswell :eek:then there was £6 on buns from the bakery for oh to take into work (and 1 for me) was def not a good day yesterday :eek:

i think i need a good slap on the wrists and to make it worse i'm gonna ahve to help my mum pack and move cause she's working so my desil bills are gonna skyrocket aswell

NickJW

Another £1.85 spent in Mr S, and 14p spent in the greengrocers on a couple of carrots.

prophecy_grrl

I'm updating to say £42.59 of April week 1 budget has been spent - £2.41 under budget :j

I'm doing next week's meal plan and shopping list now - need quite a bit so should spend around £45 which is on target.

Lovely sunny day here - I may take my £2.41 underspend to the shop and buy some lollies for DS

cutiepieabf

ITS FRIIIIIIIDDAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! and the sun is shining!! with all the things going on in the world, it really makes you appreciate what you have in life, and that life is about the journey you take, and the decisions you make, and the way you deal with the many encounters that prop up along the way. those are the things that mould you into the person you are. it is sad when i read the stories of what you guys go through, but it is great that we have this place in common to vent ourselves, and be heard in a non-subjective view, and receive support and advice. what a fantastic place beyond any money-saving means.

on a more grocery challenge note - i have nearly run my freezer down. i have a pack of turkey steaks, a pack of pork chops and a pack of bacon left. the rest consists of home made ready meals, frozen whoopsies, batches of soup and scones, 2xbags of cooked lamb, and veg. i think i can make approx. 12 meals from this, but i dont want to completely run the freezer down, so i think i will get a few fresh bits in. i have discovered that we have a farm shop/butchers just down the road, so i am going to venture there and see what i can get. i have never been to a farm shop before. i have been to the farmers market but it is quite costly there.

hm pizzas for tea tonight with the lo ham.

laineyc_2

It's a lovely sunny day and I am going to spend the afternoon in the garden.

I have updated my signature and I think I will come in under this month. I have all the meals planned and I should only need a few things, like milk, bread and veg. I will be doing lots of baking this weekend since the boys are off school for 2 weeks.

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

sistercas

NSD for me , spending my time in the garden , already washed the car , and potted on my courgettes, peas, onions and toms . going to cut the grass and tidy up the flowerbeds next , that will take a while
I do need to get some compost though this weekend

tea will be easy , fishcakes and hm chips with mushy peas

4weeladdies

Managed a NSD yesterday :j Had a chinese for tea but hubby treated us as his customer gave them a tip yesterday £5 gone today on cans of diet cola & bread, MIL bought me sugar and sultanas as I'm making her a couple of fruit loaves to take to the church guild on Monday Am feeling good about how my first week is going, well under budget so far :j

aussiemum

:j Yay a NSD finally and I also scored 4 loaves of bread from a customer today.

tigerfeet2006

Quin, A$da has 1.5kg white flour for £1.00. £1.15 for brown.