April 2011 Grocery Challenge

nmlc

Afternoon all

Have been doing GC but just not posting, although have been lurking, did food shop this morning at MrA, spent £97.55 more than I wanted but hey ho everything's going up and we have to eat! Off to update sig.

Have a great weekend everyone, enjoy the sunshine.
nmlc

Mothership

cat_smith wrote: »

Mothership it sounds like you are better off not worrying about her. Focus on building relationships with the living. Num Num on the fish and chips.

My thoughts EXACTLY, I gave up worrying about her LONG ago. Trying to do some damage limitation on the poor wee souls that came off worse than me , (they were brought up with her).
Anyway I have a plan, and its a good un! Every time I speak to them I will tell them how much I love them, every time I see them I will hug them till their eyes pop. I will be their mum and nan

Took some cooked Lamb out of the freezer, going to make a quick curry, boiled rice , nan bread , salad , banana & pineapple. I roared with laughter when I saw the freezer label 'Fraggle Lamb', I did it in the slow cooker and it was just a tad overcooked, I asked my daughter to write 'fragile lamb' so I would remember what batch it came from and heat it gently when it defrosts LOL.

I was out in the garden/greenhouse from 6.30 am, had a wonderful morning, just waiting for my darling GD to come from nursery. Was counting my blessings all morning I have SOOOOO much to be thankful for

meanmarie

Spent another €83.17 yesterday, leaving my total spend at €131.93, wghich I consider high for this time of month, will be keeping spends down from now on!

marie

cat_smith

mothership Fraggle lamb :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:sounds delicious. Definitely agree with the plan.

quintwins

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

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

we don't have an asda, it's 30miles away so any savinsg are canceled out by desil , althi i just read the dtd works of them so i'll just stock up on sat (is 20bags of flour excessive:p) and watch out for it coming down again

Kittikins

Darn it, just went out to get fresh fruit and veg for the week and ended up spending £6.13 (really £15.13 but £9 of that was covered by taking back some ill-fitting shoes and getting a refund.....). I've realised I'm already just over half my budget, having spent £52.56, but I guess I could take out the £11.20 night out earlier in the month as it could be classed as "entertaining" rather than "food".....

Yup, I'm going to probably get very creative towards the end of the month!!

Chloris

Weekly shop at Mr M. Menu plan and any order is out of the window as have had a carp week. HM pizza for tea - comfort food. GC still looks okay though.

tessie_bear

hi...i need to stop going to lid1 as i spend too much...i did get a lot for my money but still over spent...bad...bad...bad ...i also purchased a waffle maker that looks great...we are going to use it tonite so hopefully it will be nice

thinking of a bbq over the weekend...hopefully the weather will stay nice we have a few bits in we could use....i am going to get a few bits in asd$ on monday as the school holidays start on wed next week...they always cost a fair bit

have a nice weekend
tessa

tessie_bear

hi...iv just read throught thread...mothership best wishes for you and your family....can anyone stop people going to a funeral if they want to/think it might help them cope with their loss ?...i think the flowers are a lovely idea...your so kind and in tune with your families needs :Abless you

tessa

123budget

spent another £65.96 today between tes*o and @ldi. I thought I would do really well as I had done a 5 week menu plan but the weather changed and is so hot everyone wants salads, fruit and ice cream so spending is running away with me.! Oh well I guess that the meals I had planned for (and had bought for) will do next month and hopefully will bring May budget down.