April 2011 Grocery Challenge

aussiemum

another $4.50 to add today

[Deleted User]

Came back from my holiday last Saturday and so far haven't been near a shop am shopping from the freezer still.Hopefully I can stay away from any shops until at least friday so that will be one week near towards the end of the month.So far have been really good with the budget and have around £70 left out of my £120 for the month

quintwins

morning all, shud be another nsd for me, my meal plan has went out the window tho due to free beef on dtd and then i noticed my eggs are out of date, so it's spinage and ham quiche for tea tonight

i would like to try those inoccent pots but i'm too tight, for £3.50 i wanna feed my whole family lunch or at teh very least get a hot lunch

cutiepieabf

Had a bit of a whoopsie last night. I thuoght i was being uber-efficient and ended up nearly burning the house down..... we had mini toad in the holes for tea, but there was enough batter and sausages left for another set. So i thought instead of waste them i would put them in the oven and then freeze them for another day. So i took 4 out the oven for our tea, and then 4 more went in. Ate tea, had an ice cream, watched hollyoaks, put DS to bed, came downstairs and OH said, 'it smells like something is burning, have you left the oven on?' WHOOPSIIIEEEEE!!!! luckily they wre just slightly cremated and as much as i tried to rack my brains, they were only really any good for the birds. i'm sure they wont complain?

on the upside though, for lunch in work today i have HM leek and potato soup, HM bread and 2 pieces of HM banana loaf!! total cost of approx. 10p!! i solved the breadmaker saga by letting the BM mix and kneed the dough, then removing the dough and putting in a tin to prove, then cooking in the oven. Result was perfect. (the loaf kept getting stuck in the bottom of the BM when i left it in there to cook).

i was out planting up beds with a primary school in the rain yesterday. today is an office day and guess what - the sun is shining. blummin typical!

funnyflipp

OK so how are things going so far
Well,,,,, I have spent £294.47 so far!!! and have another week to go (all food for this week is in so fingers crossed!)

PennyGrabber

Want to go to t3sco today and buy some dtd stuff - anyone know what's good to buy, apart from the bread flour?
Thanks!
PG x

quintwins

PennyGrabber wrote: »

Want to go to t3sco today and buy some dtd stuff - anyone know what's good to buy, apart from the bread flour?
Thanks!
PG x

i got a free beef roast (well acually 3) they need to be either british or irish beef, and over 1.1kg (so atleast £9) and they say Top Side/Top Rump Silver Side Joint on them, i made about £1 in dtd on them.
Aquafresh toothpaste pump is £1.98 but £1 in asda so free
oh and magums are £2.29 but £1 in asda so there paying you to take them away

remeber theres a £20 cap

GroinSexyPavement

I am saving an absolute fortune by bringing my lunch to work! I used to spend around £5 a day, but I still have some change from the £10 I withdrew from my bank last Monday

TheThriftyScrumpers

Hi All
Have spends to update but DH has receipts so will get them from him later. Didn't have a great day yesterday. DS fell at park and banged his head badly on a swing frame. I still feel sick when I think about it. A huge black blue lump came up on his forehead. Took him straight to Doc's and thankfully he is ok. The swelling has come down a lot just lots of bruising. Definitely have a few more grey hairs now!

Have a gammon joint in SC ready to slice and freeze for sandwich meat. Moussaka for tea as got some aubergines in last weeks veg box.

Have a good day x x

Spiggle

Long_tall_sally wrote: »

Hi everyone.

I've finally managed to catch up,phew!

Spiggle - thinking of you also Spiggle & hope you are recovering ok.

... I have just added up the receipts and I am up to £250.58 so far and have until the 26th before my May can begin. That doesn't actually seem too bad tbh for me so with a bit of luck I might even repeat my one & only success of last month! Actually thinking about it, that total does include a sleeping bag & some clothes from Mr T which I haven't deducted so even better! Oooh, quite excited now at how much I can "legally" deduct from that total!
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Lol LTS, it does take a while to catch up doesn't it?!? Thanks for your kind wishes, back in tomorrow for the next op on Thursday. Once you've deducted your non-GC things and I've added the tow online orders I've done, I reckon we won't be too far off the same total for the month so far. Glad to hear you being so much more positive. :T :beer:

GroinSexyPavement wrote: »

I am saving an absolute fortune by bringing my lunch to work! I used to spend around £5 a day, but I still have some change from the £10 I withdrew from my bank last Monday

It's enlightening GSP, isn't it? And there is an extra buzz when you think how much longer you might be able to make that tenner last! You're doing really well, keep up the great work. :T

I may have missed welcoming newbies to the GC so apologies if I have and welcome! :wave: You have arrived at just the right place for ideas, support, inspiration and a virtual hug guaranteed!

Hippeechiq, have you seen that AF has Slimfast on offer again? It may again be the small one but I thought I'd draw it to your attention just in case. Hope you and DD are ok. :kisses3:

Right I'm off again for a while but will probably be back later today. From tomorrow ... who knows! :rotfl:

All the best and take care,
Spigs