June 2011 Grocery Challenge

Winged_one

I had to get photos developed today, so parked in the supermarket carpark (have to pay everywhere, but if spend €5 in SM, get 2 hrs free parking). I wanted a loaf of fresh bread for my lunch, and some coleslaw, and the paper. I also got some chicken goujons and nice sausages whoopsied and put those into freezer.

I was able to use the last little bit of cheese sauce from Sunday's batch cooking to make a mac'n'cjeese for DDs dinner (with frozen peas, and frozen chunks of ham leftover from the last joint) - there's enough left of that for my lunch tomorrow. The 3 adults had curries from the freezer, old naan bread (just heated in oven and was fine), and some extra cooked rice from the freezer also (needed to make some room for my whoopsies!!).

I think I've realised that having another adult in the house IS going to increase my food spends. We're coming into some garden produce though, which is helping. Broad beans will start on Saturday!! (Bacon and bean butties are the plan!). The first carrots will be finished off this week, and I hope to get the first peas too. I'll bring home another couple of lettuces from the plot as well, and I just sowed more radishes, spring onions and salad leaves tonight too.

I'm going to use up a packet of crab meat by making crab cakes for Sunday lunch, as a nice treat for DH!! I've a load of breadcrumbs to use up from the freezer, and a carton of eggs to use by Saturday too so I'll be baking too.

XSpender

40p spent on a naughty packet of crisps today and £8.10 spent on a very naughty takeaway last night due to DH coming in late from a business meeting where he was supposed to be getting fed but didn't. I don't usually include takeaways if we have them as part of our weekend entertainment but this was not even that nice:rotfl:

I have been making a shopping list for the end of the month of all the store cupboard items I have run out of and it's huge:eek: Costed it up at Mr S on my supe and it only comes to £31:T That includes 100 nappies and 4 packs of wipes, oil, sugar, cocoa, loo roll, kitchen roll, baking marge, foil, tissues, frozen veg and a few other bits.

Lovely tea tonight of pork for DH, Qu0rn pastie for me, roast pots using the last few spuds, last carrot, green beans, last yorkshires and almost the last of the ravy granules.

I do have a lot of baking supplies in (except marge) and have made my friend a cake for changing my tyre and some twinks for lunch boxes tonight. The choc chips I added have melted into the mix and they taste yummy.

supersally01

Spent £10, in Mr T's. Mushrooms 2 for £1, ham, bread, cucumber, and rubbish for OH (pate and cheese).

WonderfulLife

Hi I'm new to the Grocery Challenge but I've been lurking for a whole and felt I'd likr yo join in. I am aiming to spend no more than £200 per month on groceries as I'm hoping to save enough to clear my mortgage next year. So far this month I have spent £112.26. I started badly by wasting money on diet cokes and chewing gum but then I got on track and have been doing quite well. Tomorrow is a different story I will be taking my family out for a celebration dinner - I'm paying. I've manage to find a really nice buffet place that has a fixed price of £14.60 for dinner but for the 4 of us that's going to come to nearly 60 quid so that will leave me only £28 for the rest of the month. On the good side the freezer is full so the only thing s i should need will be fresh fruit and vegetables so I may keep to my target. I'm going to try my damnedest. It will feel like such a great achievement if I do manage it.

Good Luck to everyonewith their challenges

WonderfulLife

rosieben

Hello WonderfulLife :wave: Welcome to the GC

Hope you and your family enjoy the dinner, and good luck with the challenge

espresso21

Stuck at work with a pounding migraine where every movement makes my head hurt more and my stomach churn. Not helped by the fact that the migraine tabs cost £4 each! I can't wait for the end of the day even if it is still a long way away. I'm not sure what I will do for dinner tonight - I'm not usually up for cooking or eating when i feel like this so might just pick up some sausages and rolls on the way home and let hubby feed himself! I hate days like this as they make all my meal plans and budgeting fall by the wayside.

CRANKY40

£36.51 spent this week, and signature updated. I have stocked up with a few store cupboard bits ready for winter.....cheap pasta etc.I also had my 2 1/2 stone off award this week at fat class, yay!

bargainhunterss

espresso21 wrote: »

Wow you people seem to find such good bargains in the shops - mine don't seem to discount that low.
I'm miffed now - had a takeaway (cost just over £10) - was a bit of a treat....and it didn't taste that good. I'd rather have my money back!

I'm all too familiar with that situation! as the McD's advert SHOULD say.... "I'm REGRETTING it!":o

toddles*

just been to MrA for my weekly shop and spent £46. Really pleased. I only got a small trolley as Im finding the bigger ones hard to push now Im 7 months pregnant. It really does help having a smaller trolley as It was full to the brim and I was having to put stuff back and I would think twice about putting it in my trolley in the first place.
My OH's favourite SW recipe for tea - sticky chicken.
skinned chicken thighs browned with lots of onions, few chilli flakes, 2 tbsp soy sauce and about 15g sweetener. Mix it all up and pop it in the oven in a caserole dish for 30 mins. Serve with baked spuds and salad. nom nom

Nimeth

Another weekly shop down, one more to go for this month! Spent £28.05 in A!di before popping up to Morrison$, spent £18.20 in there. I just couldn't resist the fresh mussels, so planning on making baked mussels with pancetta. I found a lovely recipe that lets me use up some breadcrumbs too.

Anyway, total spend for the month up to £162.27. Off to update signature!