I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Kirri

Thanks Lynsey, it's been a difficult week, I just feel I am being totally ripped off, I am paying almost as much as a relative who has been driving for 1 year!!! Anyway not much I can do about it.. Just hope it goes through the MOT but with my luck probably not!!

So, just been to Morries to pick up some flowers, don't know how you get the bargains, I didn't want any but there was practically no bread even left! and it was packed, huge queues full of people with overflowing trolley loads... I picked up the free Walkers crisps but on seeing the ingredients they don't sound appealing.. (flavour enhancers like MSG etc), who pays 49p for a single packet of these?!

Just doing the rest of the cauliflower cheese.

Out tomorrow so no food apart from breakfast - made bread today so will have that.

Btw, do the Tesco coupons always work like that then, it takes the full price amount and bases the reduction on that despite them being on offer as well? Not sure it's worth the walk if no leaflets though but still a good price. I saw there was a Countrylife 50p off in the Morries mag but it's full price at the moment.

Lynsey

Kirri - yes, Tesco vouchers and coupons work on the full balance without BOGOF's etc. dedeucted.
My Morries is actually very random regarding bargains and Saturday is the best day I find for bread and pies etc. If you go during the week you can find stuff not even half-price - very hit and miss.
Tesco is a shop I can never get right and can't be bothered to go, Asda also, though bread sometimes can be great. Not all Morries and Asda's are the same though in my area and I have several to choose from.
Sainsbury's is the same, I struggle at the larger ones and even the smaller one hasn't been great for meat of late. More competition also, lots looking for "whoopsies". This week could have been great though if I had maxxed, but happy just to tick over at the minute.
I'm desperate for crisps, but too busy at the minute to go to Home Bargains or B&M's, maybe before next weekend though.

Regarding insurance, I'm assuming you are going through a cashback site??
Fingers doubly crossed for your MOT, hope your luck changes.

10 minutes until Morries time!! Lol

Lynsey

Sofiaki

Hi all.

Last night I had boiled basmati with sliced beef and frozen spinach done in olive oil, garlic and ginger (still using my AF stash) with a splash of soya sauce. Absolutely delish.

Tonight being inventive (for me) and having similar, but lonely fennel bulb instead of spinach and egg fried rice to finish up the leftovers from last night.

I got a bit organised the other day. Got 1kg of butter on special and portioned and wrapped in 25g packages to put in the freezer. Did the same with the 1kg of ground almonds from AF. I put Kirri's almond biscuit recipe aside and may try that tomorrow.

Hope LipStick and son are ok as it's turned quite cool here now. A 10°C drop from yesterday when it was 22°C ... same threatened tomorrow.

Mother's Day tomorrow. Being so organised, I left it too late to get delivery today, so mom will receive her M&S magnolia on Monday. She'll just think I've forgotten again, particularly since Mother's Day is later here, so it'll be a nice surprise. I prefer sending plants to flowers.

brighteyes1987

Yay!! Absolutly buzzing!! Go Wales lol

DD's friend came over after drama club and joined us for tea, she loved the lasagne!! Celebrated the rugby win with a sticky toffee pudding I had in the freezer...
yes I really do know how to live :rotfl:

Decided to make mum choc chip muffins instead of a cake for mothers day so did that this afternoon, 12 big yummy muffins tempting me lol will put a bow around the cake stand in the morning, I know she'll love it

So another nsd day for me :j
Am relaxing tonight with the latest Twilight dvd when dd is asleep

BE x

Sofiaki

I must tell you this. I contacted a company which takes delivery of UK supermarket orders and transports to France, mainly SW (where many Brits reside). They are doing Paris dropoffs this time. I enquired about the price of home delivery. They quoted me £30 + VAT on top of their delivery charge (around £25 + VAT), so £60 delivery!!! I think I'll stick to Approved Food for the odd things I miss (£15 delivery up to 25kg) and the English butcher in the north of France somewhere who make their own sausages, smoke and cure their own bacon, have great Cheddar and charge €10 per delivery ...

Kirri

Lynsey, yep, went through all the deals on the cashback sites to check what was on offer, did all the comparison sites, then got quotes from the same companies direct to compare, did the one off companies, then got recommendations off car forums then rang a load of brokers, but that's when the quotes went up to 2k, 3k lol. Some point blank wouldn't quote me at all. I'm going to put a spreadsheet together so I don't ring the stupid ones next year!!!

Asda reductions in my local store seem a waste of time, it always looks all mushy?! well past it's best. The last time I went I couldn't even get to the front due to other people there and that was only daytime and prices didn't reflect the quality. Lot of the stores round here are 24 hour or open very late so maybe not so good on reductions?

Sofiaki, let me know how you get on with the biscuits, I always add in some ground almonds instead of the full amount of flour. £60 delivery! Almost cheaper to get a cheapie flight or ferry deal!

BE, will you be able to resist the muffins till tomorrow?!

durham_mim

Kirri wrote: »

Btw, do the Tesco coupons always work like that then, it takes the full price amount and bases the reduction on that despite them being on offer as well? Not sure it's worth the walk if no leaflets though but still a good price. I saw there was a Countrylife 50p off in the Morries mag but it's full price at the moment.

You can print the coupons off the internet here http://tesco.4flow.net/pricenewswk3/?rel=external so no need for a wasted journey.

Had Kallo rice puffs for breakfast with Alpro almond milk. Oat cakes and LF cheese for lunch followed by LF strawberry yoghurt. For tea I had 2 boiled eggs and 3 slices of genius bread.

Lynsey

Loads of "bargain hunters" in Morries tonight and I got there in the nick of time!!
Bread was crazy prices, reduced to 5p and 9p.

Bought:

2 x sunflower stars @ 9p each - 18p
1 x coburg cob - 5p
1 x Polish loaf - 5p
1 x seeded crusty loaf - 5p

1 pack of mixed pasties/pies - 49p

and then 2 treats:

1 Galaxy caramel - half price offer - £1.04
Deli counter Yorkshire ham - 2 slices - £1.10

Took some bread to neighbour and froze some and the rest (approx 1/3) for the birds.

Spent £2.96 and days spend up to £10.30 and weekly spend to £22.87 and some junk/treats in that!! lol

Week 11 and total so far = £193.03 and a weekly average of just over £17.50.
Only got until the 27th before I go away for a few days and TBH nothing really needed apart from basics.
My initial 3 month target was £250 and I'll be well under that, no way will I spend just under £57 by the end of March...............unless a coffee offer comes up, that's what I desperately need now as down to last 2 jars.

Chill out time now.

Lynsey

VfM4meplse

Sofiaki wrote: »

They quoted me £30 + VAT on top of their delivery charge (around £25 + VAT), so £60 delivery!!!

:eek: £60 would keep me going for over a month!

Shopped for the first time since my supermarket blowout last week and graced Lidl for the carrots - bought 4 bags - a bag of spinach, bag of potatoes and a squash. Unplanned buy: a Bundt tin (have wanted one for ages) for £3.99, 2 loave tins at £1.99 each, and 2 tubs of night cream at 99p each. So £10 spent unexpectedly but I'm happy with what I've got and am confident that I won't need to grace a supermarket for the next week.

Spent the afternoon making a load of goodies including gajrela (http://desirecipes.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/gajar-ka-halwa-or-gajrela/) - but a vegan version. Last time I made this I swore I'd never do it w/o the help of a food processor, having decamped to my parents for the last fortnight I was confident of blitzing my carrots but could I find it??! So spent a good hour plus peeling and grating 4kg of carrots whilst other foods were in the oven but had a friend and her LO over so time passed fast. Results are well worth it, and planning a massive cook-up tomorrow too, including falafel - unlike my rabbit hutch, this kitchen is so spacious it would be a crime not to use it. Can't wait!

Edwardia

VfM4meplse, peeling 4kg of carrots you deserve a medal ! Hope you used a swivel peeler or wore gloves, thinking of the blisters you could have gotten !

Boiled FR eggs for breakfast, lunch was a Waitrose Delicatezze asparagus frittata, really low carb. Both OH and moi liked so I'm looking for frittata recipes now.

OH just handed me some clotted cream ice cream mmm.. two ice cream scoops = 11g carbs and it's Kellys, 2 x 1 LTR tubs for £5 at Waitrose right now.