I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

Lynsey

My food spends so far today:

30 x Lidl milk chocolate = £5.10
1 pack Lidl gammon = 84p

Nestle Cheerios from Morries (half-price):
Ordinay Cheerios - £1.14 (used £1 coupon) so 14p
Choc Cheerios - £1.19 (used £1 coupon) so 19p
(Cheerios for Son's hamper)

Packet of throat sweets = 59p

Total food so far = £6.86

Also got an Air Wick candle from Morries - half-price @ £2 and used £1 coupon, so £1. Use it to add to Xmas hamper (MIL) and get another one later.

Going to Morries and Asda later, get 2 more Cheerios and hopefully some cheap pies and anything from Asda (never really been late on a Saturday), hope the Anchor cream is 50p and Munch Bunch 50p (all free with coupons). Might even pop into Sainsbury's on the way home. lol

Had my sausage and mash and just picking the rest of the day - not hungry at all ............................ not even for chocolate!!!!!

ms_night_ryder - get those coupons printed!!!

Lynsey

cazj80

Phew, I have now finished the list for my big freezer, and I don't think I need to buy any food for a while!!!

A portion means enough for a meal for me, OH and DDs (1 and 2)

Angel delight lollies
BBQ chicken steaks
BBQ ribs
Beef burgers x 4
Beef medallion steaks
Beef mince x 6 portions
Beef sausages
Beef topside joint x 2
Big box of black pudding
Bread rolls x 4
Breaded fish portions
Cajun prawns x 4 bags
Cannelloni x 2
Cathedral City Extra Mature x 4
Cauliflower
Cherry tomato pasta sauce
Chicken breasts x 2
Chicken breasts x 3 bags
Chicken drumsticks x 1 bag
Chicken fajitas x 2
Chilli - 1 portion
Chinese chicken drumsticks and thighs
Chinese pancakes
Chunky chicken pieces x 2 packs
Cocktail sausages x 5 bags
Cod - 4 portions
Cod loin
Cooking bacon
Cured ham
Diced beef x 2
Duck legs x 2
Finest sausages x 4 packs
Gammon hock
Green beans x 2 bags
Kingsmill pockets
Kofta kebabs
Lamb mince x 2 portions
Lamb mince x 2 packs
Lamb shanks x 2
Leek & potato soup carton x 4
Mashed potato - 1 portion
Meatballs x 2 packs
Parmesan
Pasta flour x 11 bags
Pesto
Petite pois
Pitta bread x 2 packs
Plum sauce
Pork loin - 11 portions
Pork mince x 3 portions
Potato cakes x 8
Prawns 300g packs x 2
Raspberry coulis
Rhubarb x 8 bags
Scampi
Sliced onions
Smoked bacon x 3 packs
Smoked gammon steaks - 7 packs
Smoked haddock x 2 bags
Spicy chicken wings
Steaks x 5
Sweet chilli chicken skewers
Sweet chilli sauce
Sweetcorn cobs
Tapas - breaded mozzarella
Tapas - chorizo and cheese croquettes x 2
Turkey steaks x 6 portions
Utterley Butterly x 2
Vanilla ice-cream
Whole chicken

P.s. I don't organise my freezer alphabetically, but I typed it up in Excel first to put it in order, think it'll be easier when I come to use it, and I can just then print it out

Lynsey

cazj80 - well done, lots of stock there. Like a mini freezer centre. lol
Well impressed with the variety.

I went to Morries, Asda and Sainsbury's, but not too good really.

Morries:
Pack of 4 steak and kidney pies reduced to 99p
Pack of 2 handmade pasties reduced to 75p
3 lots Swaledale cheese reduced to 9p each = 27p
Pack of spicy bean burgers reduced to 35p
Cheerios £1.14 (used £1 coupon) = 14p
Choc Cheerios £1.19 (used £1 coupon) = 19p
Total = £2.69 (did quite well there)

Loads of pies reduced, but mixed with sausage rolls etc to 75p-99p - happy with what I got. Not much bread reduced, so walked away.

Asda:
2 x Anchor cream 50p each (used 2 x 50p coupons) - so free
Country life butter £1
Total on food - £1 (did buy flowers for only 54p)

Sainsbury's:
Cravendale £1 (used 50p coupon) = 50p
Walkers crisps 49p (used free packet of crisps coupon) - so free
Total = 50p

Pretty much useless at Sainsbury's (probably too late) and had to but the Cravendale to put crisps through s/scan.
Asda and Morries had loads of yoghurts and cream and Asda had bread, but nothing I fancied.

Today's food spends = £11.05 and weeks spends = £32.10.
Just checked and that's only the 2nd week of the year I've gone over £30 and this week was the 2nd highest of the year. The highest week (£46.50) was when I stocked up on Nescafe. This weeks spends, I stocked up on canned drinks, prawns and of course chocolate).
Back to a £25 week max next week and hopefully 2 more £25 weeks and then off to M&S to get some cakes as my treat for all the work.
No more weekly budgets after 3 more frugal weeks, just aiming to get to the end under £1500 (doddle now).

I need things next week and will make a list tomorrow. Mainly fruit and veg, eggs, cheese, frozen chips and sweetcorn and some spread.

Groupon on Thursday will take me near to a cheap Asda (Byker) for reduced stuff.

I never bought my Lidl fudge today, but may next week if budget allows. I knew this weeks spends would be high, so resisted ................ would have been eaten though if bought. lol

ps: still 30 bars of chocolate left.

Lynsey

cazj80

Lynsey, I also bought some Lidl chocolate today - got 13 bars, and I still have 13 bars, very impressed with myself for resisting opening one tonight!! I've had to put them in a cupboard behind lots of other bits so that they're not staring me in the face when I open the door :rotfl:

benjacksmum

How strictly do Lidl police their 6 per customer on the half price weekend deals? I might be really sad but I'm planning on popping in again tomorrow for some more as somehow 6 doesn't seem nearly enough!

cazj80

benjacksmum wrote: »

How strictly do Lidl police their 6 per customer on the half price weekend deals? I might be really sad but I'm planning on popping in again tomorrow for some more as somehow 6 doesn't seem nearly enough!

I think it depends on the store, I bought the gammon today and picked up 6 packs, but didn't realise that my daughter had also picked up one and put it in the trolley, until I got to the tills, so I had 7, but they just scanned them through like normal, and he did see that I had 7 as he put it in as 7 x and then only scanned one.

Hope that makes sense!!

Lynsey

benjacksmum - the 6 "rule" is generally just on the meat offers. It's 6 per person also.
I might pop in myself tomorrow also ...................... just kidding.

cazj80 - who'll be the 1st to eat a bar?? lol
Hoping the new white chocolate comes on soon at half-price.

Lynsey

Sequeena

Wow caz that's quite the stock you have there!!

Well done on your bargains Lynsey

I forgot to go to lidl and won't have a chance tomorrow nevermind.

The last few days I've taken 1 bag of wedges, 8 burgers and 2 vegetable fingers from the freezer.

Today I got little stars yoghurts (I think can't be !!!!!!ed looking in the fridge). 8 or 12 for £1.25. Tropicana 1.75l orange juice for £2.50. New toothbrush for T £1 and blueberries £1. Was £5.85 but I had a £3 coupon so only paid £2.85.

Lynsey yes he'll eat any yoghurt put in front of him and aside from chocolate cake he doesn't touch the stuff

Caz I can deal with a hyper toddler I just can't deal with that and no sleep :rotfl:

cazj80

Lynsey wrote: »

cazj80 - who'll be the 1st to eat a bar?? lol
Hoping the new white chocolate comes on soon at half-price

I'm going to try and resist, not sure how long the willpower will last. White chocolate - mmmm, hoping that comes up soon too!

Sequeena - she's normally not too bad, however my one year old is teething at the moment and waking up all night, she's a champion sleeper normally and I'm a bit tired in the daytime at the mo!

Soworried

Edwardia, MrT are putting organic 4pk kiwi fruits down to 70p from tomorrow. Half price.