August 2011 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

welcome to the GC Tinkerbelle, MrsMc will add you to the list soon. Good luck with your challenge!

highland_fling_2

Good morning everyone,

rain pouring down here. So glad I tidied up the garden yesterday afternoon. Went into town in the morning to order sister's b/d gift and while in M$S I strolled around the food section. Picked up quite a few yellow stickered items. May be my imagination but I think M$S are having more whoopsies these days, never remember so many in the past. All the better for us bargain hunters.

Having boiled ham (from freezer), garden potatoes and cabbage for dinner. So another nsd.

Welcome to all newbies and "returnees".Hope you all have a frugal and fruitful day.

69chick

am not very well today so had to pick up some stuff for dd's lunch boxes on the way to dropping them off at their playscheme from the T express,didn't do bad though, got them a tuna sandwich between them and a cheese and only roll each so only spent 1.50 (i had already packed their bags with drink/crisps/grapes/yogurts...also needed milk so picked that up along with a nice crusty roll for my lunch (if I feel like it later) oh and got a pack of warburtons soft rolls that mine love for their lunches and so will do them for their next 2 days..total spent £5.34 will update sig now...

Hope everyone is doing well with their challenges and welcome Tinkerbelle1971

Nimeth

Popped into Te$cos yesterday for some bread from the fresh bakery. Spent £4.71 in there, ended up with more things than I intended to pick up. They had a huge round fresh loaf of sourdough, my bread weakness especially since I'm clueless as to how to make it myself, which OH and I polished off the same day by making chicken and sweetcorn soup and using the bread as a bowl.:D

3 more NSDs as well.:cool:

tessie_bear

hi....made some damson jam earlier...its a nice colour but found the stones a pain will have some on bread later on to see if it is any good

got a piece of pork for tea...might do pork and stuffing rolls for a change to a cooked pork dinner....also a crumble from foraged blackberries....i love the smell of cooking blackberries

need to go as kids just arriving back from swimming
have a nice day
tessa

baleb

hi..
just thought i would update you all as to how badly this week is going for me!
i havent been able to stay at my flat for the last 2 days as there were really bad riots in croydon where i live. so we had about 5 minutes to pack a bag on monday night and get out - just enough time to grab some clean undies and feed my fish!
so last 2 days have been staying at OH family home, which is empty as family are away on holiday. so all my lovely bargain food and fresh stuff is sitting in my fridge at home going bad, while i have had to stop at petrol garages/sweet shops to get food and drink for us! i havent been able to make lunch for work or anything!
so, must of spend £20 unnecessarily at least :mad:

anyway, should be back home tonight hopefully, so all is not lost.

i hope everyone else affected my riots is staying safe x

rosieben

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi....made some damson jam earlier...its a nice colour but found the stones a pain will have some on bread later on to see if it is any good ...

I used to hate stoning plums and damsons are much worse! I used to stone them all before I started, wrap the stones in muslin and dangle them from a piece of string tied to the handle so the pectin in the stones helped the jam set. Is this how you do yours?

I'm feeling a jam-making session coming on.....

baleb wrote: »

...i havent been able to stay at my flat for the last 2 days as there were really bad riots in croydon where i live. so we had about 5 minutes to pack a bag on monday night and get out

the main thing is you're safe! Please take care, and ditto to anyone else in troubled areas

69chick

rosieben wrote: »

I used to hate stoning plums and damsons are much worse! I used to stone them all before I started, wrap the stones in muslin and dangle them from a piece of string tied to the handle so the pectin in the stones helped the jam set. Is this how you do yours?

I'm feeling a jam-making session coming on.....

mmmmmm jam

the main thing is you're safe! Please take care, and ditto to anyone else in troubled areas

I couldn't agree more xx

Long_tall_sally

Yes ditto, rosieben.

I went to the Co Op this morning to get some veg & also got another Arielexcel gel so in total another £7.92 spent. I am actually running out of quitea few things like kitchen roll, mouthwash, ham, cheese & potatoes and think that I will actually be able to put my £6 off £40 Mr T voucher to good use. Hope everyone is managing to keep on track with their spends.

meg72

baleb wrote: »

hi..
just thought i would update you all as to how badly this week is going for me!
i havent been able to stay at my flat for the last 2 days as there were really bad riots in croydon where i live. so we had about 5 minutes to pack a bag on monday night and get out - just enough time to grab some clean undies and feed my fish!
so last 2 days have been staying at OH family home, which is empty as family are away on holiday. so all my lovely bargain food and fresh stuff is sitting in my fridge at home going bad, while i have had to stop at petrol garages/sweet shops to get food and drink for us! i havent been able to make lunch for work or anything!
so, must of spend £20 unnecessarily at least :mad:

anyway, should be back home tonight hopefully, so all is not lost.

i hope everyone else affected my riots is staying safe x

How dreadful to have to leave your home, I have put off a planned visit to Birmingham,better safe than sorry,but would be freaking out
if I had to leave my home.

Hope you are back in soon.and hugs to all who are affected by this
madness.