September 2011 Grocery Challenge

166million

Spent 38.33 at T£sco. Total now: £56.49/£100

cat_smith

2nd spend day today. Big shop at Mr T but lots of stocking up on basics/winter preps and large amounts of whoopsied meat. Should only need fruit and veg for the rest of the month. £72.82 spent but just looked at receipt and I picked up wrong razor blades £10.29 :eek:
so they are going straight back.

TrixieB

small Aldi shop of £4.91 the Boyf did last night

4x fake red bull cans 30p each
1x carrier bag 3p
1x bag oven chips 99p - THE SINGLE BEST OVEN CHIPS HAVE EVER HAD!
1x 2ltr milk 79p
1x tomato ketchup - as good as Heinz imo!
2x tins tuna 45p each
1x tin tomatoes 31p - trying these as read on here somewhere that they are same price as value brands but taste more like Napolina, will report back later as hoping to make a bolognese

sproggi

Big spending day for me,
£61.53 in L*dl making the most of this weeks offers, 3 gammon joints, 2 packs of the pork medallions and enough toilet and kitchen rolls to last for months!
£21.32 in Mr T on things like coffee for OH, bread, bogof cheese, white vinegar and got 2 free boxes of honey shreddies:D

Sproggi

TrixieB

Stupid question alert!

Why do some posters star out the names of the supermarkets, like Te*co?

helen_jelly

Hex - oooh more choccy delights - you're so bad lol, thank you for the ideas x

I'm away for a few days now so if you have to post a new budget or are posting for October [can't believe that its Oct next month!!] then please still do so as I'll catch up on Monday


Have a great weekend everyone

Helen x

Tinkerbell1982

Now up to £140.00 / £240.00 after a few bits and pieces in Ald1

TrixieB

Have a good weekend away HelenJelly

Think I have just ruined a load of beef mince by defrosting in microwave and the edges are all hard and crunchy about half of the total block of it, if I continue and simmer in sauce will it soften up do you think or am I as well binning it

quintwins

£54.23 in te$co on alot of store cupboard bits and i mean alot over 30tins (including one free tin of soup) 3 boxes of cereal 3 tubs of gravy 4 boxes of strawberries, loads of cheese,2kg pasta. 15 packets of noodles ect i acually filled a trolly i can't remeber the last time i did that it came to £64.05 then all my coupons came off altho they then gave me another £4 off £30 till split now do i spend that just for the sake of it?

trixieb i would cook it up then blend it with a stick blender u won't knwo the diference

TrixieB

I've gone for the whack it in and hope for the best option lol!