October 2011 Grocery Challenge

Ches

Spent 50p today on a candle from the CS. Didn't make the quiche after all. Instead I made cheesy pasta for tea and incorporated the chopped leftover ham into that. Enough leftover for lunch tomorrow so we won't need to do the meal on the menu plan so that will save a bit. May need milk tomorrow as I used a pint up in the cheese sauce but will put the breadmaker on so shouldn't need anything else. I am pleased how things are going so far but early days yet so mustn't get too cocky.

angelatgraceland

Well Monday was another NSD for me!Did egg and chips tonight for DS but I actually made my own chips and he loved them. Leftover rice for DH with turkey burgers and fresh toms-he is a bit funny what he can eat and what he will eat. If I go to Iceland I can get 2 loaves of Kingsmill for £1.70 and 3 bottles of milk for £3 so a nice cheap spend which will last another 3 days hopefully. When DD cooks she cooks too much so Im annoyed that we have had some wasted HM wedges and also choc puddings and custard-there really is only sooooo much we can eat! The waste cannot continue so I think I need to put up some notices in the kitchen about only cooking what is needed.
Hoping to find a 25kg bag of spuds somewhere as we seem to get through a lot of them lately and we are always running out. They will likely be only half the price of the smaller bags too!

medsdemon

2 more NSD's thanks goodness and hoping for another today. Working out my budget in a differnet way this month so

£84.32/£100 main shop
Week 1 £14.14/£25
week 2 £0/£25
Week 3 £0/£25
Week 4 £0/£25

So one day to go from week ones budget and on target but since I'd just done the Big Shop I'd be rubbish if I wasn't:o. Any left over money wil be kept seperate and then used later in the month to top up a week if needed. If not it will go towards a treat day out for OH and I next month

dreamingofmoney

Sorry just a quick post, will catch up properly on my dinner hour. Am so happy i have on day 4 of my challenge and have already had 2 NSD days (think it might be a personal record)

Catch up in a couple of hours, so have a good day everyone

Dreamer

ButterflyBee

Oops! Got to put my target amount on record for October spend and I am already over my weekly budget.

October Budget of £230.00

quintwins

morning all, nsd foodwise today, i need desil tho have to take one of the twins to an appointment around lunchtime so i'm gonna pack him a wee picnic to eat on the way home cause he's missing his school dinner i'll prob just have a sandwich when we get home, dug some mince out of the freezer which i'm going to make into sheperds pie

squeaky

I take it this post is meant to be in the Grocery Challenge?

If so - I'll add it in for you.

adelight

I made a tesco order but cancelled it at the last minute. Fickle, I know, but I've decided to hold out buying anything until after the weekend. So this is my 4th NSD, but I am really craving some cereal and I have none because it's too expensive!

retepetsir

Joining the grocery challenge again as we failed miserably last month...!

Still aiming for £240 for the month, and so far I've spent £50.20 on the weekly shop at the supermarket (Saturday) with a meal plan for the whole week.

We'll see!

njk1012

Had the chance to nip to factory foods today and came home with a huge stock up shop for the freezer among other things.

Sorry to bore you with a long list, but i got the following:

2x 1.5kg thai chicken parcels, 10x 600g chump pork chops, 5x 700g white fish steaks, 1kg dominoes bacon pieces, 1kg coconut king prawns, 8x pasta cheese pies, 12x yogurt and lemon cornetto's, 3x 450g mussels in garlic sauce, 1x family sized salmon lasagna, 4x portions faggots in gravy, 2x 4 packs of country bakes, 5 packs pork meatballs, 2x 16 crabsticks, 1x 8pack of burgers, 18 fishfingers and 2 big salami pizza's.

All of the above came to a grand total of £20:T.
Bit of a bargain and my freezers are now well and truly stuffed.

Spent a further £21.40 stocking up on pop, sweets, crisps, cereal bars, soap, cleaning detergents, veg, salad cream and dressings etc.

If anyone lives anywhere near Maltby i do recommend a visit this week they have a great 10 items for a fiver deal on frozen stuff.

Here's to stopping away from all shops for a week, though i think i will only need milk now to see me through till another fresh stuff shop next week.