November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

debbiedeejay

Spend of £2.20 on bread buns to declare - can't find a finger roll for the hot dogs at all in any shop - never mind buns will do .

Jacket spuds in low oven - think I might roast the pumpkin seeds I kept. Spuds & h/m burgers & hot dogs for tea and veggie burgers/hot dogs for DD3.

Stay safe tonight everyone & enjoy the fireworks.:T

Flat_Eric

Back from the supermarket and £55.85 poorer.

Only really picked up *what was needed* although had no list and with OH in tow, items crept into the basket that otherwise would have stayed on the shelf.

Felt rushed with OH there, looking after the trolley, he was an Olympian in the making....

Oh well. Time to meal plan with whats been bought today. Think I can manage to stay out of the shops until next Saturday if I'm strict with myself.:o

Long_tall_sally

Oh dear. Nearly up to £300 and still have three weeks to payday. I also need to get tuna & coca cola so will need to go to the Co Op & Bargain Booze later.

supersally01

Just a £5 spend in mr T's to add, on croissants, roast turkey for DD13 school lunches, a loaf, and 2x packs of juice for school.
No shopping this week as 2x full freezers!!! Happy bonfire nite all!

cattysmum

A NSD for me today, went for a 4 mile run instead of being tempted to the shops and after my run I was too shattered to go shopping anyway!!! so just mushroom omlettes for tea and will maybe pop out tomorrow late on to see if I can find any last minute reductions. Im not too sure what time to go into Tesco on a sunday for the closing time bargains any suggestions??? I could do with some salad bits and bread.

mrs_mum_3

Did a few hours work today and afterwards went to pick up some shopping for next week - somehow climbed to £72.29

Mrs M

mrs_mum_3

rosieben wrote: »

mrs mum, I've added your mini toads in hole idea to the recipe index :beer:

If I hadn't already prepared and frozen the pigs in blankets I would have tried this for my christmas dinner, might be tempted anyway

I love pigs in plankets - is there a recipe on the list?

Mrs M

rising_from_the_ashes

tessie_bear wrote: »

might have a frozen pizza for lunch as will be a bit pushed for time

PennyGrabber wrote: »

I know you're pushed for time, but please cook it first!!!! lolx

Sorry but I am having a wee chuckle:D

WelshWoofer wrote: »

I've decided to do one shop at Mr T's a month to stock up on things like quorn, vegetarian products and things they don't do at Aldi and then use Aldi and the local shops for the 3 other shopping trips for the month. Hopefully it will work out cheaper for me.

I'm going to try something similar..... have just had my "big" order for the month so £50.80 to add bringing me to - gulp, gasp £72.42/£100:eek:. There are quite a lot of toilettries / cleaning products in it ...... why does everything run out at once!

Think I will be going over this month:o but going to try this strategy and see what happens.

I fall down as I have to go to the sm weekly to get my milk and bread (no one around here stocks them) and I always pick other things up.

As it's an 18 mile round trip I feel that I should buy stuff when I'm there to justify the fuel IYSWIM - now, that's a woman's logic!:D

I'm sure if I could get milk/bread at the local shop I'd do better - even tho' it's more expensive for ham, veg etc (the things I need when I go to the sm), I'm never tempted to buy extras there so it would probably work out cheaper.

blackandwhitebunny

Well £12.80 at the market this am on fruit, veg and cheese and then £35 in MrS which wasn't too bad as it started at £45 before my discount vouchers. So £47.80, meaning just over 25% of budget gone with 25% of month gone.

sproggi

NSD number 3 for me:)

I seriously need to eat out of the freezer to make room for christmas food, but I seem to be putting more in than I am taking out!
I took out some mince yesterday, but ended up putting in the lo cooked mince and mushrooms, plus 5 more tubs of sliced mushrooms.
Today I took out some bbq chicken pieces and put in 3 more tubs of sliced mushrooms, 5 tubs of sliced peppers and a cooked jacket potato.
I still need to prep and freeze about 12 jacket potatoes, 4 leeks and 4lb of carrots!!

Sproggi