December 2011 - Grocery Challenge

meg72

Hiddenidenity wrote: »

Helllo

I wont be going shopping now till January so Im declaring £4.52 this month :j:j

This month includes 21 NSD upto now shouldnt have another spend day until the new year so hoping for 29 NSD's before the month is out

Can I be added to January for £10 for the month :T

would like to know how you manage so well. I cant do this for just me,let alone feed kids.

Hiddenidenity

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3683757

Alot of "how" I do it is on here, My milk isnt included I get milk vouchers and have a milkman but the only milk we really use is for the kids anyway its nto something I would buy if it wasnt for the bottles iykwim. Dont get me wrong its not easy and living off tatties and veg does get boring :rotfl: But if you look on my diary it has my meal plan x

meg72

Sorry but I cant find your diary do you have a link please.

Hiddenidenity

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3652323

Post 233 is my food plan for this week, its generally the same every week tho :rotfl:

Open to ideas too for anything else I can make with those foods

tessie_bear

:rudolf: wishing all grocery challengers a great christmas and a wicked 2012:xmastree:


:xmassign: from tess

rising_from_the_ashes

Good start to Jan's budget .... was bored:o (which is ridiculous as I've loads to do - just need to get on & do it!:o) so checked my Mr A receipts on the price checker site (I got p'd off with them a while ago & gave up as I often buy stuff on offer which affects the overall cost of the shop - even if other things are cheaper elsewhere) and ....

£5 off £40 spend + 2 vouchers for £1.87 and £1.62 = £8.48 off a £40 shop not too bad!

I'm going to start doing this again but if I'm getting loads of stuff with big offers/savings - I'm going to play them at their own game and put these through separately!

elantan

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Good start to Jan's budget .... was bored:o (which is ridiculous as I've loads to do - just need to get on & do it!:o) so checked my Mr A receipts on the price checker site (I got p'd off with them a while ago & gave up as I often buy stuff on offer which affects the overall cost of the shop - even if other things are cheaper elsewhere) and ....

£5 off £40 spend + 2 vouchers for £1.87 and £1.62 = £8.48 off a £40 shop not too bad!

I'm going to start doing this again but if I'm getting loads of stuff with big offers/savings - I'm going to play them at their own game and put these through separately!

silly question and please feel free to tell me to shut up ... when doing your shopping in asda can you not do the stuff on offer in a different reciept ? put the normal priced stuff through then put the reduced stuff through? would it not give you a better chance at getting ( actually i dont know what it would get you cause i just did this for the first time last night lol)

rising_from_the_ashes

Hiddenidenity wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3652323

Post 233 is my food plan for this week, its generally the same every week tho :rotfl:

Open to ideas too for anything else I can make with those foods

Wow! Will have a proper read through when I come back from Christmas!

Other ideas - a veg bake? you could use breadcrumbs for the topping.

elantan wrote: »

silly question and please feel free to tell me to shut up ... when doing your shopping in asda can you not do the stuff on offer in a different reciept ? put the normal priced stuff through then put the reduced stuff through? would it not give you a better chance at getting ( actually i dont know what it would get you cause i just did this for the first time last night lol)

Yup, that's what I meant above (sorry if it came out wrong) - I didn't "click" about it before and just couldn't work out why I wasn't getting any vouchers when I know some stuff is cheaper elsewhere - but when I realised I'd saved say £4 x 3 when washing gel was on offer etc and it's the overall cost of the shop they look at & not individual items .... it all became clear!

meg72

Hiddenidenity wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3652323

Post 233 is my food plan for this week, its generally the same every week tho :rotfl:

Open to ideas too for anything else I can make with those foods

Got it thank you,wish I was your Mum.

tracey12_2

tessie_bear wrote: »

when do peeps do their veg prep for christmas day ? thought id do it on christmas eve should be ok

take care tess

Hi Tess

I usually prep all my veg on christmas eve. I just peel potatoes and cover with water ready to be par boiled on christmas day, parsnips can be done the same way. Sprouts can be done the day before and I peel and cut carrots and keep in a freezer bag with a little bit of water in.

Have a great christmas everyone and thanks for all your help over the year. Lets hope we can cut the cost of grocery shopping even more next year :beer:

Tracey