December 2011 - Grocery Challenge

tigerfeet2006

Merry Christmas to you all and many blessings to you at this time of year.

I had to wake the kids at 6.30 this morning <rolls eyes> the one morning I need them awake early, they sleep in.

We opened the front door to see if Father Christmas had been and he had. He seemed to have enjoyed his mince pies and milk and the reindeers had made short work of the carrots. FC had even taken time to reply to the note that my six year old had left him.

We opened the stocking presents from FC to much excitement. My four year old is really getting into it this year. Then we opened our presents, in past years it has taken us to New Year to open them all, this year they opened them all in the hour they were so excited.

I was a lucky lady and got two sessions in the Bath Spa Thermal Spa and a Reading Spa at Mr B's Emporium.

We went to church where my eldest and I were on vestibule duty and greeted everyone and my eldest lit the candle. Then on to my FIL's for more presents. We are now relaxing while the kids play with Lego and we drink Champers and Stuart Little is on in the back ground while we wait on dinner. Bliss!

And a NSD to boot

Hope you are all having a relaxing day.

meg72

Just back from dinner at my DDs absolutely stuffed .Had a lovely timeseeing GD open presents.Just going to curl up on sofa now and watch a DVD.

Merry Christmas to one and All.hope your Day has been as nice as mine.

Hiddenidenity

Merry Christmas All xxx xxx

BohemianCoast

Big Christmas update -- the Christmas shop was £161, which is a great deal less than last year's £317 :eek: . The turkey was separate, from the butcher's -- £68 (free range Norfolk bronze) , and we got our chipolatas from him too, £9. So, total for Christmas is £237 and I have blown the budget with a total of 528. It does make me wonder how much I was spending in the years when I wasn't counting.

I'd like to think I was done with shopping now, but I still have to buy the meat (though not I think anything else) for New Year's Eve. Blame picky friends; I have enough salmon or beef for eight in my house, but this group of people are only collectively happy with chicken, turkey or venison. Unless there's a grand meal which can be made with leftover turkey breast...

spendaholic

meg72 wrote: »

Sorry love you have lost me, IF A cHRISTMAS SHOP dosent come out of December WHEN does it

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

I wondered too Meg!

The only thing I thought was maybe it was a SM savings card type thing?

I go from pay day to pay day for my challenge, and I get paid before Christmas in December, so that's actually January's money. Pay day is usually the 25th of the month. But not in December.

meg72

spendaholic wrote: »

I go from pay day to pay day for my challenge, and I get paid before Christmas in December, so that's actually January's money. Pay day is usually the 25th of the month. But not in December.

Thank you.I see now,I was really puzzled

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spendaholic wrote: »

I go from pay day to pay day for my challenge, and I get paid before Christmas in December, so that's actually January's money. Pay day is usually the 25th of the month. But not in December.

Same here, Mine is usually the last Thursday in the month, so sometimes thats quite early. I would like to declare £115 for December. . Bit disappointed really, but could have been worse. I am not going to start my January Month 'till 1st and am going to run through to end of month this time.

cat_smith

Happy Christmas all. Just totted up my spend for December. Way over, but the freezer is solid with meat from Donald Russell and soup and fillings for lunches. Should be fruit, and bread and milk before New Year and then back to serious slimline shoping.

vicky1001

am new to this, have fridge and freezer never cooked whole chicken would not know what to do

here what need to last 2 weeks

lamb joint 650gpork + herb sausages x 6 450gbeef frying steak 200gpork chops x 2 500gchicken legs x 2 600gbeef mince 450gwhole chicken 1.8kg
total weight 4.65kg:j

pink_princess

vicky1001 wrote: »

am new to this, have fridge and freezer never cooked whole chicken would not know what to do

here what need to last 2 weeks

lamb joint 650gpork + herb sausages x 6 450gbeef frying steak 200gpork chops x 2 500gchicken legs x 2 600gbeef mince 450gwhole chicken 1.8kg
total weight 4.65kg:j

Hi:)
How many people does this need to feed?