January 2012 Grocery Challenge

Meadows

Redouble wrote: »

Well I am super chuffed with my 'shopping trip' to the back of my cupboard of doom and the depths of my freezer!
What a haul!
Now need to write a meal plan, but need to find out when my mother in law is coming to stay first.
PS - I am sure No one else cares what food I found today, but I was so chuffed I had to share.
I'll go away for a bit now

Oops I dare not list the contents of my cupboards and freezers :eek:
I have stuff everywhere including Toilet Rolls, Kitchen Rolls, Cereal and Bread flour in the spare bed room, a mountain of toiletries everywhere, wash tabs, fairy liquid, beans, tomatoes, lime juice and Pepsi in the garage (much to OH's dismay as he can never get oi tools due to groceries). The other day I sent him to find Mango chutney (well why buy one if they are on offer) not there so where could they be ??? Behind the little spice shelf unit on an unused blocked off window sill of course silly me can't leave an empty space any where now where was the fish sauce I know I have three large bottles .... oh yes tucked behind the stash of coffee pods.
Now this is just the stuff you can't see in the kitchen

Also just going through my stash of herbs :eek: quick email to daughter do you need any of the following as I have loads!

lemmings1986

carolinerunner wrote: »

Lemmings, 18 rolls for £3 at Mr T I believe...

hi caroline yes ive seen them but he wont use them hes very pickey he'll only use andrex but thanks anyway, and the idea is if i buy them off amazon with my giftcards i can save the money i would of spent.:D

cw18

tessie_bear wrote: »

quin twins...we should start an empty the freezer club and encourage each other...anyone else trying to do same

yep! I did a stocktake on my freezers just before New Year (I have a 50/50 built in fridge/freezer plus a standalone upright freezer), and reckon I've the main part of my main meals for almost a full year (live on my own) :eek: By the time I buy in odd bits when my chap comes over (did roast chicken on NY Day, but had to buy the bird as I don't have any full joints in) and also use tinned/dried items I reckon I'll probably keep going until at least Easter 2013 !!!

xxlouisexx56

Spent another 15 pounds yesterday in sainsburys and iceland AND i have to go back again today for nappies. Morrisons own brand leaked last night ending up in a soggy baby and soaked bedsheets that were only put on yesterday!!

Lovebeingathomemum

lemmings1986 wrote: »

if you go on quick links at top of page right handside and click on that under user control panel click on edit signature hope this helps
good luck with gc

Many thanks Lemmings1986 - also first time quoting so hopefully came out ok.

Redouble

xxlouisexx56 wrote: »

Spent another 15 pounds yesterday in sainsburys and iceland AND i have to go back again today for nappies. Morrisons own brand leaked last night ending up in a soggy baby and soaked bedsheets that were only put on yesterday!!

How old is your little one? Mine is out of nappies now and I have a small pack (plus some loose) that I was going to throw out. I could post them to you? Xx

ETA - just checked, I have given some anyway already, I have 19 4+ left and a pack of 20 size 6 pull ups (think my husband bought those as they would have fallen off our skinny 2 year old!)

cheekychipmunk

First big shop of the year and spent £58.60. £14 of this was on mega-reduced chocolate gifts in W****se. Dead chuffed as never manage to time it right with the last reductions. Got a few boxes of very posh chocs reduced from £12 to 99p. Going into the birthday present stash box, as long as I can stop myself from eating them

mrs-moneypenny

kids have just had pasta&sauce ive got a pan of hm sweet potato and leek soup simmering for me and dh and ive got the contents of one shelf of the food upoard on the floor ready to wipe out the cupboard and list what i have in an effort to meal plan - its going to be a long afternoon

jo84

Thread moving so fast! Hard to keep up!
Moved LO from Cow and Gate 2 to Cow and Gate 3 as had stacks of coupons for £1 off. Anybody else notice the 50p increase in a tub over the last couple of weeks practically everywhere:mad:

mummyyof5

Another £15 to declare ..£5 in poundland and £10 in MrTs..needed to top up on cereal and also got frubes for £1 now in freezer for LOs pack up...thats 3 boxes now...and babybels on offer at 79p a pack..that will do all next weeks pack up.

also picked up a pork pie so we can have a ploughmans for tea...lots of cheese crackers and pickles left still...apple and blackberry crumble I made yesterday for afters.

Will update sig now