January 2012 Grocery Challenge

tessie_bear

hi...i think i am starting to get the upper hand in my battle with the freezer ...can see the bottom in a few small spaces...going to get some bagettes out to make some garlic bread to go with tea tonight....got to do a bit of cooking later

need to sort out a food cupboard in a bit as everytime i shove something in something else falls out on my head....wont be doing any shopping this week hopefully but will have to go next or will be eating the hedge....yum yum
take care tess

kerri_dfw

Another 23p to add to my total as I forgot about the charge for paying by card for my riverford box

medusasmummy

morning all
got a few things to report. NSD friday and sunday. 2 small spends on saturday. i sent hubby up to lidl to stock up on mince and tinned toms. they only had quorn mince on offer so was a little disappointed but only a 99p spend on the chopped tomatoes. i popped into morrisons saturday in my lunch break to take advantage of the offer on youngs f/fingers. buy 1 get 2 free. so £3.99 for 60 f/fingers. iceland has previously been the best place to buy them at £3 for 30.

friday we went through the cupboards and freezers and made a meal planner until the 7th feb! so am feeling super organised. have a good mixture of slow cooker meals, roasts and quick fixes so it can swapped around when the unexpected arises.

got a tesco order arriving this evening stocked up on cat food. whiskers and felix 2 for£5. Approx £55 inc delivery gonna update late when i have the final cost.

fingers crossed this means bread/ milk/ fresh fruit and veg will be all thats needed, so lots of NSD planned

Big thanks to everyone for keeping me on the straight and narrow and all the tips and bargains. keep them coming

jo58

Meadows wrote: »

Wants £5.25 for delivery for me compared the price of some items and found them cheaper here http://www.rosspa.co.uk/

Worth having a look at the Online Clearance & Short dated Grocery
sites. There is always something there to save you money. I have!!!

elly2

Afternoon all went shopping for a few items today promised myself no more than £10 but went over budget by £2.67 , not too fussed tho as managed to get 600 grms of corned beef for £3.27 (worked out cheaper to buy sliced instead of tinned) 12 philly dips (£2.00) 12 cheese strings (£1) 12 yogurts (60p) box cereal(80p) juice (80p) 2 rustlers burgers (£1)(snacks for dad)and 2x hobnob bars (£1.20) oh and also 2x 8 packs of polos for £2. Bargain of the day was a pair of curtains and a new double quilt set for DS for £8.99(not GC budget but still a super bargain). Now have £20 left of GB which will go into my purse as i have jiggeled the budgets about slightly i only like notes in my bulk buy purse :rotfl:, have £7 odd to put into my tin but have no spare cash left it sort of gets confusing when trying to write it down/explain it but i know what i mean lol. New week starts on weds and i dont need anything else till then so am declaring this week at £41.50/£60

xxlouisexx56

i spent another 33 pounds in morrisons yesterday and this should tide us over until friday as ive done a meal plan

OH is really impressed that i dont just chuck random things in the trolley anymore just because i like them.

Putting myself on a diet this week Needs must

Linz4383

well fish finger cobs for my dinner (usin up out of the freezer), little girls at her dads for t so just gonna chuck sum chicken n carrots in a pan with sum curry granules for my t .. must remember to take sum meat out of the freezer for t tomorrow were goin to have a nice cooked dinner need to go out for sum veg today, hopefully wont be spendin too much tho although i do need some herbs and things like that for some new recipes i want to try .. dont have anything like that in as i never use them but new year new me
got to say i love this thtread its encouragin me to use up wot i have in the freezer n stop wastin money on food i dnt need!!

mummyyof5

went to town..mainly for sock wool..needles etc but none to be had..A small spend though £2.08 on binbags:eek::eek:..when did they get so expensive..have tried MrTs but they are very thin and split easily so back to Wi**os it is. 3 things needed in MrTs and thats all I bought ...go me :T:T

HM Fish chips and mushy peas for tea..chicken nuggets for the teen boys as they are allergic to fish..OH wants to go to MrMs but will put him off till tomorrow.

franby64

Morning

Still trying to catch up but I thought it was time to admit how I'm doing!

Spent £7.27 today on bread, milk, cucumber, Co*p wup liquid (2 for £1.20) and the Tetl*y T-bags they have on offer - 160 for £2.04 (I keep buying these!)
Total is now £96.59 and today I'm going to make a plan for a week using as much stuff that's already here as possible and do an online shop. T*sco have sent me another of their 'do 3 shops for over £50 each before 26/2 and we'll give you an extra 1000 points' emails so I'll probably do that now As*a don't give you a fiver anymore when you spend £40.

Hope January's going well!

[Deleted User]

Hi folks
Shopping today. Mr M - not that great and dissapointed at the lack of offers. Spent £18.02. But had to go to Lidl and then the co-op as Mr M did not have everything I needed, plus I knew eggs would be cheaper in Lidl.

Went well in co-op - I deliberatley didn't get my philli cheese from Mr M as I had forgotten to take a £1 off voucher along. After I went home and got it I went to co-op and they were on offer for £1.00 so i got it for free:j:j. On the downside, noticed that Mozarella cheese was only 49p in Lidl and Milk was only £1. I had bought these in Mr M for 60 p and £1.18:(. Still need to count up total. Wil post back later.
Allie