January 2012 Grocery Challenge

tigerfeet2006

Beccatje wrote: »

I read a few posts about keeping a double purse. May I ask what that is? And how it works?

Thanks.:D

It is Motherships second purse system, if you look on post 6 of this thread you will see links to it.

ETA: Sproggi got there before me teach me to try and post and answer the phone at the same time.

rosieben

tigerfeet, your Chicken and leek and philly pie (GF&DF) is in the freezer :T

Sue14

£3.60 spent on groceries in Mr S yesterday, for special k on offer, plus OH gets staff discount. He also bought me the new Jamie Oliver book, as they were selling some shop soiled copies to staff for £4.99, and he got discount as well so paid £4.50.

lemmings1986

morning guys hope every1 is well
hopeing for nsd today just got home from work so am off to bed shortly then back at work tonight,o the joy
just took out some provecole soup out of freezer for tea tonight never tried it so hopefully will be scrummy and made some bread to go with it,its cooling nicely on the side oh is having caramalised burgers for dinner and lo pasta bake for tea second day running i made a big dish of it last week and weve managed to get 4 meals out of it and he really liked it(can be quite pickey sometimes) so will definatly be making it again and it was quite cheap to make.
freezers and cupboards are running down nicely stil quite full i reckon atleast another 2 weeks worth of meals-fingers crossed.:) and maybe 2 weeks worth out of cupboards am going to try and makes lots of meals within a meal iykwim like spag bol,curry, etc meals that i can do big pots of and have some left over for another meal.:):)
hope every1 has a good day

Gorgeestwo

Good morning :j

Yesterday was a NSD :j today I'm going into Mr S for milk, carrots and a couple of other bits, but have a list and am going to stick to it, might make the exception for any whoopsied items though:D will update later with how much I spend

Beccatje

Thanks for the tips on second purse.. off to read now.. and I was planning on cleaning my house.. tsssss. oh well..

lol!

rachbc

£3 in Morries on milk and some reduced bits - pork pie for OH lunch (25p), fish pie for a kids emergency dinner (45p), big lump of blue cheese (45p) and some flat sqare rolls (25p)whcih I will try in the panini machine this weekend. There was something else too but can't rememeber what!

OH also popped into S Local when he got off the bus and got some kitkat yogs for 14p which the kids loved and a big pack of oven bottom rolls for 29p.

Dragoncry

Just a small spend today in MrT's express of some needed milk and bread before the shop on Sunday. Total came to £8.19 but that included 2 boxes of coco pops cereal at 64p a pack and 3 milkshakes reduced to 29p for my girls.

DC xx

SueP19

Beccatje wrote: »

Thanks for the tips on second purse.. off to read now.. and I was planning on cleaning my house.. tsssss. oh well..

lol!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Second purse is more important than ole housework

flippin36

Hello lovely grocery challengers! A toasty 9 degrees here, windows open and I might do a bit of early spring cleaning - starting with my kitchen cupboards and see whats lurking at the back.

Did another yellow sticker run last night as I needed some nappies and bits and bobs. Came back with two carrier bags of reduced groceries most of which will freeze or be eaten tonight. My freezer is now groaning with fullness so my plan of action, now that we are nearly half way through the month (will actually be on the 13th), is to run my stock down and see if I can meet my challenge.

So far I have spent £181 on food (£250 goal) which leaves me with £69 for 2 weeks and two days. Which doesn't sound much but I have enough main meals, enough nappies and toiletries, bread, sandwhich meat, juice, tins and cereals. So my £69 needs to just cover fresh produce; fruit, veg, milk, yoghurts, eggs and cheese. Which sounds do-able to me.