Second Purse Challenge 2012

kerri_dfw

Just ordered £29.46 worth of seeds with a 25% off voucher from Thompson & Morgan plus cashback if it tracks, they are:
potato 20 tubers were £5.49 paid £2.99
carrot * 500 seeds were 99p paid 74p
spinach * 400 seeds were 69p paid 52p
leek * 75 seeds were £2.69 paid £2.02
pea * 250 seeds were £2.49 paid £1.87
courgette * 5 seeds were £3.49 paid £2.62
cucumber * 4 seeds were 69p paid 52p
rocket * 750 seeds were 99p paid 52p
lettuce * 175 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
swede * 250 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
aubergine 40 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
thyme * 200 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
rosemary * 50 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
basil * 300 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49

postage is steep at £6.90 though

*organic seeds

Not sure how well they're going to grow yet, but when/if they do I will buy them back from myself at the same price I would if I were getting my veg boxes.

My onions and garlic are doing well at the moment Must read up on how to allotmenteer properly though.

Sunflower1227

kerri_dfw wrote: »

Just ordered £29.46 worth of seeds with a 25% off voucher from Thompson & Morgan plus cashback if it tracks, they are:
potato 20 tubers were £5.49 paid £2.99
carrot * 500 seeds were 99p paid74p
spinach * 400 seeds were 69p paid 52p
leek * 75 seeds were £2.69 paid £2.02
pea * 250 seeds were £2.49 paid £1.87
courgette * 5 seeds were £3.49 paid £2.62
cucumber * 4 seeds were 69p paid 52p
rocket * 750 seeds were 99p paid 52p
lettuce * 175 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
swede * 250 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
aubergine 40 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
thyme * 200 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
rosemary * 50 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49
basil * 300 seeds were £1.99 paid £1.49

postage is steep at £6.90 though

*organic seeds

Not sure how well they're going to grow yet, but when/if they do I will buy them back from myself at the same price I would if I were getting my veg boxes.

My onions and garlic are doing well at the moment Must read up on how to allotmenteer properly though.

Wow you are going to be busy :T good luck

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

MunniMuncha wrote: »

Spent 20 mins looking for recipe for the biscuits, as could have sworn it was a few pages back and couldn't find it so in the end gave up. Came on here (some 2 hours later) to see what everyone had posted and lo and behold the recipe was the last post:j. Quickly made them and they are yummy! Still room for improvement coz even an easy recipe like this one is quite complex for me:p, but they taste nice and the kids like them.... so happy dayz:T:T

Thanks for the recipe Addicted :T- just need to perfect it now:rotfl::rotfl:

edit: just to let everyone know that today I also tried the bread and butter pudding (looks lush, but that is for desert so haven't tried it yet), and an apple pie - ooh get me!:rotfl::rotfl: Also made a lamb stew (Mothership's recipe, thank you:T) and a lamb balti (from a jar, sorry not got that adventurous with curry just yet:o). Before though I would have used all the lamb on one recipe and either put some in the freezer or had it for a few meals, but today split it in half, stretched it out with some oats and have enough for 2 different meals for 4 people and most probably enough left over to freeze - so I must be getting better at all of this - oh yes and it's fun too, now that I am a professional shopper:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

Hi Munnimuncha - you are not going mad as I had put the recipe on the Grocery Challenge thread yesterday but then when I got asked for the recipe on this thread, I put it on here as well (I don't know how to do the clever links that some people do ).

I'm glad the biscuit making went well for you . The ones I made yesterday have already been scoffed so I'll have to make some more tomorrow. Thanks for your meal ideas - I might have to steal them . You are right, this is fun. I think I used to spend my time shopping instead of making things and planning meals but this is much more fun and leads to saving money instead of debt :j.

polkadot

*sneaks in through the back door* i am still here,having withdrawals from the chat with you lovelies...I cant remember when last I posted and I know Ive not read the thread since at least Thursday last week:o

I have been shopping though and i shall update shortly after ive caught up.DD has been VERY demanding the last week and then Ive had a friend round this week end (well the daughter of a mother/daughter friend of mine) Shes coming to babysit on Friday as its our second anniversary on Thursday and its been a year since we went out without the kids.she wanted to spend some time with DD to make sure she could cope.

Of course she could so Im so looking forward to Friday.

*sneaks out to go read some more*

jakes-mum

Miss Lily has just visited SOS and bought herself a chocolate bar for 40p, shes picked herself a double decker (first time shes tried one) and im trying not to laugh at her 1) trying to get her teeth through all that nougat after its been in the fridge for 3 weeks and 2) trying to eat what has to be the biggest chocolate bar shes ever had, in one sitting :rotfl:

She has given up halfway through and put it in the fridge :rotfl:

HelenPie

That's so cute!

Helen's Hideaway is starting to pay off - I have an updated total of:

£70.33 :D

Ok, so some of that is money that I've deposited but not spent as haven't found the bargains, but I'm still happy with that

Edit: actually, I've paid in £110 but spent £114.44 on stock so actually can claim all of that as profit . Plus I still have £112.35 in stock :T Happy happy Helen

Coxy11

Couple of items picked up this morning in MrT:

Utterlee Butterlee BOGOF - £1.80 - buyback at £1.50 each

Hartlee jam (love this and as I'm the only one eating it, its my little treat ) - £1 each - buy back at £1.50 each

Quite impressed that my SP has £38.78 in it as have been buying goodies back from Cazco over the past two weeks. The moneyside of things is now coming together yay :j

Have just told DH that I'm now officially a 'professional shopper' (re. the article) and he just laughed - he thinks I'm bonkers

jakes-mum

Just made some G/F rocky road which is now setting in the fridge and its left over dinner tonight :j :j love leftovers as that always makes me feel like im eating for freeeeeeeeeee

Now do we think I could get away with charging the kids 10p per slice :rotfl: prob not, they are not that gullible

SueP19

A bit of quick question................

I have owed my SP for a few weeks now and this next weekend I wll be able to correct that. So I will have £100 in my 2nd P and £43.96 in my 3rd P....................

......................ok SO if I buy some beans :rotfl:with my 2nd P, I will have less than £100 again, do I replace that money with buying from my own stock or do I take the money from 3rd P (which seems odd, first one makes more sense to me)

artypaws

Ahh it is a sad day here at my little shop - it has been burgled - garage was broken into last night and they took hubs mountain bike and my washing supplies - though they did drop some of the washing supplies so still have some left - arghhh