Grocery Challenge - February 2012

kj*daisy

£300 for feb please, that's for 4, two kids and two adults. First shop tomorrow but need to keep it under £30. So doing a very careful list!

arrowlili

yay, so i was around £80 under budget for last month so i think i'm gonna knock £20 off for this month and see how that goes, so could you put me down for £380 for february please :A
now i'm off to make my final declaration on januarys thread. good luck all :T

xxlouisexx56

Can we be put down for £250 again this month please.

I've got enough nappies for another 3 months and 17 toilet rolls in stock! Lol!

Meal planning has really worked out well. And do you know what else I have found.... Taking dp to the supermarket does not help!!

I guess I should start calling him DF now as we got engaged in new York this weekend

Souk08

Congrats Louise!

scotmum, your local Poundland will also have 100 Typhoo teabags for a pound. Thats where I get mine.

destroyerofdebt2011

Thankyou to the organisers of this thread for making it run so smoothly each month which i'm sure must have a lot of behind the scenes work.

Please can you put me down for £65 for groceries for myself and also the dogfood for February.

Winchelsea my condolences on your loss:grouphug:

:money:Good luck everyone with this months budgets !:money:

Florenceem

Dinner was Salmon with home made wedges and salad - red cabbage/white cabbage/red onion/white onion and tomatoes. We were out of Tartare sauce so I made some sauce to have with the meal. I used a squirt of mayonaise/tiny bit of hot chilli sauce/pepper/mustard powder and a hint of garlic powder. Mr F thought it was lovely. Cost of the meal - £1.24 for the two of us plus salad left for tomorrow's lunch.
(Glistening on the wedges - not oil - Mr F sprinkled on vinegar before I took the photo.)

Florenceem

I never go to bed without knowing/planning what we are going to have for dinner the next day. I can remember my Mum complaining - I never know what to have for dinner - it is always the same old things - and it was - a rotation of meals from week to week.
Sunday was a roast with either Chicken or Lamb. Monday was a stew. Then the other days were - sausages/mash or steamed bacon pudding or liver/onions or hotpot or toad in the hole - can't remember any more. This was in the 1950s/1960s. We never had takeaways or ate out apart from when we visited family.
Mum was only cooking for - dad/her and two daughters. I was cooking for eight when I was bringing up my children so planning was vital.
People have a much wider range of choice now a days.
Anyway - tomorrow we are having - home made cheese/onion pastie/roast potatoes/cabbage and swede.

MissOrganised1972

Thank you to everybody for your support, especially the regular posters and the members who run the thread. Please could you put me down for £140 for February.

I had a great MSE moment on Sunday. I was in Solihull, heading for J*hn Lewis when a lady stopped me and asked if I was going to J*hn Lewis (JL). I confirmed I was and she flashed 2x£25 vouchers at me and asked if I would like to buy them for £25 for the two! She told me she had just taken a coat back and this what she had been given and would not use them. She told me she had stopped me because I had my children with me :question:. Anyway, I am normally cautious and would normally be quite dubious. However, somehow I found myself handing over £25 cash!!! As soon as the deal had been done I began to feel sick but she was gone! Anyway, I chose my purchases in JL (a cushion for £22 & a sheet for £7 = £29) and handed over my 2 vouchers. Not only did they accept them but they gave me my £21 change in cash! Happy days! £29 worth of goods for £4! Thank you mystery lady!! :T

tigerfeet2006

xxlouisexx56 wrote: »

Can we be put down for £250 again this month please.

I've got enough nappies for another 3 months and 17 toilet rolls in stock! Lol!

Meal planning has really worked out well. And do you know what else I have found.... Taking dp to the supermarket does not help!!

I guess I should start calling him DF now as we got engaged in new York this weekend

Wayhey!! Congratulations. That's fantastic news. :beer: :T

MissOrganised1972

Forgot to say that we had this for dinner tonight http://www.mumsnet.com/Recipes/i/634-Easy-chicken-satay-curry

We have had it once before but it is lovely! The only tips I would give are:

• that we actually add 4 tsp of the curry paste & not 1-2
• today I forgot to add the lime & coriander at the end & it was just as nice!
• It is a little runny. For us, this is fine as we normally serve it in a bowl with rice.

:drool: