April 2012 Grocery Challenge

jumblejack

Leftover sausage casserole with whoopsied tesco finest new potatoes and whoospied carrots and broccoli:



Apple crumble for tea as no room for it now (although I've just sneaked a spoonful from the edge

Hope every one enjoys the remainder of the weekend. Im off to visit mum now so toodlypips for now :wave:

ps, sorry to hear about Mr Florenceem's mother

Living_proof

Aldi, Lidl and Asda all got hit this morning but the total after voucher just £20.44. Also looked in at CBS and bought a large sultana tea bread for a friend for £1.50. This leaves just £25 for the month but I most certainly won't want any petrol and will just have to live out of the freezer for the last week if push comes to shove. I hope to move later this year so the freezer will have to be cleared out anyway. I keep forgetting this and cook meals to freeze them when I should be clearing out what's already there. Anyway I have loads of fresh fruit and veg and some store cupboard items like t-bags and white vinegar so they won't go amiss. My problem is that I actually like shopping!

fozziebeartoo

Another grocery shopping fan here.....it's my fave
hobby!! :rotfl:

I was planning a long walk to look for YS/whoopsies in Sainsburys, Tesco Express and little Co-op when common sense kicked in and reminded me that there is NO room in the freezer, zilch!!

So today became a "staying in and cleaning the UPVC window frames of my 2 huge bay windows day" instead.

And therefore a NSD.

My 7th NSD of April :T

I had granola and greek yog for early brekkie while watching the F1 - great race!

Had Icel*nd Chilli Chicken crispy balls (£1.50) which were lovely and LO chicken fried rice......and that has satisfied my urge for a Chinese takeaway but at a nice low price.

And I froze most of the sachet of chilli sauce for another day when I do a stir fry.

Lots of LO chicken fried rice still LO but I darent keep it any longer or it would be a LO of a LO of a LO and would likely poison me

No idea about tea.....maybe a nice slice of cake and a cuppa or I do have a hankering for a tuna sarnie and a bag of
Wosits

iQueen

S-I_am wrote: »

I've noticed quite a few of you enjoy granola. Have you ever considered making it? I make it for DH as I can then adapt it to what he likes - nuts no fruit. I use a mix of the cheapest oats, and some dearer larger flakes. I use the cheapest honey and butter I can get and try to buy nuts and coconut when they are on offer. For us this works out a lot cheaper than buyer it, and I know exactly what is in it.

When I make granola, I use sunflower oil.;)

Kylieminoag

Hi challenge buddies! Hope you are having a great weekend.

Just wanted to let you know...... the lovely baker at Mr M, when I asked him if they sold fresh yeast said "how much do you need?" I wanted 2 ounces (6 loaves in the BM) "I'll wrap it up and it'll be waiting at customer services for you when you've been through the tills." No charge! Free! That bread will taste so much more delish knowing the yeast was free!

(Felt a bit guilty when my total spend after vouchers was only £1.28!:o)

Just have to make the budget stretch til Thursday and then we are away for a week in Belgium and all food will be out the holiday fund (most is already paid for)- by the time we get back there will only be two days of the month left to payday. I was worried the budget wouldnt stretch this month but it seems to be doing ok so far! (Hush my mouth! dont speak too soon!!;))

We are taking the car and staying close to the French border so will be going to our fave supermarket and stocking up on merlot and sav blanc at E16 for 10 litres - I wonder how much i can fit in the boot?! I'm hoping enough to save the cost of the ferry:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:(£320 at say £5 a litre = 64 litres so should be possible and will mean I wont need to buy wine for at least a year!):T

kittywight

hi everyone

£3.04 spent in li*ls today (noodles,pizza,washing up liquid,cat food)

xx

jarvo28

Hi all i should not spend any of my GC money this week as i have broken my foot so no shops for me this week but will be spending on taxis to get the kids to school dh will be collecting them .arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:mad::mad:

fozziebeartoo

jarvo28 wrote: »

Hi all i should not spend any of my GC money this week as i have broken my foot so no shops for me this week but will be spending on taxis to get the kids to school dh will be collecting them .arhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:mad::mad:

Ouch :eek: Hope you aren't in too much pain and your foot heals fast!!

I STILL remember how difficult life was when I broke my ankle 18 years ago when my DD's were tiddlers - so wishing you all the best!!

jarvo28

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

Ouch :eek: Hope you aren't in too much pain and your foot heals fast!!

I STILL remember how difficult life was when I broke my ankle 18 years ago when my DD's were tiddlers - so wishing you all the best!!

Thankyou my mums just rang and said she will pay for me to take the kids to school by taxis all week bless her x

craigywv

hi, could anyone pls tell me where you all get your vouchers from and what they are for, i keep reading in all your posts that you have been to sm and spent say 20.00 and after your vouchers you only paid 2.00, i would be very interested in where you get them. I live in Belfast so we dont have Aldi or Wilkinsons or Netto, Farmfoods and we do have Lidl and all the big ones also have B&M,Poundshops, Home Bargains and a great big market every week. So plsssssssss let me know where you all get them from,are they from newspapers and if so what ones thank-u!!!! xxxxxxx