May 2012 Grocery Challenge

TheThriftyScrumpers

craigywv wrote: »

just in there now had to do a mad dash to mr t for milk sent oh in so i wouldnt be tempted , away he went only to come out a minute later all flustered looking!! i sittin in car heart racing having visions of his trousers had fell down or he accused in the wrong of shop lifting or something, he starts giving me hand gestures to get out of the car PANIC sets in,out i gets he rushes over all biz telling me i better get in there as place is empty of customers but the ys shelves are heaving!!!!! i think i have FINALLY got through to him about os shopping lol so after the initial shock had wore off we GRACEFULLY speed walked in, best night ever.!!! chicken escalopes 3.80 something down to 88p, fancy sausages were 3.99 (dear lord i would need a nerve tablet to pay that for 6 sausages) down to 50p pork and leek saus down to 40p ,pork,beef, all types 38p a pack must have bought 6 packs of each lol also 10 organic eggs were 3.15 !!!!! for 70 p (got 4) also tubs of all different ready made cookie dough all flavours 3 quid down to 35p,lovely fancy burgers topped with thai cream cheese for 80 p and loads of fruit and veg cant rem all we got but its loads. then to top it off when was paying for it checked recept on way out door it all came to 17 quid!! noticed a further 6 quid had been took off as most of the meat was on that offer 3 for 10 quid yayyyyyyyyyyy so they took that off as if i had bought it full price oh worked it out that everything in trolley was ys and should have come to over 110 quid!!! now im not showing off but when i went to put it in the boot the trolley we were using had a couple of plastic bags in the bottom and i went to lift them they were just empty ones but there was a receipt from the previous customer to me and ther was a 5 pound note scrunched up in it!!!! so got it all for 12 quid.....i delighted freezers full oh putting it all away ..so my moaning at husband has worked he os now and said he got a real buzz tonight lol ....he going in on his own in future!!!

Really chuffed for you. Amazing bargains, well done. Bet Your OH is feeling :A

Good luck comes in threes so maybe you should do the lottery tomorrow

TheThriftyScrumpers

Spent £11 in savers on toiletries stock up and £1.50 on some lovely rolls from Greggs.

DD Made HM burgers for herself and DS's dinner and I used the rest of the mince to make a HUGE chilli for myself and DH. Ds and Dd were chopping the peppers (more like hacking and pulling apart) so it was a proper production line. Made 10 portions so pleased with that.

Spicy Sausage casserole planned for tomorrow.

HappyTorty

Spend of just under £40 today :eek:. To be honest could have probably only spent around £10 if we had gone for the absolute necessaries. However I do believe ice cream is a a necessity. A scoop with something over it keeps me away from big bars of chocolate! :rotfl:
He wanted his biscuits to fill his biscuit barrel. Once again the OH was with me and was distracted!

sonastin

Went to a!di today to pick up a couple of things and ended up spending nearly £60 :eek:

Admittedly most of the super6 were things we'd eat and we don't have tons of veg left so that was worth adding to the fridge/freezer. Plenty of baking bits as well because I seem to be hooked on baking at the moment... micropuds, peanut butter cookies, twinks hobnobs, sponge cakes - all have come out of my oven this week!

And a few things from the random stuff they always sell - dehumidifer pouch, trailer lock, gardening clogs for OH - which are all things that we have a need for but didn't know I'd be able to pick up when I left the house this morning. For the time being I'll leave that lot on the grocery budget but if things get a bit tight towards the end of the month, I might move it across to the household goods stuff which is where they'd be if I bought them separately from a grocery shop.

Reckon I'm at about £150/£200 for this month but the cupboards are heaving so that should do me till nearly the end of the month if not right through...

Florenceem

NSD here again.
Late dinner today - been cleaning/decluttering - want to do some decorating.
We had roast potatoes, HM ham/cheese quiche, leeks, onion and peas for dinner.

MrsCD

craigywv wrote: »

just in there now had to do a mad dash to mr t for milk sent oh in so i wouldnt be tempted , away he went only to come out a minute later all flustered looking!! i sittin in car heart racing having visions of his trousers had fell down or he accused in the wrong of shop lifting or something, he starts giving me hand gestures to get out of the car PANIC sets in,out i gets he rushes over all biz telling me i better get in there as place is empty of customers but the ys shelves are heaving!!!!! i think i have FINALLY got through to him about os shopping lol so after the initial shock had wore off we GRACEFULLY speed walked in, best night ever.!!! chicken escalopes 3.80 something down to 88p, fancy sausages were 3.99 (dear lord i would need a nerve tablet to pay that for 6 sausages) down to 50p pork and leek saus down to 40p ,pork,beef, all types 38p a pack must have bought 6 packs of each lol also 10 organic eggs were 3.15 !!!!! for 70 p (got 4) also tubs of all different ready made cookie dough all flavours 3 quid down to 35p,lovely fancy burgers topped with thai cream cheese for 80 p and loads of fruit and veg cant rem all we got but its loads. then to top it off when was paying for it checked recept on way out door it all came to 17 quid!! noticed a further 6 quid had been took off as most of the meat was on that offer 3 for 10 quid yayyyyyyyyyyy so they took that off as if i had bought it full price oh worked it out that everything in trolley was ys and should have come to over 110 quid!!! now im not showing off but when i went to put it in the boot the trolley we were using had a couple of plastic bags in the bottom and i went to lift them they were just empty ones but there was a receipt from the previous customer to me and ther was a 5 pound note scrunched up in it!!!! so got it all for 12 quid.....i delighted freezers full oh putting it all away ..so my moaning at husband has worked he os now and said he got a real buzz tonight lol ....he going in on his own in future!!!

WOW!!!!! Well done you :T

Fiasco55

I haven't been on here for a few days. I have been catching up and have to say I am loving the pics - very inspiring.

Got a few shops to add to my sig.

£4.19 and 50p from M & $ YS.
99p Sainsbobs

Monday and Tuesday were both NSDs.

meg72

craigywv wrote: »

just in there now had to do a mad dash to mr t for milk sent oh in so i wouldnt be tempted , away he went only to come out a minute later all flustered looking!! i sittin in car heart racing having visions of his trousers had fell down or he accused in the wrong of shop lifting or something, he starts giving me hand gestures to get out of the car PANIC sets in,out i gets he rushes over all biz telling me i better get in there as place is empty of customers but the ys shelves are heaving!!!!! i think i have FINALLY got through to him about os shopping lol so after the initial shock had wore off we GRACEFULLY speed walked in, best night ever.!!! chicken escalopes 3.80 something down to 88p, fancy sausages were 3.99 (dear lord i would need a nerve tablet to pay that for 6 sausages) down to 50p pork and leek saus down to 40p ,pork,beef, all types 38p a pack must have bought 6 packs of each lol also 10 organic eggs were 3.15 !!!!! for 70 p (got 4) also tubs of all different ready made cookie dough all flavours 3 quid down to 35p,lovely fancy burgers topped with thai cream cheese for 80 p and loads of fruit and veg cant rem all we got but its loads. then to top it off when was paying for it checked recept on way out door it all came to 17 quid!! noticed a further 6 quid had been took off as most of the meat was on that offer 3 for 10 quid yayyyyyyyyyyy so they took that off as if i had bought it full price oh worked it out that everything in trolley was ys and should have come to over 110 quid!!! now im not showing off but when i went to put it in the boot the trolley we were using had a couple of plastic bags in the bottom and i went to lift them they were just empty ones but there was a receipt from the previous customer to me and ther was a 5 pound note scrunched up in it!!!! so got it all for 12 quid.....i delighted freezers full oh putting it all away ..so my moaning at husband has worked he os now and said he got a real buzz tonight lol ....he going in on his own in future!!!

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Thrilled for you, did you note the time, maybe you can go again next week around same time.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

craigywv wrote: »

just in there now had to do a mad dash to mr t for milk sent oh in so i wouldnt be tempted , away he went only to come out a minute later all flustered looking!! i sittin in car heart racing having visions of his trousers had fell down or he accused in the wrong of shop lifting or something, he starts giving me hand gestures to get out of the car PANIC sets in,out i gets he rushes over all biz telling me i better get in there as place is empty of customers but the ys shelves are heaving!!!!!

Sorry craigywv but the description of your OH all excited had me in giggles! But wow what a wonderful shop and too find a fiver, well even better. Hope you had room in your freezer for it all!

Couple of NSDs here, but will ask OH to get eggs on his way home I think. We have some ravioli for tea tonight, will whizz up some tomato sauce later. Will used some tinned veg to go with it I think as we're nearly out of salad, but we're going away next week so don't want to buy too much fresh stuff.

All the pics are making me very hungry, is it wrong to fancy lasagne at this time? Ahhh I'm pregnant, I'm sure I can get away with it

Hope everyone has a good day

craigywv

meg72 wrote: »

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Thrilled for you, did you note the time, maybe you can go again next week around same time.

i couldnt possibly go back next week my freezers are bulging and im trying to empty them for going away in 5 weeks, yes i noted the time so will be plundering at that time in future when we come back.but was delighted:D