May 2012 Grocery Challenge

jumblejack

Don't forget that it is free fish and chip friday today at BHS. The next few fridays are free meals when you buy a hot drink. The next few mondays are free chicken and chips when you buy a hot drink form there too:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals/bhs

tessie_bear

hi...floreneceem would you mind sharing the recipe for the syrup cake...my kids would love that (and id eat a piece myself)

thank you tess

rising_from_the_ashes

Hi everyone:D - having a bit of a mixed week.....

Good New dog-let arrived earlier in the week :j and is settling in well. Cats are in hiding upstairs but hopefully everyone will settle down quickly:)

Bad Someone tried to put over £3.5k through on my cc on online sites on Mon & Tues:eek: luckily the cc company picked it up quickly & it is "being investigated" and sorted out but they have obviously had to cancel my card.... It takes up to 10 days to get a new one issued / sent - not great for someone who budgets by paying everything on the cc and paying it in full at the month end:(.

I am hopeless with cash and never use my debit card for the above reason and am really struggling without the cc:( - also means cash-flow is really tight this month (having paid this month's cc bill, there's not a huge amount left:o - as I'm still a month behind IYKWIM and still trying to get in advance with most budgets).

Fingers crossed I don't lost the plot totally with having to use cash / debit card for the next couple of weeks:eek:

Anyway ...... first spends of the month £32.38 at Mr A this morning.

Any Persil Washing Liquid fans out there - Mr A have the 28 wash bottles (usual price £6.40) rolled back to £5 but 2 for £7 which is pretty good (yup, I did get a couple more to add to the pile:o - def enough to year end now:T)

jumblejack

QUICK!!!!!!
http://www.milkmatters.co.uk/freemilkfriday/?enter=true

free milk friday is on!

Gorgeestwo

Good morning.
NSD day yesterday and today, will probably go shopping tomorrow, going to meal plan religiously for the next week as I've spent a huge amount of may's budget already :mad:

Thanks for that Jumblejack
Rising from the ashes good luck with your dc/cash, what a nightmare, thank goodness your cc company noticed quickly though.

abitofhelp

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Hi everyone:D - having a bit of a mixed week.....

Good New dog-let arrived earlier in the week :j and is settling in well. Cats are in hiding upstairs but hopefully everyone will settle down quickly:)

Bad Someone tried to put over £3.5k through on my cc on online sites on Mon & Tues:eek: luckily the cc company picked it up quickly & it is "being investigated" and sorted out but they have obviously had to cancel my card.... It takes up to 10 days to get a new one issued / sent - not great for someone who budgets by paying everything on the cc and paying it in full at the month end:(.

I am hopeless with cash and never use my debit card for the above reason and am really struggling without the cc:( - also means cash-flow is really tight this month (having paid this month's cc bill, there's not a huge amount left:o - as I'm still a month behind IYKWIM and still trying to get in advance with most budgets).

Fingers crossed I don't lost the plot totally with having to use cash / debit card for the next couple of weeks:eek:

Anyway ...... first spends of the month £32.38 at Mr A this morning.

Any Persil Washing Liquid fans out there - Mr A have the 28 wash bottles (usual price £6.40) rolled back to £5 but 2 for £7 which is pretty good (yup, I did get a couple more to add to the pile:o - def enough to year end now:T)

Sorry to hear about you c/c troubles how awful for you, hope its sorted soon. It happened to a friend of mine with a debit card, he bought something in a shop, it was a large purchase of a sofa i think it was, a couple of weeks later he found out his card deatils had been copied & his bank account had been debited for quite a few items. H e got it sorted.
Anyhow, thanks for the tip for the laundry liquid, i much prefer it than the powder now, so oh is going to asda for me, naughty really because i am meant to be avoiding supermarkets but i cant pass up on an offer like that,

abitofhelp

jumblejack wrote: »

QUICK!!!!!!
http://www.milkmatters.co.uk/freemilkfriday/?enter=true

free milk friday is on!

sorry for two posts in a row but i dont know how to multi post yet, thanks for that, i have entered.

jumblejack

abitofhelp wrote: »

sorry for two posts in a row but i dont know how to multi post yet, thanks for that, i have entered.

No apologies needed

Glad they might help one or two on here. It all counts in reducing your shopping bills.

If you do get the free cravendale milk, tesco have a price news flyer in the stores which has a £1 when you 'spend' £4 on filtered milk (which craven dale is) you can use both vouchers

iQueen

NSD yesterday and today.

Invented 'instant' cream of 'mato soup last night - pack of passata, bunch of chopped fresh basil, garlic granules, milk and a slosh of cream. Had it with a stale seeded wholemeal roll - flashed under cold tap and placed on oven shelf at 200 deg for 10 mins... fresher than when I bought it last week from Mr M! Bought 5 reduced (about 6:30-7pm) for £1, and froze 3.

Hm soup (or chilled, on offer/reduced) + roll or slice of bread satisfies hunger for 3 hours - much longer than tinned soup, and better for us.

Today it's the other half of the soup + another flash-freshened roll, for lunch, and Cauliflower Cheese for tea. That will make 3-4 good portions, so may fridge one for tomorrow and freeze the rest, unless I decide to have two tomorrow.

Bought the largest £1 cauli from Mr M last week and use the decent green bits too, so 4 cheap, delicious meals. I always buy mature/extra mature cheddar (whatever's on offer), so I need to use less to get the flavour. (!celand is good for mature cheese - £5 for a kilo.) I often cut a chunk for lunch when I'm particularly lazy - keeps me satisfied for about 3 hours.

Sunday or Monday I am digging out a half shoulder of lamb (from Christmas offer) for a roast and then stew for the rest of the week. I'm hoping to get good enough weather to get more gardening done and I can't be a*sed to cook a meal when I come indoors!:rotfl:

Tips:

Spag Bol made to your usual recipe, substituting a can of green/brown lentils (or dried brown lentils soaked, and cooked) for mince, tastes just like the real thing. Good when you have a veggie guest.

Day-before-Pay-Day.

Boiled pasta. Sauce: red lentils cooked with tin of toms, water and garlic/granules + fresh or dried herbs, topped with a little cheese, if you have any left.

Quick Posh Pasta

270g pasta, boiled. Chuck in 300ml single cream/E!mlea + dried/fresh oregano. Spag, tagliatelle or fettucini work well. Serves 4

abitofhelp

jumblejack wrote: »

No apologies needed

Glad they might help one or two on here. It all counts in reducing your shopping bills.

If you do get the free cravendale milk, tesco have a price news flyer in the stores which has a £1 when you 'spend' £4 on filtered milk (which craven dale is) you can use both vouchers

Fab we shall see after 5pm, oh might be popping to tesco on Sunday.