May 2012 Grocery Challenge

angelatgraceland

Aldahbra wrote: »

What is laundry gloop?

It is laundry liquid-I got this recipe for it on here somewhere-not sure who from and not sure which forum but if you do a search on laundry group you should find where it originated if you want to. Its the laundry liquid in my photo!


Here is the recipe for it.
One "Laundry Gloop" recipe: Grate one bar of soap. F@iry or Sunl!ght is best and I noticed the Mr M has a pack of two own-brand "household soaps" for fifty-odd pence which smells suspiciously like F@iry.

Add your grated soap to a pan of 1 1/2 litres of boiling water on the stove. Mix it with a wooden spoon to dissolve it. Add 1/2 cup of washing-soda and 1/2 cup of borax or borax substitute. The borax isn't absolutely necessary but is a very good stain-remover. Give it a good old stir and ensure they are both COMPLETELY dissolved or the mixture will separate when it cools.

Remove from the heat and pour it into a plastic bucket. Fill the bucket with about another 8 1/2 litres of hand-hot water from the tap. Add some essential oil if you like. Tea-tree oil gives a good, fresh scent. Stir it and leave to cool.

Decant into containers. Those 4-pint milk containers are handy for this. This makes 10 litres of laundry soap, so that's about 100 washes at the cost of about a quid max plus leccy for the lot.

Use about 100ml/3 fl oz per washing-load. This mixture won't make suds but will clean very effectively. Cheap as chips! And will only take you half ab hour or so. You may never go back to expensive laundry detergents ever again. I most certainly won't.

There's a thread entitled "Laundry Gloop" on this forum and there are a number of different variations of this recipe.

jumblejack

Just done a stock up shop in Ts. £30 and a few pence. Lots of NSDs this week so far and nothing else needed til next week so not too bad. Used a couple of vouchers too

Florenceem

Mr F went out and spent today! We did need some fruit and water biscuits plus he got some custard powder and cranberry juice - total £6.33.
We had HM chilli wedges with gammon and salad -
celery, onion, red cabbage and tomatoes for dinner.

Fiasco55

Well I ended up making the HM burgers tonight. Did need to buy some burger buns and MJ cheese to go with them. This was my first attempt so I was very pleased that they tasted fab, my pal was also very impressed too. I ended up making 6 1/4 pounders so 4 and now in the freezer.

I also managed to pick up YS Pizza and mince beef from M & S too. The mince will make the chili tomorrow. Total £3.

Planning a NSD tomorrow.

franby64

Hi

Just bought a few things yesterday, pizza, bread, milk, chips and bananas - still managed to get rid of £10 . Shouldn't need anything today though.

Now up to £256.41/£400

CRANKY40

£33.10 for me this week. Not quite as low as I'd hoped, but OK.

tessie_bear

hi....we are having pasta bake for tea with some veg....not sure what yet but we have a few bits in...i a going to try and get to lidl tomorrow to have a look at the offers
we are going to have hummous and pitta bread for lunch...both reduced...we seem to have gathered up a fair few yogurts so will need to start using them up for puddings

have a nice day tess

abitofhelp

Morning all, another nsd for me. I have been very productive so far this morning. I have luch ready (leftovers from last night) and i have also prepared tea. Fish is out of the freezer, i have cut a large sweet potatoe into wedges and sprinkled on bbq seasoning and made a big salad. It looks like the sun is trying to get through the clouds here, but i dont think its trying hard enough.

meg72

Yah my heel pain has gone and I can walk properly again. Will be shopping later, dont need much so hoping to only spend 10 pound or so (my new, to me computer does not have a pound sign, strange)

meg72

miffy257 wrote: »

Hi there seriously fed up as have nearly spent all my budget and have 3 weeks to go. Have loads of meat and basics but will need milk and fresh fruit and veg. Will definitely go over this month. I think I will start writing down everything I spend just to see if we are wasting money somewhere.

Dont get fed up love you have loads of meat and basics so I think you will be suprised at what you can do, It does seem a bit daunting on the first week that so much budget has gone but that is planning. When you find for the next three weeks you only need a few items it will seem so much better. Good luck.