June 2012 Grocery Challenge

NickJW

Hi All

At a loss what to do today - my plan of going to the local pub beer garden for a BBQ doesn't sound appealing at the moment with this rain, especially since the actual inside pub is quite small and we'll be unlikely to get a seat.

Yesterday I did a HUGE clean of the house - everything was out of the cupboards, polished, hoovered, mopped etc. Quite satisfying once it's done.

Just going to wait for my friends to wake up and decide what to do. If nothing happens I'll grab a freezer meal (HM) and slob out with daytime TV.

Hope everybody is well.

WorkingMummy84

XSpender wrote: »

Oh dear my budget has been spent and I still have 19 days to go:eek: To be honest I think I set it a bit low this month as this is the first time I have done the GC since going GF. I am going to attempt to list my cupboards and freezer today as they are stuffed full of food and will meal plan for the next 2 weeks.

Used a £5 off £40 in Mr T to get the months dog food and some beers for DH for the weekend.

I made a nice GF pasta bake last night, ate one portion and the rest are going in the freezer for my lunches. I am making a pavlova this morning and am going to try adapting my favourite quorn pie into a GF butter bean pie to have with roast potatoes and veg for tea:) May also make the mini fritatta I made last weekend for Mums visit for DH for lunch. Even DS, aged 2, ate them and they were full of veg. Mind, he eats more than I do so that's not such a suprise:rotfl:

ETA: Will update exact figure when I am back at work next week as I have been keeping track on my work PC

I went GF over 2 years ago and you soon learn how to shop for it. I always raid the reduced meats, and freeze a lot of it, I go through stacks of GF pasta and rarely eat bread anymore because its just :silenced:


If you need any help give me a shout

angelatgraceland

:eek:I need to get some action in the kitchen today as Ive not had chance last couple of days as DH admitted to hospital with a clot on the lungs. Kept in for a few days so all planning out of the window!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
must make "proper food" as Ive bought it. we did get roast chicken yesterday and homemade bread at least! Just been catching up with some of the things DH does like emptying the bins. So Ive just washed tthem out. Lots of receipts to put into my diary. Has a splurge on clothes yesterda-trawled the charity shops and got about £150 worth for about £28 including 2 brand new items. I rarely get this lucky so as I found it-I bought it!:rotfl:

fozziebeartoo

angelatgraceland wrote: »

:eek:I need to get some action in the kitchen today as Ive not had chance last couple of days as DH admitted to hospital with a clot on the lungs. Kept in for a few days so all planning out of the window!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Your poor DH!! Hope he is feeling much better and you are coping okay, that must have been so scary!

frooglefraggle

Ok guys i majorly failed this week i forgot my lunchbox day one and the kids were supposed to be at my parents on 1/6/12 but she was late meeting us and meant i was out and about with two very hungry children!
1/6/12 - Morrisons, about £8.00, McDonalds £9.98
2/6/12 - McDonalds £3.20 Dominos £8.99
Kids being on half term making it hard! But cooking will have to re-commence today..... i spent my whole weeks budget in less than two days! lucky it is only until today my budget runs!

Suffolk_lass

angelatgraceland wrote: »

:eek:I need to get some action in the kitchen today as Ive not had chance last couple of days as DH admitted to hospital with a clot on the lungs. Kept in for a few days so all planning out of the window!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

Your poor DH!! Hope he is feeling much better and you are coping okay, that must have been so scary!

I echo that - very best wishes to your DH and stay strong m'dear!
SL

mrs-moneypenny

im in again and going to set a budget of £400 for June

thank you.

meg72

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

I echo that - very best wishes to your DH and stay strong m'dear!
SL

Echo this too, must have been so worrying for you.Hope all goes well for you.

jumblejack

Angelatgraceland, all the best of wishes for a full speedy recovery for your OH

We've not been able to go for day 2 of the survival event as my back is still as bad. I've had muscle relaxants and pain killers which knocked me asleep again until 12 noon and they haven't touched it.:(
I REALLY did too much yesterday and boy am I paying the price!

OH won't take the kids on his own as its so windy and blustery. Bit of a wussy really. It wouldn't have phased me at all as you dress accordingly.

OH arranged for us to go to the inlaws for our tea after the event so is gonna take em early now we can't attend.

No more cooking today:j

I have a fridge n freezer groaning with leftovers so at least that'll keep us going with even more NSDs.

elsiepac

Best wishes for your OH angelatgraceland - you must be so worried.

I've had a small spend today in A1d! - 39p on some fig rolls ready for when mum and dad come over later to help me paint my room (landlady bought all the paint and rollers and stuff ), and also £1.79 on a set of 2 dip boxes which I think are a brilliant idea - they're just a square box with like a little raised bowl in the middle, so you put your veggies on the outside and your houmous or whatever in the middle!

So adding that £2.18 on, brings me to a total so far of £40.78/£70. My budget is disappearing at a rate of knots!!! :eek:

LC