July 2012 Grocery Challenge

Make-it-3

My weekly shop was done today for just £20.64, so pretty impressed with that.

I will have to go again in the week to buy all the bits for OH's Olympic birthday cake/meal. Planning on doing lots of little dishes with flags in to represent the countries of the world and a union jack cake.

But with budget standing at £139.94/£200 I reckon there's enough slack for some nice grub and I don't need booze as the fridge is still piled up with wine and beer from the BBQ we had a few weeks ago.

bossymoo

Hi all nsd here, mum brought me some milk though so I will send her some money tomorrow.
Probably nsd tomorrow too, freezer stocks are seriously low...

PennyGrabber

We had sweet and sour chicken with rice for dinner tonight. Cost less than £1 for the 3 of us. YS chicken breast, 1, cut very small! Some extra bits of pineapple, some frozen peas, and a jar of smartprice s and s sauce. There's even a tiny bit left over for me to have with something else for my dinner tomorrow!

I haven't made my plan yet for what I'm eating this week. The children are with their dad from tomorrow afternoon until Friday dinnertime, so I can eat cheaply, and use up stuff. Can't decide whether to make a plan, or to wing it day by day... Think I'll make a vague list, and eat what I feel like on the day from that list. We'll see!!

Night all,

PG x

Coxy11

Tonight we had DR steak burgers for tea. One each was more than enough with mini roasties and baked beans (!). We very rarely have baked beans as DS2 can't stand them, so the rest of us had them and he went without!

Will need to shop tomorrow as we don't have much in now. Been running the freezer down (mostly 2nd purse stock) to avoid the SMs. It's working, but now very limited in our choice of food (how many times a week can one family eat sausages.....???)

Will definitely be over this month. Thinking I'm being too optimistic having £450 for the 5 of us. It just seems like such a huge amount of money

Bluegreen143

No grocery spends today. Went to parents' for dinner to celebrate stepdad's birthday so free dinner (well minus train fare and presents, but they're seperate budgets!). Delicious barbeque and lovely evening with OH, parents, sister and her boyfriend.

Ordered groceries from Mr A and updated sig, but will need to adjust when delivery arrives tomorrow. Estimated cost is £60.94 and I had a random free delivery voucher sitting in my account, completely unexpectedly!! This is a stocking up shop so happy with the total. Fingers crossed I should make my lower target this month!

Kitchenbunny

Good morning everyone! Today is looking like being another NSD for me as I've everything in I need to make the tomato & bacon lasagne for tonight's tea. Just going to chop a lot of bacon - the cooking bacon packs work really well - add garlic, onions, mushrooms & a carton of passata, and use that in place of a normal ragu sauce in a lasagne.

Hopefully that will make a couple of extra portions to freeze. I know I'm trying to run the freezers down but having in the odd ready meal is never a bad thing.

Have a lovely day everyone. (hugs) to those in need.

K xx

jumblejack

Pennygrabber, loving the sound of the sweet n sour! We sre all brainwashed that we need a whole pack of chicken breasts for a family but that is not so at all.
Bet it was lovely with the extra pineapple n veg:T

I'm off to get some sausages from Lidl in a wee while as didn't go yesterday.

Gonna be cordial and jam making today along with more garden chores that are mounting up.

I'm picking up an icecream maker today from freecycle too this afternoon:j. Woohoo!!!!!! Was looking at blackcurrant sorbet and blackcurrant ripple recipes last night so there are loads of great ways to use up foraged stuff witha little imagination:j

Hope everyone is ok and sticking with the challenges! We rock!



Ps,
There is a new series of SuperScrimpers starting on Weds, July 25th at 8pm on Ch 4 apparently

craigywv

:)hi all i have been missing for a few days ds birthday yesterday and was very busy managed to make the whole party myself homemade only thing bought was crisps. we had a great day he my 1 and only so its not everyday you turn 9!! so i let him do a lot of the preparations with me he loved it. got a ys chicken in sc for today with hg pots and carrots, will do yp and gravy and broccolli and jj you have just given me a thought to pull out my icecream maker and make blackcurrant icecream as we have soooooooooo many out on the bushes they meeting us when we walk up garden.hopefully a few nsd for me as freezers fit to pop and only need milk maybe tomorow. got excited yesterday as i was told a Home Bargains opening in shopping complex beside me its to be in an old woolworths building apparently their biggest shop yet bigger than a football pitch well i can rem the shop previous and it was ab massive so i will be in there in 2 weeks having a good plunder.i havent read posts from last few days so hope FLO u had a good time. And everyone else is keeping well. off to walk dog as its rolling on floor beside me with its lead hint hint mummy xxxx:)

KatyReed+5

Hi guys, not GC related, but i'v been looking and looking and i can't find the coupon thread anywhere, can any of you lovely people help,

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happy_chick_3

I've completely given up on the challenge for this month! I'm leaving for india in 3 days and just planning to eat whats in the fridge and nothing else. Will start again with a clean slate when I get back. Hope everyone enjoys the fabulous weather we're starting to have and happy bargain hunting for August!