August 2012 Grocery Challenge

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Just to report a spend of £9, it was really £18, but am splitting it between now and next month, as its not going to be used till then. I have updated my sig and only have £16 left 'till end of month

Bluegreen143

No grocery spends today but did go out for lunch with a friend, then bouldering with another friend as I was off work

Had vegetable chilli with rice, a sprinkling of cheese and some Greek yoghurt for dinner and made lentil & veg soup for lunches. Have a lot of frozen bread so didn't bother making my usual loaf for the freezer as I was feeling too lazy anyway!

zippychick

Girls i willl be putting september up soon as i know some people get paid around this time .

Zip

cowboymum

Logging more spending!
£51 tesCo ( plus £10 second purse spending)
49p milk corner shop
Cooking marg and eggs £2.30
V ripe bananas 2.5kg 70p
Also spent £12 on childminding bits and other stuff (3 lunch bags at 38p each and stainless steel water bottle for 75p)

Made 3 banana cakes last night but managed to completely burn them! I thought 200 degrees for 1.30hrs sounded wrong but oh well should have followed my instinct and cooked at much lower temp. Managed to cut off most of the burnt bit and cake is lovely inside. Still got enough bananas etc to make 3 batches of banana muffins tomorrow so all is not lost! 50p per batch of muffins (or per burnt cake!).

rosieben

Recipes from the April thread are now added to the recipe list

fozziebeartoo- Snickers and Mars Bar Cookies
Florenceem - Marrow and Apple Chutney
tigerfeet2006 - GF Pork, bacon, mushroom and philly

jumblejack
Easy Peasy Biriani method
Basic Pizza Dough
Meat n Tatty pie
Herby Cheese Bread
Brandy Apple Bread n Butter Pudding
2 Minute Chocolate Pud
2 Minute Microwave Syrup Sponge

S-I am
Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Couscous Salad

:beer::beer::beer:

Nicki_Sue

No reporting for me yet as I'm starting with the September thread but I am training myself between now and then, including a decent explore of Lidl.
£3.79 for 1kg of really nice mild cheddar this morning. Lidl - where have you been all my life??
Does anyone find anything specifically fabulous at Lidl that I might have overlooked that is worth a try?

rosieben

Recipes from the May thread are now in the front page index:

Coxy11 - Jam Doughnuts
S-I am - Berry Liqueur
MrsCD - Yorkshire Puds
Suffolk lass - Blackcurrant Cordial

Florenceem
Yorkshire pudding
Syrup Cake
Cherry and Coconut Muffins

iQueen
Blackcurrant Vinegar
Candied Citrus Peel
:beer::beer::beer:

WantToBeSE

Hi guys.
A while ago i saw some people on here talking about this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whole-Family-Healthy-Balanced-Little/dp/1905862156/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345547479&sr=8-2

Well i have been doing some digging around and have found the same book, for free! Its an e-book. Here is the link, and i hope some of you find it helpful. I have wanted the book for ages, but was trying to find it as cheap as possible- you cant get much cheaper than free!

http://www.howto.co.uk/wellbeing/quick-healthy-recipes/

jumblejack

Free Heinz five beans voucher to save as a PDF on the voucher thread....

I can't post the link but please check it out. They are lovely.

budget_babe

Oh Dear and Oh Dear again.......................

Well Budgie is well over budget so far this month I just can't believe how much that I have spent.

In my defence if there is one, everything went topsy turvy when Dad was rushed into hospital he was in a week so you know what thats like!

Then Budgie has been poorly.

Also 2 very much welcome visits from my adorable Ds this month too. But obviously alot more spent.

In a nutshell I am going to have to declare this month nul and void.

I need to get this under control so will be joining you and hopefully posting alot more on the September challenge. Its just been one of those months, so I need to be more organised and alot more Frugal in September.

From the experienced members did you have the same teething problems? I guess with everything else its a learning curve and nothing worthwhile happens immediately.

So I'm picking myself up and dusting myself down for September, my fly lady challenge has also been a non starter.

If I was giving myself a mark on a Mse report it would be a big F for Failure.

Hoping for an E next month for at least Effort.

Take Care everyone
Budgie xxx