August 2012 Grocery Challenge

meg72

Last post for August, came in well under, and am taking my DGS away for a much needed treat, Going to Monkey forest, staying in a POSH hotel,with a swimming pool LOL am really looking forward to it.

NickJW

debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »

Well since that last post i've had the worst month ever. My hubby has left me (not totally unexpected but still not nice) and so i've been to family which means for me my budget should come in under this month (gotta be some positives eh)[/COLOR][/B]

So sorry to hear this! Hope you're coping as well as can be expected

mummyyof5 wrote: »

2 large packs of diced pork for £1.75...not sure what to make with this yet ????x

Oooo - diced pork - that brings back memories! A year or so back Mr S did a good offer which meant I bought a few. I did a few iffy meals but a few which I liked were:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10987/pork-with-paprika-and-olives

and

http://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/slow-cooker-meditteranean-pork.html

and

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/Cider%20Pork%20Casserole%20%20using%20higher%20welfare%20pork/4281

All lovely, but possibly not GC with the extra ingredients. Might not be of use, because it all depends on tastes I guess - but it brought back memories of having to use around 6 packs up, and trying to be inventive with them! :rotfl:

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NSD today.

Made Thai red curry tonight -was yummy!. Have LO for lunch tomorrow. Going to work out how to upload photos like everyone else. Can you just upload a photo from your digital camera then save/upload as a JPEG or do you need to upload a photo via PhotoBucket etc?

pixiedust09

Hi Peeps, I just wanted to post to say how much I've enjoyed lurking and reading the August Grocery Challenge. I haven't officially taken part this month but I have done the challenge at home for the past 2 weeks and have managed to save a massive £97.10 on my grocery bill :eek: :T. It was getting rather out of hand . I have been meal planning and making lists which has saved time and money, and its great knowing what we have for dinner instead of trying to rack my brains before hubby gets in from work.

I have signed up for the September challenge which starts for me on Sunday. So I hope I can keep the momentum going. So a big thankyou folks for the inspiration.

Soworried

Morning,
I am declaring August a great success at just £258.52 spend out of a £300 budget. :j Thankyou to all of you for the advice and tips.
I will see you on the September thread. :T

Boodle

Final august total spend as 112.79 for the 100 budget, so don't feel too bad for going over by that little as its a low target to keep focused.

Billie-jo

Last of Augusts shopping today and takes total up to
AUGUST - £250.51 Out of a budget of £260 so £9.49 under budget.

Didn’t start this though until almost two weeks in so really need to get a grip if am to do it in Sept. Off to catch up with September posts now.

Brought some fresh sweet corn today and going to have it for tea with some fish pie and watercress and tomato salad.

cattysmum

Oh my goodness where has this month gone?? I have totally lost track of my budget this month as I have been buying alcohol and meals out with my grocery budget so am having to make a guess that I have spent about £248 which is £40 overspend, however in my defense we have had days out with grandkids, icecreams, picnicy stuff so I don't think Iv done too bad so am declaring an August total of £248.00. Ok now off to skip over to September thread to see if I can do any better next month!!

prophecy_grrl

Hiya

Just popping in to declare at £109.05 for August :T

See you all in September

p_grrl xxx

jumblejack

NickJW wrote: »

So sorry to hear this! Hope you're coping as well as can be expected



Oooo - diced pork - that brings back memories! A year or so back Mr S did a good offer which meant I bought a few. I did a few iffy meals but a few which I liked were:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10987/pork-with-paprika-and-olives

and

http://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/slow-cooker-meditteranean-pork.html

and

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/Cider%20Pork%20Casserole%20%20using%20higher%20welfare%20pork/4281

All lovely, but possibly not GC with the extra ingredients. Might not be of use, because it all depends on tastes I guess - but it brought back memories of having to use around 6 packs up, and trying to be inventive with them! :rotfl:

____________

NSD today.

Made Thai red curry tonight -was yummy!. Have LO for lunch tomorrow. Going to work out how to upload photos like everyone else. Can you just upload a photo from your digital camera then save/upload as a JPEG or do you need to upload a photo via PhotoBucket etc?

Yay :j

I'd love to see some pics:T

I use photobucket.

NickJW

jumblejack wrote: »

Yay :j

I'd love to see some pics:T

I use photobucket.

Thanks - I'll play around with it

Declaring £105.40/£130

Pretty pleased with that! See you over in September