October 2012 Grocery Challenge

ej22

thanks everyone for your tips.
will go in the kitchen and make soup, soup, soup and maybe go to asda next week and buy heinz if they are still on offer then.

Suffolk_lass

First weekend shop after DS moved out and I am shocked at how much is left. :eek: I am seriously wondering if there was a girlfriend living here that I hadn't noticed :rotfl: as at least two people's food hasn't gone...

Might start buying the cake and pudding ingredients ready for my Xmas cook-in in two weeks time - I offered to make mini Xmas puds to sell at the Xmas market (using my old school recipe from some years ago...:money:) and I use cheap milk saucepans with the handle removed to make full height Xmas cakes for singles/couples that don't want a big one (three to a batch) but want something homemade for visitors. Oh yes, and I make mincemeat that is a variation on Queen D's (:A) for my HM mince pies. This is the part of Xmas I love

Quick review of MySM next I think

Enjoy the weekend everyone
SL

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First NSD today in a while - did go out to buy pet food but that is not included in our budget.

Hiddenidenity

Tesco grocery shop done and delivered

However I had a huge shock when I saw they took £128 from my account

I always order online, and usually the same items 90% of the time. Anyway I order my meat from the counter, 2 mince 300g, 2 stewed beef 300g, 2 steak etc you get the point. Well they sent 2KG!! of each thing!! Anyway a phone call later and £58.06 is being refunded and they were very apologetic.

So first grocery spends of the month £70. Will receive 11.20 back from mum and then £30 from kids dad too

So declaring spends of £59

xxlouisexx56

Spent £14 in tesco yesterday. But I also forgot to buy mash so i will get some in M&S today so ill declare spends at £16.

Got some good YS steak mince. Will make a lasagne with that, week after next to portion up into the freezer.

6 days until we go on holiday for a week

Ay money saved on groceries will pay for a couple of Xmas pressies, although I will need to do a big shop the day we get back

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Out of interest, what is this YS everyone keeps on about? I'm too curious to play dumb any longer lol

meg72

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Out of interest, what is this YS everyone keeps on about? I'm too curious to play dumb any longer lol

YS is yellow sickered, i.e. reduced or whoopsied,great whenyou find them.

Bluegreen143

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Out of interest, what is this YS everyone keeps on about? I'm too curious to play dumb any longer lol

It means yellow sticker - the reduced to clear stuff at supermarkets. I rarely have much luck but some people on here get the bulk of their shopping reduced!

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thanks have seen whoopsied written and now know what that means.

I quite like the yellow stickers myself, can find some good bargains in our local Mr T!

Make-it-3

Just back from MrS with the weekly shop - £45.90 (needed a lot of toiletry/cleaning products this week) plus milk yesterday £1.74 - taking me to £119.47/£200.

Hoping to avoid the supermarket till Tues/Wed now.