January 2013 Grocery Challenge

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Mrs_T_M wrote: »

I've discovered 4 little pots of Activia yoghurt in the fridge with a bb date of 23/12... Anyone think they would still be ok to eat/use in smoothies/cooking?

I`m not sure if I would risk it, as it`s quite a bit out of date. Maybe sniff it and a little taste just to see.

camNolliesMUMMY

Please add a £15 spend at mr a, due to weather panicked and got ds2 some nappies nd baby food in

ButterflyBee

Been very good and spent on budget at MrT. £54.51 for this week.

meg72

xxlouisexx56 wrote: »

Just checking in to say last week I spent £35 on the weekly shop and an extra 5 pounds on milk. Kids go through it like no ones business!

I get paid on Friday so will do another weekly shop then or on the weekend.

Ham for DP and DD's school sarnies seems to be getting really expensive I won't buy square ham and only get carved stuff but the prices just keep going up!

Iceland do a ham deal pack 450grms for 1.75. you have t sort through as some of the packs are thick chunks but I found a pack of mustard ham that was just perfect slices and it was lovely.

tessie_bear

hi...icy here and paths slippy so take care anyone who is venturing out....i have made a rice pudding in the sc and prepped some veg for later. I need to do a bit of meal planning and delve into the icy depths of the freezer to see what we have I got extra bread from aldi yesterday to make sure we had some in incase we got stuc in the house

planning a quiet day may do a bit of baking i quite fancy flapjacks...if i have the energy to mae them

take care tess

freyasmum

73 pages!

I've been so busy I've not actually been able to log in, never mind keep up with all of the posts. I did see that Bluegreen got engaged - congratulations and I hope I'll get to read the rest of the posts before too long.

Anyway, I digress...
Last Sunday - first shop of the year - I spent £36.25 in the shop, £12 was not on groceries but I'm including it anyway.

I also spent £2 on school lunch for my daughter today as she hasn't been eating her packed lunches recently :undecided

So I've spent a total of £38.25, which is 1.59% of my budget and we're 4.1% of the way through the year. The remaining allowance has been put into savings.

I do need to nip to the shops later, but hopefully it's just some bulbs and veg that I need. I have a pork shoulder than I'm going to put in the slow cooker so that I have something when I get home from work. I'm trying not to eat heavy carby things, but I know I'll be a bit peckish by then

freyasmum

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

Aldi here has milk at £1 for a 4 pt and their bread is £0.47 and up. Aldi wholemeal bread is one of the few breads I can eat, since most contain barley malt. Thankfully theirs doesn't and to me it tastes wonderful!

I've discovered 4 little pots of Activia yoghurt in the fridge with a bb date of 23/12... Anyone think they would still be ok to eat/use in smoothies/cooking?

I'd at least open it and give it a sniff. If it smells ok and the consistency looks alright when mixed up, I'd eat it.


On another dairy-note - I will never buy any milk other than cravendale again! Yes, it's more expensive, but I was ending up throwing out half-full cartons of the other milk, just because it was a few pence cheaper! :eek::eek::eek: This cravendale never seems to go off

gien

picked up a few extra vegetables today so another 4.50 to add, giving 304.50 in total

FBG85

Done a big food shop at Aldi , spent £29.17 which is pretty much all my budget for this week (though I could go wild and spend my 0.83p i have left!) Fingers crossed, I shouldn't need Anything else now this week, stocked up bread,washing powder and tinned spag, beans and chopped tomatoes.
I've stopped letting dd1 have a School dinner once a week ,( mean mommy that I am!) as its £1.85 and she'd still eat a big cooked meal in the evening anyway, I don't think the portions are very big at school.
Going to make some flapjacks and granola with the dried fruit and bananas I got today.

lizalloareds

had to buy veg to go with the sausage casserole thats in the slow cooker ( 1st time using it so if it doesn't work out then budget will be over as will need to be a chippy tea) also bought rolls for packed lunches though dd never eats hers so todays spend was £2.24