January 2013 Grocery Challenge

meg72

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

morning all

cooked too much mashed potato and boiled cabbage (deliberately) last night with the leek and quorn pie, so going to cook some leek and make fritters for tea tonight with it.

doing omlettes for lunch.

I always cook extra veg if I am doing a Sunday dinner, as just love bubble and squeek, if i havent got any meat leftover, i.e. if its just been a chop or steak, then a couple of rashers of bacon or sausage
gives a great meal,plus brown sauce, SP of course. Or sometimes just a couple of eggs

Solstice_3

Bit of exciting news, for me lol. DH came home from work yesterday with some more YS goodies and after I packed it away I told him the freezer was full to the brim. We discussed the possibilities and money saving opportunities of buying a second freezer and DH has said we will get one! I know it's daft getting excited but I am just thinking of the soups I can make, and the batch cooking I can do plus all the YS meat and bread I can buy to save money We have to wait a while as we have just bought a needed new washing machine but we will be getting one

Kitchenbunny

Updating today with another spend - £33.43 taking my total so far to £130.34 in January. I did get some items I wasn't intending to, as we've found we might need to change washing liquid due to skin sensitivity issues Oh well, can't put a price on a good night's sleep! All in all though I'm happy with the result of the shop, although everything seems to be a bit more expensive.

I'm off to update my sig. I see the new thread has been posted for February - with having an annual challenge I'll mosey on over there when January's finished.

Lamb Tikka tonight, with jewelled rice. Can't wait!

Have a lovely evening, everyone. Stay safe and warm.

KB xx

m155piggy

Another good day - had to go to MrA this morning but only spent £6.98 on bread, milk, fruit, veg and some biscuits which we just HAD to have!!

Went to Al*i on the way home to see if they had any cheap peppers (they had none at all) I picked up a couple of things such as a pack of hot cross buns which were 20p cheaper than the ones I had no intention of buying at MrA, and chocolate biscuits which were loads cheaper than the ones I had never even thought about buying but eventually saw sense in my madness and put everything back as I really didnt want or need any of it - I left empty handed!!

Real victory for me!

new_leaf_88

Hi everyone

Well have had to buy a couple of things today but am still within my budget for this month £107.78/£150. Will still need to buy some things for the weekend though as I have family coming on Sunday for lunch. Will try to keep in budget though.

Good luck everyone :j:j

zafiro1984

Just spent the last of my budget for January - order coming Thursday and I should have enough to last to the end of the month - hopefully

flubberyzing

Battled out into the cold for the first time since Friday to go to Tesco. Stocked up on things I was running low of, like milk.

Pleased to probably be coming in well under budget this month, after a considerable over-spend last month!

GreenFairy

Another couple of receipts into my tin, and another €38.45 on to my total. All food based, including two tins of pumpkin and a big bottle of fancy vanilla extract which will keep me going til Xmas

Leftover chicken curry tonight, noodles for me and rice for him as I really fancy noodles and he's not a big fan.

pinkypig

£3.84 on ys bakery stuff including 8 packs of crumpets which the kids love and haven't had for ages. Also got 4 loaves and some rolls. All stashed in the freezer

Pay day is insight and it looks like we are going to be under budget :j
Good luck with the rest of January everyone.

PP xx

Le_Foot

Sorry to be 'thick', but is there a list of the meaning of initials posted on here, such a s YS ?? sorry!!

Jackie