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January 2013 Grocery Challenge
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jumblejack wrote: »Hi guys,
I can't find the post I made about making butter last December or January. I want to post a link for someone who has asked me.
I've done a search but nothing had come up.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3688557
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I remembered the date, as I went out on new years eve and bought YS double cream and froze it and then everyone on here was making butter.
hope this is what you were looking for.0 -
It's been a few poorly organised days..
3rd Jan - husband bought crisps at work for 65p - WHY?!?!? He could get 6 packets for £1 at the convenience shop he drives past every day :think:
4th Jan - hubby bought soup and a cuppa at work £1-ish he thinks, then I spent £5.25 giving the kids a low key treat lunch on last day of school hols. Also spent £4.43 at Co-op on reduced stuff from Xmas that I can use in their lunchboxes.
5th Jan - I forgot to make middle child a packed lunch when he was invited on a trip today so had to buy him a few bits at local shop, plus dishwasher tablets £6.26 in total.
Hubby took other two out this afternoon and I suspect spent around £5 on treats etc.. will have to find out exactly.
So.. £74.84 in total for 5 days not including what hubby might have spent. Really need to reign it right in as spending at this rate will not come in on budget at the end of the month. Hopefully being back at school/work next week will have a positive effect; I eat for free at work which is a nice perk of the job!January grocery challenge £111.35/£4000 -
Hi Everyone
I was just going to check in to say that I've done my shoppping for the week and that I've updated my signature with my spend so far. But how funny it was when I read recent posts. It must be a case of great minds think alike or idiots seldom differ because part of my spend was on 6 large cartons of Extra thick double cream 3.6 ltres with the idea that i could make butter with it as I'd remembered reading a suggestion about this last year. I found a description of how to make it on the internet and I soudsas thoughthismuch cream could make 3 lbs of butter. Wow! 3 lbs of butter for 18p. Hope it works.
So far so good only £18.01 spent on groceries so far. However, I could have managed with what I have in the house until the middle of next week but I was having shopping withdrawal symptoms. Does anyone else feel deprived if they haven't been shopping for a whole week.
I'll let you all know how much butter I managed to get when I make it tomorrow.:AWonderfulLife:A0 -
Hi long time lurker ... I'd like to join i'm aiming for £35.00 a week with a second purse system for top ups! as when i see an offer i do often buy in bulk!
Since the 1st Jan
3rd Jan- £8.76 at Mr T which included 3 x packs of lean lamb mince reduced to £2.15, Comfort & bread, reduced Potatoes 2 x 23p and Reduced Bananas 50p. (the lamb was part of a multi save offer 3 for £12.00 so when paying it knocked off an additional £2.00)
5th Jan- £11.24, 6 x Reduced Lean Mince Beef @ £2.00 per pack (again on the multi offer so 6 packs for £8.00!) 6 Pints of Milk and Bread.
Thank goodness i cook from scratch on the menu over the next couple of weeks will be a few kababs, shepherds pie, cottage pie, chilli's, burgers, spag bol's, and i do have a lot of cupboard stores so trying to start to work my way though some of them!
To be honest today i felt like a hero walking out of Mr T's....1% challenge £2015.50 = £20.16
Make £2.50 a day £80.82/77.50
Sealed pot opening Nov 2018: ???
Going back to being to basics. And penny pinching in 2018 This will be my year 😘0 -
missmucksmum wrote: »Thankyou! this has been the worst year ever and we only got married in feb been together 7yrs he was an alcoholic we lost our business because of it and all my family and some friends, I stood by him helped him do a detox beginning of september he was doing brill was going to go into rehab but felt he didnt need it as how well he was doing, then found out a week before xmas he was drinking again the odd one here or there but had lied to me I forgave him on the agreement he would stop again, he didnt want to so has left as wouldnt give him any money. Sooo doing the grocery challenge and reading posts on the forums is keeping my mind off things and stopping me from totally cracking up and to top it off its my 30th birthday on tuesday! my 10yr old went in the card shop today and got me some cards while I waited outside, on the positive note im going to the job centre on monday and not leaving until I find a job need to get my life back! x
Really hope you are ok. Being on here will keep you motivated and you will have loads of support. Not a pleasant situation but you are strong within yourself as you refused to give 'him' any money. Enjoy whatever time you have with your child and keep them secure in themselves no matter how hard it gets. Yes contact with your husband may be good BUT ultimately you must decide what is best for you and your offspring.
Sorry for rambling on. We had a neighbour who had to have heart surgery in Scotland as he was so ill. He returned home, did not stop smoking and started drinking heavily to the point where he was and is an alcoholic. He has lost his job,family and home. He is now a grandfather and everyone hoped that this would spur him on to get clean and dry but to no avail.
Anyway......hugs and thoughts to you bothLive as cheaply as possible,Current debt £85k (includes mortgage):(,Taxman £7500 :mad: bank of FiL 760 Simply B 945 Jacamo 150 Ccs 3000£1 a day Xmas 2015 7/364
A lurker not a shirker, part-time worker and carer for DH (recovering from Cancer and recently diagnosed as a Diabetic with Heart problems) and DS who is suffering from MH issues0 -
Could I please be included in January's challenge. I would like a monthly budget of £400 as a starting point.
I have 'lurked' on this board for many years and have gotten into some very good habits ..... weekly meal planning is second nature to me now! :T
However my partner and I have taken the leap and he has moved in with me and my two children so the usual monthly budget is no longer realistic. I figure starting at £400 per month is doable but will aim to reduce if possible over the year. I have been keeping a tally and so far this month I have spent £137 :eek: but my cupboards and freezers had been severely run down so a large shop was required.
Really looking forward to being part of this, have spent most of this evening reading the posts; I'm so impressed by the achievements already noted.
Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend and will catch up with you soon.Sealed Pot Challenge 6 - Member 1938
NSD Jan 16/16: Feb 3/15
GC Jan £400/£400.14: Feb 0/£4000 -
Hi all,
Been busy today (it amazes me how long simple jobs like sorting odd socks and slinging ratty old undies can actually take!) but just thought I'd check in with a couple of spends. I was exceptionally naughty yesterday and went to te$co express for no reason other than I wanted chocolate, as did DS, and spent £4.46 on chocolate and C0ke zero. :eek: Also Hubby got cleaning cloths and sponges in Ald1 for £1.68 as I've ruined about 4 this week trying to clean fancy (and very sticky) bread dough off all my bowls, surfaces and the mixer bits.
Did the top up shop in Ald1 today too and spent £20.97. Got 2 cheese board thingies in that too (£4.75 for the both) - cheese will freeze won't it? Not that I think cheese can really go off - it's already gone off milk!Only cat litter to get now.
So I now have all but the fresh bits (fruit, milk, yogurts, etc) to keep us in meals until the 27th Jan - most are quickies using bits of freezer shrapnel or have been made and frozen. Oh, I could really use a week off at the start of every month to get organised! :rotfl:
Signature has been updated. Hope you're all going well, it's lovely to read how being on the boards helps people in some way to deal with all the cr*p that life deposits on them.
Big hugs,
Vicky
xGrocery challenge:December 2022 £151.96/£400 . Advent decluttering challenge 47/240.0 -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3688557
post 5364
I remembered the date, as I went out on new years eve and bought YS double cream and froze it and then everyone on here was making butter.
hope this is what you were looking for.
Thanks so very much!!!!!!:A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
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WOW havent been on in 2 days and sooooooooooooo many pages to read! MISSMUCKSMUM hope your coping ok terrible postition to be in i hope this year is better for you and your family.xxx went shopping yesterday spent 20.09 in mrt got loads of fruit and veg and topped up my stock cupboard with essentials that keep this house running. Went into b&m or bum and meatballs as my 9 yr old calls it! got 2 x 18 pk toilet rolls and 1 x 6 pk kitchen rolls and various dry goods/packets for pennies reduced so very happy total cost 18.55. will have to sit with receipts later and work out how much i need to take out of 2nd purse to cover my bogoffs and bargains. having whoopsied ham on the bone and all the usual veg etc for lunch today want to get it prepped now as rain hail or shine we in garden today NEED to get it dug out and sorted its a mess want to have it all ready for planting my seeds veg and fruit. so busy day today have a good day all and meant to say was in asda yeaterday bought ds a lovely knitted zipped cardy for church just before christmas 14.00 it was reduced to 6 quid aaahhhhhhhhhh so got nephew 1 and an angry birds t shirt for his birthday (he will prob not even glance at them)kids hate clothes as a present ! anyway also got ds another 1 in bigger size all this came from my clothes purse made up from ebay sales so i dont count this in my monies as its recycling the money yes? so had to get nephew sweeties from b&m to add in his present so he would be a BIT pleased with what we got him. overall happy with spends will update sig enjoy your day all xxxC.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z #7 member N.I splinter-group co-ordinater
I dont suffer from insanity....I enjoy every minute of it!!.:)
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For those who shop online do you think it's worth it? I have a £12 off a £60 spend online for sainsburys, which sounds great but once on the website i couldn't really think of what to order, other than a few bits i need, i did look at bulk buying tins that honestly we don't really need at the mo, and i like to pick my fruit and veg myself as i'm a bit fussy, also i have healthy start vouchers which i can use instore but not online which is a bit rubbbish. But £12 is a good amount to have off a spend, and i feel a bit silly if i don't use it, HELP.
XJune £0.00 GC / £200.00Family of 4 : 1 adult 3 kids ages 3,4 & 5.0
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