January 2013 Grocery Challenge

cattysmum

Morning all ok I may sound a bit dim here but iv soaked some broth mixture
overnight and simmered ut fir half hour this morning though it does not look very appetising now what can I do with it apart from blitzing it for soup? Thanks A lovely nsd yesterday.

greent

Morning!

Haven't been on here for months

Can I have £500 for my Jan budget, please?

Many thanks - I have no chance of catching up on thread!

forever_saving

I went shopping on Friday and spent £67.63. Really pleased that out of the first 6 days of the month, i have had 5 nsd's. I will need some more bread today though. I may have to top up on fruit, will have a look first as i really can't buy stuff i don't need.
Good luck to everyone else.
FS

Solstice_3

Morning no time to catch up and read posts yet but will try later Hope everyone is well x

Had a NSD day yesterday due to forgetting my purse when I went to work, thank goodness! Another one for today as I am not going out in fact hoping to wait until Weds to shop when I have to go out anyway.

Some spends to record - 35p at Holland and Barrett using a voucher, a Sainsbob shop, receipt tucked away now and can't remember spend but signature updated with all spending for the month.

Too tired now lol spent more last week then my personal mini budget of £50 a week but only have £60 to last until payday (24th Jan), not including the veg box money, now so I have to stick to that :eek:

Mrs_T_M

Had 2 NSD over the weekend. Will be picking up a few things in Aldi today and a few things in Mr M tomorrow. The rest of the week will be NSD's though!

skilly

Morning all, small spend of £5.00 this morning on coffee have added to total

missmucksmum

Morning ladies thankyou for your kind words it means alot had a nice wkend some friends popped round, off to the job centre today to sort out a single claim to jsa but will hopefully find a job alread filled out 1 application form for local home bargains. Taking the children with me then we are walking to Tesco after to get some shopping have a list at the ready! would like to report 2 NSD over he wkend. Children back in school tomorrow so ironing uniforms/ checking bags later x

xxlouisexx56

Spent £9 yesterday. Out of this bought mince for £4 and made spag Bol for dinner with another family sized dinner portion in the freezer for next week.

Carrots, bananas, baguette and dairy lea Dunkers that toddler wanted (half price)

Will have to pick some milk up today when I pick DP up from the station and will pop into sainsburys tomorrow for packed lunch stuff as DD1 is back to school on weds

Dinner today is sausages and wedges and peas for the kids
Chicken salad and rice for adults

Mrs_T_M

£2.04 for me today. Milk, plain yoghurt, and turmeric. Signature has been updated to show that.

Gave 20p to DH to pick up some black pepper at Sainsbury's, which should be 18p.

Hoping to go down to Mr. M tomorrow for pasta (24p), frozen sausages (£1) and baked beans (26p/can - I'll be getting 4). Might go down there later in the day (and meet DH after he gets off work) to see if I can find any fresh fruit or veg in the whoopsie section.

Billie-jo

Greengrocers this morning for some flowers and some fruit. Total spent so far this month is £29.57 Pasta for tea with added mushrooms, onions, and the last of the sausages with it. Cheap and cheerful.
Made some vegetable soup yesterday with a sad looking leek, 3 carrots, 2 wrinkly parsnips, a potato, onion and some stock. Everyone said it was good so was pleased about that considering it was mainly 'past it' veg.
Have also noticed that shops are not as busy as usual and some shelves are still empty. Also noticed another price hike on bread, £1.35 from £1.25 last week. I can get the same loaf for £0.89 in B&M but we dont go there every week and they dont always have it. Always pick one up though if we see it however we all dislike frozen bread so dont stock up on it. I do make my own but not all the time, may have to do it a bit more frequently though if it continues to rise which I am sure it will.