February 2013 Grocery Challenge

pinkypig

Did a top up shop today. 2 pineapples, apples and 2 YS quiches from Mr M, kiwi fruit from Aldi, bread, milk, cat food, gravy granules, stuffing, yogurts, cheese, YS baguette and YS steak plus 14packs :eek: of YS crumpets from Mr A.

Total spend was £18.38 so still on track as this should be it until next week.

Steak and fried onion baguettes with wedges and salad for tea
PP xx

Billie-jo

Hope the pork chops arrived Coxy11 if not freezer surprise?

Weekly shop earlier today and total spent was £37.32 this was a little more than I expected but then again did add a couple of items totalling £6.67 to the trolley that were not on the list but needed. Plus a bottle of wine as well.

NSD tomorrow hopefully and fruit & veg on Saturday as usual.

Coxy11

Billie-jo wrote: »

Hope the pork chops arrived Coxy11 if not freezer surprise?

:rotfl:Yes they are here, and grilling as I type mmmmmm!:D
Coxy

Islandmaid

Whoop-whoop another NSD

Will have to get milk tomorrow, so will prob get my weekly bits and pieces, don,t need too much, but intend to do some major freezer cooking and baking next week as I am on leave....

GreenFairy

Really peed off with myself atm. Spent much less than my budget last month on groceries due to being broke. Logical me would have thought "I'll have to restock the pantry next month!" and set the budget accordingly but silly me instead thought "I did really well! I'll bring my budget down!".

Assorted receipts in my wallet add to €37.58, leaving me with under a fiver in my budget, which is going to be spent on veg tomorrow. I'm positive I'm missing a receipt for another €20-odd as well (had a large group of friends with assorted dietary issues over for dinner on Tuesday). I've already dished up over 40 individual dinners so far this month and we're only half way through!

Sorry for the rant. Feeling a bit blue right now. Far too many bills coming in together and didn't need this dose of shortsightedness on top of it. On the upside, the pantry and freezers are restocked, including 10kg of wholemeal bread flour.

Solstice_3

Wow haven't been on in a while, still keeping track though. Batch of spends to report.

7th £4.18 at Lidl
11th £14.84 at Sainsburys after using £7.50 in points
13th £11.76 in Asda, quite a few YS items
Today £10.53 in Aldi - some good deals today including a pineapple for 59p. Plus £15.60 in Asda including a couple of YS deals
Total £56.91 - should have enough now to last until Thurs when new GC starts, might need to top up milk, bread and fruit.

Got a small joint of pork (YS) roasted that this afternoon and now have chicken and pork for lunches in the fridge plus lots of summer fruit (YS). It's a good feeling when your fridge is full of healthy food.

Off to update siggy Have a good evening all xx

meg72

GreenFairy wrote: »

Really peed off with myself atm. Spent much less than my budget last month on groceries due to being broke. Logical me would have thought "I'll have to restock the pantry next month!" and set the budget accordingly but silly me instead thought "I did really well! I'll bring my budget down!".

Assorted receipts in my wallet add to €37.58, leaving me with under a fiver in my budget, which is going to be spent on veg tomorrow. I'm positive I'm missing a receipt for another €20-odd as well (had a large group of friends with assorted dietary issues over for dinner on Tuesday). I've already dished up over 40 individual dinners so far this month and we're only half way through!

Sorry for the rant. Feeling a bit blue right now. Far too many bills coming in together and didn't need this dose of shortsightedness on top of it. On the upside, the pantry and freezers are restocked, including 10kg of wholemeal bread flour.

Hey come on nowI think you have done really well. You catered for a large group of friends, restocked your pantry and freezer and have 10kg of flour which will last you a while. Personally I would do a rough calculation for what the friends cost, how much you are ahead with stock and give yourself a pat on the back.

I think loads of us are suffering winter blues at the moment but heigh ho it will soon be Spring.

lbnblbnb

I am declaring at
£115.82/150

Whoop whoop!
I am paid on the 19th, so it becomes a new month for my GC. We are going away for a week tomorrow so will be spending from a different pot anyway. So a short month for us really.

God bless Aldi and meal planning!!

meg72

Well went to get bits for DG2 bt got side tracked an spent a lot more th Sardine an intended in BM, still trying to calculate what I intend for others and stock but just wanted to share a couple of real bargains.

Princes Sardine and Spicy tomato sandwich filling, 10p and best before 2014 and something I have never seen before Bonne Vie sweet pickled Alliums 10p, (mixture of silver skin pickled onions and garlic slices) I must admit it was the containers that attracted me, sturdy plastic jar with a screw top that I thought ideal for freezing homemade soup.No best before but its a pickle and will last for yonks.

Both are delish, I will try anything if its cheap enough, if its not nice then I havent wasted much and I have the containers.

Right off to sort this shopping out now

GreenFairy

Thanks Meg - am just feeling a bit of a numpty!