April 2013 Grocery Challenge

mummyyof5

Lost the plot in March so need to try again for April...My target will be £200 for the month..OH pays for all basics in L**l when hes home and most of the petfood....I pay for all top ups when he is away (coach driver,currently abroad more than at home ) and things we prefer from MrTs etc.

Will either be Pies or spaghetti and meatballs tomorrow depending on what my kids fancy...we had chicken kiev,wedges and salad today...do need more salad and cat biscuits...I have to get these from MrTs as they do Senior ones and my cats are getting on in years

NSD today so good start xxx

Welsh_Poppy

Billie-jo wrote: »

NSD here - hopefully the first of many for april.
Been having a lazy day today and spent most of it sewing squares together for a blanket. Dont mind the knitting or the crocheting but not that keen on the sewing bit.

I am the same love the crotching or knitting but hate sewing up.I must have over 50 squares to stitch.

NSD today hopefully the first of many.

Dinner was hungarian goulash and dumplings for OH I just had veggie sausage beans and poached egg on toast.

menu planned for week
Tuesday HM soup and rolls
Wednesday Chicken curry and rice
Thursday Cheese and potato pie with sausage and salad
Friday HM Fish pie and broccoli
Saturday Sausage ,mushy peas and chips
Sunday Roast dinner.

Welsh_Poppy

My meals are vegetarian and need to work out what i want this week:-)

DanielleNic87

Spent £12 (rounded up) at Lidl on Saturday. Had to buy some Worcester sauce, eggs, crumpets, orange juice, cat treats. Also bought 40 bars of the white choc that was on offer. That has not come out of the GC budget as I use it for my baking.

craigywv

WELSH POPPY i would love the recipe for the goulash pls thks.

Florenceem

meg72 wrote: »

Impressive creative cooking there.I love the idea of keepig a bit back to make a another meal. This was a tip given to me by my dear Nan 50 years ago when I first got married. She said pretend you have an unexpected guest and stretch the meal to feed 3 instead of 2, worked a treat.

Great tip from your Nan.

Florenceem

NSD here.
Had a quick meal from the freezer for dinner - something Mr F got when I was away. I am not a fan of sweet and sour but I ate it.

nannygladys

Hi everyone, just calling in to say as I havent spent anything my GC money is still in tact.
Had stir fry for dinner that was bought a couple of days ago, and I dont think I will be going to the bank for a couple of days so I should be able to keep it up!! I have plenty in my cupboards, fridge and freezer so I should be OK
Nannyg

Nicky_Noo_Na

Proper weekly shop done today at £28.18 which I thought was reasonable and included a few decent YS items with shops being shut y'day, but then nipped to MrT for one thing and spent £20.84! oops. Oh well I had intended to buy a leg of lamb as its reduced to £4/kg so that was almost £10 and can remove £5.75 as it was a b'day pressie for a friend. A few more bits bought were not needed yet but good to get them while on offer and we'll use at some point in April. So, £43.27 to add. Actually thats pretty bad considering we did top-ups earlier in the weekend too, booooo.

I unexpectedly received the £5 off Mr Ts voucher as wasn't expecting to spend anywhere near £20 to receive one. Luckily it has a long date so planning a minimal spend next week and then maybe stock up the week after. Mr T isn't my usual supermarket so any ideas for good value non-perishables people like to get from there please let me know!!

mummyyof5

I love the 28p Tomato sauce..the cheap pasta and rice is pretty good too.

I have to shop at MrTs when OH is away as its the only supermarket in our local town.