May 2013 Grocery Challenge

Coxy11

Morning everyone,

Paying 2nd purse today for items used this week - £42.30 added to total. Only £111.01 left until the end of the month :eek:

Off to visit a friend today then picking DM up from hospital - barium meal

Have a good day everyone.
Coxy

tessie_bear

hi...hope that goes well for your mum coxy.....i am here feeling sorry for myself with no kitchen and now wont have one until tuesday at the earliest....we sank low last night and had micro chips from the corner shop from the microwave

while in said corner shop i got a massive packet of preserving sugar for a quid so thought i would make some strawberry jam down the line ...strange shop micro chips/preserving sugar and a packet of biscuits used to try and lift spirits...a partial sucess

i will have to do a bit of shopping at the weekend as havent a lot left in except milk which is unusual

have a great weekend
tessa

K9sandFelines

£2.40 on four large bananas and a small aubergine from the grocers :eek:. I only expected it to be about £1.80. I will stick to SM prices in future. I wouldn't mind but i used up aubergines last night with pasta, not realising i needed them today :mad:. Also spent £1.09 in the chemist on calamine lotion, as DD and I are covered in bites again .

Will add to sig, as not planning on any more spends today.

*Edited to say* and just seen they are now 50p in Tesco - gah! I could have shuffled around my meal plan and cooked my recipe later on :cool:. Does anybody know if they roast and freeze okay, as i'll stock up if so!?

Florenceem

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi...hope that goes well for your mum coxy.....i am here feeling sorry for myself with no kitchen and now wont have one until tuesday at the earliest....we sank low last night and had micro chips from the corner shop from the microwave

while in said corner shop i got a massive packet of preserving sugar for a quid so thought i would make some strawberry jam down the line ...strange shop micro chips/preserving sugar and a packet of biscuits used to try and lift spirits...a partial sucess

i will have to do a bit of shopping at the weekend as havent a lot left in except milk which is unusual

have a great weekend
tessa

Tuesday - no idea when I will have a kitchen. :eek:
My cooker arrived today but kitchen men are grouting the floor tiles then working on plumbing.
He is going to work tomorrow - plastering the walls.

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WantToBeSE wrote: »

I am so proud of my 1st attempt at making nann breads, i just have to share the photo



I had 5, froze 2, and my children and I had 1 each. They were lovely!
I normally buy a pack of 2 for about 80p from either Lidl or Aldi, and consider that a bargain...but those 5 that i made cost pennies (i guess about 10p, probably even less) and tasted so much nicer due to being fresh and HM

so, amount saved- 70p (every little helps!).

Well Done! I'm sure they were nicer than store-bought too

tessie_bear

flo thats difficult for you...i have decided to dig out the sc and make a chilli in the front room on monday....we have eaten all the food i got on sunday so need to do a shop of kitchen in the living room friendly food

makes me realise how lucky i am to have a nice kitchen:p (most of the time)

zippychick

Junes new thread is up people

WantToBeSE

budgeteer wrote: »

Well Done! I'm sure they were nicer than store-bought too

Thanks, they were lovely Even the kids agreed, so i will be making them lots more!


Just updated my signature to reflect this weeks online shop (week 3). I had a free delivery from asda, and also a few coupons.

LarLar

Week 1 = £26
Week 2 = £20
= £74 left of budget

Spent the £26 in the first week in asda and the £20 yesterday for the 2nd week in co-op.

Managed to keep it relatively low as my cupboards are well stocked and i've been using up freezer stuff. Also been making home made chips instead of buying frozen.

Sligo

Week 3 done and just under budget at €449/€750. Off to do next week's big shop in A*di. Lot of complaints about the lack of "easy things to cook" from Himself so better buy something handy but cheap!!