June 2013 Grocery Challenge

Martas

Hello everybody! That's my first challenge so I'm going to take it easy. Can you please put me down for £280. That's to include food and toiletries for the next 4 weeks for the family of 4 (2 adults and 2 small children-4 and 1). Today I went to Lidl and spent 63.35- but to be fair cupboards and fridge were quite empty + it included £24 worth of nappies for DD (7p/nappy and for me they are just as good as huggies).

sheeppappar wrote: »

larlar -- you can just buy massive bags of spuds/carrots/onions etc to get the best price, even from supermarkets, then just keep them cool + dark...
even if they start to sprout you can just cut the shoots off and eat the rest ..

Never tried it but I've heard that if you put a couple of apples in your potatoes bag, potatoes won't sprout.

Florenceem

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi flo....i dont know how to post pics but will ask dh when he is back from work...the kitchen is pale beech i think and we have sparkly work tops...it is very simple no soppy gadgets and cooling drawers...i salute your endurance we only didnt have our kitchen for 9 days and that drove me batty....you doing brilliant for that length of time

hope it is done soonest
tess

Spend of £4.34 today. We had cooked sausages - FF + jacket potato + spicey baked beans in MW - 21 days - no kitchen.
Electrician wired up cooker today but decorator has removed pantry cupboard door to paint the wall.
Decorator painted ceiling - 2 coats today - it had already had one. Then he undercoated door frame and put 2 coats of paint on walls. The walls need another coat of paint plus I still have no kitchen door.
The ceiling light is going to be put in on Thursday. One side of the kitchen is full of decorators stuff.
What is a cooling drawer?

tessie_bear

flo...im not quite sure what a cooling drawer is but i was asked by a magnet salesman if i wanted one...i declined

what is the expected date for your kitchen to be finished ?

soon i hope:eek:

lovefullshelves

Mr aldilly has some of my money today..but i do like their long life baguettes! £19.46 added to sig:)

Florenceem

tessie_bear wrote: »

flo...im not quite sure what a cooling drawer is but i was asked by a magnet salesman if i wanted one...i declined

what is the expected date for your kitchen to be finished ?

soon i hope:eek:

Well the painting may be finished tomorrow. The doors may go back on tomorrow as well. So that will leave the light fitting. I want to have a good clean before I move the food, cooking tools etc back in there. Plus I will have to clean the new fridge and dishwasher to remove the packaging smells. I think the cooker has to be run for an hour before using for cooking. The new cooker has a booklet with quite a few pages in it. I think it will take me a while to get to grips with using a new cooker.
Of course - finding all the boxes of stuff that belong in the kitchen will be a trial - the men have moved things.
I reckon - Friday will be D day.

Gorgeestwo

Well today didn't turn into a nsd unfortunately, needed to get some pound coins, so popped into morrissons to change a £10 note, managed to spend £6.50 :eek:
Lets hope tomorrow goes better:D

LarLar

sheeppappar wrote: »

:rotfl:

haha me too x

larlar -- you can just buy massive bags of spuds/carrots/onions etc to get the best price, even from supermarkets, then just keep them cool + dark...
even if they start to sprout you can just cut the shoots off and eat the rest .. as far as I'm concerned you can *see* when/if they are no good to eat and can ignore any dates on the packaging.. maybe that's just me... mr sheep certainly doesnt agree

Ah thankyou i've just always assumed as soon as they sprout they were no good haha. Thankyou

K9sandFelines

Just logged into Mr T to see the £5 off a £40 shop is back on again ... :T. You have to shop between the 3rd and 9th of June, and redeem between the 10th and 16th of June

NSD for me today

MrsCautious

NSD for me today, second of the month. Pleased with that. Don't want to tempt fate but am feeling focused.

Cooked pasta bake with Sainsbury YS sausages that cost me 54p, this was followed by Basics rice pudding and fresh fruit - I can't remember if this is 17p a tin or 22p, we had two tins between 4 and it was lovely, can really recommend it. I prefer the taste to home made.

Tomorrow am going to have duck legs in orange sauce with Basics rice, might put some left over pineapple through it, with veg. Sounds expensive but duck was from vouchers I won. Will also make some flapjacks tomorrow with Jordans oats from the 99p Store (always feel should mention I have a creative work connection with them) for packed lunches.

I've been totting up budgets for next 3 months tonight, the GC is making a real difference thank you, loved the tip about buying seasonal veg rather than sticking to say broccoli and carrots as I have done so often, thank you, it's another way of thinking on here that when you think about it is so straightforward and simple and must be the sensible approach for so many, makes me feel daft for not doing that before, but then I've never given my finances such close attention. Hope it's not too stupid to ask, is there a calendar somewhere for which veg is in season when?

Oh no, wittering again. . .by the way becsxxx you haven't undone your hard work, I reckon you need treats and good times, life gets in the way of plans to cut down, and you can't put a price on good times IMHO xx

summerlou

Another 20.12 in mr t need to stay away from the shops!!!!