June 2013 Grocery Challenge

liz-paul

Hi meg72 - not sure how much it costs to run or how to find out. Might try googling it later to see if I can find out. Thanks

mothershipton

husband let loose in morrisons yesterday as I had bad back, £101 damage. This takes us to £250 spends already this month and we are only halfway through and the oldest son is at home. Must nag more...

meg72

Florenceem wrote: »

I wonder if it was your local store only - overstocked. Good bargains.

I dont think so as it was a full length promotion poster on Window.

Florenceem

meg72 wrote: »

I dont think so as it was a full length promotion poster on Window.

Thanks - will visit my local store.

meg72

mothershipton wrote: »

husband let loose in morrisons yesterday as I had bad back, £101 damage. This takes us to £250 spends already this month and we are only halfway through and the oldest son is at home. Must nag more...

Oh feel for you the more I read about husbands being let loose with the budget the more I appreciate not having one now. Theres only me to blame for going over.

hex2

Sligo wrote: »

My henny pennies are laying somewhere but not in the laying box - thanks to the dopey broody one who won't let them in. No eggs in over 2 weeks so there must be a massive clutch of them somewhere! So I will be that mad woman stalking hens around the field looking for the golden hoard of eggs!!

Ha, mine do this too. Crawling through the shrubbery looking for the mystical egg mountain is hard work!

Suffolk_lass

liz-paul wrote: »

Sorry to butt in as I forgot to sign up for the challenge at the start of the month but was wondering......

I have a big american style fridge freezer & we're going away for approx 3.5 weeks in July. Is it worth emptying them out before we go and switching it off while we're gone? Will we save enough in electricity costs to make it worth the hassle?

TIA

I would not switch it off - they can get quite cantankerous about resuming normal working after a spell being switched off. I would empty the fridge and pad out any space in the freezer with cheap or no-cost items (freezer packs for your cold box or loaves of bread) so that it works as efficiently as possible while you are away

SL

joanne109

joanne109 wrote: »

Not posted for a few days but I'm off to update my sig.

Well that plan was immediately ditched.
I had started tonights dinner as I posted, about 800g leftover roast lamb in a tomato sauce with a bit of basil to have with pasta or rice.

When I looked up from my post I saw DS (age 10) tipping vinegar into it. I checked the pan, he had put a hearty dose of every herb and spice in the drawer into it and some more.
Result a very very hot curried lamb with an undertone of vinegar.

Beans on toast for dinner tonight and a huge waste of lamb and 2 tins of tomatoes

Off to do a meal and shopping plan for the rest of the month which will be very difficult and as a couple of payments are larger than expected and I have no money to last me until payday on 15th July

Bye for now

Joanne

K9sandFelines

NSD :T ... been a while!

lizalloareds

NSD today