August 2013 Grocery Challenge

joedenise

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

Thats why i always walk to the shops now. He with not go anywhere without his car.

Unfortunately I can't do that - shops are about 8 miles away!!! I usually do shopping during the week while he's at work but I needed some mushrooms for Sunday breakfast - turned out to be very expensive mushrooms, LOL.

Denise

meg72

Bluegreen143 wrote: »

Just popping on quickly to say happy birthday to meg - hope you had a fantastic day! Thanks for your wishes. I've had a lovely weekend, a quiet lazy day today as a rather late night out with friends to celebrate last night and so glad I took tomorrow off work! Will be back on then to update spends & recipe index

Thank you, I had a really lovely time had a good mooch round the carboot, got two lovely wedgewood dishes for 40p, 6 scarves for 1.00, Not for wearing, I was after some fabric to make curtains for my dolls house, a necklace of big black beads, 20p for my DD, she is making cake stands out of old records and a thingy for cutting crinkly chips 10p. So for a total of 1.70 I had a great time.

My DD treated me to a Chinese all you can eat lunch, oh my it was delish, I had King Prawns, chicken, beef ribs and Pork with rice and noodes, then I had 3 desserts strawberrys in chocolate, cream profiteroles and some amazing banana fritters, they were coated in a very crisp toffee. I think I ate enough to last me the week :rotfl::rotfl:

Am off this morning to take a donation to the food bank and to enquire about voluntary work with them.

xxlouisexx56

Haven't been noting down my spends so just going to add £40. Just under 2 weeks to go With the littles at home!

chocolatebum

wee top up shop at M's today for bread/milk and some pack lunch things so spent another £23.67

gayleygoo

Unfortunately not an NSD today, gotta buy milk and chocolate later! I have used up leftover sausages and made pastry to make a sausage lattice pie for tea and scrapped clean a jar of marmalade to make a cake for a friend's BBQ later.

WantToBeSE

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

I'm tempted to give up on dieting though.

I gave up dieting on 19th December last year. I decided i'd never count calories again, but just eat sensibly and weigh myself every 6 months instead.
I went 7 months without weighing, calorie counting, fretting about dieting, and when i did weigh, i had lost exactly a stone
Giving up the dieting mentality is the best thing i have ever done!

i just eat reasonably healthy, but always allow myself treats. I try to eat intuitively now and it works well!

Sequeena

£46.40 spent in Morrisons today but £12.75 was spent in the nutmeg sale for my son's 2-3 wardrobe which I don't include in my budget. I got 3 t-shirts, 2 bibs (he still dribbles a lot, I buy specially made bibs which use bamboo and fleece but these are great for the house), 1 pair chinos and 1 hooded jacket for him to wear now so not bad for the price.

£33.65 spent on nappies, wipes, cheese, minced beef, baking potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, fruit, toilet paper etc.

Up to £115.74/£250 now. Bit worrying as I still have almost 3 weeks to go until the next payday. £134.26 left to spend.

K9sandFelines

Small spend on eggs from Mr M to make carbonara but ended up not needing them after all.
Will add to sig.

ditsykitchen

Spent £8.40 on MAIN shop in Mr T

she_who_can_not_cook

Florenceem wrote: »

Will need to buy - toilet rolls, panti liners, cotton wool + milk + fruit this week. I want to keep spends as low as possible. Left over cash can go towards the £170 I paid out on decorating supplies this week.
We had HM BPITH + roast potatoes + roasted beetroot, red onion, white onion, green pepper, tomato for dinner.
Black Pudding in the Hole was delicious - enough left for 2 day's dinners. Cost to make - 90p for 6 portions.

I dont like b pudding but he does i will so give it a try thank Y ou