September 2013 Grocery Challenge

iammumtoone

kayester wrote: »

Oo my grill doesnt work looks like im buying a slow cooker and a george foreman lol

If your grill doesn't work I would recommend getting a george foreman first, slow cookers are great but everything can be done in the oven. I hated having to put the oven on just for sausages etc and they took ages to cook in it. Make sure you get one big enough there are two of us (me and six year old), I have a four person one, anything smaller wouldn't be suitable. Don't pay full price have a look around I am always seeing them on offer in various places. Also recommend you buy one you can see (or see it first before getting online) so you can gauge the size.

iammumtoone

K9sandFelines wrote: »

I bought some Ferrero Rocher on my last online shop there and haave hidden them away for Chrsitmas. They will get eaten otherwise if i don't!

thats a good point I better start to get an item or two every week for Christmas now (or a least put a few quid aside each week) so I don't have a big expensive. I will include in budget but note it separately I think.

tessie_bear

hi...i have been to my new fav fruit shop today as we enjoyed the foods from there so much...£6 spent but got a lot for it also went to aldi and coop and picked up a few bits...our coop does lovely reductions so i pop in when im passing

going to do fajitas for tea tonight and im not sure what for the day after...will see what we fancy still trying to eat down the freezer so will get something from there

hope everyone is going well
tess

meg72

K9sandFelines wrote: »

I better not mention that Asda have got a delivery saver pass for a month for £5 then

I bought some Ferrero Rocher on my last online shop there and haave hidden them away for Chrsitmas. They will get eaten otherwise if i don't!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Yes I did see it,but they dont have the cheap onions and stopped doing smartprice sweet and sour sauce, and I
wont be ordering online again for a longtime, I think it only lasts a month, but it was really the 12.00off that I went with.

islandhoppa

kayester wrote: »

Oo my grill doesnt work looks like im buying a slow cooker and a george foreman lol

Ald! have a slow cooker on this Sundays specialbuys for £12.99, not much detail on the website but may be worth having a look?

dramarama

Spent £19 in mr T''s today...only popped in with a list of 6 things!!! Did get a few meat items for OH so he'll be happy, also got him some ys flatbread.
Need to stop going to the SM.:o
Slow cookers are awesome, last night we had slow cooked veggie chilli.yum!

aliwali

£3.50 on apples and plums at the farmers market today. Plums are delicious:) Might do a big shop tonight, but feeling really tired so not sure i can be bothered!

K9sandFelines

iammumtoone wrote: »

What's that? do you get delivery for the whole month for fiver? Is it just this month or is it an ongoing thing? Sounds like a bargain.

Just a month at a fiver if you sign up before 16/9 (think it is), then it goes up to £8. Mines says it expires on 30/9 so I'm assuming unlike Mr T it doesn't automatically renew.

sachatith

Hi all!

Bought some apples off a neighbour today - £1.00 for a bag of about 15 from her tree. We are quite lucky in our street, we all grow different things and put notes outside our front door with various bits for sale and keep it cheap. Another lady sells gorgeous dog biscuits (they are suitable for humans too, so I've tried them) for about £1.00 for 20 and livercake too for my pup, another does jam, I am going to grow my rhubarb and beans properly next year and do the same I think! You wouldn't look at it for our street but its lovely.

So, thats enough for OH lunches and might go back and grab another bag for apple pie and freeze it. Bargain,

However, today came home from work feeling rubbish and am desperate for comfort food and takeaway - particularly pizza which sucks as I am still not eating dairy to test the levels of intolerance. I do have a homemade curry with rice and a leftover naan though so fingers crossed that will fill a whole and get rid of this damn cold.

Going out for dinner tomorrow paid for by OH grandpa so nice treat for us both - as long as I'm feeling up to it!

10/15 NSD so far

Cambs85

£2.68 spent in SM yesterday, and £2.50 spent on tea club at work today! Will update signature now.