October 2013 Grocery Challenge

want2Bfrugal

Planning another NSD today and possibly tomorrow. Still have £15 left until Sunday. I can't wish for Sunday to come any sooner and at my age, wishing for days to come early is not a good thing but I'm desperate this week.:rotfl:

sefilby

Thanks - iammumtoone,kayester & lynnejk for the ideas I feel that I'm heading in the right direction now.

Success!! £4.75 spent on milk, cheese & ham - nothing else went in the basket!!

meg72

want2Bfrugal wrote: »

Planning another NSD today and possibly tomorrow. Still have £15 left until Sunday. I can't wish for Sunday to come any sooner and at my age, wishing for days to come early is not a good thing but I'm desperate this week.:rotfl:

I too am at an age when I shouldn`t be wishing time to go quickly but I sometimes do.

Think of it this way, tomorrow is Thursday and the next day Friday. then its Saturday and only 1 day to Sunday, makes it seem sooner than says 4 days to go :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

sachatith

lynnejk wrote: »

Good start for me with a NSD and had MShop with free food/tea all day. :j DH had shepherd's pie - HM from freezer and he managed the microwave all by himself :rotfl:

Good luck everyone for the month
L.

That sounds exactly like my OH! We've lived together five years and still he has to ask me where things are.... I think he has cooked for me a total of four times and it is ALWAYS the same thing :rotfl: bless them

LolaLemon

no food spends yesterday £3 for sons sports class last night, bummed £2 from mum last nigh to pay for it cause i cant find my bank card.
Was hoping for a nsd today to, but i may have to go into the bank and withdraw some money as we have very little fruit n veg in the house. hoping to put it off till tomorrow, as mum takes son after school til i get home from work, so at least he will have a 'proper' dinner, i'll make do with what we have in the freezer.

iammumtoone

Popping in to report yesterdays spend of 24.35. Got some YS meat which should last for a few meals. Hoping to avoid the shop till next week.

Will update signature.

How does everyone store meat in the freezer? I used to just keep it in the original packaging but have started to separate it as one packet will do us two or more meals sometimes. I have just been wrapping it in foil.

LolaLemon

iammumtoone wrote: »

Popping in to report yesterdays spend of 24.35. Got some YS meat which should last for a few meals. Hoping to avoid the shop till next week.

Will update signature.

How does everyone store meat in the freezer? I used to just keep it in the original packaging but have started to separate it as one packet will do us two or more meals sometimes. I have just been wrapping it in foil.

I started seperating it when i got good deals from Lid! portioned for individual portions.
A girl in my work told me she freezes bacon in individual portions as well as slice (square sausage) and tottie scones so she could make herself a fry up without wasting loads. i admit you will find 2 slices of bacon wrapped and frozen in my freezer lol

Bookworm42

Quick trip to Mr T for bread, fruit and paper. No extras! £4.10. Have updated my signature.

Bluegreen143

iammumtoone - I seperate meat (there's only two of us) e.g. for big packs of mince (say 700g or 1kg) I cut into blocks, wrap in cling film, then label the weight. E.g. a small block (say 125g) would do OH one burger, whereas 400g could make 4 portions of spag bol (which I'd likely then freeze two of). Each block goes into a (value) food bag to protect it.

Same goes for chicken - I buy whole ones and cut them up into thighs, drumsticks, breasts, wings and the body, and freeze each bit seperately (though both breasts together, both wings together, both thighs together), wrapped, labelled then bagged. Equally, I have pork loin steaks and turkey steaks in there, frozen in packs of two as well.

For bacon, I freeze in 4 rasher packs as that's what OH likes for bacon butties. Just put these in bags and don't label as it's pretty obvious what it is.

I know it might seem at bit OT double-bagging it, but it protects more against freezer burn and also stops the labels falling off.

physicsgirl

I know I'm a day late :S

I moved out of my parents house and into a flat with my bf just over a month ago, so having to budget (and worry!) a lot more about money, and thought this thread sounded like a great idea to keep on track and motivated

I'd like to try to spend under £250 on all food shopping, takeaways (rare) and meals out, plus drinks (people at work tend to go to the pub once a week), toiletries, cleaning stuff and other miscellaneous house stuff.

We tend to eat mainly veggie stuff (we love meat, but it's just so darned expensive), and I do a weekly shop in Ald!, topping up with stuff from Sainsbobs and Mr Ts. We're pretty good at sticking to a meal plan, using mainly The Resourceful Cook website, although it's getting a little monotonous now. I'd love to make more meals in advance and freeze them but we have a tiny freezer, and no space to put another

Good luck to everyone!