November 2013 Grocery Challenge

K9sandFelines

£1 on milk at the C*-*p.

Hole in the wall malfunctioned this morning as i was drawing out money for work tomorrow, and swallowed my card; so other than emergency cash i am able to get out with a special code, will have no card for a few days; so should manage to make it to 1st Dec on my remaining budget, as I have about £40 left. Was going to use coupon from Mirror at Aldi, which i can just squeeze into remaining budget, as need fruit. Hopefully i'll have enough left out of the £40 emergency cash (though my bus ticket is £12), or i may have to have a small lend/ another mini visit to bank. Hate having no debit card!

shiningfaery

Well that's the HM scotch broth soup done and a loaf in the BM yummy....a lovely warming starter for tea tonight with the index bacon and bean pasties.....gonna have a bowl for lunch before heading for some Christmas shopping. Other than that it will be a NSD food wise for me. :j

angelatgraceland

shiningfaery wrote: »

I am looking at purchasing a slow cooker, asked hubby for one for xmas. What are the best ones on market? Wanting a large (ish) all rounder that would do a roast too as well as puds, soups casseroles and other yummy stuff. What do u have/recommend? Why?

I've got 2 diff sizes and can recommend the cookworks ones in Argos. I have put a chicken in the medium one but you will want a 6 litre one at a guess.

cocoloco

:wave:Heloooo! :wave:

Still have £35.41 left from November's budget to last us the next 5 days- might even try to strech it for my monthly MrT shopping this week - I have £11 of £40 shop coupons to use up.

Everybody is doing really well- just show it how much this forum helps!

chirpchirp

£91.90+3.75=95.65 total from last week and already declared on here.

Alidi shop £27.71 and Co-op packed lunch stuff £5.85.

sub total for November = £129.21/£175

I do lots of picking things up from the C0-op as it's 6 miles to a Tesco and 8 miles to Aldi and I'd rather shop at Aldi and I think the more expensive prices at Co-op balance themselves out with the amount of times I pick up offers/yellow stickers v petrol of driving to Aldi.

Just after I did this my daughter dragged me out to the Co-op and I ended up spending a further £10 taking November total to £138.21 after spending a £1 voucher I got there. I got loads from this though!

shiningfaery

thanks to everyone who have given me ideas on what to look for from slow cooker. I think I will send hubs for a 6.5L oval crock pot with the chrome finish.
He thinks I am mad wanting this for Christmas but I am already looking at things to cook in it...

she_who_can_not_cook

shiningfaery wrote: »

thanks to everyone who have given me ideas on what to look for from slow cooker. I think I will send hubs for a 6.5L oval crock pot with the chrome finish.
He thinks I am mad wanting this for Christmas but I am already looking at things to cook in it...

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I loved mine to pieces good luck

tessie_bear

i love my cookworks sc...cost a tenner about 6 years ago...fantastic

we had the frugal buffet for tea tonight....basically every thing that needed using up in the fridge
a hm cornish pasty
small amount of hm quiche
a bbq chicken portion
some grated cheese

it got eaten but was a bit odd...tomorrow a curry hm of course
take care tessa

marris

spent £12.22 (£7,86 was on silverside beef joint as it's on offer in Mr A at the moment at £4 a kilo)

Sequeena

Overspent and still have 2 days to go I doubt I'll buy anything else though. So annoying as I've been making a conscious effort to use what we have already.