December 2013 Grocery Challenge

lynnejk

Another NSD for me.


Had a bit of a scare today as when turkey didn't arrive from butcher I phoned him at 4.30 and he said it should have been delivered :eek: He said he would check and phoned back 5 mins later to say found my order (sorry it had been missed) and would deliver tomorrow - PHEW !!


Had shepherd's pie from LO lamb joint (enough left to freeze for another time) with peas and green beans (freezer)


Hope you all have a super Christmas Eve
Lx

mooomin

Morning all

I got paid on the 18th and have already spent a LOT without much of a clue as to what I've spent it on

I'm going to have to really be careful for the rest of the month.

I have £161.42/£225 remaining...

K9sandFelines

£8.30 spent yesterday in Mr M. Hope to have a few NSDs now. I don't spend as much when in work (today). No shops open Christmas day except little Asian grocers, and at my Dad's Boxing day, then back in work Friday.

Shortie

Urgh, this month is feeling out of control... Yesterdy I really fancied fish and chips but didn't want to spend the money on a takeout (that's be out of our personal budget) and besides, the chippy if quite far away and the weather is bad. So Mr Shortie popped to the village shop and got 2 packs of fish fingers (for £5 :eek:... but still, cheaper than a take out by a long shot) and some bags of crisps for a movie night.

Mr Shortie just popped to a local farm shop for parsnips for tomorrow (we have plenty of other veg already) will have a count up of what's left in th purse in a mo - I've lost track of our spends

Shortie

Okay, so along with the parsnip, Mr Shortie bought eggs, a box of clementines and a bag of fresh cranberries to make cranberry sauce (like we don't have enough to do already :wall:)

Counted what's left in purse now and off to update sig.. We have £106 left to last until 20th Jan... We need to make the most of leftovers at this rate!!

meg72

Just back from Wolverhampton market, had a lovely breakfast in the market caf! and spent £5 on fruit and veg, got the biggest cabbage I have ever seen for 50p will last me weeks, grapes plums pears, a red cabbage and a large stalk of sprouts. Well pleased but it was sad to see the market was not very well attended suppose the weather has put people off, it was really cold and windy.

meg72

Been to Asda to get a box of biscuits, had forgotten a present, Not one in sight, but struck lucky for mega reductions, had thought it too early as they don't close til 7 pm, got loaves, wraps, pittas, packs of salads, stirfry and casserole veg, fruit juices, yogurts, cottage cheese all at 10p 2 boxes satsumas £1 instead of 3.50 and a huge gammon joint marked up as 12.80, instead of 20.00 but went through till at 2.80
I told the SA who laughed and said, cant charge anymore than what comes up on till, enjoy it and go and get another one, I didn't but the woman behind me raced off to get one. So big thank you to Asda.

Now all I have to do is rearrange the freezer to get everything in.

Merry Christmas to all hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas day.

she_who_can_not_cook

meg72 wrote: »

Been to Asda to get a box of biscuits, had forgotten a present, Not one in sight, but struck lucky for mega reductions, had thought it too early as they don't close til 7 pm, got loaves, wraps, pittas, packs of salads, stirfry and casserole veg, fruit juices, yogurts, cottage cheese all at 10p 2 boxes satsumas £1 instead of 3.50 and a huge gammon joint marked up as 12.80, instead of 20.00 but went through till at 2.80
I told the SA who laughed and said, cant charge anymore than what comes up on till, enjoy it and go and get another one, I didn't but the woman behind me raced off to get one. So big thank you to Asda.

Now all I have to do is rearrange the freezer to get everything in.

Merry Christmas to all hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas day.

Wow well done.

Shortie

Oh jeez, someone ban us from the shops. Went to get a last minute pressie and bread, and grabbed a load of YS bargains and a huge block of cheese. Sig updated

Shortie

Wow that was a bargain Meg72!