January 2014 Grocery Challenge

fingersxed

Well another visit to Sainsbury. £30.40. Need to nip to Lidl too but hoping to last till Monday.

I really can't believe how well I am doing. Signature updated.

The next couple of weeks r going to b testing. My oven is playing up. Things are cooked on top but not all the way through. Ordered a new one from argos. It could b 4 Feb before it's delivered. Slow cook, George foreman and microwave are going to b tested!!

mrs-moneypenny

spendinglikemad wrote: »

A good day so far and my 3rd NSD!!! DH decided to work at home today which can be quite distracting (as I work at home) so I have stayed in the office all day!!!After walking dd to school I took old lotto tickets to see if there were any winners and low and behold I got £5 back so was quite pleased as they almost went in the bin! - it will pay for ds gym training for swim club which is £5!!
Anyway dd had packed lunch and I made me and hubby sandwiches and used up some panettone for lunch, even had a cup of nice/proper coffee which I never make myself as seems a waste for just me so it was a treat!!
I just went onto t3sco to do an online shop and put all the list in - then decided to print the list and go to a*di over the weekend to see how much I can save - so my resolve is doing well!!!
I might have to pop into another supermarket to get some nice breakfast cereals for DH and kids (they like Weetabix minis or crunchy nut cornflakes - expensive tastes but I do like them to have a good breakfast) so I may have to shop around but at least I have an aim to get the price down and I have been planning lots of meals that use up ingredients so my cupboards are less crammed and I might be able to get in there and clean at some point!
Tonight is swim training - kids will have LO roast beef and HM Yorkshires I might have to make some mash for them and veg
DH and I will use up a cannelloni in the freezer - we don't normally have different meals but its the only way of using up food sometimes!
I have a nice chicken to roast over the weekend and going to do some baking (ginger buns and banoffee pie - all ingredients are lurking somewhere!! so I will use the oven to its max when it is on!!)
That's me for now
SLM

it was iceland or farmfoods i got those from last week as DH said they were a bargain price and loads cheaper than others. i know i went in sains, farmfoods and iceland, cocopops were cheapest in sains DS2 has a handful of those on top of weetabix minis.
try iceland first as ive got a feeling it was there

debtdawg

Oooh fast approaching my January budget!
£43.01 in Lidl today, we should just need bread, milk and fruit during the week next week (and the odd 29p croissant for the teeny terror!).
I also spent £6.86 in Toby Carvery yesterday on fish and chips, a cup of tea and an ice-cream sundae for me and the terror to share after we'd been out and £3.44 in soft play today on toast, a coffee and a packet of mini cheddars (though entry was free courtesy of bassett vitamins).
So my total spend so far this month on all food, treats, toiletries, cleaning products, nappies, wipes, children's snack money for school and dog food is £181.57. I don't think that's too bad for a family of 5

Homemade burgers for tea tonight with the rest of the mince leftover from making a cottage pie for tea in the week and chicken wraps/fajitas tomorrow for tea

K9sandFelines

£1.25 spent today on ice cream. Had YS prawn cocktails on YS warby bread tonight for tea, as double shift today .... have to set off shortly! Will hopefully catch up on page 54 plus of thread tonight, when i get in.

Gorgeestwo

BlueMoo wrote: »

Hi. Just use some mince, salt, pepper, one beaten egg to bind. Some people use breadcrumbs, but I try to keep mine as simple as possible. Nice things to add are - garlic paste/fine chopped onions/herbs/red pepper pesto/reg pesto/chilli/paprika. Just depends what kind of flavour you want.

Great thank you, I love simple will give them a go

My hospital visit, went ok really, but still feeling sorry for myself so today won't be a NSD, DH is going to Tesco on his way home from work to get some steak for dinner tonight & a pudding that involves large amounts of chocolate! Ah well back to it tomorrow
Will update my sig later.

franby64

Hi

Still afloat...now up to £279.63/£350.
I won't be able to afford another delivery this month and I make my budget at £5 a day. So it's a matter of spending as little as possible every day and eating out of the cupboards.

My 'everything else' budget is even worse... thankfully we've got a quiet February!

mrs-moneypenny

bit of a mixed use up meal time tonight,
youngest had pizza and waffles followed by hm malteser sponge cake
DS2 plus friend are having sausage (from freezer) mash and cabbage
DH and me are having quorn filets (need using up as just on date) celeriac mash and cabbage.

hoping really light shop tomorrow just need fruit and veg, bread and milk plus few little bits.

TheScarletPixie

My first spend this week a grand total of £4.45 on fruit & veg from the market, which means I'm still just under budget having two weeks to go. That said we have loads of food in the freezers, pantry, fridge etc... so if we are really careful we'll make it (fingers crossed). Off to update my sig....

Soworried

Home made pizza for us tonight all from stores. I had another NSD today, it is going well but it needs to in all honesty, my purse is rather light with money until pay day on Friday. I really can't afford to dip our savings

flyinggiraffe_2

Just got my food shop, and went to asdas for a change.

£38.15 spent. Got some nice fish to make a pie tomorrow, and some snacks bits to last a few weeks.

I need some fruit but going to see what I can get in the market in town,