January 2014 Grocery Challenge

Islandmaid

Hi all,

NSD today

Only £41 left in my budget to last till 31st so will prob go over :mad: but if I am very honest with myself I have bought things which I could have lived without (wine:p) and had a mad moment in Mr L,s bulk buying HP sausages and stocked up on bin bags etc

Bloomin TV,s gone pop, and has a very weird pattern all over the front of it - its like watching TV though a net curtain - been looking at new one,s but seriously can,t afford it so might have to rely on interweb till we save up - at least no council tax for 2 months so there,s they first savings

Sorry to whine on

XSpender

Went to waitr0se tonight as needed some fresh air and the nearest one is quite a drive away. DH wanted saffron and fresh green beans for the recipe he was making tonight. Spent £16 but OMG the hairy bikers pilau that DH made was amazing and worth the extra spends. I even had seconds:eek:

Also bought chicken dippers for DS and mull3r rice on offer and jewellery dip. I forgot to buy bramleys for tomorrow's pudding so went to the farm shop and spent £2.39 on 4 and a big sweet potato.

This morning DS and I made chocolate buns and AGCJ peanut butter granola. The rate that DS is eating the buns I will need to make something else tomorrow for lunches.;)

mooomin

Islandmaid wrote: »

Bloomin TV,s gone pop, and has a very weird pattern all over the front of it - its like watching TV though a net curtain - been looking at new one,s but seriously can,t afford it so might have to rely on interweb till we save up - at least no council tax for 2 months so there,s they first savings

Keep an eye on Gumtree or Freecycle and you might get a good bargain. If you're on Facebook, check the selling pages for your local area or even post a request to see if you know someone who has a spare old telly they haven't thrown away.

Gorgeestwo

What a disastrous shopping trip:( lidl had hardly anything I needed, so ended up going to tesco & getting loads :eek: bought a fair bit of meat that has gone in the freezer, but even so, I'm really annoyed with myself

Billie-jo

Tomatoes, broccoli, pears, bananas, grapes and melon this morning came to £6. 59.
Defrosted a pack of chicken legs and thighs and am doing the Old Fashioned chicken & veg stew from the Hairy Dieters book tomorrow, will have it with potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower.


Off for a bath now to try to warm up, its bitterly cold here tonight even the penguins have their overcoats on <(")

happytails

Just after posting my last post earlier today i went to Morries to do a small shop, i ended up stocking up on coffee and bought a new razor too and they had the sausages i liked on offer too so i spent a whopping £48.22 :mad: I was only supposed to spend £20

£278.35/£400

Good news is though, we are still way under budget and on top of our usual £400-500 spend on groceries there is a approx monthly spend of £250 on takeaways (ON TOP of the groceries) that so far this month is £0 :j (We've recorded every single spend since last week of june and up to Dec 31st we spent £1753 on takeaways :eek: So im pretty certain we are doing ok

mooomin

Wow happytails, you've made amazing progress

Soworried

A spend of £8.94 today on a full chicken, some pop, ys dips and tinned meats.

I'll update my signature.

samtoby

Dinner tonight... Tomato and basil sauce pasta cheese and salad

Coxy11

Welcome tallullahbelle - I have added you to the list

Lola76 - I've amended your target

Coxy