April 2014 Grocery Challenge

charlies_tribe

Could I stay at £600


March is at 598/600 with 4 days to go (sorry, cant get rid of the red now, think the laptop likes it)

MissOrganised1972

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

The aldi cold tablets are fab ain't they

Yes, and their hay fever/allergy tablets do their job too!

charlieyates wrote: »

Could I stay at £600


March is at 598/600 with 4 days to go (sorry, cant get rid of the red now, think the laptop likes it)

He he! Made me smile!

Although I am trying to stick to weekly shops, I have had to pop into Aldi for cheese & bread today. Bread I bought on Tuesday already had a few mold spots on. Thursday is our busy night & so just planned baked beans on toast for tea. Grabbed the cheese to go on top of beans.... it never got opened! Grrr!

Bluegreen143

Productive day, made a batch of chocolate truffles - half will be a Mother's Day present and the other half I'll box up for a friend as i'm going to her birthday party tomorrow

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Small spend yesterday:

Pork loin medallions (4pk) £1.91
Pork ribs £1.01
Cooked corn on the cob £1.69
Bin bags 10pk £1.35

Total so far for the month - £12.42

recovering_spendaholic

Hi - well March was a disaster spending wise, but I am giving it another go at £300 for April.

jumblejack

Should be a no spend day grocery wise as my pre-teen is planning a games night. I have to provide nosh so it is going to be the cheap margarita pizzas currently 4 large ones for £2.50 at lidl (which I have in the freezer already) along with wedges and garlic bread also in the freezer.

Sprog will also be making a Victoria sponge later (ingredients already in pantry).

Danger lies in popping in ikea for my free drink whilst I pass through wednesbury this morning......

Frizzle_2

I'm still in March but can you put me down for£250 this month. It was a realistic target last month so will keep it the same.
Thanks x

Kath123

Bluegreen123, those truffles look amazing and such a good idea to use as pressies. Do you have a recipe to make them??

cinnamonpie

Hello everyone!

I went a bit over budget in March and the freezer is looking rather empty. So I need to stock up this month and we will also have visitors so I hope I can keep control of the spending.

As I have £80 in vouchers, my budget is going to be £65!

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets updated to here

Welcome/welcome back to:
Kath124, Alex321 and jumblejack

Went to Aldi yesterday and spent £59.04. That netted lots of storecupboard ingredients plus yogs, milk, cheese. Need to update sig.

Dinner last night was Costco pork chops with savoury rice and sugar snap peas. Tonight we will have pasta with crème fraiche, parma ham, courgettes and button mushrooms nommmmmm.

Tomorrow we are at MILs and she is doing a bbq which was unexpected as I assumed we were just popping round for a cuppa. Sunday we are at a family party so will only need a light lunch before we go. Managing to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the mealplan a little further

Have a good weekend all.
Coxy

jumblejack

Oops.

Spent £1.80 in the ikea cafe. Child's meatballs and free fruit and hot drink

Also spent £3 on 2 rose stems

Fresh start tomorrow.


Then spent £7.10 in aldi on strawberry plants, milk and salad (as feel guilty just giving sprogs pizza, wedges and garlic bread later )