January Grocery Challenge 2015

mrs-moneypenny

veggie shepherds pie from freezer this morning is now in oven, going to do it with field mushrooms and tomatoes.
The boys have already been few, one wanted to finish off the last gammon steak and the other fancied mushroom omelette.

nsd so far but will need to nip out for milk later, but waiting till the last ys reductions have been done incase theres anything i want/can use.

school tomorrow so will be back to doing 3 pack ups a day - both lads and DH.

fab_and_frugal

Quick update - I spent £32.75 on food/drink on Saturday which should last a while (which included £5 for a bottle of wine for visitors which didn't get drunk as they're doing "dryathlon", so it will go to someone as a gift at some point!), and £31.78 on pet food for the month ahead, so that's £64.53 gone already.

On a happier note, I've started saving my "coupon money" and have £12.15 saved already!

Fab x

frugalk15

Can I join please? There me 4 kiddies between 3-9 2 very fussy!! Lol and a cat and dog, we don't have meat or dairy and try and steer away from processed or pre made foods apart from tined beans and toms but was considering getting a pressure cooker so dry beans would be quicker and easier to cook! Anyone used one? We have a slow cooker and steamer, bread maker iv only used once as was a disater! Lol, have gathered loads of recipes need to meal plan them now!
Haven't spent anything since Nye need few fruit and veg things tomoz so we shall see how that goes!
Not sure what to budget realy we shop in aldi mainly Tesco a little? Usually our budget is 50-60 wk but go over a lot!

Islandmaid

NSD here - do the dance....:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

NewShadow

meg72 wrote: »

...still getting through the 4p tins of mushy peas from way back when.

I may or may not have a dresser in the lounge that may or may not have a few tins of these... and the chipshop curry sauce... only maybe 20 or so of each left now.

*needs a hangs head in shame gif*

EDIT: this'll do

BrassicWoman

Sigh, I had to park at the SM in town today (to go somewhere else whose carpark was full!) which is £2 which you get refunded off £5 min spend. So rather than lose the £2 I bought 1kg grapes, YS rolls, blueberries, and an aero. £5,04.

In happier news I made a giant pot of tomato and veg quorn mince which will do dinners until the weekend... off to portion up now! It'll be featuring with spud, with spag, and today it had some chilli added.

Off to make sarnies for tomorrow!

scotmumof3

meg72 wrote: »

Well done, it took me about a year to wean myself off a daily shop,
kept getting a weird feeling that I had forgotten to do something:rotfl:

I know what you mean.:) I am still at the sm every day but I am trying to cut it down to every 2 days.
Saying that my spends today were 75p in Asd* for toothpaste and £8.87 in tesc* which included 2 packs of YS finest hickory and chilli potato wedges reduced fro £2 to 80p which are now in the freezer (hope they taste good:)) . Total spend today £9.62.
Hope everyone had a good Monday

wealthygirl

Evening everyone. Last day before I go back to work tomorrow so had a busy day at home.

2nd NSD of January :j

Made a loaf of bread instead of going out to buy one.:T

Will have to buy milk tomorrow tho', then start meal planning for next week and make my list.

willkeepontrying

Checking in with NSD number 3 for the month (that's 2 in row and it feels great!). Need to go to shops tomorrow for few essentials though.

maria3104

At last, my 2nd NSD of Jan. Resisted a lunch out £12 ish and had a packed lunch and a reasonable work day. That awful first proper day, even though I only had Bk Hol off lots of people have saved up problems for me today. GRUNT.
I really need to replan menus and make sure I do not get distracted from NSD and budgeting.
Decluttering is going OK, but whilst i am doing OK with stuff in house it is difficult to also focus on food and my food shopping compulsion. I really want to make progress before lambing starts and I go into the zone!