April 2016 Grocery Challenge

Elizabeth_Braun

Yippee! I was able to earn and bank another £120 yesterday, so the panic is well over (except that the insurance company needs to refund the £789 they took out when we'd already bought a much cheaper policy - from them!!!) Just as well as I've just added up another £82.41 on food (including £13.80 on a takeaway). So budget thoroughly busted, but contents of the pot tripled anyway.

Islandmaid

Spent £27.14 at Aldo's yesterday, that should see us through to next week.

NSD today

FurryBeastOz

£21.26 in MrT. Stuck to list - other than 2 x 500g turkey mince (will do 12 portions), 8 tilapia - 8 meals, and 2 whole trout (luxury treat). Not too bad.

Persephone_Mulberry

Nsd today!

Not as good yesterday, succumbed to a snack run £5.45, 4 bars of chocolate, big bag of crisps, grapes and eggs.

BrassicWoman

overnight with work so dinner is on the expense account. I like to read and have quiet time in my room so generally get a take out. i STILL YS'd it! lovely salad and sushi from waitrose for £3. Lucky work! I am not sure if i will ever be able to pay full price again

NSD for challenge budget tho!

NewShadow

BrassicWoman wrote: »

overnight with work so dinner is on the expense account... i STILL YS'd it! lovely salad and sushi from waitrose for £3. Lucky work!

I think it's ridiculous work won't reimburse us if we buy food from a supermarket - we have to eat in the hotel restaurant (or nearby restaurant) for an evening meal and breakfast, and either in the office canteen, a cafe, or buy things from the train for lunch.

Their argument is you could bring supermarket food with you and therefore it's not an expense incurred during the trip - it often means it cost them £3/40 rather than £3/4!

Plus - I have to pay and wait 4 weeks to claim it back.

BrassicWoman

NewShadow that is so stupid! I guess I would then make a point of eating things that were too fiddly to bother making myself - fajitas or complicated things with 12 side dishes or something.... thalis and such!

After work I don't want to sit and eat with people from work - I value my downtime too much!

NewShadow

BrassicWoman wrote: »

NewShadow that is so stupid! I guess I would then make a point of eating things that were too fiddly to bother making myself - fajitas or complicated things with 12 side dishes or something.... thalis and such!

After work I don't want to sit and eat with people from work - I value my downtime too much!

I generally book very nice hotels (at corporate rate) that offer room service.

My (valid) argument is I sometimes need to work on 'official business' at the hotel. :cool:

milasavesmoney

Terrible hair cut with a new hair dresser. My sweet Chrystal died of lung cancer a few months after she found out she had it. I had gone to her forever. She is very missed.
After my terrible hair appointment, I needed a snack (my hips didn't but my emotions did) so I stopped for a taco and got an order to take to my husband....$6 on tacos today.

$337.50/$450

lynnejk

Evening folks


NSD here today.


We had salmon fillets (freezer), dauphinoise potatoes and steamed asparagus for dinner today.


Hope you all have a fabulous Friday
Lx