February 2018 Grocery Challenge

Itisme_2

Yesterday spent £5.25 at Tesco and £13.35 at Sainsbury's.

Ginmonster

I popped in to the supermarket to pick up a couple of bits including some cider for a bean cassoulet recipe I want to try from Jack Monroe's site ( I don't like to drink the stuff but it is nice in cooking so I'll have to find some foodie uses for the rest of it as I'll only need one can of the 4). I've only just noticed looking at the receipt now that the cashier mustn't have scanned it properly as I've not been charged for it. So £8.20 spent.

11.39 /100

debtfreeforlife

Announcing £62.30 for me today - includes the weekly fruit and veg box (to arrive Thurs) which I've just ordered. And a few bottles of milk bought today as well, means I shouldn't have any more than minimal spends for the next week.

tighteningthebelt

On some posts it's displaying !!!8217; in the middle of words instead of the apostrophe... Does anyone know what's going on? Has only been the last day or so...

JingsMyBucket

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

On some posts it's displaying !!!8217; in the middle of words instead of the apostrophe... Does anyone know what's going on? Has only been the last day or so...

I started noticing it last week on several of my own posts. My theory is that whenever you use the Quick Reply function, the special characters like apostrophes, currency, or even smileys get misinterpreted when posting. When I used the Advanced Reply function, everything was fine.

It didn’t use to be like this so something has broken in the code base. To many of the more experienced users, where can we report this? Please and thanks.

pamsdish

I was wondering about the numbers too, think it`s where people insert a smilie.

pamsdish

testing :beer: not smilies then

TooClumsy

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

5th NSD today, but will need some veg tomorrow. Freezer stock diminishing nicely ready for defrosting, hoping that will be next week. Having a staring match with 4 tins of sardines in tomato sauce, which I don't like, but will eat, in the end!!

This made me laugh out loud in my empty office, curious to know who won the staring match!

TooClumsy

Mrs_Cheshire wrote: »

I've been to Mr T's today to use some vouchers I had, after promotions it should have cost £20.02 but I had a £2 off £20 spend and a couple of other money off vouchers as well as staff discount. It ended up costing £14.02, plus I got a couple of money off coupons in with the till receipt.
I used the handheld scanners for the 1st time, really useful when you're on a budget or only wanting to spend a certain amount as you can see if adding up and it also takes the promotions off for you so you can see when you're close to the minimum spend.
Will definitely use them again.

I find the scan and shop things to be a lifesaver, I always try and use them whenever I go shopping. I wish Aldi had these as the tills are just so busy!

starting_again_in_the_sun

Now have 108.36 left.

It's not too bad but I need to start meal planning again I think. Meals are planned up to Friday and then have soya mince left for another 4-6 meals.

Need to start being more imaginative with lunches! Homemade wraps went down well last week so will make them again...and maybe a soup!