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May 2024 Grocery Challenge

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  • navelorange1
    navelorange1 Posts: 24 Forumite
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    Made chicken miso noodles with broccoli for dinner using the last chicken leg from my ice box. I haven’t made the red lentil and macaroni bolognese yet but intend to make it tomorrow :blush:
  • thriftwizard
    thriftwizard Posts: 4,862 Forumite
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    {{{diminua}}} - there are times when the budget really isn't the most important thing to take care of. Put your (aching?) feet up & relax!

    I've been doing an event yesterday & today so had to miss the market again; Thursday's spend, between the butcher & the supermarket, was a smidgeon over £100. We have guests for lunch tomorrow which will be lovely but a small top-up spend may be required; the main course is sorted but I'm racking my brain for a pudding that will suit everyone! If I can dredge enough fruit out of the freezer to do a crumble or similar though, the top-up can wait until early next week & should be small enough to keep me under my target - yay!
    Angie - GC Jul 25: £225.85/£500 : 2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge: 26/68: (Money's just a substitute for time & talent...)
  • goldfinches
    goldfinches Posts: 2,533 Forumite
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    @Soontobeoap - I'm very glad to hear that your OH is beginning to improve. Long may it continue.
    @diminua - sounds like a good idea to skip this month, that's an awful lot to have to cope with.

    I'm claiming a NSD for today, due entirely to having powdered milk in the larder, which stopped me just popping into somewhere to do a top up shop, so that's probably some money saved knowing my habits!

    "She could squeeze a nickel until the buffalo pooped."

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  • Pudding (or dessert in US) isn't always necessary. We seldom have it here. Usually just a couple of times a week at the most. Not something that anyone should be stressing over anyway. If you have to, just keep a tin of instant custard on hand, and long-life milk, add sliced fruit on top. Or freeze some slices of cake or brownies or Twink's hobnobs to pull out as needed. If you can get the cake YS even better.
      
  • scandimore
    scandimore Posts: 191 Forumite
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    £145 to declare for this week's shop. There have been a couple of top ups and changes to the plan in the last week as we've all been ill so some didn't fancy the planned meals, needed lemsip and tissues etc. Always seem to be getting derailed by one thing or another each week! This week we were due to top up freezer, tins, dishwasher tablets etc so it all adds up. I really don't know how some manage to get it done on much much less! 
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