January 2008 Grocery Challenge

orchid-96

Had to pop to Tesco today, ds needed trainers for his outdoor p.e. kit bag and I get the cheapy ones from there as he only wears them once a week max...anyhow thought I would check out any bargains so unfortunately spent a bit more on grocery....however did get yellow stickered bread (3 loaves of posh white stuff for 50p each) and 2 packs mushrooms (the value big packs reduced to 56p which are now chopped bagged and in the freezer) value biccies (which I forgot on Friday) and some milk which we go through tons of so thought I might as well, getting the pure stuff which is on offer for £1 at the moment... I also wanted to go there as I have some points vouchers which run out on Tuesday, so picked up another 100pts on pharmacy (stuff we needed)..

Off to update sig now, will need to reign in now and will try to do a minimal spend next Friday..

I also picked up a bag of casserole beef (frozen and it is cook from frozen) have any of you used this? and if so any good recipes for my slow cooker?

Mollymop5

Welcome back annie123, you will have some reading to do to catch up on 8 days lol.

honeybe21

thank you carolt2 vbmenu_register("postmenu_7866661", true); i shall try that as i love lemon and corriander cous cous.im going to try making my own naan bread videojug.com has some brilliant recipes on how to do simple cheap meals some im going to look at that aswell.
i need to update my spend total as the men went to the local shop and spent some pennies next time im going with them.

ive worked out that i need to buy a bit more of the basics on the next shop my new basics list for shopping on wednesday is-

8x1 litre cartons of asda whole milk uht £4.00
2x1kg asda smart price mild cheddear cheese £3.74
6 asda smart prices loaves £2.22
bag of bannanes smart price £0.80
bag of apples smart price £0.80
bag of asda smart price ornages £0.80

thats just the basics totalling £12.36 looked at it and cant see anywhere to save anymore but hey someone else might.got to do the rest of the shopping based on meal plans but first ive got to decided them lol.

tattycath

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOBBYKINS!!
:j :bdaycake: :j
HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY!!

honeybe21

Happy Birthday Bobbykins

sweetpeas_2

hi guys, just preparing sunday dinner and realised not got enough potatoes or any stuffing mix.
was going to nip to tescos, but had brain wave and rung my mum instead (they are going away in few days any trying to empty all fresh stuff etc) so pinching the pots and stuffing off her instead
good old mum and dad...

xx nog xx

Frugaldom

Today is a NO SPEND DAY! :T

I'm concentrating on using up odds and ends throughout this coming week as I have some major catching up to do on my overall budget, so tonight we're just having sausage rolls, chips and beans (all from cupboard/freezer stock) and I've taken out some pork steaks and stewed (homegrown) apples to defrost for tomorrow. There's enough pork and apples to last 2 days so it might mean pork chow mein or stir fry on Tuesday followed by an apple sponge pudding. I've been very good and have frozen individual portions of anything I have made too much of, such as spag bol, cottage pie (from last night) and the spicy pasta. Over the coming week I shouldn't need anything other than milk, bread and fresh veg, so I am staying well within budget for January. But I need to! :rotfl:

Mollymop5

another nsd for me too.i'm getting used to shopping from my stores now and actually looking at what I have in.My soup went down well again for lunch today.Kids have asked for frozen chips and quorn nuggets so thats easy.I will have a quorn sweet and sour later on tonight.I need to be around home this week to let the workmen ect in so fingers crossed I won't spend much this week too.Everyone is doing so well

Blairweech

OMG, I am SO angry with OH.

Recently, we have found our larder to be a bit damp, so we cannot store stuff like flour, sugar etc in it. I have re-homed the sugar and coffee, but as yet have no space for the flour - but its alright, because it will just sift out. However, OH has just gone to use the flour and because he was too stupid/lazy to sift it - he chucked it out. Of course, this sent him into a fit of rage because he could not make Yorkshire Pudding and has now chucked out half the food in the larder - including loads of stuff that was not a problem!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:. And while he was busy doing this, he did not notice that he was burning the dinner - so now THAT has gone in the bin too - 2 joints of beef and about 2 kilos of potatoes. I could easily have made mash out of the potatoes, and the beef could have gone on sandwiches. For Gods Sake!!!!

So, as soon as he gets paid, he can give me £50 straight off as that is what he has just thrown away. He can also pay for the takeaway that we will now be getting tonight (we have guests for dinner, but now no dinner to give them!)

Mollymop5

Blairweech wrote: »

OMG, I am SO angry with OH.

Recently, we have found our larder to be a bit damp, so we cannot store stuff like flour, sugar etc in it. I have re-homed the sugar and coffee, but as yet have no space for the flour - but its alright, because it will just sift out. However, OH has just gone to use the flour and because he was too stupid/lazy to sift it - he chucked it out. Of course, this sent him into a fit of rage because he could not make Yorkshire Pudding and has now chucked out half the food in the larder - including loads of stuff that was not a problem!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:. And while he was busy doing this, he did not notice that he was burning the dinner - so now THAT has gone in the bin too - 2 joints of beef and about 2 kilos of potatoes. I could easily have made mash out of the potatoes, and the beef could have gone on sandwiches. For Gods Sake!!!!

So, as soon as he gets paid, he can give me £50 straight off as that is what he has just thrown away. He can also pay for the takeaway that we will now be getting tonight (we have guests for dinner, but now no dinner to give them!)

Have to say I love living with out a man LOL.Hope your day improves and you enjoy your takeaway with your guests.