January 2008 Grocery Challenge

annie123

EagerLearner wrote: »

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I used the last button to the right on the 'advanced editing' of my message - I double clicked/selected what I wanted to be struck-through then pressed the 'S' with a line through it button - any good to anyone?

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yipee wanted to know for ages how to do that :j

thank you for asking MRSMCAWBER and tattycath and eagerlearner for the answer

rosieben

[STRIKE]just seeing if this works for me[/STRIKE]

yes it does!! Thank you :T :T

tattycath

[strike]just testing to see if I am doing it right[/strike]
Thank you very much in anticipation that you told me in the most idiot proof wording!!!
I am just so impressed :T:T
Thank you so much!!!:j:j
I am such a happy bunny. And I have just discovered when editing you can copy and paste smileys from other people's posts!!!:D
And ( i probably shouldn't admit this, but )I havent even had a drink tonight!!! must be the e numbers in the tikka masala:D

annie123

infact there are lots of buttons there that I dont use,
must try them all out soon. Feel like a kid with a new toy

galacticgreen

I've just registered, but have been reading the site and forum for a few months now. Put some money saving tips into action, but need to make a big effort in 2008. Thought I would start with the grocery challenge.
Got lots of food in, need to do some planning and creative thinking, so want to set our budget for 2 adults and 2 children at £200 for month. Not sure how realistic this is, but we'll give it a go. Thanks for all the ideas and I'm looking forward to the challenge ahead....

MRSMCAWBER

OOOH OOHH

I asked and im the last to try LOL
..here we go... [STRIKE]woopee[/STRIKE]..Please let it work :-)
heck i am easily excited aren't i LOL

MRSMCAWBER

I am sooooo happy now

Thankyou sooooo much everyone..i will now be [STRIKE]doing this[/STRIKE] all over the place lol

EagerLearner

Welcome galacticgreen :beer: I am sure you will be fine, but it will prob take a few months for you to work out what works and what doesn't - changing fresh supermarket milk to longlife packs worked for us, as well as things like downshifting toothpaste to supermarket brand, and a downshift in tinned goods. I also stopped buying so much cereal and replaced with porridge oats instead especially in winter (5 tablespoons, add milk, heat for 5 mins, add any topping). Buying beef joints when on sale and cutting into 2 or 3 portions works wonders too as then we freeze them and we get 3 meals instead of 1 that we used to waste...

lililou

Sent DH to do the shopping as I;ve been ill all over Christmas, including 5 month old baby who spent 3 days in hospital with pneumonia. Not the Christmas we thought we were going to have and as a consequence we have nothing in the house for 2 reasons:- A) we thought we would be away until aftr the New Year with family and being at the hospital means no time for shopping. So for January we are going for £60 a week but to be honest we just spent £40 todayand still have the rest of the week to go. What a horrible end to 2007!

lililou

Oh and our freezer defrosted in the middle of the night too so we've lost a lot of food that was in there. Do I sound miserable or what?