January 2008 Grocery Challenge

charleypink

hi everyone,
haven't posted for a few days, iv'e been working long days, so by the time i get home im more than ready for bed. Anyway, iv'e not spent to much this week (due to being at work so much!) i had my veg box delivered last saturday for £15.00, its lasted us well and still got plenty of potatoes left for next week.
My soap nuts arrived today, so im gonna give those ago tomorrow.
My oh made some bread yesterday which came out lovely! gonna get him to make some more tomorrow.
charley:p

sweetpeas_2

well im mega pleased cos under budget for the 2nd out of my 2 first weeks. :D:D

its the first time ive done the challenge aswell so mega pleased with my little self!
3rd week starts tomorrow (cos all my weeks start on a saturday) and got a budget of £42 for the week.
going to town first thing in the morning to get my fruit and veg for the week, hopefully will be around a tenner if i majourly stock up and will last all week again

also will go butchers get a few meat joints for £2.49 each, yum yum.

will update sig tomorrow after shopping/work etc etc

xxx nog xxx

egon

I had a NSD today. :T
I do two small shops a week to top up on veg, milk etc. So, yesterday I spent £14.02:eek: . I buy eggs from the green grocer, as they are £1.05 for six free range. Cheaper then the supermarkets! :j

I decided :mad: to get hubby some sandwhich meat from the shop too. We do not like the packaged stuff from the supermarket, they are to thin and yucky. But, never again am I buying from the local shop either. For two big slices of ham and two slices of corned beef, I had to pay £2.27:eek:
Me thinks, OH has to life of pilchers and tuna...... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I better go and find a decent flask for soups. DH says, the flasks we have do not keep the soup hot enough.
Does anyone can help me there?

Anyhow, of to search for some flights.....

frankerooney

Help! Now I've introduced DH to yellow stickers, he's addicted!! :eek::eek: He's up at Mr T's 2 or 3 times a week bagging bargains..!! The problem is that it's mostly stuff we wouldn't otherwise buy so it might look like a bargain but it's still unnecessary expenditure. Oh well I suppose I should be glad he doesn't insist on Finest everything like his brother. And he has come back with proper food too, chicken, onions, cauliflower etc so it's not all bad!

Mollymop5

Another NSD for me My soup turned out lovely as did my wholemeal bread in bread maker.We had it for tea and theres enough left for lunches tomorrow and Sunday.Yeay for leftovers LOl

tattycath

Hi all. I only took half a pound of minced beef out of freezer this am instead of 1lb ...oops!! so I had to make dinner for 4 of us tonight and have to admit I was struggling for ideas-despite having recipes and cook books to cobble dogs with!!! So I created a kind of spag bol with a difference. I used the half lb of minced beef, half a large onion, tomato puree, mushrooms, green beans (chopped) and to bulk it out I used... a pack of sage and onion stuffing & served with tagliatelle... And believe it or not it was delicious (well to 3 of us anyway!!!) so by and large I'd say it was a success. and I still managed not to spend anything coz I have frozen the mushrooms (tip from earlier in the thread) green beans were bought, blanched and frozen last month. So I'm a happy bunny...

halia

oh bother, tesco order just placed and I couldn't resist the email voucher (addresseee only so no point sharing) for extra points but had to spend over £50. So I stocked up on nappies for DS (they dont' go off!) to £30 worth. That takes me over budget this month but..... I wont' have to buy nappies next month at all plus I'm very well stocked up!

tattycath

Hi Halia. Just don't include the nappies in this months budget if you know you won't be using them til next month. Include them in next months budget. That's not cheating, it's just more cost effective to get them now iyswim Then you won't go over budget for the sake of free delivery

arbroath_lass

Sunnyday wrote: »

OO thanks patches, you have just reminded me that i need to add soda crystals, white vinegar and stardrops SD

I've seen them mentioned all over the forum but what are stardrops?

kiwi88_2

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Well I've had three NSDs in a row but it turns out it's easy when you're too sick to leave the house This has been a pretty unpleasant dose, I'm used to colds where you have a runny nose and sore throat but this one left me feeling too rough to get out of bed. Or even to eat:eek: and let me tell you this is unheard of for me.

Snap belfastgirl :rotfl:I ended up on antibiotics and giving it to OH too
Hope you're feeling better now

All in all a not too bad for us. The first week ill and this week back to work and catching up with this thread and a few others :rotfl:

Spends so far at the corner shop (blimey aren't they expensive :eek: ) £23:52 This did include 2 boxes of Lemsip and a comic each for DS & DD to keep them amused while DH and I were on the sofa huddled up

Will have to go to Mr T's this weekend though as we've run out of some stockcupboard items so will update after.