January 2008 Grocery Challenge

CRANKY40

£23.78 for me this week, and also, so far this month I have received 2 x £2 Asda gift cards from being overcharged. I have them stashed away for a nice cheap shopping week later in the year :T

theamazinggem

hey all, thanks for all your congrats on the new job. made me really grin thru the day while working to get this place in good order before i leave - probably take the whole month!

but yeah, cheers for the support, with the GC and generally

carolt2

NEgirl wrote: »

im sure i read somewhere about Mr T pure milk going back up from £1 tomorrow?? Is this right or have i imagined it and just spend £10 on a load of milk for nothing?? :rotfl: (hey it was £1.29 and the kids go through it like something not right so i was stocking up in anticipation of the price increase!)

Hi not sure if anyone repiled to you yet but i bought some pure milk from mr T at the weekend and it stated on shelf that the offer runs out on 22/1/08
So you did not waste your money.:j

frankerooney

Shouldn't have any problems keeping within our budget but I would really like to beat last month. However that means we've got £1.65 to last til 31st! In theory it's possible because we've got loads of food, but it's always the odd bits and bobs that send me to the supermarket so it will be interesting to see if we can do it. I will have a sense of achievement if we do.:think:

mrsdoyle1981

I'm really sorry but i have to ask...i've been wondering for a while - what do DS DH DD3 etc mean?


I guessed that they relate to son, husband, daughter but what does the D mean?

rosieben

mrsdoyle1981 wrote: »

I'm really sorry but i have to ask...i've been wondering for a while - what do DS DH DD3 etc mean?


I guessed that they relate to son, husband, daughter but what does the D mean?

the D usually stands for dear or darling but on a bad day might mean dreaded or damned or dratted I suppose

there's a list of the abbreviations on the A-z index, HTH (hope that helps)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=35717

Angelraesunshine

oh dear been to asda again ( had to take the light bulbs back and exchange for non energy efficient ones so not happy about that) walked past the meat counter as they marked everything down and then spent about £25 on marked down foods but it was for about £60 worth of food am going to see if i can take that too off next months budget as it puts me way over this months problem is i did the same thing yesterday when i bought the light bulbs in the 1st place. Come on payday and come on February i need the February grocery challenge so i can feel better.

Blairweech

I haven't been keeping up with the thred, alhtough I have been trying with the challenge.

Luckily, OH is getting on board now - HE ACTUALLY GOT ME A RECEIPT TODAY!!!!

Blairweech

I haven't been keeping up with the thred, altough I have been trying with the challenge.

Luckily, OH is getting on board now - HE ACTUALLY GOT ME A RECEIPT TODAY!!!! :j _party_ :j. It wasn't even for a big shop, it was only for 3 leeks

Well, as you can see from my sig, my current spend is about £85, so I am going to try and re-set my budget to £100. If I go over, it's not too big a deal, but it would be nice to be in!

For reasons I don't care to go into, I now have an entire pubs worth of food at my disposal (including loads of frozen HM ready meals, potatoes, cheese etc). I can't really use *too* much of it until I know where it's final destination is going to be (if I find out it's final resting place is our house I will be D )

I have also pointed out to OH just how expensive our potatoes are (he insists on Maris Piper), but we should be getting some new pots to try from a farmer - if he likes them, we shall get a cheap sack (£5). He also told me he likes Mayflower potatoes, which hopefully could be cheaper as well.

alibambino

Shelovestobuystuff and belfast girl thanks for your help, had a long day at work, no food in so went to the chippy for the kids, but hey i didnt have anything i had crumpets, so saved a bit of money there lol.