March 2008 Grocery Challenge

beemuzed

Are we saying how much for April then? I'd like to stay at £280 for April please as it's a holiday month for us - and when I'm home I spend more than when I'm in work! Not done too badly this month as haven't gone over (yet!) and have had DS and family to stay over this past w/e. Not sure yet when they're going home!

weezl74

Hello!

Just had a really nice thing happen...:j

Yesterday was my birthday, my neighbour, not knowing this, had done an accidental over order on tesco value bananas online. She wanted 9 bananas, so added 9 KG of bananas to her trolley! Oooops.

She was sweet enough to pop round with a kilo for us.;)

So, I've just made 2 tubs of banana and cinnamon ice-cream and 4 loaves of banana bread!

Good times!:T

And a little freebie birthday pressie for me. Think St. Martin must've been smiling on me. Although I wish they'd take those scary teeth off his pic...:eek:

Hang in there peeps, nearly the end of the month...

I really like this thread, and find you all very inspiring.

Weezl x

mardatha

Ok, thanks to Sunnyday and I will join in for april. Erm dunno how but I'm in anyway !
When I worked I spent £100 a week, then when I had to give up I got it down to £80, now we are both off it needs to come down a lot more. Let me try for £60 a week, includes everything eating and cleaning.

mummyleads

well i am down for £350 and spent £180 last week in morrisons and £60 in iceland today ups and its 3 weeks till the next pay day as its a 5 week
thats £110 left for 3 weeks

Justamum

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

-whoopsies are the only thing i will buy out of there ..so expensive otherwise....

Possibly silly question - but what are whoopsies?

MRSMCAWBER

Justamum wrote: »

Possibly silly question - but what are whoopsies?

Sorry..... whoopsies are reductions :rotfl: ... when i used to work in ASDA the reduction lables used to have "whoops" written on them..:p

weezl74

yeah, it's just an Asda thing isn't it? Never seen it elsewhere...

Mrs. M, when do you want our April figures by?

Weezl x

lil_me

By the skin of my wotsits I have succeeded in the NSDs planned Friday - Monday. Planned lasagne for dinner tonight, found I only had 4 sheets, no pasta flour, argh!! So found some canneloni pasta, part cooked it, sliced it so it opened up and flattened them talk about pushing it :rotfl:I was just so bloomin' determined to 1) not have to leave the house in the snow and 2) spend anything today!!!

Now trying to think of a nice desert to do, I've found some cooking apples in the bottom of the fridge, I actually can't remember buying them, so maybe something with those, crumble maybe, see if I have enough stuff in for the topping.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi weezle74

Didn't know it was just Asda that did it.. but thats why i have always called them "whoopsies"

No hurry for the April budgets... i just add everyone to the list as they post... so whenever you like really... Feel free to wait until the April thread starts..

Little_Miss_Naughty

Whoops, gome over my budget this month but it is the first time this year so not going to beat myself up about it.

Bought a bread maker in Tesco's today for under £25 hoping this will help me save more money next month.