March 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelnikki

TheBees wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how to do a shop with Tesco, save it but go back to it to add more things to it a few days later without losing the whole lot?

When you do an online shop with Tesco everything stays in your basket when you log out, so when you log back in it should still be there.

But if you want to reserve the delivery slot then you need to checkout first then you can go back in and edit the order by clicking on "My Orders" in the top right hand corner, clicking on "Change/cancel order" and then "change order" You will need to checkout again to confirm the changes otherwise they will deliver the original order. You can edit the order up to 10pm the day before the delivery. HTH

Nikki
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mumzyof2

I will come within budget not much else to buy

trulymadlydeeply_indebt!

razra wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Ive been taking in freezer surprise this week. Really must label things when I put them in the freezer:o although when you live on your own its near;y as exciting as someone else cooking, LOL at least its a surprise as to whats for tea/dinner:rotfl:

That is tooooooo funny! Freezer surprise - love it! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

bertiebots

Hi folks...well I failed my own little challenge for march and was shocked at how much I could save when I tried:eek: . My last 2 weeks did come in on budget but we had a terrible start! I am now into my april GC as ours goes 22nd to 22nd and have figured out were my problems lie! I have started taking a list and a pen (wondering round asda mumbling ticking list!!:whistle: ) and do not deviate from it .....no list and I am a complete disaster and I have been shopping like this for years arggghhhh!! :eek: Anyway I have managed to half our weekly food spend so far from what I was averageing pre OS! cant wait to see how well I can do this month!!:D

Jacks_xxx

:wave: Hello lovelies,

I'm sorry I've been a bit awol this month (I've still got my handsful with family stuff and I'm trying to use my spare time to earn extra dosh as much as I can.)

The routine's changed again, as well now that my eldest has a car he's either home an hour earlier than he used to be champing agt the bit for his tea, or he doesn't come home for tea at all, and I don't always get much notice - if any - about which it's going to be which is upsetting my routine and my budget a little bit.

We came in at £288.01 this month, but that included about £40 worth of easter eggs so if I take those out of the equation and put them into my newly created "Special Occasions Budget" then I'm under. By £1.99.

I'm about 58 pages behind on posts, but I'll catch up with everybody's end of the month declarations to see how we're all doing,

Love and hugs all round,

Love Jacks xxx

jackie_w

Moniker wrote: »

Hi,jackie_w - just wanted to say that I make fishcakes like this too - but I usually cook the fish in the microwave as it's quicker. Also you can freeze the uncooked fish cakes - open freeze first then wrap greaseproof paper/baking parchment in between and put in bags. You can cook from frozen too but be carefull to make sure they are heated right through.

Another variation is to use tinned fish like salmon - but only if you have bought them 'whoopsied' of course!

We love hm fishcakes with salad and coleslaw - nom nom as Mrs M would say!

Moniker

Hi Moniker,

Never thought about cooking the fish in the microwave, must try that next time.

I also freeze the fishcakes too (uncooked). My kids love them. I think they are a great idea especially if kiddies arent too keen on fish, because, you could always disguise the fish with more potato. I think you could anyway. The ones I made were quite mild on the fish side.

Ive only every made mine with haddock, my lot dont like tuna or salmon .

Will defo try the microwave version next time.

Jackie xx

Sunnyday

Morning everyone,
Now that i`m sure that i`m not going to spend anything else i`d like to declare my March total as £159.09 Yippee!!!
Thats 91p under which i didn`t think i was going to be able to do.:j :j

My April Challenge will now lower to £150 so fingers crossed and all that. (is there a fingers crossed smiley?)

I`m now off to work out what we can eat next month for next to nowt.:D
I`m not kidding either lol cos the animals are eating more than us i think.
Good luck on totting those totals up everyone.
SD

pink_princess

this is my first day ever on the grocery challenge and ive already spent £18 45 that sounds alot but i work night shift for mr s and got so many bargins this morning that it filled a whole shelf in my freezer and some honey and lemon juice for hot toddies as im full of cold you s have helped such a lot just from reading all the posts the last few months so now i ve joined im hoping for even more money saving on our monthly bill thanks to every one for the advice about the meal plans etc i will be reading how every one else is doing
pink princess

cheerfulness4

Well done to all those that stayed in budget in March and hugs to those like me that didn't quite make it but are determined to do it in April!

MRSMC will you put me down for £140 in April's challenge. I've a 5 week month so I'll have to plan this carefully. :rolleyes:

pink_princess

i know this is the wrong place to post but i really think some one on another thread could value from the opinion of some of you s who sound so together mrs mc weezel mumzy of 2 etc the thread is called wreckless husband please help and my heart is going out to her think she could really use some level headed advice from people like your selves sorry for posting this here just really worried about this mse neebie x
thanx pink princess