March 2008 Grocery Challenge

findingmyfeet

hi Suzy-Qu, whoopsies are groceries marked down in price, usually on their sell by date or shortly before. find them often in most supermarkets about an hour or so before closing. great bargins to be had, just buy and pop in your freezer.

saver03

Is a whoopsie something that has been damaged in the supermarket and they stick a yellow sticker on with "Whoops" written on it? Just guessing though!!

I have a question, I am going out for a meal next week for my friends birthday and have budgeted £30 for that, now do I take it out of my shopping budget or have it as a seperate expense?

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there mumzyof2

A cup of flour is roughly 130g
a cup of liquid is 240ml.. well mine are :rotfl:

fallen angel shelley

i think the dough should keep in the fridge for a couple of days

meema

sarah_26 wrote: »

Wow! That's impressive! I spend horrible amounts, probably a minimum of £150 because I can't stay away from the work vending machine :eek:

Don't worry...£100 quid has been when i've been very well behaved..before january i was buying lunch at work every day - spending at the very least £20 a week so I would've been around the £150 mark too!!

mumzyof2

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Hi there mumzyof2

A cup of flour is roughly 130g
a cup of liquid is 240ml.. well mine are :rotfl:

fallen angel shelley

i think the dough should keep in the fridge for a couple of days

Thankyou!!!!!

Jacks_xxx

Mollymop5 wrote: »

Jacks what lovely thoughtful kids you have

They have their moments Mollymop! :j

mumzyof2

MRSM do you know how to make barmcakes with breadmaker????

Jacks_xxx

Bobbykins wrote: »

Hi Jacks...I think it was "The Prisoner". It was SO wierd - I was only a nipper at the time (honest!) and I remember it used to scare the pants off me!...If I remember rightly these huge white balloons use to block his escape somehow and, to this day, I am scared of balloons - how sad is that!):eek: :eek:

:T It was the Prisoner Bobbykins! I've just sneaked over to IMDB and looked it up. My dad used to love that programme.

Aww... I'm sorry about the balloon phobia. You were obviously at an impressionable age!

If you makes you feel any better I've been very uneasy around clowns every since Stephen King's "it" was on the telly, and the music from Tales of the Unexpected still makes me feel a little bit scared!

(Now THAT'S sad!)

Although I did meet someone recently who said that when she hears the music from Outer Limits she feels a bit jittery, so that made me feel a little more normal!
Oh God, It all comes out on the GC thread doesn't it? :eek:

Love Jacks xxx

fallen_angel_shelley

hear is the list from my shopping yesterday at mr t's, all the meats, mince, pork and the chicken i have put in my ex's frezzer (i hope see it again) and we had one of the chixs for diner last night with roast spuds, garlic mash, sweetcorn, yorkies and gravy, the carcus for it is being made in to stock for chix soup for tonights diner. i should get about 13+ meals out of this lot, i'm not going to make a meal on a saturday any more because DS isn't home until about 10pm so he can sort him self out from now with a sanwich or/and soup. i have afew ideas for what i'm going to do with most of the food but please feel free to give me any surggestions. the only other bits i will need over the next to weeks is fresh stuff, milk, veg and a bit of fruit.

pork loin steaks x 8 £5.00 (divided pack in to portions of 2)
steak mince 500g x 2 £4.00 (divided each pack in to 2)
turkey mince 500g - £1.38p (divided into 2)
whole chicken x 2 £5.50p (i'm feeling very guilty about buying them, but needs must *shelley hangs head in shame*)
king edwards 2.5kg £0.69p
bananas 0.885kg £0.68p
cherry toms £0.69p
leafy salad £0.90p
soured cream £0.48p
tex-mex dips £2.34p (a girl needs a treat with her beer :rotfl: )
rustler burger £1.49p (DD was round for the day & she won’t eat nice food)
smoked pancetta £1.49p
smkd saus £1.00p
s/d toms £2.49p
tin sardines x 2 @ 35p £0.70p ( they are for DS, which i make him stay in the kitchen to eat as they stink)
petit pois x 2 @ 27p- £0.54p
peppercorns £1.31p
balsamic vinegar £0.99p
malt vinegar £0.29p
eggs £1.45p
fajita din/kit £2.62p
tortilla chips £1.07p

non-food
deodorant x 2 @ £2.36p (bogof)
washing liquid £2.00p
air freshener £0.74p
Total spend £44.04p

MRSMCAWBER

Hi Mumzy...

Come on now.... which are "barmcakes" .. cobs??