April 2008 Grocery Challenge

mandy_moo_1

just sat down with my first cup of tea of the day :eek: feel like i've been on the go for ever!!
was at tesco at 8 this morning to get dog food and biscuits for the week...spent £8.66 but i got a couple of bags of bread flour as well

done all my housework, made 2 batches of dough and made into buns for the freezer, and then re-potted all my seedlings. its my firstest ever time growing my own veg so i'm keeping my fingers crossed!! i've got lettuces, tomatoes, carrots, leeks, cucmber and spring onions :rolleyes: and they're only about an inch high at the mo but i'm dead excited!!! :j
then i took the dogs for their daily walk along the beach, and have just sat down! am waiting for them to go to sleep so i can have an hour on comp to catch up on all the posts but the little monkeys still want to play!!! :mad:

was gonna have a go at making Mrs Mc's tortilla wraps for tea for the first time tonight, but i'm stumped for ideas on what to put in them.....i can only think of chopped up chicken and salad, so any ideas welcome!

right am off to update my siggy, and do my meal plan for next week xx

ifonlyitwaseasier

hey guys and gals!

well went shopping and managed to spend nothing, thats right nothing!
all because my lovely mother came with and insisted on paying, i think i'm still going to add up what it came to and take it from my total, otherwise it wouldn't be a true reflection, but at least i'll still have the actual cash to use for sthg else

making my first batch of twinks hobnobs later on so i'll let you know how i get on


edit: forgot i had no bic soda, so went and got some from the local shop, 67p to add on

Frugaldom

Fi27 wrote: »

I have one of these at home too

It's good to know i'm not the only one with a hormonal teenage SON :rolleyes:

Fi x

Oh, I have one of those here, too, and I'm afraid it doesn't stop once they leave school. Mine's 19 in a few weeks and now knows everything there is to know about driving, despite having already written off his first car since passing his test!!!! :mad: Fortunately, neither he nor his pal were injured and no other vehicles involved, just a fence, but he may now be psychologically scarred for life as a result of the motherly [STRIKE]yellings[/STRIKE] chats that have ensued. I have to admit, though, he has become a lot less fussy about his meals, which saves me a small fortune. I think, however, this may be a result of the 'just keep quiet, eat whatever it is she puts down and then clear out of the way before she starts again' gene kicking into gear. :rotfl:

SmellyOldSock

Have been to my small local shop and bought PG tips tea bags 160 for $1.99! also some cream making a total spend $3.60.

My total for this week is $70.10 yipee:j

A no spend day tomorrow as we have everything in! So chuffed!

best wishes
Charlotte

KITTY_2-2

Hello all, hope your having a lovely Saturday.

Not had chance to catch up this week as back to full time work. Thought I'd just pop in to say hello, update my signature and then go back to page 44 and start reading again

Catch you later

victory

The bean burgers are looking lovely, can't wait to taste them although my DS says they look strange:rotfl: :rotfl:

annaangeluk_2

angelatgraceland wrote: »

Bottles of water????????????
Noooooooo-that's what the tap is for! Especially when on a grocery challenge! Tests have proven that tap water is better for you and usually tastes better. Who wants to pay a fortune for a plastic bottle and have plasticy tasting water? If you just "have to", refill the bottles with tap water and take them to work-better still, take a s/steel flask of water.

Angelatgraceland, I agree with you completely and normally wouldn't dream of buying bottled water! I've drunk tap water for 28 years and it hasn't done me any harm! I only bought two bottles this week because my flask had broken so i thought I'd just get one bottle and refill it but then the office cleaner chucked my bottle away!! Very cross because it cost me £1.60 for two small bottles :eek: ! I can do an evening meal for myself and dd for that money!

I've hidden the bottle in my desk drawer so I won't need to buy any more next week!!

Keeping_Positive

KITTY wrote: »

Hello all, hope your having a lovely Saturday.

Not had chance to catch up this week as back to full time work. Thought I'd just pop in to say hello, update my signature and then go back to page 44 and start reading again

Catch you later

I think I got up to page 46 before having a break! Over spent on holiday so added that to the GC budget along with the £62 spent today. Its going to be very tight in fact almost certainly an overspend. Will be happy if I can keep it to £270. Got to go to the 25th so 1 week shopping left next Sat to do and two weeks of top ups ( Mental note to send OH to stop impulse buys!)

PS Kitty thank you for PM, sorry I didnt reply kept worrying when I thought about it couldnt put it down to anything on the list except the worst. She (the cat) appears fine now and even fairly friendly considering we left her for 5 days!

ifonlyitwaseasier

right my first batch of hob nobs are in the oven and smelling lovely, added a little cinnamon to them and the next batch will get some ground ginger added.

JennyBee_2

Hi everyone...just nipped down the farm shop for fruit and veg. Spent £7.34 but got everything we need to can now cancel the veg box delivery this week (would have been £10.40!) Hurrah! Am trying to be mega organised and do meal plan for May so I can do proper shopping list (determined to go to the supermarket only once a month!)

First loaf of wholemeal bread currently rising and nearly ready to go in the oven. Fingers crossed!

OH just suggested we try and make our own curry sauces to freeze so am going to check out that website that was suggested the other day!

Byeeee

Jen