April 2008 Grocery Challenge

taplady

Forgot to set a target, think I will try for £290 and try and cut about a tenner or so off it, best not to be too unrealistic! Plus I havent finished this months shopping yet!:D

weezl74

savingfortravel wrote: »

Nettles-Interesting....
Stupid question-Are they safe to handle after they're picked?? What happens to their sting?

Weezl74-I'm following your GC with interest. You're incredibly organised.
Does it end at the beginning or end of June?

SFT

Wow Pink Princess-That's astonishing.. Any plans for your savings?

Hi SFT, we picked them with secateurs and gardening gloves, then I washed them with marigolds on! But after 5 minutes cooking time they stang neither fingers nor tongue!:D

My money is meant to last til end of june, wish me luck?!

Weezl x

pink_princess

hi forgot to say can you put me down for £325 this month (may) thats exactly half of what we used to spend i ve already done my first shop of the month i ll update once i find the reciepts glad to see people are coming in under budget especially taking into account the food prices at the moment

pink_princess

hi saving for travel were busy frantically saving to try and go self employed so its flying at lightning speed straight into the savings account(collecting intrest as it passes go lol) we spent 650 a month before i found this challenge trying to drop it even further this month (may) i really can t thank every one enough for all there help it really is making a big difference to our lives roll on working for ourselves

savingfortravel

Weezl74
Good luck but I don't think you'll need it... you strike me as a lady who can rise to a challenge.

Pink Princess
Such a brilliant goal... I'm sure we'll support you at every step.... Good Luck!!
Hope you didn't mind my question.

SFT

pink_princess

hi sft don t mind at all on such a hi at all the money we ve saved it feels like our dreams financially and work wise can come true i used to buzz off shopping now i buzz off saving

funkyfunkymonkey

Bails, I'm pretty sure it was Somerfield 'cos I thought I'd take a look when I go in to get OH's cheese - they often do half price Cathedral cheese.

FFM

funkyfunkymonkey

Bails, found post http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=10466139&postcount=188

FFM

Ess-six

Hi Peeps

Can I declare for this month at £229.95 - a wonderful £45.05 under budget. I have everything I need so no more shopping for me before my month ends next Friday.

For May, I'm going to stick my neck out and go for £200 (4 weeks from 3rd - 30th May) - fingers crossed!

Well done to everyone who has managed their GC this month, and to those who haven't quite manged it - well I'm sure you've spend less than if you weren't on the Challenge - so that makes you winners too, doesn't it:beer:

bails

Ooh, good news about the nettles Weezl, I was told that there was no point picking them now Did you just pick the smaller top leaves? And could you post the nettle pesto please (Will check if you've already put it on your challenge). Thanks a lot, that's me out for a nettle walk tomorrow then :T Any other nettle experts out there, tried making nettle tea please?

Some seriously impressive cuts in food budgets being posted, well done everyone! :j