May 2008 Grocery Challenge

10past6

Good afternoon everyone

I hope your all taking advantage of this nice weather we never know when it wil turn.

Thanks to everyone who's offered advice, I think I'll stick with getting my herbs & spices from Morrisons.

May I ask please, is it better to buy fresh, dried or frozen herbs & spices?

Flylady_Flower

angelatgraceland wrote: »

If you know you are going to submit a long post, type it out in word first, save it, then copy and paste it onto here! Ive had th same problem in the past-spent about 15 mins typing-only to lose it!

This is also a good idea if you have dial up, you can prepare your post before dialing up, hence saving you money...:money:

mumzyof2

I am having a NSD today again. I wont be spending anything tomorrow if i can help it But if i do it wont be alot. I have to go shopping on tuesday but i only need fridge stuff so wont be that much

Flylady_Flower

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

i'm one of the ones that puts DS14 or DD17, and no, it doesn't mean i have 14 sons & 17 daughters!! :rotfl:its their ages

Ha ha, that's what I meant, I should have put years old after it. Must admit though, you do really well to stick to your budget with that many kids!:rotfl: you'd need a round of applause for coping with them all too, i'd have no hair left . god, could you imagine 14 sons and 17 daughters:eek:. SCARY THOUGHT!!!

Thought I was going to have a NSD today, but my internet keeps going wonky. Thought it was the cable so have just brought a new one (£4.99) only to find it is still going wrong and driving me mad :mad: so, over my £75 pw budget now all because TalkTalk are having a 'moment' due to the heat...

Just off to catch up on posts and update my siggy with new amount... enjoy the rest of the day,
Denise

superspam

Hi Everyone!

(((hugs))) to zend and congrats to jennybee - hope everyone else is well:D

I had a spend in Asda yesterday but can't find the receipt and have forgotten what I spent :mad: I know it involved a three for £10 wine offer though which was a real bargain as each of the bottles I picked up cost £6.74 on their own! Plus I picked some stuff up for my mum which is not counted in my budget as she paid for it later. I'm going to have to guess but I'll be generous so I know I'm not cheating;) I went in today too to get a few things I forgot so I'm going to guess £20 all together - it definately wasn't more than that! I am now going to see how many NSD's I can have next week!

JennyBee_2

leonlala wrote: »

Morning all,
Thundered here last night, so the air is feeling clear and fresh!
lala

You had that fun storm as well then? We're in Somerset and it sounded like it was right overhead! Blimmin loud It's a scorcher today though!

Just spent £1.40 on a dozen FR eggs from a lady at a spring fayre I went to. She was running the stall next to me and I couldn't resist them. On the plus side I sold £21 of cards (I do phoenix cards for a bit of extra cash!) so it was almost worth the sunburn I've now got!!

Zend

Hi everyone. Thanks for your well wishes. I managed to wash a couple of patio pots yesterday, having a sit down after I had done each one. Ready to start planting the veg now when I feel like it.

I did the weekly shop today, £20.31 for fruit, veg, meat for OH's sandwiches and some pop. I was reallly pleased as it was the first time I stuck to my list and did not go wandering off around the different asiles in Mr M's:j .

dink1

completed a nsd on gc and enjoying the sun - I just need to get some salad stuff tomorrow (have roughly £15 per week for the next 3 weeks to come in on budget) Thanks for the continued encouragement. Dink1

ps does anyone know whether you can freeze yoghurt or ham?

MRSMCAWBER

Hi dink

I freeze both
..sometimes the yogurts are a little thicker/thinner when defrosted..it varies with which yogurts i seem to buy -but i have never had a problem with them;)

superspam

Dink - I freeze ham no problem. I make my BF all his ham and pickle sarnies for the week on a Sunday and freeze them in portions so he just takes one packet out the freezer each day!

Mrs M - I didn't know you could freeze yoghurts though!