May 2008 Grocery Challenge

taplady

just popped on to update my sig. Have had to do 2 small shops to stock up basic supplies and have spent £13.01 taking my total so far to £127.47 for the month.

leonlala

mandy_moo_1 wrote: »

:j woo hoo!! managed an NSD today...my first in ages! only cos i didn't go anywhere near a shop!

DD17 turns 18 at the beginning of July, and she's just told me she wants a party :eek:
i can get a room booked quite cheap, but i want to cater for the food myself. she said there's gonna be between 50-70 people there, so any "cheap and cheerful" ideas for food will be most welcome! i thought if i started planning what i can make/bake now, it'll make things easier :rolleyes: so hit me with your ideas peeps

hi Mandy,
how about asking everyone to bring a dish??
I went to a wedding party where they did this and there was some really yummie food on offer. I think you had to give some idea of what you were bringing so not to much repetition going on, also it was bring a bottle. worked well.
lala
x

High_Peak_Lass

denisefowler wrote: »

Hi High Peak Lass,

Have you tried your local freecycle? they may have a free computer on there for you or even someone who will fix yours for you free .

Denise, if it was a bit older then that's definitely the route i'd be seeking. However, it's still under warranty so i am fighting tooth and nail to get the naughty so-and-so's to fix it. it's been going on since January, it WILL be sorted though :mad:

Thanks for your help.x:A

turbo5019

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

I have found that if you have a set of the measuring spoons that are really rounded... scooping out 1 tbs of mixture and gently pressing down with a fork makes lovely even sized biccies (yes im THAT sad ).. 42 i got out of the mix...

I don't think your sad will try that tomorrow.:T

Made herb quick bread today but I did them as muffins LOVED them so did DH, also did banana flapjacks made them a bit thick and should have cooked them a bit longer but they still tasted yummy and will be makeing them again.

NSD again today although did get a bit excited as I finally have space in the freezer so I feel a shopping trip coming on tomorrow to make some more meals.

I'm off to water the garden and earth up the potaots they are growing so quickly can't wait to eat them.

leonlala

had a nsd,
made 'twinks' this morning.
cycled to work and back (7 miles each way ) my legs still ache.
just caught up with posts, phew!
need to try making the lemon sorbet tomorrow.
going to give the market a miss tomorrow as oh again at work so would mean the bus, + unnecessary spending.
tuna meatballs and spagettii tomorrow.
can make things stretch till thurs/fri i reckon, out of bananas though but have loads of apples and oranges.
hope everyone is well, hugs to those who need it.
lala x

High_Peak_Lass

I'm having an NSD tomorrow,mainly because I have nada until thursday morning pay time!!
However, we were quite upset as out local footy team's reserves have a cup final tomorrow night against the local rivals and we'd not budgeted properly for it.

I've just found out it's FREE so we can go!!!!!:j :j :j

hope we stuff 'em:D

Hope all are well.x

MRSMCAWBER

Just a quick one

I have just found the first peas on my pea plants allready :j ...come on the sunshine .... hope this is a good sign for the rest of my veggies... less shopping here i come :rotfl: ok i will go away and calm down now

tq16

Struggling to keep up with posts, giving myself ten mins out of planning time to try and catch up on some now :-) Have just recieved "how to feed your whole family a healthy balanced diet with very little money..." book, thank you to whoever recommended went through some of the recipies with my daughter and she was very excited (she loves food!) hoping it will save me some more money and give some new ideas bored of eating same food.
Doing ok so far this month-bought 30 sausages from butchers this afternoon for £10.50-should keep me going a while!-though having friends for bbq on friday so maybe using them then (hope the weather holds). Amazed at how little some people are spending-hoping oneday I will be able to reduce our spending further :-)

Sosh

saffouri wrote: »

Sosh - yes I've frozen homemade pesto sauce before with no probs.

saf

Thanks Saf, will give it a go next time.

JennyBee_2

gingernutbizkit wrote: »

I madde the mistake then of going into lakeland and some how spent £44.00 :eek: . For that I did get a machine that makes mince, pasta and sausages for £23
Ginger x

We got given Lakeland vouchers from my Mum and Dad for our anniversary yesterday cos I spent half an hour in Lakeland the other day wondering whether I should spend £23 on that machine! So now I can go get it for FREE!!! Please let me know if it's as fab as I hope it is!