May 2008 Grocery Challenge

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Only just caught up with all the pages- so sorry to hear your sad news, searching.
Spent £1.39 on some milk yesterday, will update sig in a mo.

dink1

hi guys, thanks for the recipes. Just had a feaky moment its half term in one week!!!! as I am new to this kind of thing does anyone know of any low cost things to do with munchkins over the week?

family think this baking lark was a great idea although managed to put on half a pound in weight :mad: must try some low fat recipes i am sure I am not the only one who struggles with their weight am I?There must be a way to stay on budget and lose weight. Any tips would be appreciated guys.:A

Hoping to stick to budget, planning a nsd (fourth in row) cant believe it, but i know that next week will be an expensive one. Dink1

Searching me - Be easy on yourself - hugs to you and OH :grouphug:

Boomdocker

So sorry to hear your news Searching Me. Thinking of you and OH.

candygirl

I'm not being very good GC wise at the mo, cos i'm working ful time and buying any [EMAIL="!!!!"]!!!![/EMAIL] I can get my mitts on when I finsish work.I will try and be good but.........:rolleyes: :eek: :eek: l

ifonlyitwaseasier

morning all

Scotsaver - thank you, heard that only the oldies are going to go funeral (okay i'm 29 but heck i'm a young un!)

MrsM - OMFG!!!!!!!! i'm in awe :T :T :T , i've manage 2 stone since last year apriland thought that was good, , have more incentive now tho, need to lose half a stone by june 19th, first wedding dress fitting!!! EEK!

have to make some burgers this weekend i think and am planning on making some more yog muffins and hobnobs and maybe the choc orange muffins as well this weekend, depends on how motivated i get.

so i've spent £2.12 this morning as i felt rough yesterday and didn't plan ahead for my lunch, oh well a treat every so often isn't all that bad :j

victory

mrsm :j :j :j on the weight loss you have lost more than me and I thought I was doing well:D

mandy-moo thank you for the reply will add the raisins as well later, I have on the go coconut cake, the hobnobs, dundee cake and at the moment making cornish pasties (only because I was going to make the corn beef pie but the pastry I have made will not stretch to the top and bottom to make the pie and I have after all this cooking finally run out of butter to make more:D ) that is enough cooking, someone said it is half term next week:eek: again?:rotfl: will have to make the bake day on sunday freeze it and get bits out as each day loads of kids descend on this house just to see if 'that lady down the road has baked some cakes':rotfl:

It is a shame that some mums just do not have the time to home bake, I have been known to run out of time with 2 kids, work OH, house work etc also but then again at 11pm at night you can find me in the kitchen:rolleyes:

shaz_mum_of__2

victory wrote: »

shaz mum 2 I copied your cinammon and lemon extract for the biscuits but not the raisins as did not understand whether you had omitted the oats and added the raisins or done both

sorry for the confusion added 8oz raisins to the oats ,flour and sugar ie twink's recipe plus raisins and lemon extract

Shaz

MRSMCAWBER

Thanks ifonlyitwaseasier and Victory...

Don't knock your losses they are brilliant :T I no doubt started of heappppps heavier than the 2 of you... I started out at 21st not sure if or :eek: is most appropriate :rotfl: ... so another 3.5lbs and i will have lost 1/3 of my body weight but still have enough left to work on. Still doing it using no "diet" products and going OS is quite a nice way to be doing it ..and at least i KNOW that i can carry on eating this way for the rest of my life ..thank god...
keep up the great work ladies..we are getting there..just think ... cheap clothing...ooooooh the excitement :rotfl:

Phoolgrrrl

So sorry to hear your news Searching Me.

Joning in the Twinks discussion, has anyone tried choc chips (bashed choc hehe) in the mix?

When you say NSD do you mean GC wise or total NSD?

We only have £11 left in budget! Got a free coconut out of work - mighty boosh themed day don't ask - so thai green curry tonight.

Don't need sandwhich stuff next week. Only need £5 chicken and possibly frozen veg to do till end of month. And maybe a pizza Will be over budget but not too much.

gunsandbanjos

Hoping for a 5th no spend day on groceries today:D I have spent £14 since monday and £10 was on flowers for my mums birthday. Very proud of myself:D

I cant remember who posted a pic of a lovely looking Fruit/Malt Loaf a couple of pages back? Could i have the recipe for it? Pretty please.