May 2008 Grocery Challenge

maddypc

Is it still on offer at 2 for £2?

666paw

maddypc wrote: »

Is it still on offer at 2 for £2?

It was yesterday when I went to Asda.

P.

chocolateteddy

maddypc wrote: »

Is it still on offer at 2 for £2?

It was in asda this morning
thought I won't get any as I have 3 1/2 pints in fridge. Whoops Toad in the hole, Rice pudding and OH breakfast later and I am now off to Asda so hope they still have some. Must only buy milk......Well might have a quick peep at Whoopsies then off to Gym to work it all off:rotfl:

victory

I am so happy with myself fit to bursting:D went to Mr S and waited politely for the whoopsies and after about 15 mins the man with the gun sold me £97 worth (yes I have added it all up on the calculator:D for.........£22.18p:j :j :j )

I got Taste the difference pizzas for £1 instead of £4.99, TTD pork loin that was £9.99 to 80 p. TTD BBQ chinese ribs £4.99 per pack to 80p times 2, salmon flakes £3.25 to 50p, TTD salmon £4.99 to £1,TTD quarterpounder burgers £4.99 to 69p, anyway the list goees on
I had to fight with the freezer as i got some whoopsies the other day in Asda but I was determined and I won:j there is no possible way that anything else can fit in(thinking of buying a bigger one:D ) but I was well covered and even relaxed now as we were going to have a BBQ on the bank holiday and was wondering how we could afford it but now at 80p a go for the meat, let's have 2:D

If anyone is interested they are selling BOGOF quorn sausages at Mr S I bought them on a recommendation so have not tried them yet but you get 12 for the price of 6, if they are no good then the kids will have them;)

Phoolgrrrl

skintscotslass wrote: »

I'm intrigued!! Where do you work? DD wants to join you

In Lush Belfast.I'm a trainne solicitor with fees to pay so I kept my saturday job on. GC aim, along with other cut backs, is to allow me to give up sats as as on 16 June will be in office 5 days a week again (have been at uni 4 days a week since Jan). And by uni I don't mean actual uni I mean 9.30- 4.30 lectures with lunch break! Copin ok with 6 days but means not a good social life as can't go mad on fri as work on sat and not in from work till 7 on sat. Also OH ends up doin far more houswork than me. Gettin really fed up.

I'm payin £300/month into fees a/c so can pay invoces as they come istead of a loan. I know I'll be in a better posistion than most when I finish just hard at the mo.

That was a bit of a rant!

Any way went to tesco tonight and got a lot of drink as it was on offer, not GC money. Peach scnapps for £8! Absolute vodka £10, £5 off.
Got fish fingers (youngs 1.49 for 20 ), milk, reduced lemon dusted cod fillets in freezer for next month (4 for 2.50) and a wee sushi pack each as a sturday treat - 99p each but cheaper than orderin some!

Sosh

victory wrote: »

I am so happy with myself fit to bursting:D went to Mr S and waited politely for the whoopsies and after about 15 mins the man with the gun sold me £97 worth (yes I have added it all up on the calculator:D for.........£22.18p:j :j :j )

Victory, All I can say is WOW :T Well done

Ess-six

Hi All

Just updated my signature and still seem to be on track.

Welcome YoungBean – you definitely come to the right place for help and advice. I wish I’d had the sense to do this challenge when I was 21 – I must have wasted thousands of pounds over the years.

To keep track of my spending I use Spendingdiary.com – recommended by someone from this site, but sorry, can’t remember who. It’s great for keeping track of your spending – you set up your own categories (I have food, home, toiletries, plus a separate category for each family member for things like clothes and other personal items. At the end of each month I print out the summary of the month’s spending to compare with previous months and find it really useful.

There are lots of recipes posted in this monthly challenge thread that you will find useful, and lots of other recipe threads, including the slow cooker one, which is very handy as you can set it going in the morning then come home to a meal ready for you when you walk through the door - stops that 'too tired to cook, let's have a takeaway intstead' moment!;)

babymaker

Thank you Nikki:D much appriciated xxx sorry cant spell

egon

Good evening,

Our total is up to £135.84. I am awaiting a Mr T delivery for monday. Most of the stuff are Bogof for the next few month. All depends how I do with the budget until next sunday, I either include it into this month GC or spread it over the next 2 month.

Egon

YoungBean

Heya everyone!!
Sat down with the OH, and devised a meal plan for the next week.... goes a little like:

Sunday: Roast chicken, mash potato, roasts, veg, stuffing and gravy

Monday: Chicken curry (using spare chicken), rice and naan bread

Tuesday: Pork Steaks, mash and veg

Wednesday: HM burgers and HM chips

Thursday: Gammon Steaks, eggs and HM chips

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Am at home with the folks, so they will be feeding me!!

Jotted down all of the things we need for the week, we spent £26.61!! We were both really suprised.

And to celebrate, the OH made a batch of Cheese Scones from ingrediants in the back of the cupboard Rather yummy too