May 2008 Grocery Challenge

searching_me

knowing me i probably will... is it really sad when you want kitchen gadgets for your birthday lol xxx

gunsandbanjos

searching_me wrote: »

knowing me i probably will... is it really sad when you want kitchen gadgets for your birthday lol xxx

Happy Birthday, hope you get totally spoilt, you deserve it:beer:
And i agree, i asked for a food processor for my birthday:rotfl: My mum said no

ifonlyitwaseasier

happy birthday searching me!!!

have a lovely day and no it isn;t sad to get kitchen gadgets for your b'day if you want them, i got a kenwood chef for my Xmas pressie last year and was over the moon!! (love my folks)

angelnikki

galadriel wrote: »

Had my main monthly shop delivered last night, loads of basic stuff - although the price of the rice was a mega shock. Had I been instore I don't think I would have bought it, but unfortunately with online shopping you haven't much option. The white rice had doubled in price since I put it in my trolley, yet the brown had stayed the same. If I had been in the shop I would have bought brown not white. Too late now anyway.

You can return anything you're not happy with to the driver. I always check the list and the substitutions before the driver has left to make sure I'm ok with them. If there's something that you dont notice until the driver has gone you can always phone customer services for a refund - even if its not a substitution. A couple of weeks ago they sent me 4 bunches of bananas instead of 4 bananas. I hadnt clicked on the wrong item as I always get these, but the picker got it wrong. I phoned CS and got the £2.90 for bananas refunded. If the price has gone up after placing the order you should phone them and say you wouldn't have bought them at that price. They should give a refund and you will get to keep the item HTH

searching_me happy birthday hope you're feeling a little better (((hugs))) :bdaycake:

Nikki
x

victory

searching-me:bdaycake: :bdaycake: :bdaycake:

I am off to Morrisons to spend my £5 voucher, didn't think I needed anything but have run out of gherkins, red cabbage and beetroot in glass jars, I am very surprised at me because normally I have extra stock in to be able to make a quick salad with the jars but no checked nothing:rolleyes: so the £5 will cover that for free:D also going to M&S to see what the dine for 2 for £10 is about and then on to top tiles for some tiles for the bathroom:D

Enjoy the cold day today;)

sashanut

Morning all!

Many thanks to Mrs MC for the veg/salad advice!! Will pot on all vegs this w/end & plant more, hopefully. Now need some rain....can't beleive I am saying that...

On a different topic - just lately I have noticed that we routinely get charged wrongly in the supermarket. DH got charged about £3 over on some special priced Soleros (!) at Tesco; even I got charged for chopped toms instead of ordinary toms at Lidl - & I didn't pick up the wrong sort, they ARE the standard ones so should be cheaper. I know it is only pence & the problem now of course is that the cost of petrol to take them back makes it not worth the effort. :mad: Can you take the stuff back to ANY Lidl or does it have to be the one you bought it from??

DH reckons the supermarkets are suffering so they are trying to overcharge us to see how much they can get away with!!

carolt2

denisefowler wrote: »

Thanks for this, just wondering though, most of the recipies i've seen with bananas in them say use overripe bananas, we never have any bananas left in our house to go overripe, they are eaten within a couple of days usually - can you use nearly ripe bananas?

I dont see why not Denise, as long as the bananas are soft enough to mash up.
You could always get a few extra bananas with your usual shopping and "hide" them until you want to make the muffins. Or even buy some from the shop that are looking nearly over ripe just for the muffins.;)

Phoolgrrrl

Did a tesco shop for £14.00 but that should be us till end of month. Think I will start my June budget at about down £20 already as the freezer have enough mince salmon cod and 'oven dinners' (crispy pancakes and fish fingers etc) to do for June. And veg! Will only have to buy milk, bread, sandwhich meat,chicken and snacks+ fizzy juice for June!Well thats the paln.

I think Saturdays can go - I transfered my 2nd job pay into a diff account so I didn't spend it and still have £70 ish left out of my main pay with a week to payday. Will have to get weekly train and a night out for a birthday out of that but should be enough. Considerin I have saved about £70 by doin the GC thats where it came from!

We were pretty ambitious, did the reciept thing in april and went from budgetin £150 each to £150 total. Did ok tho

Came home last night to find my mum had been to makro and left 16 bounty rolls 24 charmin rolls (both bogof I think) and 2 giant tubs of marg for me But she does want me to make a giant batch of assorted hobnobs for a fund raiser!

FelineFantastic

searching_me wrote: »

hello everybody hope your all good... my gc for this month finishes today and i havent got a clue what it was with everything thats happened this month its hardly suprising... well its my birthday today and im looking forward to a nice quiet peaceful birthday... oh hasnt had chance to buy me anything since hes been running back and forth to the hospital, helpin me to the docs and generally looking after me... bless him he feels so bad so we're going down town and im gonna pick what i want im just glad to be getting out the house for an hour... hope have a good day xxx

Happy Birthday- have a really fantastic day and spoil yourself- or let the OH do that for you :j :T :j

skintscotslass

Happy Birthday searching_me :bdaycake: have a lovely day xx