May 2008 Grocery Challenge

razra

Well as my month finishes on Friday when i (hopefully)
get paid I dont need anything else between now and then so Im declaring a May total of £47.90 have discovered this month that I spend a lot less if I weekly shop rather than monthly shop so I think I will continue to do this unless I need to stock the freezer etc.
For me on my own its really not worth the online shopping as I have to spend so much to get delivery (asda) or spend so much to use a MOC (tescos) that I dont really see the benefits. However its taken until this month to realise that:rotfl:and thats only because I have tons of soap powder/toilet rolls etc which is what I ususally add to the order to bump up the total:rotfl:

Hugs to everyone that needs them

angchris

£126.47 is my total spend for mays grocery challenge.

ifonlyitwaseasier

morning all, well MrsM, i'm declaring for May on £152.64

not as bad as i thought, and i have some ready for june's spends already :eek:

see you over on the june challenge!!

mumzyof2

JayJay14 wrote: »

Hi Jay Jay,
Could you share with us the recipe you used for Chelsea buns. Were they made with Danish Pastry?

All I did was take a good lump of dough and roll out to an ablong about 12" x 9", spread over marg or butter (I used Utterly Butterly as I have pots in from Asda a couple of weeks age), sprinkle over dried fruit and sugar.

Roll up along the long edge and slice across into about 12 pinwheel pieces, put in a baking tray close together so they rise to touch each other.

When risen bake (I just put it on the shelf under the 2 loaves) but don't let it get too brown. Take them out of the over and drizzle over with a mixture of icing sugar and water (not thick like icing but more like thin cream.

Leave to go cold.

Can't you tell I don't do compliated:rotfl:

Sorry it took so long to reply but was out stuffing myself at an all you can eat chinese - not on the GC budget thank goodness.[/quote]

how do you make the atual dough for these? Im so thick :rotfl:

MrDT

Right, since the new thread has started, I'm gonna declare my May total at £52.84 £7.16 to spare Don't need to buy anything between now and Friday, and won't be going anywhere near a shop til Saturday, so I'm done.

Next month won't be so easy (the freezer is almost empty), but I've decided to aim for £60 again in June, not overly confident though!!

procrastinator

Hi All
My Month ends Friday but I should only need to buy a loaf of bread before then so I am declaring at 232.68. A great result for my first month.

June is a four week month for me so I shall budget 200.00.

Thank you for all the tips and recipes.

lainz

Just a quickie - am about 20 pages behind. MrsMc can I declare my may challenge at £67.32 :A .

Will update sig later and decide on my June budget and post on the shiny new thread (which'll be about 30 pages by the time I get to it later:rotfl:

Flylady_Flower

Hi Mrs M,

I am declaring at £303.94 for May - quite pleased as we usually go well over, so don't mind being £4 over. My month finishes on Thursday, but I don't need anything until Friday and will put anything I 'accidentally' buy between then and now on June's budget.

I did say that I was going to do £300 for June, but I think we can cut back even more now me an' hubby have had a good chat. He is totally on board - I've done so well this month and he can see a change, so we are going to divide up our money into envelopes each week and he's even going to cut back on going out! (This is indeed miraculous times we live in!:rotfl: ) I think I can do £65 a week instead of £75, so could you put me down for £280 for June please instead.
Thanks, and sorry to mess you around.

My grocery budget includes all spending on house/clothing/groceries/eating out and we have a separate pot for fuel and one for going out.

Many thanks, and see you all on the June Challenge!
Denise x

JAMIEDODGER

I forgot to add myself to may gc. am only tracking 15 days of it and had budget of £107.10.

have spent £47.09 so far.

will declare total on 31st:)

happytails

Please can i join?

For 2 adults we will aim at £150 for June GC (not including my 4 dogs as their food is £60 a month anyway)

Been reading alot about value foods just as good as branded and also loving the sneaky ways to save pennies thread so i hope this thread is just as good

Happytails