May 2008 Grocery Challenge

savingfortravel

Hi everyone!
Hope you're having a great Bank Hol!

Leonlala-a girl in my class had a High School Musical party the other week-They dressed up as cheer leaders. I'll ask what she did/enjoyed on Tuesday.

SFT

gunsandbanjos

Congratulations Searching-me:j

juliejim

In Search of Me - how do you make potato bread?

Rowan9

Yesterday was a no spend day (apart from herbal teas at airport, sending gilliana on her way, and then chai tea latte and shortbread for me in St*rbucks -but I'm not counting them out of this budget )
Today hoping for NSD as well.
Might just get myself motivated to plant some of my mixed salad leaf seeds. Will buy some tomato plants soon and hope for bumper crop!
Menus planned for week, most coming from freezer (thanks gilliana) so hope to stay out of the shops this week. Will have to get some more fruit for our packed lunches, and running low on marmalade but hopefully that will be just about it.
Not sure what to do with the parsnips from the veggie box. I will make some into soup - have a Cranks recipe for parsnip, apple and something else soup that I was always tempted to make but never got round to it. In fact that might use them all, as I think there are 4. I love roast parsnips but can't think what i would have them with re this week's menu plan. Will they keep until Sunday (got them on Wed, very earthy and look in great shape!)?

cathj

Hi, I would like to join in this as well.

I saw this last month so last month I saved every receipt but didn't really have any budget in mind. So our budget for this month is £387.50. We are a family of 2 adults and 3 children (8,7 and 1) and 2 cats.

Even though we get paid 4 weekly we are going to to this from 1st-31st of month.

mookybargirl

Just a quick note. I've been away for a few days but finished April on £134.341 (£25.59 under budget) :T
MrsM, please count me in for £160 for May please. Hope everyone's well....

mumzyof2

Today is a Grocery NSD day and so will tomorrow will be also

mandy_moo_1

just got back from mr M's and i managed to get a few whoopsies! they were all down to 8p each! :dance: i got some Heinz tomato soup, cashew nuts, jaffa cakes, 2 boxes ofBelgian choccy and (drum roll please....) 2 boxes of Bold 2in1 liquitabs with 18 capsules in them! the rose & amethyst flavour:j they should have cost about £6 each but the boxes were a bit bashed, so, as you do..... i chucked 'em in my trolley before anyone else spotted 'em!! :rotfl:i've never tried these before as they've always been waaay over my budget!! can't wait to try them!!

also got a big sack of spuds for £3.79 and a couple of utterly butterlys to put in the freezer

am just recovering with a :coffee: and a few jaffa cakes now. will go and update my siggy as well.

hope everyone else has a brilliant day xx

funkyfunkymonkey

jak wrote: »

Do you just use ordinary porrige oats? Which lentils do you use? I need some ideas as dh likes his meat!

I have spent 9.77 at ASDA -dh went and didn't use coupons!!!!!!!
Also today I spend 1.52 in Tescos.
Do you include you toilet roll and stuff in food and groceries or do you have a seperate budget for that?

Jak

Yes, I mean ordinary porridge oats - I used Tesco Value Oats @ 59p/kg. The lentils I used were Tesco Red Split Lentils @ 68p/500g. I added the lentils so that they got 30-40 minutes simmering time and the oats I added very close to the end, they were probably in no longer than 10 minutes.

I include everything I buy at the supermarket in my grocery challenge (except OH's beer).

FFM

BigMummaF

I do envy you folk with Aldi, Lidl, Asda etc within reasonable radius:o Still......nowt can be done unless we move house:p

No1 had Iggie whilst I took Pup over to the local shops yesterday----took hours cuz everyone wanted to ask about Ed, but it was good training for Pup & meant I had to carry the shopping so couldn't get more than absolutely necessary:T Iggie was supposed to be walking on her lead, but the crafty minx realised last summer, that she can scoot up yer trouser leg & get a piggy-back; they like being high up, so No1 was wearing a fetching green-camouflage hat with a five foot tail...:rolleyes: ...think Davy Crockett without the fur:rotfl: :rotfl:

So yesterday's spends were £2:32 for spuds, bramley & pink lady apples---the doggie choc drops will be made into crispy cake for him:whistle:

Happy Star Wars Day!..............May the FOURTH be with You:eek: :dance: :wall: :rotfl: