May 2008 Grocery Challenge

redsquirrel80

Hi all, not posted this month but have been keeping track, after my shameful attempt to only spend £40 last month, which ended up at about £65 :eek: This month (23rd April - 22nd May for me). Trying to stick to £60 this month, had to stock up on a few storecupboard things. Spent £40 so far and two weeks to go so not too bad. Hope everyone's having a good month! x

mandy_moo_1

went into town this morning to do my gran's shopping and i was really good i only spent 59p on a b'day card, and then i used a voucher i had for one of those Glade smelly candles that let me have one free :j

then i came home, walked all the dogs........don't know who was more worn out...me or them! :rolleyes: then i gritted my teeth and went outside to cut the grass (the one job i hate doing!), and then i just re-potted some of my veg, and earthed up some of the spuds i'm growing. all this hard work i'm putting into growing my own veg, it'd better flippin work, cos i'm the most un-green-fingered person i know! if i get enough potatoes for just one meal i'll be happy

just gonna put me feet up now with a cuppa before DS14 gets in from school demanding something to eat :rolleyes:

teedy23

This cant be right surely! I,ve only spent £5.70 this week, and that was me being a bad lassie, and not taking sanwiches to work a couple of days.

Nessa56

teedy23 wrote: »

This cant be right surely! I,ve only spent £5.70 this week, and that was me being a bad lassie, and not taking sanwiches to work a couple of days.

I know what you mean, I am amazed, I am on my 4th, yes that is 4th NSD.

Isn't it amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.

Bring it on

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teedy23

Well Nessa56 here,s the thing I,ve had no mind at all this week, addled by sun. I,ve just been running home (not literally) from work straight to the garden, throwing off my clothes in a madly random frenzy and getting straight to the sunniest spot .

Nessa56

teedy23 wrote: »

Well Nessa56 here,s the thing I,ve had no mind at all this week, addled by sun. I,ve just been running home (not literally) from work straight to the garden, throwing off my clothes in a madly random frenzy and getting straight to the sunniest spot .

Sounds lovely, I might get a chance to do that on Sunday, hopefully the weather will hold out.

you enjoy luv and saving money as well, can't be bad :j

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Flylady_Flower

BigMummaF wrote: »

Forgot to say that when we have days out, I try to remember to put bottles of ready-to-drink squash in the freezer the night before, to use as cooler packs for the sarnies. If you don't need/want the bottles to reuse you don't have to bring them home either, along with the bread bags that are used to put the goodies into:p Neither of the packaging has cost extra, cuz you've had the squash & bread from the insides & would've only thrown them out anyway.

I usually take plain b&b, then have little plastic boxes with sliced cue, toms, onions, lettuce so peeps can make any combo they wish, along with cooked chicken wings, sausages & sliced cheese if we are being transported. Otherwise, we choose a filling each then have a back-pack with afore-mentioned bottle & share the load equally but share the goodies IYSWIM.

Re: woofers! Ours has just stuck his nose into an empty doritos pack that one of the offspring left on the side---couldn't see his eyes; just a pair of ears sticking out the top:rotfl: He too loves to lick the lids & pots of yogs, but not keen on the rhubarb or blueberry I got last week..fussy beg-gar:p




Just wanted to say that the folk with other things on their minds shouldn't feel they have to explain the hiccoughs they are having:o Wishing all poorly peeps well, & their families too.

Great idea about just taking buttered bread and making sandwiches there - nothing worse than soggy bread from squashed tomatoes, etc. Thanks for that.:beer:

Also, I agree, I tend to feel I have to explain to people if something has gone wrong in my week, when I don't have to. Things happen and sometimes you cope and sometimes you don't. Don't feel that you have to explain that to someone and put more pressure on yourself.
Just take time out for you instead - sit in the garden with a cuppa for 5 minuites or something (or hide in the bathroom if you're constantly nagged by the family ) Just take some you time and don't cut yourself up about overspending, etc. having done that myself I know it only makes you more depressed and then you want to spend or eat to cheer yourself up.

Anyway, rambling over, enjoy the weekend everyone!

superspam

Hi everyone!

I have spent £13.69 in Asda today but £11.69 of that was food to cook a birthday meal for my sister and my Mum gave me £20 to cover that (still got to get wine) so that's only £2 to add to my total - :T and that was for 18 FR eggs! Bargain:D

(((hugs))) for madmittens and your Dad, hope he's better soon. (((hugs))) too for pinkcloud - what a time you are all having, hope things pick up soon.

DesperateHousewife - what a great tip about the egg! I could have done with that at the weekend when I was one egg short and had already started my muffin mix. In the end I found a box of powdered egg white lurking in my cupboard - yuk! It worked though!

Don't think we've heard from Mrs Irwin today - could baby be making an appearance?

Righto, off to update my sig!

Sosh

Another nsd for me.

Took the kids out on a boat from the O2 to waterloo pier. Took a picnic with me. Glad I did with the prices people were charging for food. I saw one ice cream van selling normal cones at £2.50 a pop :eek: and there was a huge queue for them

angelatgraceland

leonlala wrote: »

hi everyone,

made some ice cream. yummie!! recipe off the index thread. with some cream i had that was going off that day. thats thanks to this forum and giving me a different mind set rather than just binning it.
so feeling quite chuffed really.
I wrote out a list of what i've changed in our life to old style and simplfing recently & its quite alot.
thanks everyone
have a good day,
lala

Can you put a link or a recipe for the ice cream? Ive done the sorbet but I do fancy some iecream!