June 2008 Grocery Challenge

OrkneyStar

skintscotslass wrote: »

I wonder if it was a squeezy bottle rather than a can. It was definately £2.15. I'll need to check next time

May well have been, often squeezy bottles are more expensive than cans/bottles, eg ketchup.

Ess-six

Hi Guys

I'm still 10 pages behind on here, but decided to post now and catch up later!

My challenge is looking a bit scarey - spent almost 2/3rds of the budget and I still have until 20th to go before the hols - and have to stock up for DD while we're away.

We're buying lots more salad stuff at the moment and it does seem to make the overall shopping more expensive, most of the seed I've planted are coming along very s l o w l y although my spinach is doing very well- it'll probably be ready for picking when I'm on hols in a couple of weeks :rolleyes: .

Hugs/thanks/congratulations if you need them (delete as appropriate) till I can do a more specific post.

Pablosmummy

Well I'm back from visiting my sister. My grocery challeneg budget is going really badly! I'll update my sig now so you can all point and laugh. My little holiday was good but when I got back I found out one of my guinea pigs had died (he was old but it was still unexpected) our pigsitter had put him in a box with some hay though so he looked peaceful at least (ok now you all think I'm a crazy person)

Had a job interview yesterday, thought it went really bad but I GOT IT!! found out today! Then I went to call people to let them know and BT have cut my phoneline! or blocked outgoing calls anyway because one payment bounced! seems a bit extreme to me. ANyway they are now demanding 180 pounds (it was the connection fee which I'd set up a payment plan for then forgot to actually pay it..doh)so they'll have to wait two and a half weeks until my bf gets paid. So i'm now without a phone until then! :eek: so all in all its been a weird few days.
Now I'm going to catch up on all the posts I've missed on here!

nessquic80

HI all, back again, couldnt wait till tomoz to do the baking so doing it now, 1 chicken roasted,loads of rhubarb crumbled 1 banana cake and 2 quiches,just waiting for the quiches to come out the oven then goona strip me chuck ready for tea...chicken with tikka sauce rice and popadoms with one of the above for pudding. So my plan for tomoz was to bake but now i can relax!!
Went mr ts this am and spent £41.96 and i had loads in that trolley,off to update sig....ttfn
V:money:

gunsandbanjos

Dont shoot me, i went shopping in M&S:eek: However i am loving the fact they now do whoopsies, they had tons of stuff reduced! I got 12 pints of milk for 3 pounds(sorry pound sign not working) all safely stashed in freezer, lots of yummy rolls and fruit loaf and quiche all down to 50p each:beer: Spent 15.72 but think i did quite well:D Mr T shopping coming tonight so going to be really tight towards the end of the month:o

nessquic80

so what now, ive stripped the chuck put it in a big pan with water and a "bouqet garnier" which i found in cupboard how long do i boil it for? and do you think this would be suitable for leek and pot soup, got loads of pots and a bag of leeks which i froze 3 monthes ago

Lucifa73

nessquic80 wrote: »

so what now, ive stripped the chuck put it in a big pan with water and a "bouqet garnier" which i found in cupboard how long do i boil it for? and do you think this would be suitable for leek and pot soup, got loads of pots and a bag of leeks which i froze 3 monthes ago

Couple hours - I'd chuck in an onion and a couple carrots and a bit of celery too if you've got to add to flavour.

Will make a great base for leek & pot soup.;)

nessquic80

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Couple hours - I'd chuck in an onion and a couple carrots and a bit of celery too if you've got to add to flavour.

Will make a great base for leek & pot soup.;)

U can always rely on a MSE'r for a quick reply!!:beer:

Lucifa73

Has anyone tried adding alcohol to bounty bites?

Was considering making a batch for FIL with a splash of the co!!!! liqueur we brought back from honeymoon...

Lucifa73

nessquic80 wrote: »

U can always rely on a MSE'r for a quick reply!!:beer:

or someone who should be working and can't be asred:rolleyes: