June 2008 Grocery Challenge

searching_me

Been a good day today .. o and hello everyone.... got up late today but still managed to get my dd to school 5 mins early , came home (had the day off work for doctors) stripped one of the walls ( i hate this part of decorating ) went to the docs for a check up down there after everything thats happen ed and she said it looks well :rotfl: then popped to the co-op were i found a MOUNTAIN of bargain which NEVER happens i got:
1 huge chicken from £4.69 to £2.50
5 packets of chicken fillets from £3 to £1.50 (i grabbed them all )
1 packet of ribs £2.99 to £1.5
a packet of breakfast muffin £1.09p to 43p
2 big punnets of cherries from £1.99 to £1 (they go in 5mins)
vitallity yogurts BOGOF (worked out cheaper then my dd usuals)
and 5 packets of fruitella for £1 for my dd as she'd been good:o (of course
not in 1 go :rotfl: )

theres loads of meals there im so happy i mean i know thats abit off what little i have of my GC :rolleyes: but the bargains were just too much :rotfl:
i also did a little baking made cheese quiche and a pizza roll thing with the left over pastry its was lovely so im in a good mood back at work tomorrow so theres left over for work snacks my dd is lovely all this food :rotfl: ....off to update my sig hope your all good xxx

victory

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Sounds like you're on a roll today Victory.:j :T

How much do you reckon you've managed to save because of the delay in getting paid? Probably not a remedy you'd want to apply regularly but it must be interesting to see how you cope when there's absolutely no cash coming in...

Quite a bit because last months and the cans that I have bought over time have had to be used rather than pushing them to the back again and going out and buying more, there was no money to buy more so it was a def case of invention and usage so loads and it has been fab because if I get enough I want to buy a tv/dvd combi for the kitchen:D

Anitaj73

Evening all :hello:

nessquic80 mmmmm choc n orange pud sounds very very good.....i just happen to have a bottle of cointreau in the cupboard

annelouise Standing on loo rolls?????

victory Glad to hear you have got your money at last & congrats on the weight loss :T

Have had a NSD here again i'm quite pleased as i did have to go to the post office but still didn't spend any money
I have written my shopping list for tomorrow and i only need a few bits so not going to bother with my usual MrT delivery and walk to aldi instead :dance:
I do have some money off vouchers for MrT so will hang onto them until i need a big shop again
I can't find the recipe for banana cakes?? can someone point me in the right direction please as i have a few that the kids won't touch :rolleyes:

Hope you all have a nice evening...the weather is beautiful here

Anita xx

Lucifa73

victory wrote: »

Quite a bit because last months and the cans that I have bought over time have had to be used rather than pushing them to the back again and going out and buying more, there was no money to buy more so it was a def case of invention and usage so loads and it has been fab because if I get enough I want to buy a tv/dvd combi for the kitchen:D

it also means you'll have less to pack then unpack for your new place;)

No Hubbles this evening (hockey practice tonight - where does he get the energy [sigh]) so jacket potato and beans & sausages for me tonight (just under half price at M's at the minute) with perhaps a scattering of cheese. Will stick some muffins in oven at same time to use up oven space:A

Can you get extra shelves for domestic ovens? Its just there seems to be a lot of wasted space when I do biccies and muffins (I'm getting the hang of this aren't I?:p )

carolt2

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Can you get extra shelves for domestic ovens? Its just there seems to be a lot of wasted space when I do biccies and muffins (I'm getting the hang of this aren't I?:p )

Hi there, yeah you can get extra shelves.
I got a universal one a while ago, it adjusts to fit your oven.
If you type "universal extendable oven shelf " into google it should bring a list up. I got one from espares.co.uk and can reccommend it.

HTH

Boomdocker

Thanks a lot, it was the one by Shaz on Weezl's page. My mistake as I thought it was on here. Just made it and eaten it by the way, it was delicious. I made it with beef stock and granuals ((I am not a veggie but enjoy the odd veggie meal) plus I wanted to try lentils - I didn't miss the meat one jot. Thoroughly recommended.

Flylady_Flower

annelouise wrote: »

Afternoon all,
My daughters school teacher told me she has started standing on her loo rolls and only using 1 tbspn of detergent in her washer and it works!!!So another convert.
annelouise :rotfl:

Hi Annelouise,
Why does she stand on loo rolls? Probably something really simple but not clicking in my head and it's really puzzling me...:D

Judellie

Hi
Re the loo rolls, justa guess but could be to stop the kids pulling reams of the stuff off it. If it's not round it's harder to pull lots off together, interested to find the answer

Jude xx

gunsandbanjos

Judellie wrote: »

Hi
Re the loo rolls, justa guess but could be to stop the kids pulling reams of the stuff off it. If it's not round it's harder to pull lots off together, interested to find the answer

Jude xx

Your guess is indeed correct!

jackk_2

Judellie wrote: »

Hi
Re the loo rolls, justa guess but could be to stop the kids pulling reams of the stuff off it. If it's not round it's harder to pull lots off together, interested to find the answer

Jude xx

That the reason i squash em , else the kids just pull for all their worth, then just use whatever unravels, no matter how much that might be :rolleyes: . Has stopped em blocking my toilet too :rolleyes: .

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