June 2008 Grocery Challenge

ifonlyitwaseasier

morning all,

mumzyof2 - i don't count what my mum buys for us as if she didn't buy it i wouldn't have spent the money on it.

am planning to get some more milk in MrS, our local 2 have run out of 1pt tho and aren't getting in any more til the weekend, so i'll have to get 2 pts and pay the difference.

i should manage without anything else except for some petroleum (always need that it seems)

mumzyof2

I won't include it then Thankyou
Forgot to say that i will try and bake the shortbreads tonight also - think kids will love these

mrs-moneypenny

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Go on..have a go -you know you want to
Sorry about that...I seem to do 1 every month where my brain reduces someones budget never by THAT much though... Don't know if i have missed someone..as i had even written £200 down
I will go and put you back to £500

i really wish i could but there are 6 of us in the house vegan food for eldest DD is expensive, and shes started being nocturnal after we've gone to bed she comes down and starts baking so i come down to a cake and a sink full of pots and dirty worksurfaces (i would mind so much if she clean up after herself but shes then in bed and ive got the mess to clear up:mad: )

we are pretty much all veggie now apart from her and the cat:rotfl: .

Im going to do my shopping list later, i culled a load of old mags last weeked and saved a load of recipice so ill go through those and the ones ive printed off from here and try and get some meal plans done.

i had an extra expense in may and eldest DS was dithering over whether or not to go on the choir residential trip and finially decided he would go so that was an extra £150 (thats from a different budget) and the cat needs his boosters and flea drops so i'll have to get them sorted in june (again different moneypot)

its a shame they aren't all as easy to feed as the tortoise, i throw him a handful of clover leaves (gathered free from the garden) i hes as happy as Larry.

fizzel81

welcome to the newbies this month


nothing spent yet im not planning to step foot in asda untill next monday when i will need milk im hopeing that the 8 pints i have is enough between now and then so thats 4 days, doesnt sound long but the only one in this house thats a big milk drinker is the baby (well he is nearly 2) im out all day saturday so shouldnt be too hard

all being good my target this month should be quite achevable, ive enough food for a good 2 weeks minus milk,veg, potatoes and things like yoghurts for the boys

OrkneyStar

SAVVYMUMMY wrote: »

Tried MrsM soft flour totillas for the first time last night and they were a winner, so many thanks to you MrsM:T :T . OH likes to take tortilla wraps sometime instead of sarnies to work, so this will save me alot.

Just to say Lidl's wraps are lovely, last time I bought them they were only 69p for 6. Obviously if you can get them on whoopsie elsewhere then they might be cheaper though. hth. I often forget how much I love wraps.

nessquic80

Well today is the first day of GC for me, dont need anything today, me and DS have made a choc traybake and in oven cooking already here the recipe i got from this site
6oz sr flour
6 oz marg
6 oz sugar
3 eggs
than add anything you want on monday i added sultanas today ive added 2 tbsp of coca powder and 3 strips of chopped cooking choc, cook on 180 for 35 mins.

Mrs_Money_Penny

Hi Mrs M you put me down for £200 for the month. Just confusing as i have the same name as the other Mrs Moneypenny but no dash. Just joined last week and starting in June. Sorry for the confusion.

MRSMCAWBER

Mrs_Money_Penny wrote: »

Hi Mrs M you put me down for £200 for the month. Just confusing as i have the same name as the other Mrs Moneypenny but no dash. Just joined last week and starting in June. Sorry for the confusion.

:j See folks im not completely batty :rotfl: ..thank for that i will go and put you back on the list

Welshlassie

I'm in this month £260 again.

Last month was a disaster and lost all track of it, the month before wasn't too bad only went a couple of quid over so a huge effort this month.

Will be starting today until 27 June when I'm paid again, so will be withdrawing the money at lunch time.

good luck everyone

curly_cabbage

Wow
loads of newbies, loads of pages this challenge has become so popular. I lost it abit last month and didn't follow my meal plan, didn't cook as much as i should. Lucky it now a new shiny month so doing shopping list today, planning memu this afternoon and going to set my buget to £150, please Mrs M.
I really need to get this in order as we want to move and the mortage looks like it may be goig up by £400 which will need to be found somewhere. I just (April) changed my utilty suppliers, reduced sky to £21 and still looking for more any body with any different ways to reduce out goings and increase incomeing i would be greatful. (This proberly isn't the place to add most of this but, i know i can get to help from you all.

CC