June 2008 Grocery Challenge

perrywinkle

:hello: Morning everyone,

Just a quick note. Don’t know if anybody else buys the cooking bacon packs from Mr M ( the pack with all the mixed up bits – great for cooking), anyway – bought some today and it is marked at £1.18 for 500g but noticed that some packs seemed heavier than others. Thought at first that some were underweight but on checking – using the fruit and veg scales – the lighter ones were 500g but there were lots that were over 700g and all marked up at the 500g weight with the £1.18 price – may be a one off but worth checking if you do plan buying some.

Will update my signature later – not looking quite so good now!!

Happy saving

nessquic80

Morning all, i just could not resist could i!!! took DS school and went tesco's.Hubby does not want hm rolls for lunch so he went without(oh well his loss, he's gotta spend his own money for dinner then!)so rolls from yesterday in freezer ready for when i go work in the week.Thought i would get some bits and bobs using the £5 tesco voucher and also got sainsbury voucher of £2.50, so off i trot round tesco saw dishwasher tablets, loo roll on offer tissuses on offer all stuff like that, what you dont need right now but will get used!! you know what i mean.;) stocked up on the peppers as was still on offer but the milk isnt on offer any more, does anyone no where it is on offer?
Lunch for me is gonna be left over couscous and salad,AGAIN and tea will be J Oliver bacon pasta yumyum, so hopefully thats it(we shall wait and see)

Take care all

V

Chuzzle

Hellooooooo everyone

Just popped on to update my siggy - £189 spent in total so far and still 2 weeks left, not doing too bad as I think/hope I only need f&v so £11 might last??????

Off now to catch up on all the posts and get ideas for menu plans for next month.

TTFN
Ruth

linzmac_2

nessquic80 wrote: »

but the milk isnt on offer any more, does anyone no where it is on offer?

It's still on offer in MrA until the 24th!

HTH
Linz

Flylady_Flower

nessquic80 wrote: »

Morning all, i just could not resist could i!!! took DS school and went tesco's.Hubby does not want hm rolls for lunch so he went without(oh well his loss, he's gotta spend his own money for dinner then!)so rolls from yesterday in freezer ready for when i go work in the week.Thought i would get some bits and bobs using the £5 tesco voucher and also got sainsbury voucher of £2.50, so off i trot round tesco saw dishwasher tablets, loo roll on offer tissuses on offer all stuff like that, what you dont need right now but will get used!! you know what i mean.;) stocked up on the peppers as was still on offer but the milk isnt on offer any more, does anyone no where it is on offer?
Lunch for me is gonna be left over couscous and salad,AGAIN and tea will be J Oliver bacon pasta yumyum, so hopefully thats it(we shall wait and see)

Take care all

V

Hi V,
My hubby was the same at first - I did have to trick him though and put them in a white paper bag so he thought they were shop brought - what is it with men , he thought we were 'mingebagging' to put it in his words!!:rotfl: now he loves my HM Bread and rolls and helps me on my GC - I think the power of saving money overcame the need to 'look good' quite quickly, and anyway, no-one else knows...

I think Asda are still doing the milk offer, just from what someone else said earlier - I'm going to go check later and stock up quickly if they are

Also, Jamie's Bacon Pasta recipe - what's that about, sounds yummy? could you let me have the recipe please! Thanks in advance.:p

Don't want to jinx, but still a lovely day here at the moment, here's hoping...

nessquic80

denisefowler wrote: »

Hi V,
My hubby was the same at first - I did have to trick him though and put them in a white paper bag so he thought they were shop brought - what is it with men , he thought we were 'mingebagging' to put it in his words!!:rotfl: now he loves my HM Bread and rolls and helps me on my GC - I think the power of saving money overcame the need to 'look good' quite quickly, and anyway, no-one else knows...

I think Asda are still doing the milk offer, just from what someone else said earlier - I'm going to go check later and stock up quickly if they are

Also, Jamie's Bacon Pasta recipe - what's that about, sounds yummy? could you let me have the recipe please! Thanks in advance.:p

Don't want to jinx, but still a lovely day here at the moment, here's hoping...

Denise, its one of the feed your family(4 people) for a fiver jobbys,i adapt this for 2 people and its not very nice rewarmed cus of the crem fraiche
275g of tast the difference streaky bacon, i use value,2 loose courgettes,garlic bulb, 40g mature chedder,200ml crem fraiche,400g of pasta.salt and pepper.boil pasta till cooked, slice bacon and fry till golenadding 2 garlic cloves at the last mintue cube courettes add to bacon and garlic cook for 2 mintues.drain pasta put back in pan add 1/2 tub crem fraiche some pepper and a handful of cheese and mix.fold bacon mix to pasta and put remaining cheese on top......Pucca!

jackk_2

18th June - 1st July @ Mr S, Filippo Berio olive oil 500ml BOGOF @ £3.09. Luxury bathroom tissue 9 roll pkt less half price @ £2.00. 160 Tyfoo teabags half price @ £1.49. Nescafe gold blend 200g @ 2 for £6.50.

There are other things, but those are the ones that jumped out at me lol.

Jackie x

skintscotslass

Afternoon all :wave:

I need to add another £2.06. I spent 94p on natural yoghurt, 65p on bread and 47p on a twirl

I should only need fruit and veg next week. Things will be a bit complicated as I'm moving out of my house into my parents for about 2 months before I move into my new house. Dont know what to do with my groceries. Seems a bit daft to put my tea, coffee, tomato sauce etc in storage Hmmm, will have to have a think.

Flylady_Flower

nessquic80 wrote: »

Denise, its one of the feed your family(4 people) for a fiver jobbys,i adapt this for 2 people and its not very nice rewarmed cus of the crem fraiche
275g of tast the difference streaky bacon, i use value,2 loose courgettes,garlic bulb, 40g mature chedder,200ml crem fraiche,400g of pasta.salt and pepper.boil pasta till cooked, slice bacon and fry till golenadding 2 garlic cloves at the last mintue cube courettes add to bacon and garlic cook for 2 mintues.drain pasta put back in pan add 1/2 tub crem fraiche some pepper and a handful of cheese and mix.fold bacon mix to pasta and put remaining cheese on top......Pucca!

Mmmmm sounds yummy - my family not sure of my concoctions - I love Jamies spinach & tomato pasta but they hate it - so might make just for me! If I made for 2, do you think one would be OK cold for w**k the next day?

GFN123

Hello

Just popped in very quickly to update my sig. I *may* hit the target this month (rather than going wildly over!!) so remain optimistic for the next 2 weeks.

Skintscotslass - just occurred to me on re-reading your post, do you have any groceries you could cook for your parents with? That would be a way of saying 'thanks' and also using stuff up. The rest I would take to theirs in a labelled box and just use what you can