June 2008 Grocery Challenge

angelatgraceland

Iceland now have 4pints of milk on offer -you buy 2 bottles for £2.
Velevet toilet rolls still on offer-6 for £2

Anitaj73

I have deff got the bug nessquic80 and it is as you say i just need the confidence now.....I was very nervous about doing the bread but now i've done it once it will be easier next time

I'm not sure what to try next, i fancy the lemon drizzle cake but haven't got any lemons but i have got loads of bananas so maybe i need a recipe for those there must be one out there

Angelraesunshine

Ok got a question for you as i am not sure the best way to go about this.

I have just got back from makro having spent around £100 and now have 32 toilet rolls, 1750 tea bags, 25 litres of squash, 20kg of fresh chicken breast 5 litres of white vinegar, 80 packs of crisps, 48 bottles of juice for kids lunches and a few other bits now do i just put them on this months grocery bill and be way over for the month or do i try and share it out a bit over the bills for the next few months? how do you do it when you do a bulk buy?

thanks

nessquic80

:DI do a lovely banana cake
4oz butter/marg
6oz sugar
8 oz sr flour
2 lge bananas mashed
2 eggs
cream sugar and marg a eggs ,one at a time mix well ,add mashed nanas then sifted flour pour in to a greaed loaf tin of i use baking parc then cook on 180/4 for 30 mins then turn to number 2 for another 45 mins. i find the riper the nana the better, hope you like it!:D
This freezes well to, freeze in slices then put in luch box and it defrosted by lunch YYYUUUUMMMM

Honeyapple

I have just found a tin of black cherries stashed at the back of the cupboard. Any ideas what I could do with it?

nessquic80

oooohhhhhhh cherry pie, im sure MRSM will be along soon though with a better idea

pink_princess

hi Mrs m can i declare for last month please my sig s updated .Can t believe i made it i was worried sick for the last two weeks of it and it really helped .
Can i set the same again for july £375 please.
Have just done a big shop enough for the month except for the meat which i ll do monday and our weekly f&v shop.
My shifts are changing at work which is scary as i won t be on hand for whoopsie times hope it doesn t affect my total to much.
I haven t had time to read all the posts every day so i hope every-one is doing well
hugs and cheers appropriatley
If any-one has a recipie for sea bream would they please post it fancy trying it a different way but don t know where to start.

I ve also started to keep a count of our diesel money so i can start reducing it . Just seeing how much we spend this month then i ll set a budget next month.
sorry for rabbling:lipsrseal :rotfl:

ttfn

angelatgraceland

Angelraesunshine wrote: »

Ok got a question for you as i am not sure the best way to go about this.

I have just got back from makro having spent around £100 and now have 32 toilet rolls, 1750 tea bags, 25 litres of squash, 20kg of fresh chicken breast 5 litres of white vinegar, 80 packs of crisps, 48 bottles of juice for kids lunches and a few other bits now do i just put them on this months grocery bill and be way over for the month or do i try and share it out a bit over the bills for the next few months? how do you do it when you do a bulk buy?

thanks

When will you next be doing a bulk buy? How long do you think the stuff you just bought will last? If its 2 months supply, share it out over 2 months. My guess is that different items last diff amounts of time. If on average you do 4 bulk buys per year, calculate an average per month for this and work it out from that.So if you spend say £600 per year at Makro-call it £50 per month (even if you dont spend it).

carolt2

Evening Everyone :hello: , and Welcome to all newbies.

We went to Mr T after our day out yesterday and spent a total of £16.77. We did buy some wine but this is for next months budget.
Will have to remember to add that to july budget.

signature updated.

searching_me

just had my first shop of july delivered for some reason i didnt recieve my juice but they're refunding me although a plus i got some high juice that i didnt order but hey its free (checked the reciept) so aint gonna complain i cant fit anything in my my fridge, cupboards and both my freezers well chuffed only have to buy bread (dont like ordering it online as it goes off in a day) so that £90 off my gc so off to update my sig ... hope your all good and well xxx