August 2008 Grocery Challenge

Afternoon all

Well my NAFFI whoopsie hunt went rather well :T Got:-

1. 2 X 1.5 kilo potatoes
2. 4 blocks double gloucester
3. 9 bags bread flour -got 2 -went through check out and it came through at half price -74c -so i grabbed a basket and ran round and emptied the shelf :rotfl:
4. 80 tetley teabags with 100% free -so 160
5. 2 bags sweet potatoes
6. 4 tubs longley cottage cheese
7. some sliced roast beef
8. 6 litres whole milk
9. 2 kilo nectarines

None of which i needed for this week but a few potatoes and the extra fruit never goes amiss in this house
The rest will make the following months even cheaper :T in total i spent €22.98 it should have been €61.21 :eek: -don't know how they can charge that much in the first place so some super duper bargains me thinks....

Im going to take the whole €22.98 off this months budget to save confussion later.... and im still under budget -if i add on last weeks 2c i get a nice round €23 out of €40-and have NO intention of spending another penny before my next weeks starts on Friday:A :rotfl:

right im off to x stitch again
Have a great afternoon all

hi all,
nsd yesterday and so far today but cant make up my mind whether to go to the supermarket tonight or tomorrow. started going in the evenings as there seems to be more whoopsies around then although having no luck at all with meat. can get plenty of bread, cakes etc reduced but not much else. never mind doesnt cost to look when im there anyway. got loads of tomatoes ripening and some peppers almost there, chillies on their way too. Going to be having lots of pasta, lasagne, chilli, shepherds pies etc to use them, plus fresh in sandwiches n salads etc. Also got loads of apples coming, some are eating apples and some just for cooking, think i may try to swop some with my dads pals on their allotments, worked well last year. some plums too but not half as many as usual ?? must be a bad year, who knows.

Of to try some baking shortly, bread rolls, some sort of cake (depends what i have left) and a couple of quiches for the freezer too.

have a nice day all, welcome to all newbies, and good luck to all you wedding planners out there.

Tigerpants wrote: »

Chelltune I am in awe :A :T :T :T

I wanted to murder everyone about me just before I went in to have my third not go supermarket shopping and baking :rotfl:

Am also in awe that you manage to stay so within budget too - really not quite sure what I'm doing wrong but I'll try

Actually, I will go and have a look around now as I am HUGE into baking and that takes up loads of money on eggs, flour, icing sugar etc. so if there are any additional hints and helps on this I would be very, very grateful but will go and look around too.

Hoping to have a NSD today

We were supposed to have a full roast dinner yesterday but the chicken didn't defrost in time so ended up having pasta and pesto so that means we sort of have an extra meal in the bag for this week as it has pushed all my menu plans back a day :T

Have a friend's children here today though so that means loads of food being eaten and as it is sadly raining they're hanging around lots and mooching for snacks kids eh

Good luck all!!:D

It was yesterday I wanted to murder everyone or burst into tears, back to normal today, aren't hormones great! :rolleyes: :rotfl:

I find that when I make an effort to stick to a budget I am more organised and we actually eat better.

We are veggie so that perhaps makes our food bills a little cheaper although I spend a fortune on vegetables to have a good variety. We've not started to grow our own yet.

People have already mentioned using value flour, etc. I always use granulated sugar too, it is cheaper than caster sugar and I don't think it makes a difference to cakes. I bought wholemeal flour earlier for a vegetable crumble, I was shocked at how dear it is compared to white flour.

It does make me laugh though, I noticed today that Hobnobs are BOGOF in Morrisons, two packs for about 70p yet we are all making Twinks Hobnobs that I am sure cost more. :rotfl:I feel better knowing that the children are eating them without all the nasties of shop bought food.

I must admit that I've been quite tough with the children and food. On the first day of the holidays DS was constantly asking for food and I was worried about the food bills. The thing is, when he is at school he hardly he eats his packed lunch! He constantly asks for things like School bars but I've been offering fruit, carrot sticks and raisins a lot of the time and he is far less hungry than if he thinks there are goodies to eat. Don't get me wrong, they both have their fair share of treats too, they both had a small bar of chocolate when we shopped earlier.

just updated my siggie as while we were in MrT's DH spent £10.67
and I needed some more ,,,,,,,, and a packet of ladies things


KAAT

Afternoon everyone. I am back from holiday and now sinking into post holiday depression...made worse by the fact that I set my budget at £100 this month and I have just added up receipts so far and it comes to £79.25!! Don't know how I am going to make 20 quid last 4 weeks....:eek:



hope everyone is having a better day!