April 2011 Grocery Challenge

beemuzed · 2 April 2011 at 7:18PM

Gosh - 2nd April already and not signed up yet. Very disappointed in huge overspend last month , with no real reason for it. Will be having DS and DGD to stay for the school holidays so no way will it go down this month. So, will aim at last months total -
£390 please!!

elfen · 2 April 2011 at 7:34PM

Spent 28.70 on some lovely food with lots of yellow stickered stuff. yum yum!

Pinwheel · 2 April 2011 at 7:49PM

Hi
More money spent yesterday and today. I think I have learned that I need to do an internet shop on payday, things aren't going well already this month. I had to buy chicken, sausages, fish, bread flour, vegetables, cheese, yoghurts and lots more, £45.50 in total. I have got meals planned for the next week but think I am going to try to plan until next payday (26th April) I have updated my signature.
PWx

huxley · 2 April 2011 at 7:56PM

Mr T just delivered my order early :j pleased about that had to book 9-11pm slot :eek: as that was all that was avaliable but they are so busy they phoned to see if I minded changing

That's the plus but I really should not shop when I feel yuk now got a full cupboard but whether the ingredients go together to make meals is another matter

ebayqueen_2 · 2 April 2011 at 8:12PM

Hi all
Back to join the April Groc Challenge...March was a strange month...all my good intentions went out the window!
Happy to report that I have just got my first NSD...miracle:D

please include me and I hope to reach 10 nsds this month and £400 for the groceries.
Wishing all on this board the best of luck for the month ahead.

pepsi-kins · 2 April 2011 at 8:18PM

Hi All,
I've done quite well this week, only bought things that I really needed, apart from a few ice-creams that snuck into my trolley. I have been to the butchers today for meat which will last us a fortnight that came to £16. 59, and then went to sainsbugs as i had a £12 off £60 spend, quite pleased that i only went over by a small amount over the £60, so it finally came to £55.66.

I have meal planned for the month, and trying to use up as much stuff as possible. I said last week that I wanted my annual total to be at £850 by the end of April, but as you can see by me signature...that just ain't gonna happen!!

Have a good week everyone x

guccigoo · 2 April 2011 at 8:32PM

just popping in to report a NSD :j also was treated to a lovely lunch out today

quintwins · 2 April 2011 at 8:32PM

went to te$co this morning and got a few bots for mothers day and spent yesterdays dtd on a few more dtd bits, i'm not going to add my spends onto my sig tho as most was for mothersday and the few bits that weren't were more than covered by yesterdays voucher , i'm hoping for another £18 dtd voucher back

will add £16 to my sis tho for the maccy d's we had for lunch it was well worth every penny

PennyGrabber · 2 April 2011 at 9:19PM

So, I've just totally blown it. Restocking the fridge freezer to a level I'm happy with cost me most of my month's challenge money. Howewer, because of the success of last month, and because I also spaved, I'm going to move the cost of what I won't use this month over to next month, so I don't feel so bad. After all, it's not my fault my fridge freezer died, and i'm not going to beat myself up about it, but I did need to restock it, and there were some lovely bargains at @sda today, like mull£r corners, lights and rices for 25p! Bought 15!! Also stocked up on cheese, those fini$h tablets, frozen veg, marg, the butter-with-tin promotion, which was actually cheaper than buying without the tin! and some other bits. Ooh, loo roll too, which always eats into the old budget I find. So, with adjustments of spaving, etc, my total for April out of £150 so far is £122.02!! That's with another £13.94 to take out of the May budget, mainly the fini$h dishwasher tablets. Looking at the price per tablet, it's actually cheaper than the smartprice ones, so I bought 5 packs!:o

In fairness, I did get some stuff for mothering sunday in there too, like some strawbs and rasps, and some nice chocs, and something nice for breakfast, and... But, being a single mum, I thought s0d it, I'll treat myself! My children want to make all my food for me tom, so needed to get easy stuff as they're only 6 and 4!! So, for breakfast we're having pain au chocolats or choc brioche, lunch is sandwiches with hm cakes for pudding (we're making them tom morning!), and dinner is enchiladas with chocolate pots for pud - will put that in separate post, they look yummy! Then, of course, snacks throughout the day and all round pigginess, followed by a nice bike ride in the nearby park! And if they want an icecream while we're there, tough, but I did find about 5 tubs of the stuff in the outside freezer I didn't know I had, so they can wait til we get home and have some of that!!

Just realised how long the post is. Sorry.
PG x

PennyGrabber · 2 April 2011 at 9:24PM

Ingredients
250ml double cream
1 tablespoon caster sugar
200g plain chocolate

Serves 4

Method
Put cream and sugar in saucepan, heat til just boiling, stirring regularly.
Turn off heat, break choc into chunks and add to pan.
Leave for 2 mins, then stir until smooth.
Leave for 10 mins, stir and put into dishes.
When cold, put into fridge for at least 4 hours (we're leaving them overnight).
Shove some grated choc/fresh raspberries/whatever on the top and serve!

There are only 3 of us, and 2 are small people, so we've done half quantity, for a taster rather than a feel-sick pudding!

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