April 2018 Grocery Challenge

I was away the last week in March and left some ££ with the family which they said "didn't last 5 minutes" so maybe I'm better at this than I thought (I left loads in the freezer and plenty of cash for topups)! So abandoning March and will try for £400 in April (5 weekends so added a bit to my usual target).

Bizarrely today was an accidental NSD; I don't think I've bought any food or anything else that'd come out of our grocery budget since the £1 on Saturday! I should have gone to the county town market this morning, but it was tipping down & I was running late thanks to hordes of soggy grockles - sorry, tourists - hauling large caravans round the narrow, twisty A road, trying to escape the incessant downpours - don't blame them!

I'll have a good rootle round for receipts in case I've forgotten anything; of course I did my mother's shopping today, so I have bought stuff, it just wasn't for us or paid for with our money. I'm kind of impressed that we can actually go several days without shopping, without me even particularly noticing, and that we can survive me missing an opportunity to stock up, twice in the space a month, bearing in mind the "snow days!" And I've been feeding 6, with very idiosyncratic tastes, for the last two weeks, though I took DS3 back to uni this evening so we're back to 5 now.

£4.77 at Morries, biscuits y.s bits and 6 bunches of flowers.

Evening all

First spends of the month today of £17.13 in Morries

Hope you all have a thrifty Thursday
Lx

I'm on £7.06 so far for April.

I'm cooking dinner for oh today, before he goes to badminton. I'm not feeling great, as I fell down the stairs yesterday morning - very sore. So, I'll make a sneaky roast again, as the oven can do most of the work for me. I've two pork loin steaks left, which I'll do with roasties, stuffing, Apple sauce, mashed swede and perhaps some cabbage.

I need to sort though the outside freezer a bit today, for two reasons. First, to make a bit of a use-up list, and second to try and find space for all this veg I've accumulated that I don't want to go off before I can use it. I have celery, three cabbages, some parsnips and possibly a few other bits, so I need a chopping and freezing session after I've made space!!

I'm supposed to be going to work today, but I think I'll just call in after dropping ds off at his dad's then head home to rest. Luckily, I can choose when I do my work during the holidays, so I'll try tomorrow, and if not, next week. I could do with catching some zzz as I didn't sleep well last night.

Have a good day everyone,

PG x