February 2009 Grocery Challenge

laineyc_2 · 10 February 2009 at 6:35PM

I only had to buy milk today. The biscuit tin needs topping up a bit more so I will be making Twink's hobnobs this evening. I have a big Asda shop coming a week on Saturday. I think I will wind up pretty close to my target but my freezer and store cupoboard should be brimming. That will make March more manageable and I will lower my budget accordingly.

orchid-96 · 10 February 2009 at 7:14PM

Todays dinner hasn't gone to plan as I put the chicken in the oven too late for us to all have - so the kids have had omelette and spaghetti and we are having a quiche out of the freezer with beans......b4 challenge I would have probably gone out for mcdonalds or chippy so am really pleased.....so that will now be roast chicken with sweet potato wedges and coleslaw tomorrow yum....for us all (apart from ds's school friend who I pick up every other wednesday, she is very fussy so will have to do her some fishfingers and chips I spose...

thats 2 nsd's for me woo hoo, only 2 more to go....(if I make it!!) Love the sound of those pony carrots, bet there are some really funny shapes in there :rotfl: in the old days you could have sent them to 'thats life'

sexki11en · 10 February 2009 at 8:40PM

Hmmmm....not sure we're gonna do this (again) this month. Will have to tot everything up since Friday. It might help that we picked up our new (ebay) chest freezer yesterday (I'm SO excited about that lol) so now I don't have to worry about batch cooking. My problem was, I was taking out a small mince and having to put back at least 3 more meals into the freezer!

I've also discovered that our local bread shop does 2-4-1 at closing time and always seem to have large white loaves so that's £1.30 for 2. One goes in the freezer and the other in the bread bin. Now I can buy lots and keep them in the freezer lol. I have baked my own occasionally but OH isn't keen for sarnies and I don't always have time working full time. A lot of our weekends are spent away, although we're trying to curb that now we're down to 6 months before the wedding and having to save hard (hence the GC) We both take our own lunch to work now as well which we didn't do before and we're sticking to the meal plans.

I also planted chilli, tomato, courgette, pepper, basil and corriander seeds this weekend just gone and will have more time at home this summer over the weekends to actually look after them. The garlic and potatoes are already well on their way. The cut n come again lettuce I will plant over the next week or so.

Wow - what a waffle lol. Sorry

Edited to add: I forgot to say we should be OK for March as we have enough main meals/meat in the freezer currently to see us through until around 20th March so although we might not do fab this month - next month I should be able to lower the budget considerably.

SK x

*BigBird* · 10 February 2009 at 8:54PM

Did a big shop in Mr T yesterday so I could get the 5p off fuel voucher and ended up spending £67.53 :eek: I got quite a bit of stuff that's gone in the freezer though, so it'll last a good while. Then spent another £2.78 in the greengrocer today on courgette, sweet potato and some HUGE free range eggs. It's a really nice greengrocer, but not one I'm near very often unfortunately.

OH's dad is letting us have his holiday cottage this weekend. I'd already planned to make OH's favourite beef & guinness stew for Valentine's day (much cheaper than a vastly over-priced meal out just because it's a "special occasion"!), so we'll take all of the ingredients with us and make it there. It'll be a nice little Valentine's getaway - and most importantly, a cheap one!!

Off to make some carrot, tomato, butternut squash, sweet potato and anything-else-I-find-lurking-in-the-fridge soup now

I bought a stockpot in Ikea a few weeks ago and it is now my most favouritest kitchen item - I can chuck loads of stuff in there and turn it into soup. Happy days.

orchid-96 · 10 February 2009 at 9:09PM

I am thinking of planting some seeds, but only have a small garden (well decking area lol) is there anything edible that I can plant in pots? (other than herbs as dh did do some of those last year)

egon · 10 February 2009 at 9:20PM

I needed eggs and spend £2.82 at the green grocers.I also bought some bananas. I like going in there, as it stops me spending too much, as their fruit and veg are lots of money.

We ended up having 7 kids for dinner. So they had tiny toads with magic mash and peas. It went down a treat. And very inexpensive.
DH and I are now having Take away later, when he gets back from rugby coaching.
We usually eat together, but with 7 kids at the table..............

seabright · 10 February 2009 at 9:22PM

I've just bought some seeds too. This is my plan:

Mustard & Cress - to have in my lunchtime sandwiches
Hanging basket tomatoes
Runner beans - OH's favourite veg. Am hoping there will be enough to freeze.

Trouble is, other than mustard & cress, these are all months away from being useful

searching_me · 10 February 2009 at 9:52PM

hello everyone havent posted but been keeping tabs ... been spending most my time on pregnancy board

but i got £50 leave

little worried but will try to be good... i got cravings for pot noodles so doing my best not to go in Mr S he temps me to spend :rotfl: hope your all well xxx

kazzys51 · 10 February 2009 at 10:01PM

hi there,sorry for the intrusion dont know if this is the right place to ask this but here goes do you buy organic meat/veg? if so do you think that you get a better deal really? i try to buy organic where i can but sometimes when meat is concerned its sometimes more fatty for example £3.69 for 500g of organic lean mince from tesco now and then is really grizzly comparing to £3.50 for 800g of normal lean mince and with veg can sometimes be really bad well b4 sell by i kno this is hard for them to get rid of pests but i guess im trying to weigh up even though its organic does that mean its better for you? what do you think? thanks kazzys

jakesmummy86 · 10 February 2009 at 10:13PM

Hi,

I am new to this and am very skint at the moment! I have £80 left until the 27th of February to feed myself, my Husband and my 2 year old son. Any tips would be very welcome!

X :eek:

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