January 2012 Grocery Challenge

SuziQ1962 wrote: »

I have about £50 quid to last until the end of the month-better get the lentils out!

I may be joining you Suzi ........ Realised I'd somehow not got enough stuff to cover the remaining lunches for the week :eek: so popped to Mr A (had to go to the town to pay the window cleaner so not a total waste of 18 miles fuel!) and came out £24.58 worse off!:eek:

I wanted some chicken chunks to go in a salad / cous cous but they didn't have any SP ones left ... and the only ones there were £2.70 for 200g:eek: or 2 for £5.

Decided a whole chicken was better value ... so got 2 (for £7) but totally unplanned! Nevermind, I'll get about a week's worth of meals off each one so......

It really went downhill from there on:o still I guess it's a 5 week month .....

kezlou wrote: »

Thanks for the info on the cat food rising from the ashes.

I'll check it out. Normally i buy 24 tins for £10 from pets at home when i get the cat litter but OH went last time and they wasn't any large packs of wet food or cat litter.

Checked in Mr A when I was there & Whiskas still on the offer @ £2.50 for a box (12) of pouches @ Mr A:D


ETA: Does anyone take cold cous cous for lunch?

Do you need to "do anything" to it to keep it fresh or will it be OK in a sealed tub? TIA

RFTA - cold couscous is fine, I often have it with cold roast peppers and crumbled feta, it's lush.

Well, OUCH. I went and bought my cheap seeds and bits for muesli and granola and bread making and it came to 25 quid, which feels extremely painful. Only it really shouldn't feel so bad given that I came out with a box of rabbit food that will keep me going for months, whereas not all that many years ago I could easily spend the same amount on ingredients for dinner for two (yes, I know!).

Anyway, it's left me a bit more realistic about how much I'm likely to spend in a month. It'll be interesting going through the receipts and working it all out on payday. And of course, now I've bought the sodding things, I've got to use them. For a treat (God help me, treats used to be bottles of wine) I bought some pecans and some chopped dates. Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers all, and well done to everybody. In other news I was pleased to note that Aldi are selling 8 bananas for 52p by the way - that's my snacks for the whole of next week!

£2.10 spent in Mr T on a microwave veggie lasagne, didn't have time to cook last night and I haven't anything in the freezer.... baby steps still. Really need to get on with the slow cooking, found lush recipe for stuffed cabbage leaves done in a slow cooker mmm

£3 on ingredients for ds to make lemon cheesecake in food tech (grrrr - we could make a far nicer one at home I am sure)

£5 on reduced pork in Morrisons - 2 packs f leg steaks whcih will be split for 3 meals, 1 belly joint for a sunday roast (plus neough for a LO meal) and a rack of ribs as a treat for ds sometime - they are his fav but only had one pack plus a 2kg bag of seconds apples

£3.83 spent in mr t's more of the half price quaker oats 16 sachets half price, a box of tissues, 6 pack of pocket tissues and a pint of milk.