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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2145 on: May 08, 2013, 07:00:17 am »
Still under this week $98.73 - so not by much, was actually expecting it to be over as I had run out of flour, sugar, chick peas, soy milk (Miss3 is dairy intolerant), choc chips and more of that sort of thing, but somehow managed to stay below!  ;D
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2146 on: May 08, 2013, 07:02:00 am »
Well done Astarra :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2147 on: May 08, 2013, 07:13:40 am »
Only going to buy fruit and milk this week. :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2148 on: May 08, 2013, 08:10:49 am »
You've done very well astarra  :D

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2149 on: May 09, 2013, 03:00:33 am »
Thanx ladies.  :-*
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2150 on: May 11, 2013, 04:15:15 am »
fruit, milk, a few veges, cereal, Margerine, $80

food is so expensive, but that is my lowest week yet.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2151 on: May 11, 2013, 06:55:23 am »
Just under $100,  very pleased as this included several expensive non food items.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2152 on: May 11, 2013, 06:58:00 am »
I can join in while we are up here. This morning I bought a lettuce $2.29 and   2 litres of milk. Total cost just under $5. Next week I will need a little more.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2153 on: May 16, 2013, 12:45:01 am »
Cookie, $5, LOL

this week I am at $98.32, very happy with that :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2154 on: May 16, 2013, 12:48:21 am »
About $10 this week, so far so good, tho might need more stuff to try recipes in my Baby and Toddler cookbook (Which is the very reason I didn't get much, so I could get other stuff if needed later in the week!  :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2155 on: May 16, 2013, 12:49:40 am »
If I shop without kids, its cheaper..
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2156 on: May 16, 2013, 05:09:54 am »
I've been a bit slack the last couple of months, had school holidays then family came to stay so wasn't tracking my spending. However the last 2 weeks I've been well under my $120 budget including non food items so I'm pretty pleased with that. Haven't had much time to cook lately which probably has something to do with it! (That and the fact that my freezer was full of ready made meals)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2157 on: May 19, 2013, 02:29:58 am »
$160 this week, but that included 8 kilos of chicken drumsticks too. ;)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2158 on: May 19, 2013, 07:22:43 am »
We shopped in Denham on Friday. I spent the grand total of $20.20 on food. It's easy when the freezer is full and there is only the two of us and I have no oven to cook in.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2159 on: May 19, 2013, 03:00:20 pm »
Well done Cookie. 
I blew the budget this week.  $260.  This included 4 chickens on super special,  and other non food items also very cheap.