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Offline Halex

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #270 on: June 05, 2012, 01:22:45 am »
I have a lemon, lime  & passionfruit, but no fruit >:(

Fruit & veg my biggest expenditure last week, $52, will see how to get this down on a regular basis.  Just planted some more veg & herb in the garden.

Spent $14.39 from aussie farmers & I havent even left the house.

Week 2 for me, I am still enjoying the callenge :)

H :)

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #271 on: June 05, 2012, 03:41:19 am »
Quote from: deedub on June 05, 2012, 01:22:22 am
Well I've just found out that I have to provide an antipasto platter for our weekend away with friends - easy, but expensive! I already have sundried tomatoes, goats cheese, caramelised onions and I can make dips pretty cheaply.... but I'll need to hit the deli counter and that's gonna be a killer! Need olives, salami, prosciutto and other assorted goodies for 17 people including kids - there goes my budget!  :) I'll let you know how I get on....

Gee how did  you get caught with that one. I would hold  on the prosciutto at over $40 a kilo.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #272 on: June 05, 2012, 05:45:47 am »
Quote from: Amy :-) on June 04, 2012, 10:09:24 am
Wouldn't everything just be so much easier if money grew on trees like apples? :-)) :D
Yeah that would be great - especially for those of us living in 'apple isle' !!!  ;)

No shopping today for me, even tho Tuesday is usually shopping day - school holidays...!  :-)) Will see if we can get thru the whole week without going.........
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #273 on: June 05, 2012, 05:48:08 am »
Quote from: astarra on June 05, 2012, 05:45:47 am
Quote from: Amy :-) on June 04, 2012, 10:09:24 am
Wouldn't everything just be so much easier if money grew on trees like apples? :-)) :D
Yeah that would be great - especially for those of us living in 'apple isle' !!!  ;)

No shopping today for me, even tho Tuesday is usually shopping day - school holidays...!  :-)) Will see if we can get thru the whole week without going.........

Lol, you'd be rolling in it astarra! :D I bet it would be helpful with a baby on the way... ;)

Good luck with not shopping ;D
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #274 on: June 05, 2012, 05:50:21 am »
true Gert, no need for prosciutto.

make a sliverside and thinly slices that  :-))

buy plain olvies and marinate at home same with the feta

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #275 on: June 05, 2012, 06:35:00 am »
We are going good on this not spending arn't we.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #276 on: June 05, 2012, 07:05:28 am »
Yes Obbie, I think we are doing really well. In fact I think it is us that might be making the reserve bank lower its interest rate tomrrow ;D, yay another win

$29.25 shopping today, plus the $14.39, plus $26 veg delivery on thursday toal so far $69.64, which gives me money for olive oil, milk & a few extras.

I have veg oil, sunflower oil, rice bran oil, ghee etc so not desperate :)

CP, will add up the total savings at the end of the month :) i am appy to help get the mortgage down.

H :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #277 on: June 05, 2012, 07:33:57 am »
Hally, it makes you think about what is in the pantry too.

Heaps in mine.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #278 on: June 05, 2012, 08:33:38 am »
Ok, as expected i've blown the budget already - so far I've spent 118.16 including my aussie farmers delivery, but considering I spent 37.74 on the antipasto platter I have to provide for this weekend I reckon that's pretty good. If I take those items out it comes to 80.42 - but since we're away for the long weekend I probably bought less 'normal' stuff than usual....
I'm having fun with this! Definitely makes you think/shop differently.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #279 on: June 05, 2012, 11:13:33 am »
I'm a bit concerned about my shopping Thursday as I have noticed over the last few days that we are running out of quiet a few things.
I'm heading shopping Thursday now as I'm able to go on my own without the kids.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #280 on: June 05, 2012, 09:46:58 pm »
Dede, saves money without the kids.

last week, we spent too much.

Robyn :)
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #281 on: June 06, 2012, 12:34:04 am »
Today left over fish for lunch.
Dinner lasagne from freezer.   No spend...

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #282 on: June 06, 2012, 08:20:11 am »
Quote from: obbie on June 05, 2012, 09:46:58 pm
Dede, saves money without the kids.

last week, we spent too much.

Robyn :)
I have to leave DH at home to save money when grocery shopping. Worse than kids. Not so much on food but he gets caught up in hygiene section buying 4 or 5 different deoderants and shaving cream and razor blades which cost a fortune.
And socks - he buys a five pack of sports socks every time he goes shopping.
But if socks make him happy so be it.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #283 on: June 06, 2012, 09:14:32 am »
I wouldn't like to take my DH either, he would hang around the meat section and complain about the price and quality (being an ex-butcher)
He would annoy the crap out of me :D
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #284 on: June 06, 2012, 09:27:03 am »
Luckily DS 22yrs is a butcher so we buy our meat from him.
Well at least DH is clean shaven, smells good and has clean socks.  :D :D :D
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