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Offline judydawn

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2895 on: January 25, 2015, 11:11:18 pm »
I've had a couple of $0 weeks already this year and last year's average again came in around $50 per week for 1 person.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2896 on: January 25, 2015, 11:21:43 pm »
That's amazing Judy.
And your freezer is full of leftovers and you give so many meals to your Mum - which makes it even more remarkable.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2897 on: January 25, 2015, 11:44:52 pm »
I could go eat from pantry and freezer for another 3 months now. :)
except for bread, milk, fruit, veges.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2898 on: January 25, 2015, 11:51:02 pm »
That's amazing Judy.
And your freezer is full of leftovers and you give so many meals to your Mum - which makes it even more remarkable.

My freezer always seems to be full of everything Katie, I can never go past a piece of bargain priced meat  :D  I do enjoy stretching the dollar and seeing how many meals I can get from a piece of meat. Yesterday at Gawler River Meat I bought chicken fillets, pork fillets, lamb ribs, American T-bones for the SC and that leg of ham I've already mentioned. It was so busy in there yesterday.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2899 on: January 26, 2015, 05:20:27 am »
Like you I can't go past a meat bargain Judy. It is so expensive the bargains are well worth the outlay at the time. I seem to spend $150-$200 each week. If I don't buy meat it is less. Fruit and Vegies are about $60-$70 a week.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2900 on: January 26, 2015, 12:08:37 pm »
I've just been grocery shopping spent £80 ( $151) which isn't bad for me :-\ It did include a pair of slippers,a toy car ( half price) ,a bunch of tulips and a bunch of daffodils :D
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2901 on: January 26, 2015, 12:42:47 pm »
You strayed from the food aisles a bit Denise LOL
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2902 on: January 26, 2015, 12:55:09 pm »
Where do you shop CC, I loved Morrisons in Diss, and Tesco and Lakeland.  We have a new Woolies in Falcon it reminds me of a UK supermarket, without the booze.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2903 on: January 26, 2015, 05:32:02 pm »
You strayed from the food aisles a bit Denise LOL
I certainly did Judy :D :D

Where do you shop CC, I loved Morrisons in Diss, and Tesco and Lakeland.  We have a new Woolies in Falcon it reminds me of a UK supermarket, without the booze.
I shop mainly at Tesco and occasionally at Waitrose Denise.All the major supermarkets are struggling here as Aldi and Lidl have become very popular with the quality and low prices of their food.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2904 on: January 26, 2015, 08:49:54 pm »
CC,  love your shopping list, especially the toy car.
We have been eating out of the freezer and garden and this certainly saves a lot. What is it about the meat bargains? I thought I was the only one who had this problem.!

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2905 on: January 26, 2015, 10:24:08 pm »
Love it, CC!!  I kind of did something similar over the last week and a bit . . . bread tins, some 3D cookie cutters (I'll post in the Shopping thread) and, dare I say it . . .  an air fryer (after all these months of resistance.  However!! Hope I've made up for it by a $0 grocery bill by cooking out of pantry, freezer and fridge!   ;D

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2906 on: January 27, 2015, 12:27:57 am »
I. Believe Aldi will be up and running here next year. I can't wait. It may make Coles and Woolies sit up a bit. I am getting fed up with not being able to buy the brands I like in their shops.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2907 on: January 27, 2015, 08:25:37 pm »
GF,  the AF will bring out your creative urges.  You will want to try all sorts of different things. Have fun.
Have to visit Supermarket today.  Going to try new method.  NO trolly, just basket and rush in and out.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2908 on: January 27, 2015, 08:38:23 pm »
Have to visit Supermarket today.  Going to try new method.  NO trolly, just basket and rush in and out.
I look forward to hearing how you fair with just a basket Chookie :D :D
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #2909 on: January 27, 2015, 08:46:56 pm »
CC, will let you know.  The other thing is I will try and shop without Ral. ,!
Cookie, Aldi have a limited range but they sure are cheap.  I shop at Aldi about once a month.