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Just back from Sainsburys, £290 lighter 😯
That for us being hosts to 9 people
Please put me out of my misery by saying you spent more!
750 for 10.
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Holy crapola!
About £330 for 12 (5 children).
Madness I tell thee.
Why does everyone go crazy, shops are only shut for 1 day.
Is that only for food or booze aswell?
I was only 100 quid for 4 all in.
£255 for seven but that did include a bottle of Laphroaig, just for me!
£260 + getting turkey tomorrow!
Jebus! What are you spending it on?
We're hosting for just us three christmas day
5 on Boxing day
7 on the 27th
And we've spent around 250 quid including the booze.
You know guests get supermarket whisky don't you? I got all our wine in ALDI.
750 for 10
Where was that Fortnum & Mason 😯
90 for four of us. Doing an Aldi three bird roast for xmas day. JS had a realy nice fresh 3 bird roast in, but it was 49 quid....try selling that to a Yorkshireman!
**** all....off to my ma's 🙂
The usual panic has set in. Tesco and Co are closed for one day (well they are around here). Cue panic buying of bread and milk etc.... All to be thrown in the bin in a few days time 😐
130 today for ancillaries, veg, basics for us for the hols.. Prob about another £140 spent already for turkey, ham stuffing and booze.
Got 8 coming on chrimbo day, I'm starting back at work sunday night so first figure included my dinners and some cakes for work!!
My wife came home from work with a bottle of highland park, a few decent bottles of wine and a wee hamper thing so that's helped..
Total of £91.74 spent at Aldi & Sainsburys today should see us through past new year. OK so its only 2 of us but WTF are some people buying!!!
Wasn't even busy either 😀
If the above stats are rolled out over the population as a whole, everyone is going to have about 5 Christmas lunches.
(that wasn't worked out, and is a total guess, someone else can do it accurately.)
Christmas isn't Christmas without a bit of[url= http://www.jamondepatanegra.com/es/149-jamon-iberico-bellota-reserva.html ]Pata Negra[/url] and a bit of good [url= http://www.jamondepatanegra.com/es/queso-manchego/134-queso-manchego-don-apolonio-3kg.html ]cheese[/url], lunch and a selection of other cheeses and meats for dinner. Best not give you bill for the wine then, had I?
Do you lot honsetly give your friends crap?
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pata negra is amazing stuff, much nicer than any italian ham. First had it at a Spanish wedding in 2004.
pata negra is amazing stuff, much nicer than any italian ham. First had it at a Spanish wedding in 2004.
And not something you mess around with trying to save a few quid either.
Do you lot honsetly give your friends crap?
Nah they just don't get invited! 😉
But seriously, you are a most generous host! You can eat very well for a lot less than you are spending. BUt if you can afford it, go for it!. Can you post a doggy bag?
Can you post a doggy bag?
Bog off! I've got a freezer and no more shopping trips until June or July!!
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£80, incl booze for 3 adults and 3 kids - and that includes a bunch of normal household stuff / rest of the week. Turkey was in freezer already.
Bog off! I've got a freezer and no more shopping trips until June or July!!
I take it back. You're a tight arse! 😀
I thought I was spending a lot at £150! Now I realise I'm obviously tight!
Christmas isn't Christmas without a bit ofPata Negra and a bit of good cheese, lunch and a selection of other cheeses and meats for dinner. Best not give you bill for the wine then, had I?
Do you lot honsetly give your friends crap?
i received some lovely thin sliced chorizo today that's easy on the parprika and i swear you can smell the acorn fed ham. dunno what it's called but it tastes divine.
magnum of la rioja alta vina ardanza already at the folks, a nice godello, Gulbenzu evo and some pedro-ximenez that's nearly as old as me.
no £8 shitty bottles of port for me. not a snob just appreciate nice food/wine for the taste not the label. no expensive champagne just a £10 bottle of prosecco with a dash of Aperol, much nicer.
did spend far to much on cheese though, morbier, reblochon, cashel blue and some comté that's £25 gone.
£275 in Tesco for 2 adults and a child - £40 on Turkey, who knows how much on booze and the rest on nibbles/cheese/ham/stuff, with a few essentials thrown in - outlaws round on Boxing Day though for snacks
£160 at m&s yesterday,£150 at tesco today (that does not include booze) 5 people for chrimbo dinner
was having a similar conversation in the pub with mates this evening.
My £150 seems a bit odd.
That's £50 on top of a normal £100 a week shop (for four), there's 5 of us on Sunday.
£50 in the online basket but no slots for delivery before Christmas.
In store £108 Doh...
I bought a few extra beers and a bag of nuts. Not entertaining this year. Might get a cake for wife too so let's says a tenner.
Nothing really, but then mum's cooking lunch!!
£83 today.. just on a few extra boozy gifts for my hosts 😯
They, however spent a fotune... 😉 must love your Mum and Dad eh!
The freezer is ALWAYS full of good meat. I don't want a Turkey very much. I have a choice of chicken, pork, lamb or quail for the day.
No money spent for this weekend in particular except for on a few more vegetables than usual.
£200 ish but that includes alcohol, Wii game, normal shopping and stuff for Christmas. We'll be good for stuff (except the fresh bits) till next year.
I shall be feasting on Roast Swan this year.
Cost? Nowt- free from local park. 😀
Oh, I spose the airgun pellet cost like what, a penny?
We've been acquiring bits and pieces from the local farmers markets for months. Not going shopping again until next year except for a single carton of natural yoghurt deemed essential for a recipe by my 12 year old. Shouldn't be a problem. She's a late riser so I should be able to get it out of the fridge, wrap it and get it under the tree before she gets there on Sunday. 😀
NB If she spends all day tomorrow asking me at 5 minute intervals what I have bought her for xmas like she has spent the past week, it may be all she gets.
Cooking for 6.
120 quid at Sainsbury's today (maybe 20 quid was everyday stuff).
65 quid at the butchers for various lumps of pork.
20 quid for veg and stuff at the local greengrocers.
That doesn't include booze (in-laws sorting that).
slainte 😀 rob
I've spent £50 on cheese mmmmm! I really have no idea in total but I work all year round and love to treat myself, family and friends in a little indulgence.
shoot yourself in the face. with a gun.
£90 here for four and that includes the Sainsos £5 delivery charge. When you shop online you don't wander round picking up all the crap and the 3 for 1 offers that you don't really need.
Not spent owt 😀 going to my brothers for Christmas day, first time in 9yrs we've not hosted, wife's a bit lost though, no prepping to do. I feel everyone's pain knowing how much it costs!
Come to us! my parents said BUT can you bring the evening food
enough for 6 persons and some drink I am now £ 195.00p out of pocket 🙁