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October 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

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  • frasersmum123
    frasersmum123 Posts: 862 Forumite
    My month begins on the 3rd as I always on my shopping on a Friday.

    Im Budgeting £400 for 2 adults and 2 children (Though I am due to have a baby in the second week of October!) Its also a 5 week month, so I have added a little extra.

    In that budget im including our Friday Night Chip shop treat!
    Moving on up :o SPC #382 ~ £40 banked
    12k in 2016 #15. £541.91/£3000
  • nimbo
    nimbo Posts: 3,701 Forumite
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    hi, would love to join in, if that's ok.... so for the month i would like to budget

    £200...

    it's just me, and i would like to set the bar lower, but would rather come in under the first month than over as it might be more of an encouragement.... (of course i could completely blow it out the water and treble it or something awful....)

    i might need to come up with what other things i should be budgeting for also as it would be good to know where else i'm frittering my money...

    sorry had to dash earlier.... all of you seem to have soooo much will power, i have enough trouble sticking to a recipie plan for two days i'd never manage a month.

    i need to get all organised and cook only form the freezer for a while so i can defrost, and rotate my stock when i stock up again...

    Stashbuster - 2014 98/100 - 2015 175/200 - 2016 501 / 500 2017 - 200 / 500 2018 3 / 500
    :T:T
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Hi Donnajt

    Here is a link to a "sort of" recipe :D once you have done it the first time you will be able to adjust to suit your families tastes..hope you like it ;)

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=14364799&highlight=cornedbeef+hash#post14364799

    Shhh Scotsaver... Im just as bad :D -even measuring up the patio to figure out how many tubs I can wedge on there again :p .. oh and trying to figure where my 9 whoopsy rose arches can fit to grow my beans, peas etc up

    right off to update the list -have a great day everyone:D
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • bertiebots
    bertiebots Posts: 1,433 Forumite
    :D Hi can you put me down for £200 this month please. Thats for all groceries,cleaning products and toiletries for 5 ...thanks:D dates from 22nd to 22nd so spend so far for first week was £20:j .
    JAN GC- £155.77 out of £200:D FEB GC £197.31 out of £180:o. MARCH GC - out of £200
  • BigMummaF
    BigMummaF Posts: 4,281 Forumite
    Morning folks!
    Bit :angry: cuz the offspring had invited some people over for a bbq yesterday & they didn't show! On Saturday, No1 took me muvva & I to MrA, & I was effa-so-:A in only getting what I really needed or things that were cheaper than I can get here [looked on mysupermarket.co before I left home ;) --but you can't always rely on that I've found :o ] when said child announced the bbq. Upshot was, we bought things we wouldn't have bothered with, so now there's 40 bread rolls to use up :mad: there's no room in the freezer cuz the burgers & sausages are in there! Luckily I'd got a value assortment of dips--another thing we don't really eat at home--& the lemonade will keep...No1 & I split the bill, cuz there was alcohol, a sweater & other bits, making my spend £40 :eek:

    So, my resolve to only buy what we actually need as opposed to things we fancy on a whim, has already been blown out of the water :cool: What is it they put on school reports? Ah yes...must try harder!
    Full time Carer for Mum; harassed mother of three;
    loving & loved by two 4-legged babies.

  • lilmisskitkat
    lilmisskitkat Posts: 919 Forumite
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    Hiya all :) Getting back into the swing of things now so i'd like to join in the challenge this month, think the last one i did was May :o

    Can you put me down for £300 - this includes all food, cleaning, toiletries, baby stuff and school dinners :) My month run from 30th sept - 28th Oct. This will also include DD's birthday tea and cake on 22nd.

    Good luck all!

    kate xxx
  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Hi everyone!:hello: Got distracted in September by too many weekends away etc so haven't kept track of spends. Back to it this month though and I'm going to stick my neck out and go for £75 from 1st-31st for 2 people please Mrs M :eek:
    We have lots of food in the house and I am going to make a meal plan to acommodate lots of it and not buy things just because they're whoopsied!
    Thanks to Pink, MrsM and Rosieben for running the thread, your hard work is much appreciated.
    Good luck for the month everyone!
    The 1,000 Day Challenge:
    Feb 16, 2016
    500/30,000
    1.67%
  • smetf
    smetf Posts: 351 Forumite
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    Hi all
    Aiming for £470 in october
    Done my big Ocado shop is coming out about £70 ish with vouchers off, will update sig when it is actually delivered. Will see how this experiment works- have bought all meat for month so weekly top up should consist of flour/ bread/ f +v/milk/juice/cereal and odds and ends. Did the shop online last night, was shattered so felt like a big chore but really struggled to spend enough to get the voucher off- before doing this challenge I used to spend £70 a week on my Mr T shop without even thinking :rolleyes:

    Good luck everyone

    Thanks Pink, Mrs M, Rosieben, Penny for all you do!
    Smetf
    Emergency fund 12.5k Home/ holiday fund 5.5k Mortgage £47,711
  • PurpleSkies
    PurpleSkies Posts: 270 Forumite
    My goodness 4 pages already!

    Well even though i declared last week I have managed to resist the temptation to buy anything else. Just working on my meal plan/shopping list for next week. Heading to Lidl this weekend so that'll be a nice change from Mr T, although I'm not as clued up on their prices so I'll have to watch my spending a bit more!
  • donnajt
    donnajt Posts: 1,085 Forumite
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    and probably really dump q - do you cube the corn beef or bung it in whole?
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