July 2011 Grocery Challenge

Elisheba · 4 July 2011 at 8:51AM

Well, that was the weekend that was! In terms of grocery challenge, I've not done too badly. A £25 spend a L**l, about £30 on stuff for the cats that should last the month and less than £20 on toiletries. Only really bad thing was buying some rubbish at abarage when I got petrol. Almost £5 I really didnt news to spend. On the pocket money aide of things however, not so good. Very, very busy weekend, and I am left with a tenner for the rest of the month. Which is frankly no good at all. I have already committed to more than that. However, no point crying over spilt milk. I can keep it as quiet as possible and keep over spend to a minimum.
HM bread and hummous made last night, so that's this weeks lunches sorted. The hummus went a bit odd! It doesn't taste much like hummus but it's nice enough lol. Wraps with leftover bits for dinner tonight.

rosieben · 4 July 2011 at 9:10AM

More people joining in for July :T Good luck Beki, peony40, nickynoo08 and got-it-spend-it

everyone seems to be making a good start to the month :T

I'll be breaking my string of NSD's today or tomorrow to get a few things from the butcher and c00p but have enough 'divi' coupons to pay for my c00p bits, if I remember to take them!

somethingsgottogive · 4 July 2011 at 9:16AM

I'd like to join you all this month as we've been spending far too much on 'goodies' and it needs curbing now! I'm aiming for £120, including nappies and cleaning stuff, for the rest of July

Natty68 · 4 July 2011 at 9:21AM

Can I revise my total please? Could you put me down for the new total of £190.00. I have taken out all the direct debits/bills that have come out of the £500.00 I originally put and this is what I am actually left with.

DH pays for the shopping each month out of his money, plus every three months we go to Costco to stock up on various bits - toiletries, meat etc.

My total is for the bits I always end up buying in Asda or various other food places as I always forget to get stuff out to cook, hence the dash to Asda..lol

So my new total for July is £190.00

quintwins · 4 July 2011 at 9:46AM

morning all, i knew i hadn't spent so much, my new total is right

nipping to te$co tonight for some bread, milk,yogurts and fruit thats all we really need to see us threw the week except a big bag of spuds, hubby is off all next week, picnic stuff will come out of my budget however i have also put aside £50 for eating out hopefully we won't spend all this but if we do i'm not too worried

todays breakfast was reduced muffins and bagels from the freezer, luch will be waffles and a few nuggets, i'll prob have cuppa soup or curry, dinner is going to be sheperds pie and the kids can have jelly

catznine · 4 July 2011 at 9:50AM

First spends of the month:- £9.18
mainly on co op reductions, some turkey steaks £1.50, big pack kentucky style chicken pieces (will do 2 meals) £3, bag potatoes reduced to 21p! and as a treat some fresh raspberries for £1.50 total £6.21

Then off to sainsby for the branston baked beans 4 tins for 99p so bought 3 packs @ £2.97 - that should keep us going for a while!

Now have £140.82 left in the kitty!

Having the leftover chicken tonight in a pasta bake with an apricot crumble (to use up some tinned apricots from last night).

I was going to pick some soft fruit today but had an e mail from the farm to say better to leave it til later in the week as everything was very well picked over at the weekend! Jam making will have to wait! This is where my money will go as will also have to buy some certo!

luckycat99 · 4 July 2011 at 9:52AM

Newb here! Can you put me down for £200 please? I spent £290 last month which is far too much, but we do have cupboards and freezer full, so hopefully that will be a big help. Already spent £62 this weekend (mostly store cupboard stuff) so £138 left for 2 plus cat. Need to cut down more but baby steps...

Winged_one · 4 July 2011 at 10:09AM

I got bread and milk in Mr T yesterday, as I was getting flowers for my gran anyway. Then I realised I needed a few more bits, so called into Mr SQ on the way home from my grans and spent another €82! I needed cereals, kitchen towels, fruit and veg, and a few more bits, and the double packs of 2l 7up and club orange were on a good price - we use a fair bit of that in the fine weather so I got one each.

Actually, I just realised that I never made any allowances for what OH got in the farmer's market on Saturday - need to add in about €15 I think (pork chops, strawberry and apple juice, cheese, olives, pizza bases and sauce - oops the pizza pack is €5 on it's own, ok maybe €20).

But I also got a lot of veggies from the plot on Saturday. Peas for everyone for tonight, broad beans, spinach, raspberries and a small handful of mixed currants, first of the new potatoes, and 3 lettuces. I also got a good lot of seeds sown while I was there, so hoping for a good crop later in the summer too (peas are great but will finish in another couple of weeks as I missed successional sowings - but I got one more long row sown this weekend for late August, for example).

Menu this week:
Sat: Broad beans (HG), bacon lardons, handful fresh tagliatelle, garlic (HG) and a spoon of creme fraiche
Sun: Macaroni cheese with lardons, courgette, pepper, broadies, mushrooms
Mon: Pork chops with HG peas and HG potatoes
Tues: HM pizza
Wed: Chicken with spinach and pasta
Thurs: Stuffed mushrooms and tomatoes
Fri: Probably some kind of mixed veg stir fry

Gorgeestwo · 4 July 2011 at 10:30AM

Made the mistake of just 'popping' into Mr T yesterday for bread and milk, £13.11 later I'm not sure what I bought besides bread and milk really :mad: so need to try harder to resist getting those little 'extra's'

Hopefully today will be a NSD

mrsrobertson · 4 July 2011 at 10:30AM

Can you put me down for £200 please??

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