November 2013 Grocery Challenge

chirpchirp · 31 October 2013 at 4:55PM

I may as well give this a go as my cupboards are full as ever and I still seem to be at the co-op picking up things I don't need. Put be down for £175. for Nov.

I also had better pledge to put £50 extra in my ISA if I manage this!

zafiro1984 · 31 October 2013 at 7:05PM

Can I change from a monthly amount to £56 per week. Thank-you. My week is Monday to Sunday.

Good luck to everyone, Christmas is a looming but I must try to stay within budget and do some cooking in advance.

tessie_bear · 31 October 2013 at 8:54PM

hi...i have ordered a half lamb for £53 and need to make some space in the freezer for it...i havent been doing very well with the challenge so its lovely to read people are sticking to their budget

must try harder must try harder
regards tessa

chocoholic_chick · 31 October 2013 at 8:56PM

A few small spends today on sweets for trick or treaters and a loaf of bread so £4.23 in total. Need to do my meal plan tomorrow for shopping on Saturday as well so will dig out my cookbooks

marris · 31 October 2013 at 10:04PM

put me down for £100 please 1-30 Nov

just_the_two_of_us · 31 October 2013 at 10:17PM

Just back from Mr T. Spend of £44.82 more for November and £30.46 for Xmas items which will come off the December budget. Used £5 off £40 vouchers up.

Messed up a little as I thought the 15% off if you buy 3 or more bottles of wine was for online orders only!!! Ought to have guessed as the shelves were very bare! DH very happy though as we now have 4 half price bottles of wine towards Xmas with an extra £3 off too!:j

Now have all November meals so just the milk, bread and perishables to buy weekly. Should be easy with nearby Mr A. Hope those are not famous last words as I really want to keep to budget for my first monthly challenge.

Nov GC 172.89/250

xmillyx · 31 October 2013 at 10:18PM

Please may I join??? I'm a student and live in a flat of 3. We all take turns to cook for one another once a week so that's two main meals I don't have to worry about...

Aiming for a budget of £100 for this month.....

I try and eat healthy and eat a lot of fresh fruit and veg. I also eat a lot of fish and I'm gluten free and GF stuff is SO expensive. But as well as all of this I do have expensive taste!!!

First_Trouble · 31 October 2013 at 10:22PM

Not quite a grocery shop as my pet food comes out of a separate budget but I am so pleased that I felt the need to post. My pet food budget is £60 a month for food and treats for a large dog and a cat.
Walking round pets at home I spot that Felix pouches are 4 for £10 that's 12 pouches per box. 48 pouches in all for £10! That will feed my cat for two months. I look again and the boxes also have free samples of Felix crispies cat treats in each one. So if anyone has cats I would recommend getting yourself down to a pets at home! Also like the Felix FB page and they will send you a free sample too.
So my budget being £60 I did spend £69 but for that I got
Wainwrights dry puppy food 15kg - lasts a month
4 boxes of Felix pouches - 48 pouches will last two months
2 boxes of 28 dentastixs - 2 for £15 will last dog two months
Large raw hide chew
Whiskas dry cat food 2kg - lasts just over a month
Months worth of free cat treats from boxes

I also had a 10% off voucher for joining their VIP
I over spent by £9 but I can recoup that from next months budget which I can reduce to £50

Sequeena · 31 October 2013 at 10:35PM

Please put me down for £60 per week

K9sandFelines · 31 October 2013 at 11:26PM

Added spends today to sig as officially don't start til tomorrow, i can't get to the shops tomorrow due to work; so really it would have been a NSD tomorrow if I hadn't of spent today, as Nov is 1-30 for me, but I used five items today which I've added to Oct challenge and the rest on Nov.

Good luck for this month all, god knows I need it

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