August 2008 Grocery Challenge

yellowmonkey

Morning all

Pay day tomorrow so should be my last day today for shopping. Got a bit to get but should ( Fingers crossed ) be under my total for the first time ever.

Hope you all have a super day today.

ym

nicnacnoo

£11 spent on shopping yesterday, so im still under target and with only a few days to go im thinking i might do it!
Not bad for my first GC so will deffo try again next month, my daughter starts school so it means packed lunch. Im sure i can do that for cheap enough, tried to make my own buns the other day, that didnt work so its gonna have to be cheap bread for sarnies...lol

Blondie_Bear

So chuffed this morning checked my bank balance of my "food account" and still got £90 left! this is still augusts grocery money but has to last til the 7th September once my hubby gets paid and my september spend starts. Can't quite belive i have that left that as its been a five week month for me so i've averaged £77 per week for me, hubby, 2 daugters and 2 cats. Last month i was struggling with £100 per week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have learnt so much from this thread so THANKS for everyone's advice.

Also got paid £30 back pay from work so its all getting chucked in my savings account! YAY

Angelraesunshine

wow i am in a complete mess this month, i was doing so well but then have been on holiday to Egypt, then 3 days before i went away my FIL from spain arrived and i ended up having to go shopping again and get things for a BBQ that my SIL +1 then turned up to aswell.

Thinking i will write that shopping bill off though as normally we would of had to pay to go out to a restaurant that night but we decided to have BBQ as cheaper for the 9 of us (as we would of had to treat FIL he paid for meal out the night before) so if i write meal off as misc this month then the food i bought to bring fridge back to life this week i have only paid out another £17.38.

have now started on September's shop (OMG its goning to be september already i got to start xmas shopping lol)

Declaring August as £194.35 thank you and good luck to everyone else finishing off

princess_leia_3

Spent £4 yesterday on some veg from Mr T, got the 65p courgettes and romaine lettuce and a few other bits.
So I have £1 left, but seeing as I need milk and mushrooms before the week is out I know I will go over, but still done quite well I think

susan946

Good morning

HWGA - Sorry to hear of your loss

Caz - I feel for you. Anniversaries are always tough.

Rachel mk - Glad your move went well. Don't work too hard!!

BigBird - Hope you had a wonderful birthday


Nsd grocerywise yesterday and should be today as well - unless I see some bananas!! I shall defrost some pork chops for supper with beans (a gift from a friend) and mash.

Took gs to London yesterday. It's kid's theatre week so his ticket was free. Used Tesco Deals to pay towards lunch and contributed an extra £1.35, so not expensive. Back is complaining after that so a quieter day today. Taking gs and a friend to Bicester to look at the new hobbycraft and lakeland. Should probably leave my cards at home!!!

Sue

gunsandbanjos

Morning, hoping for a NSD today, will be number 3 this week:D

MRSMCAWBER

susan946 wrote: »

Taking gs and a friend to Bicester to look at the new hobbycraft and lakeland. Should probably leave my cards at home!!!

Sue

oooohhh that is just mean... going to both of those and telling us about it :rotfl: Deffinitely leave the cards behind -or you may not be eating for the rest of the month:eek: -and i mean september

susan946

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Deffinitely leave the cards behind -or you may not be eating for the rest of the month:eek: -and i mean september

Mmmm I know - it's scary!!!! Just wondering whether I can pay for lakeland yogmaker on Septermber's gc on the groungs that it will save on the grocery budget.......

nickynoo08

YAY I'VE DONE IT!!!!

Had to buy milk yesterday costing £2 but that still leaves me £6ish under budget. Not a lot under i kno but its a million times better than last months sorry attempt. Looking forward to next months challenge already. Got me shopping list all sorted n everything!!!

Good luck everyone else