September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

KAAT_LADY

Good morning all

just popped in to say my month is going well I have only spent approx £5 on milk and bread will look at the exact amount later

DH is making red tom chutney later ( divas recipe i think ) when he wakes up
I will be making celery soup ( also divas recipe) as we have a load of celery in the garden which needs picking
will have to live on freezer this month as much as possible as it is full and hope I can get the celery soup in it later,,, may have to rearrange it a bit

will get off now a
see you soon

KAAT xx

c-m

Well I know what to eat to eat healthy, but I can't bring myself to like to the taste. This week I really didn't plan ahead.

Here is what I bought.

2x baking potatoes
2x tuna
Wholemeal bread
Value shreaded wheat
value pasta (whole grain is too expensive)
spicy tomato pasta sauce
Tofu
250g mince
740g chicken breast
250g lean beef
2x pizza (2for £2)
100g value chocolate
2x fries
100% fish fingers
frozen peppers - only 69p
Onions
pack of cookies
squash
soda water
Pukka steak an kidney pie

The chicken lasts me 4 meals i.e a large curry, chowmein
The beef will do for two in a homemade blackbean and chilli sauce.
I was thinking of having the mince with the pasta.
Cereal for breakfast and a cheese and ham toastie for lunch
fires and either pie or fishfingers for when in a hurry
Pizza for the same reasons
Potatoes i will put on before training so ready for when i'm back. I'll have them with tuna mayo.
As for the tofu i'll proabably make a different type of curry or stirfry

Pink.

Hi c-m,

I've added your thread to the Grocery Challenge where you should get lots of help and advice from the experts who post there.

Pink

tirlittan

Hey,

how can I join October's grocery challenge?

Pink.

tirlittan wrote: »

Hey,

how can I join October's grocery challenge?

Hi tirlittan,

Of course you can. If you post your target spend for the month in Bold red font then Mrs Mcawber will see it and add you to the list.

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rosieben

tirlittan wrote: »

Hey,

how can I join October's grocery challenge?

Hello and welcome :wave:

Pink-winged will be starting the October grocery challenge thread around the 28th of the month. Look out for it on the OS forum index here

ooops another cross post!

tirlittan

Great! Thank you pink-winged and rosieben.
I can be very bad with food and especially with snacks so need the motivaton of a challenge to keep me on straight and narrow. Have started cooking from scratch again thanks to inspiration from my bf.

If I can joing October's grocery challenge for £100 that would be great. And if I can I'd like to do it from 1-29/10. Off on holiday the last 2 days so won't be counting them. I know it's quite a lot for single person, but I'll start with that and see how much I can shave off it.

I love this site.

Btw, does it include food,toiletries,household stuff etc?

tirlittan

Just noticed what you had in your sig rosieben.

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See if this will work:

£280 for October, to include all food, drinks, nappies and cleaning supplies.

Oh it does, great!

rosieben

tirlittan wrote: »

... does it include food,toiletries,household stuff etc?

You can include whatever you like in your challenge, I include food, cleaning stuff and toiletries, but others don't. If you are consistent each month it wont matter as you'll still have a true picture of your spending. I think some people set up separate budgets for pet food, entertainment (ie eating out, buying birthday pressies, cards etc)

Its your challenge so do whatever suits you best.

tirlittan wrote: »

Just noticed what you had in your sig rosieben.

I took it out because I thought it looked strange down there