September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

candygirl

Been to ASDA today, and got a full trolley for the week, as i'm sick of doing bits n bats of shopping all week:)Put all my little coins in the coin star and got £16 voucher off shopping, and spent £38 so have come in under my target this month, and that included dog food and loads of vitamins etc, so i'm chuffed as DD' s been here 3 weeks n I thought it would've cost a lot more.So i'll declare this month at £150.82 and wanna have a target of £160 for october please:D

Winky,_The_House_Elf

OK I am going to run my month pay day to pay day and declare september at £206.48.

Mrs M can you put me down for £85 please? We are away for a fortnight, so that sounds about right...plus I am hoping to stop buying bread as I got a panny today! (Birthday present)

OH laughed as 6 years ago on our 1st christmas living together, he kept saying he was going to buy me a deep fat fryer, and I told him in no uncetain terms that I would insert it into a certain part of his anatomy if he bought something practical like that!

He got a broken kettle free from a local store and put concert tickets inside it and wrapped it all fancy...apparently my face was a picture until I realised he had well and truely stitched me up!

It shows you how our priorities change (and how this board influences me for the better)now I am really excited by a bread maker!

Good luck everyone!

Winky x x x

pink_princess

Hi Mrs mc can i be put back on the list for october please ,never been away yet been removed.
IT WILL BE FOR £350 AGAIN PLEASE .Although i don t declare september until the 10th .I get paid 4 weekly so sometimes im behind you s sometimes im ahead.
Went to mr t and home bargins today and spent alot of our budget £54.11 .
This included lots of bargins though paxo stuffing 85g for 29p ,walkers 21 pack £1.69,silver spoon sugar 69p x2 and 12 oxo cubes 49p.
Then confession time we went and blew £13 on 4 sandwiches from subway ,they were lovely with lots of jalepanos mmmm.
We now need to pull our belts in for the rest of month .Wish me luck.
TTFN

MRSMCAWBER

Will Put you on PinkPrincess
It was nothing personal just had to remove some names so it would allow me to post -there were too many characters in my post :rolleyes: .... hopefully now I can add more names and remove others until they post a target;)

kindlesgirl

Hi all, I'm going to declare today but my month actually runs until the1st but I know all I need between now and then is another £2.40 worth of milk - for my kids that drink milk by the gallon - bought 8pts today and will need more on Monday! So for the scond month running we are well under budget yay!:money: Mrs M please I would like todeclare at :£227.98 and for next month please put me down for £280. We've got half term in this and we're away with friends so will need to take supplies - wine mainly but also cheese and other goodies as thank yous.Hope this message is ok!
Good luck everyone - my budget is so much better now I have to think about it!
:T

brummiebabe

Am quite proud...actually came in £15.08 under budget:j :j :j - total spend for September therefore £384.92!!!

October is a 5 week month for me - but am going to stick at target of £400 - so can you put that in the October thread for me Mrs M (when it's started!) Thanks x x x

Jacks_xxx

JayJay14 wrote: »

I have cut back slightly to take into account that I bought 1/2 a pig this morning,

as you do...:D

Love it!

Love Jacks xxx

PS Mrs M and Pink and Penny you are all absolute marvels to handle all the GC admin so it all runs smothly and effortlessly for the rest of us. :T :A :T

jackk_2

Hi all, hope everything is going ok for you all. I'd like to declare at £200.20 please, 20p over but thats not bad considering we all now have to take a packed lunch to school/college/uni, plus i had to get an unexpected birthday present too. Can you put me down for £200 again for October please Mrs M.

Jackie x

pink_princess

Thanx mrs m ,i also wanted to ask you when (northern weather) can i start to plant potatoes ,peppers etc.I only grew spring onions this year (very succesful).I really want to try properly now i know i will not kill them lol.
TTFN

Pink.

pink_princess wrote: »

Thanx mrs m ,i also wanted to ask you when (northern weather) can i start to plant potatoes ,peppers etc.I only grew spring onions this year (very succesful).I really want to try properly now i know i will not kill them lol.
TTFN

Hi pink princess,

It's exciting when you grow your own veg and they work isn't it! I only began growing our own fruit and veg last year so I'm no expert but it may be a bit late for growing potatoes now (saying that I forgot about some last year and left them over winter and they were lovely when we found them) and peppers are also best started in the early spring as they need lots of sun and heat. If you have a look on the Greenfingered MoneySaving board you'll find lots of information about what is worth planting at this time of year.

Pink

Edit It just came into my mind...garlic is good to plant in October and will be ready to harvest in June or July.