October 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

irishwexford

OMG I have managed on £100 for October. This is due mainly to harvest from allotment and bargains on chickens which i managed to stretch. Not buying lots of cleaning sprays and just using stardrops and vinegar has also helped. I used to spend over £200 for the two of us but have become a careful shopper. We have enough meals in freezer for the next two weeks. I go on my supermarket and make a list on Tesco site then just run the list off and head for the things I need and nothing else. Our local Rainbow store has lots of bargains each evening so stock up on them also have become a dab hand at making soup.:T

MrsMcK_2

Can I please be put down for £275 for November please.

Thank you.

sharronej

Hi,
Please could I join the challenge? I would like to aim for £160.00 for November please. I have four adults and a teenager to feed along with a dog and a cat.
Thanks
Sharronej

OrkneyStar

Hi,
I will be joining in again for November more as an avid bystander though .
Everything going up and DS eating more and drinking milk like its going out of fashion so numbers all over the place :eek: :eek:.
Thanks MrsM and Pink for getting us organised.
x

BigMummaF

Hey Ho! My GC starts anew today so to get the red bits done & dusted:-

I can declare £289:32 for October & stick to £350 for November please.

I've been running down the freezers in readiness to grab some bargains [are there such things now ] to fill them again! We are having a bog-standard crimbo, cuz I'm fed up with finding the 'specials' I'd forgotten we had, at the back of the drawers under my bed in July There's a few packs of choccie bickies & a tin of sweets in already, & I'll go more for savoury-type snacks like sausage rolls & samosa as opposed to traditional nibbly bits such as crisps & nuts. Theory is, the 'buffet' foods are more filling so should go further than a tube of cheeselets at a similar cost....we shall see

Have you folks thought about what you're doing for the festivities? And do you have any recipes you would like to share? I've not made my cake yet & I'm not sure I will & only two of us like Pud..other years we've had merigue nests with either tinned or frozen fruit & cream from the milkman :drool: ; flan; spotted !!!!!! & steamed sponge pud..we don't 'do' traditional I'm starting to look around for a decent leg of lamb & maybe a bit of beef too & inspiration for this years pud...pancakes served with spiced fruit compote sounds like a winner...off to research some recipes :hello:

KAAT_LADY

£182.48

well now this is a first ,,I am declaring for October.. Yayyy

Well lets hope I can do just as well in November which you can put me down for

£200 again please for NOVEMBER

please Mrsmcawber

sparklymessygirl

Still in with a slim chance of being on budget - I have £4.45 to last me until 1st Nov...got my cheapest ever bottle of wine today - £1.74 Frascati in Somerfield..

Sparkly

JennyBee_2

Did you know that in 4 days, Asda smart price bolognese sauce has gone from 24p to 36p a jar? That's a 50% increase. rubbish!

kippers

Well i had a hard month as i decided to pull into my food budget an old welsh dresser from the Loros shop (i know it wasn't food but our old mfi book case with draws collapsed on my DD1 and really upset her).

Well this proves i can do it!

Pls put me down for £300 for Nov

(My month runs from 24/10 to 24/11)

Thanks again

savingfortravel

Hi everyone!!
We would like to declare October at £40.21.
Money saved is going towards Summer 2009 adventure.
Hope everyone is ok.
Please could we put November's challenge down for £200.
Thanks
SFT