October 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

sparklymessygirl

Hi all,

I am declaring £175 for October having gone £25 over budget. It all started to go wrong when I decided to stock up on a 5Kg bag of rice in a shop I wouldn't go to for a couple of weeks and then I started seeing special offers all around me and felt it difficult to resist.

I feel as if I was a little bit more in control this month but I have used the meat I found in the freezer.I don't think I have wasted much money though. I'm upping my target for next month to £160 ( have posted on the November thread).

This GC thread has a lovely feel to it - it's as if we are all in the same boat but also in different sized boats ...(grasshopper)

Sparkly

JayJay14

Here I am to declare £165.95 for October.

Really pleased with this even though I did spend a week on holiday with food spends from a different budget.

I still have quite a lot of stuff in the freezer and have started stocking up for Xmas sotings are going to plan so far.

Thanks to everyone for helping me to keep going - especially MrsM.

Off to check out the November thread so will see you all over there.

queen_of_string

I made it and I'm under, I cant quite believe what a tiny amount I managed to spend after my £138 blow out in costco in the first week!! Thank you for keeping me focussed people. I thought we would empty the freezer but its still full to the top after some very good whoopsie finds. Off to use the surplus for stockpiling :-). £164.69

chocolateteddy

Hi all am declaring october at £349.88 technically I have spent more as I went to tesco with a buy £30 get £10 off voucher so stocked up but the stuff won't be used until november so haven't included it!!! Am really pleased I found the GC as although most months I have been over that is still an improvement on pre GC. Thanks for all the tips November budget is £280 please Mrs MC as it is only a 4 week month.

fedupnow

Oh my Oh my

I've only gone and bleeding done it!!!!

Loooook !!!!!!!!!!£167.83!!!!!!!!

Talk about chuffed



and hungry...

only kidding but I have got a lot of shopping to do tomorrow.

sashanut

lingojingo wrote: »

What helped most was a big bulk buy at the butcher's in town, so will be doing that again in November.

Could I ask which butchers that was please? I am near to Huddersfield & would appreciate knowing a good place to buy meat!

kj*daisy

Declaring at £307.11

Bit annoyed we went over the £300 - but have had visitors and a 5 week shopping month!

Maslowe

I have been watching this thread for a while and would like to join for November challenge. Can I declare £400. 3 adults & 1 at Uni and 4 dogs
Maslowe

:snow_laug

jackiegibbo

DECLARING AT £240.12p:o

cw18

Maslowe -- the November thread is here

If you pop over there and declare you budget I'm sure Mrs Mc will add you to the list -- but she's more like to spot your request if you declare the budget in a larger font and in red (even the same font in red is more likely to be seen)


Welcome aboard