November 2008 Grocery Challenge

SmellyOldSock

Hello all

I'd like to declare £298! am sooooo chuffed with myself! We also seem to be eating 'healthier without me buying all the chocs and sweeties!

Have got a notebook just for meal planning, so everyone old enough can read and see what we're having and when. Then on the back of that page I use as the next weeks shopping list, as things are finished, it gets written on!

Am now going to eat my toberlone! I deserve it!

ladyroughneck

I'd like to declare £174.65 for November and please can i be added to December with £180 again please, maybe in the new year i'll try lowering it. Thanks

mr_and_mrs_t

Hi all
Well done you all for the month. We have spent £260 for the month. Still over budget but feel positive as getting there.
Cracked dh with the cheapo beans now, I mix them with a small can of the dearer type he likes. He figured that out a few weeks ago however doesn't question it.:D
I'm not looking forward to December grocery challenge:eek: however looking forward to Christmas:D Love to know if you have any Christmas tips to not over buying.,It's been great doing the grocery challenge as there has been much less wastage every week:T and that's great.
See you all in December, cheers mr and mrs t

sparklymessygirl

I may well be the last to declare - but can I do so at £185 as against £160 please
I will go over to the December thread and persevere with a £160 challenge - I am going to try and eat from storecupboards at the beginning of the month rather than the end and am going to try not to buy Quality Streets etc.

Thank you
Sparkly

wyrdsister

Eep, missed the last couple of days checking the forums! Maybe I'll be the last one to declare Declaring at £82.76 out of £110 for November, managed to do really well this month, it cut down on my snacking too knowing all my food pennies were being counted! will pop over to December and add there now

TheBees

The Bees are declaring at £349 for November.:j

Please put us down for £300 for December

angelatgraceland

Declaring at £235.19 for November out of £260. December is a 5 week month for me so I will set a budget of £325.

beemuzed

Came in at £205 just within budget!:j

soulbalm

Well, I eventually came in at £266.97 which is slightly over budget, but not dreadful.

I'd better go and amend my sig, before I join the December challenge. I think I may have to up my limit for December though ,as we have friends staying for a week and there's that big old Christmas Dinner to cook too.

x

SAV3R

Ready to declare November at£444.65.

Over budget again, I keep making excuses and admit have bought quite a lot of treats, snacks, choccies, bickies, wine etc for Xmas. I will buckle down in the New Year, really must reduce this spending further. Not sure how much to budget for December, will be feeding 11 Xmas day so need to include Turkey - which reminds me, haven't ordered that yet - dread to think how much it will be.....