January 2006 Grocery Challenge

calleyw

I think my usual £100 for two adults is going to be blown out of the water this month.

As in the sales we are going to be buying a freezer and I want to fill it up.

I have already spent £14 on Jan budget and that does not start until the 28th Dec. Oops.

Never mind it is only money. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yours

Calley

jellycat40

I will join in with this starting on 1st Jan. Spending £500 on 5 adults, 1 eight year old, 2 dogs and 2 cats.

Louise

cindy_3

Maybe I will start the challenge from next month

Not sure what most single spend on their grocery challenge

....any singles out there ??? what do you spend ???

Rage_in_Eden

I'm going to start it from 01/01 this time and not 25/12 when I got paid - sorry but that means that it will not include my sausage, bread, potatoes and mushrooms which I bought today (total £3.67). I have also discovered that I have a lot on my boots advantage card so I feel a little less "down" (Even if the business manager ta work has come to me and asked how I "feel" about losing 2.5 hours per week.......... saving them £19 per week.......). tonight if I do not feel too shattered (feel really tired at the moment and have been going t obed about 8.30/9 most nights) I shall inventorise (?) the freezer which is full to the gills....... so, life isn't that bad (apart from work.....) :xmastree:

summerday

Hi all, I am joining in again. I will be starting my diet again in Jan, and need to stock up on some things like frozen meat and fish, but other things we already have quite a lot of ie loads of frozen veg, and supplies of washing powder, loo rolls etc. Sometimes while I'm dieting OH asks me to cook separate meals as he doesn't like all my 'diet' meals, but I'm really going to try hard to stick to the £17 a week on average that we usually manage fine on just the 2 of us. Good luck to you all!
Sarah

funkymonkey

my month will start tomorrow - £70 for the two of us. i did that last month not including the christmas alcohol and have so many bottles of wine left! also i asked loads of people for toiletry sets for christmas so shouldnt have to buy shower gel or deodorant for a while. also my grandad gave me £60 for christmas and i have about £15 in change in the house so im not gonna take my card with me! im actually looking forward to it! i buy everything from lidl/farm foods and aldi except for milk, and whiskers but then my auntie gave me a ten pound tesco gift card for christmas so should be alright there too!

funkymonkey

calleyw wrote:

I think my usual £100 for two adults is going to be blown out of the water this month.

As in the sales we are going to be buying a freezer and I want to fill it up.

I have already spent £14 on Jan budget and that does not start until the 28th Dec. Oops.

Never mind it is only money. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yours

Calley

GO TO FARM FOODS if you have one - i fill my freeser there and its fantastic - proper food thats cheaper! like 2 box's of four chicago town pissas for £2!!!

Rage_in_Eden

oooh chicago pizzas <<shudders at thought>> not my cup of tea. best pizzas I ever had were in slovenia on honeymoon - all over slovenia (and croatia). bit far to go for a pizza though :snow_grin

Mrsbojangles_2

Ok ok this is going to be sooo hard for me, as I am a useless shopper, I have no idea even how much a pint of milk is (blushes) theres 2 adults and 2 children here and I am going to set a target of £225 from the 1st January!

Just to add I could really do with some help on the meal planner front, if anyone can help, my children are really not ones for curry and chilli etc as they are only young. its trickie sometimes, I get fed up having to make two seperate meals, sometimes three!!

Rage_in_Eden

it's all baby steps - do what you can and then shave next month and the month after until you're spending as much as you want to/can do without a riot at home!!!! i am going to comfort eat tonight with the rest of the gravy from yesterday's dinner (using up the last of the roast we were) and chips - oh my mouth is watering already................ i may go mad and put some frozen peas on there............ whoah careful now!!!!