January 2006 Grocery Challenge

kiwichick

jcr16 wrote:

i DONT need to go shopping , i just FEEL i HAVE to. which is wrong of me. alot of people survive on less so i should be more sensible.

You've hit the nail right on the the head there jcr16, I am exactly the same way.

Not for myself as such, when I was young my family REALLY struggled financially. I remember one month we had nothing but soya beans for every dinner, theres only so many way to make that interesting! DH on the other hand is used to having 10 of everything and will always nip out to get more if he thinks we are running low. He's very regimented (anal really, was just trying to be nice!) about his meals and has pretty much the same thing every week. Moans about carbs which means I cant eek things out with spuds/rice/pasta/bread etc. Its been very difficult trying to change the way he sees food.

I will continue though, I enjoy a challenge! My aim is to eventually get down to around £300

lily_the_pink

I came in just under my budget of £250 last month. Am going to try for £200 (2 adults and 1 child) which should be fairly easy although the organic box deliveries take up a chunk.

JAMIEDODGER

in preparation for januarys grocery challenge, i have just done an inventory of my freezers OMG!!! i have enough food to feed a small army!!

just an small example of what my freezer holds........

6 whole chickens
2 lamb leg steaks
3 packs mince
6 packs bacon
1 pack ham
4 skinless chicken breasts
1 pack sausagemeat
17 beef in gravy (lol)
2 packs butchers sausages
28 sausages
1 loaf bread
1 pizza
4 packs ice cream
1 garlic baguette
3 mince beef and onion pies (single portion)
2 bags frozen carrots
1 bag mixed veg
3 bags roast potatos
1 bag cocktail sausages
1 bag potato croquettes
3 packs mozzarella
1 pack golden drummers
1 small block cheese
4 breaded chicken portions
1 sausage and onion pie
2 chicken lattice
2 burgers
1 steak and kidney pie
36 frubes


that was just one freezer.....hopefully januarys shop will be cheap lol :snow_laug

FrankieM

Am going to join in again this month....
Still have a credfit card to pay off and we are toying withe idea of moving to Oz. ( Back home for me!!) So have to get our house which is currently a building site into some semblance of normality to even think about selling it.
So I'm going to try to live on just the child benefit and the money our lodger gives us which works out at £91.20 per week. Thats gotta cover OH's £10 pocket money, food and petrol and any other things that crop up.
I'm sure I can do it, as long as OH stops spending.....does anyone else have that problem or is it only mine who just doesn't get it????
So hopefully about £50 per week for groceries :j

kiwichick

FrankieM wrote:

I'm sure I can do it, as long as OH stops spending.....does anyone else have that problem or is it only mine who just doesn't get it????

Not at all! My DH doesnt equate his debit card with ACTUAL cash. I've had everything including his salary transferred to my acc and am now going to give him pocket money. I'm dammned if the budgets going out the window cause he fancies a new CD.

Louise1521

I'm going to join for first time. Hoping to get my food shopping down to £60 which no doubt will be a challenge at first, that's for 2 adults and 3 children.

Louise1521

Went shopping today and spent £30 which I'm really pleased about.

thriftlady_2

Did my weekly shop this morning and spent £46.50-my target is £200 this month.I was feeling really pleased with myself until OH pointed out that Jan is a 5 week month.I don't care though as I always budget weekly rather than monthly so I'll revise my target to £50 a week which I know works out at £200 more over the year but I think for 5 people it'll be quite a challenge.

comping_cat

Hoping to join in the challenge next month, i went shopping on xmas eve, and new years eve and was able to stock up my freezer with all the meat they were selling cheap, so hoping that i will only have to buy milk, fruit and veg this month!!!!

catznine

:hello: I'm joining in this month, oh is retiring _pale_ so half income and need to concentrate!

Haven't been shopping since Christmas eve, went today and grocery spend was £11.04 for some parsnips, lots of clementines, lots of lemons (oh has a cold) carrots, about 2 months supply of purina one cat food (half price in sainsburys), eggs (have to be free range so will use carefully) and in a weak moment a reduced pack of egg custard tarts! Need to keep months bill to below £200 to feed 3 adults and an elderly and fussy but much loved cat.