January 2009 Grocery Challenge

mags50_2

Hi can I join again please? I tried this last year and it all went to pot when I was ill.
Could you put me down for £250 for January please
There's me and hubby and the cat....I know it seems alot, but have the family around every other Sunday and that means cooking for an extra 16...and I always do a roast.
Thanks everso

cat_79

Right this year i am definatley commited to giving this a go i have gone through my bank statements and i spend nearly £70 a week in asda on top of the £80 weekly shopping budget getting little bits so i need to stop im gonna try and cut weekly shop to £60 fingers crossed i can do it im gonna stash the extra £20 in the safe and see how i do

crazybird_2

Can I join please...I have been reading through the grocery challenge threads for the last 3 months and although I haven't been taking part I have learnt so much so thank you for everyone that posts on here. My target for January is £150.00 for 2 adults. Our month will run from 1st of January.;)

meanmarie

Starting from the 1st and ending on 31st, I am leaving my budget at €300, will have two lots of visitors

Good luck everybody

Marie

Cat_Addict

I won't be doing a budget as such as OH does the main shopping and I just get bits I want for recipes etc. But I will be lurking and learning.

He texts every day from work "what shopping do we need?" - will be keeping him to the milk, bread and veg stuff and even have plans where bread is concerned.

In short, I don't know what my man normally spends on our groceries in a month but I plan to cut it down by being frugal.

Sunnyday

Morning everyone,

i`m back to do the GC after several missing months. The shopping bill has crept up but i`m pleased to report that it`s not even been close to what i used to spend before doing my first few GC`s.

We have a fullish freezer and cupboards and i shall make sure that we use up all the little extras bought before Christmas so no doubt we will end up eating some strange concoctions at some stage :rotfl:

There are just myself, DH, 2 doggies with big appetites and the little black cat whose appetite varies greatly. The shopping includes absolutely everything, our food, animal food, toiletries etc.

We are going to try from today right through until the end of January which will be five weeks and i shall set our target at £120 please Mrs M.
I was going to do £100 but i am almost out of dog food and need to buy a sack today so it made the budget unrealistic to start with, also Mr Sunny things it`s £100 so it will make him think twice about supermarket shopping too

I was going to buy milk only this week but we have a large box of dried and some uht for yogurt making so i shall use that instead. I think that Dad needs to go to the shops today too :eek: i can feel the first test coming on, maybe i shall sit outside in the car and wait for him there to avoid temptation.

Good luck guys & gals.

SD

mommyof4

Hi. Could you put me down for £140 for January please? I am going to try my hardest this time, having failed miserably in December.

*Mari*

Morning all, having failed at the GC last year I going to really try hard in 2009. Can you please put me down for £225 please. Have loads of food in house and just made menu plan for the month so here goes........

wendywitch

Hi all. I'm back for the new year. Please put me down for £250 for January. I probably wont be able to keep to it as my freezers nearly empty and needs restocking.

kayharcombe

Please could you put me down for 150 for January, for 1 adult and 3 kids. Have 2 full freezers and overflowing pantry. I spent 12.01 yesterday in tesco and 59p in wilkinsons on shampoo, but shouldnt need to go out again until friday. Hoping to get a head start on 4k challenge by having a really lean month, then saving surplus for a contingency later in the year. have plenty of meat and staples so perfectly acheivable (honest)

Kay