March 2009 Grocery Challenge

jinky67

well having been on holiday for 2 weeks I shall be well under budget this month:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

today i spent the grand total of £4. 53:D

I am sure I need to do a small shop to tide me over till the end of the month though:cool:

Emmsie21

Well beginners luck last week to come in under budget as this week i'm over - but only by £4.19p which isn't bad. This weeks aim - to stay within £45.00 budget!!

Hope everyone is well and all mums had a nice day yesterday. It Monday so keep smiling - it'll soon be the weekend again! :j :j

PurpleSkies

So already £10 over budget this month & my trip to tesco to pick up a few bits and pieces turns into a mammoth shop! I had to buy lots of things like washing power and toiletries so it ended up coming to about £25!!!!

Although there were a lot of offer included in that so even though it's quite a pricey shop it is things that I would have to buy in the next couple of weeks.

I'm actually considering putting most of that shop into the April budget as that's when I'm going to be using most of it!

nntbb

Hi all, just done our first week's shop on our new GC budget of £65. Managed to get everything on the list and a couple of extras, and underspent by £3! Of course, this assumes we do not need to top up on anything else during the week, but I feel pretty good for a first try! Went to Lidl for most things and Morrisons for the things we couldn't get at Lidl.
Anyone know if Lidl fruit and veg is cheaper than buying it at a greengrocer's?
Good luck everyone

reb

nntbb wrote: »

Hi all, just done our first week's shop on our new GC budget of £65. Managed to get everything on the list and a couple of extras, and underspent by £3! Of course, this assumes we do not need to top up on anything else during the week, but I feel pretty good for a first try! Went to Lidl for most things and Morrisons for the things we couldn't get at Lidl.
Anyone know if Lidl fruit and veg is cheaper than buying it at a greengrocer's?
Good luck everyone

I buy LIDL fruit and veg. nearly always cheaper and I find the quality is really good.... unless you have an open market... I find it the best place. Sometimes the choice is not as big as the main supermarkets.

northern_star

In under budget this month :j £150.44 of £168.

Can you put me down for £186 for April please?

Coxy11

Hello,

Just on to update my sig at MrT delivery came today. Only one gripe - the leg of lamb I thought I ordered 1.1kg arrived, but only 660g so will have to be very creative if I am to feed 5 of us with that! Any suggestions gratefully received....:rolleyes: .

Of course I also forgot to order bread rolls, which is really annoying as I went in and edited my order about three times yesterday having realised we needed a couple of extra bits. Popped into C*op before school and got two packs of 12 warburton slice rolls for £2 and the biggest bargain ever - O*ram Duluxstar energy lightbulbs - wait for it wait for it - 5 for 40p!! Yep that's right - they're 99p each but I got 5 for 40p . Well pleased with that.

Hope you managed to avoid the rain - why does it ALWAYS rain at school pick up time :mad: .

Coxy

April GC - £400/£180.76
March GC - £375/£355.54 :T

mummyyof5

Went shopping again today,OH took me to Asda and wow did we stock up!!

£83.00 in there then back to Morrisons and another £60 there but OH paid £50 so only adding that in as £10.00 as I dont include his money with mine.

So to update my spends now stand at £413.00 I think I might manage it the freezer is full and cupboards are groaning ,only need to pick up crisps and bits for packup from Home Bargains tomorrow.

tessie_bear

good evening....hope everyone had a great mothers day....we had a fun day and a nice meal thanx to m and s meal deal...it was very nice we had the chicken option....i went in to m and s today and all the deal stuff was half price so i got some more..i was good though and left the puddings in the shop

we had chicken fried rice with the left over chicken tonite and got a sc chilli for tomorrow....i was im makro today as well and got a kg smoked bacon for £3 it is lovely as we had some for lunch...i also got a tuna drainer that was 37p ...i snapped the last plastic one but this one is metal so should be ok with that

i think i might float back in to m and s tomorrow and see if they have anything left...might pick up something nice for easter...we are planning a egg hunt...i have got a massive banner from home bargains that says easter egg hunt here and loads of nice chocolate bits from the same shop...just need a nice morning to do it

have a nice evening
tess

nickynoo08

Not had chance to catch up much lately so just a quick up date.
Hope everyone is doing well this month, somehow i've still got £45 of my budget left so i'm very pleased indeed with how i've managed this month. I should only need milk and fruit for the rest of the month too:D. Just hope next month goes as well as this month:rolleyes: