March Grocery Challenge

moozie_2

You are right, they are more expensive in Sainsburys. They were fresh, maybe that makes some difference

mcoletta

These are fresh and they taste the same!

moozie_2

Will keep Iceland in mind for next month then

Thank you!

mcoletta

Very good! Just hope they remain at this price, but they always have great offers on meat

astonsmummy

Hi everybody,
this is a really good site, i am so addicted! I wanted to start cutting down on my shopping budget as i have £100 per week to live on
£6 - gas
£5 - electric
£10 - petrol (maybe more in the week)
£6 - shopacheck
£12 - provident
It is just me and my little boy who is 21 months, i was thinking £25 thats including nappies @ £5.50 & wipes @ £1.20, do u think this is realistic? i would most appreciate some advice on this thnx.

(also, was wondering how you write your personal things eg: £2 savers club, highest debt, weight etc..... under your thread reply????)

Many thanx to all!!

rchddap1

The information at the bottom of people's post is in their signatures. If you go to 'User CP' at the top you will find an option on the left of the screen.

And welcome to the challenge thread by the way.

squeaky

astonsmummy wrote:

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(also, was wondering how you write your personal things eg: £2 savers club, highest debt, weight etc..... under your thread reply????)

Many thanx to all!!

Hiya

There's a great guide written by sra on how to do signaturesand I'll put the link below for you.


How to do signatures


Good luck

thriftlady_2

Grocery challenge not going too well at the moment,had an expensive week this week because of extra stuff bought for dd's party on Fri (sliced bread,crisps,mini bars of choc for prizes etc - everything else hm).

I realised though, that I've set my target too low.I can do it on £50 a week but I've not allowed for the fact that March is a 5 week month,so I think I should allow myself £250 instead of £200.I'm honestly not cheating! I work in weeks not months,so I'm just going to do a little editing signature-wise

squeaky

Flexible budgets really help

I know that sounds like mickey taking, but it's true. Honest

Different things crop up in different months (like extra weeks ) and there's always the chance of being able to take advantage of a good deal or a BOGOF that will put you over budget this week but help you to stay under next.

So, as long as it works for you and you're happy and comfortable with it - then fine, go for it.

thriftlady_2

Thanks Squeaky,
I'm also planning on placing a large freezer order with my butcher next week(when the child benefit comes ) so I'm not sure how I'm going to work that one out.It should last at least 4 months.I suppose make a note of how many months it lasts and divide by that number.But it'll take a while before I know how much it cost per month.Still, as you say we're comfortable with our budget and are eating very well on it.