April 2009 Grocery Challenge

Taye

EEk i've spent £110 of may's money already, on the plus side i have lots of food in.

I tend to plan my meals around which meats i've got and i currently have and i have enough meats for the entire month more or less (ill need ham for sandwiches) i also have plenty of rice/pasta/potatos tinned toms, beans etc so other then perishables i think im good to go.

Changingme

Hi haven't done challenge this month as away please can you put me down for£240 for May will start again thanks.

JayJay14

Hi everyone,

Well I am declaring at £129.41 just under for the fist time in minths.

My month actually starts on Tuesday but I have no intention of buying any more food before then:rotfl:

Please could you put me down for £130 again Mrs M and thanks for all your hard work.

rockie4

Blown it this month :mad: I've just totted up and am going to
declare at £200:eek: for April please MrsM.

On the plus side I have loads of (whoopsed) meat in the freezer for carniverous OH :rolleyes: I got to Sainsbugs last Sunday just as they were putting all the reductions on the shelf:D which pleased me no end and I can easily last the week out with what we've got in.

I think I might go back to a big online shop this month, I tried drawing the month's food budget all out at once and keeping it in a seperate purse but it wasn't a good idea:o and anyway Tesco are missing me 'cos they've sent me a voucher and a 'please come back' letter :rotfl:

I've not decided on May's budget yet, I'm going to have a sit down and re-do the budget so that I can (hopefully) save a bit more in most areas so I'll be back in a day or 2.........

theskintfamily

blinkin 'eck, I've gone over! went to Mr A last night to pick up a curry pot and bought nappies which were on offer - i couldve waited until next week so they come out of May's budget but they were calling my name! :rolleyes: also got a few whoopsied bits for the freezer.

Am definately staying out of all supermarkets until thursday! So I will declare at £171.08. a little bit over by budget, but not bad going for my 1st attempt at this challenge. it just scares me to think what I used to spend before :eek:

Miss_Liquorice

Hollysan wrote: »

I had a £20 Tesco voucher from buying car insurance online, so I used that this week.

Hollysan - I got £50 when I signed up for Tesco car insurance online! It turned up today, that's my May GC sorted :cool:

I spent a ludicrous £1.65 on a bottle of irn-bru and chocolate bar at a uni cafe. I thought those places were supposed to be cheaper for us poor students?? Ah, well, got to sit and chat to a friend I haven't seen for a while, so I guess it was worth it.

Today I went to Home Bargains, and those straight-to-wok noodles that I love were on sale. Amoy, 4 portion pack (instead of the usual 2 portion pack in supermarkets) - 29p! I bought 2 sets, and would have bought more, but I kind of already have 7 portions in the house... :rolleyes: need to have a lot of stir fries I think!

Not long till the end of the month now. Still a tenner-ish left but I don't see anything I desperately need other than a bit of lettuce.

MRSMCAWBER

annual
Angelatgraceland £6000
Cheerfulness4 £1400 £187.74
Egon £2520
Free in three £2500
gillst £2400
JennyBee £1440
Mags50 £3000
mama67 £1820
Mrsmcawber €1680- €324.68
Mrs Money Penny £2700 £577.39
Mummy2mygirls £3000
Mummzyof2 £1200
Nykmedia -£1200
Penny2myName £1080
Perrywinkle £3600 - £104.28
Prudence41 £1400-£358.85
SAAVYMUMMY £5300 £1660.61
Savvystudent £1500
Sylvan £3000
Taka £1320
Toonie £2040 -£440.82
Turbo5019 £2000
Yummymummy05 -£2800
Monthly
01001011
Ali_at_Achnamara
Always Happy £200
Angel13
AngelFlower
Angelnikki £220
Anitaj73 £350
Annie123
Aplaceinthesun
Atlanta
AttentionSeeker
AuntiH £300
BabyMother
Baileys babe
BarneysMom
Beki
belfastgirl23
Boo800
Boodle
Brummiebabe
Butterflybecks
Carolt2 £150
Casperthefriendlyghost
Changing me £240
Cheapskate
Cherry Pie
Chivers1977 £150
Clare1701
Cleosmum £220
Clutterydrawer
Coolmum66
Cornishpixie £300
Coxy11 £420
Cranbornekat £250
CurlyTop
CW18
Dazzle21 £140
DebtCruncher
Dink1 £250
dm1465
DreamingofMoney
Eliza bunny £110
Ellemm £200
Essex-girl
Ess-Six
Eveie189 £300
Evertheoptomist £120
Fayjmck £75
Fedupnow
Fee100
Findingmyfeet £300
Flapjack £75
Fletch3163 £408
Flying_Freesian £200
Frogger2008
Forgetting £100
Frugal Swan £160
GC81 £200
Gemma86
girl least likely to
Greent
Highland fling£150
Hollysan
HowlinWolf £350
Huxley
Ifonlyitwaseasier £115
Inamess200
Indebted
Intergalacticfloozie £220
jackiegibbo £
Jane2112
Janeryan
Jayne C £280
Jaycee1972
JayJay14 £130
Jayss
Jedilibrarian £100
Jenid
Jess444
Jessie18
JessieBrown100
Jinky67
Jintyb £120
Joanie
Jovichick123
JulieMK £120
Kalojac £280
Kdalwayskint
Keys
KezLou
Kingsthorpe
Kunekune
Kindlesgirl
Kippers
KiwiSaver
KjSam £300
Kunekune

MRSMCAWBER

LadyMay
Laineyc
Lainz
LittleGemSaver
Little_Miss_moneysaver
Mad mittens
Meanmarie €290
Merzal £40
millieJo
Milliemonster
Millyscarlett
Miserly_mum
MissBabs
Miss-keep-counting
Miss Liquorice
Miss-Spent
MoneyMission
Money Saving Diva
MoneyQueen
Moniker
Mooloo
Moonflower £230
MotherShipton
MountainAsh £75
Mr+Mrs T
Mrs Bartolozzi
Mrs Irwin £200
Mrs-MoneyPenny
MrsPoor
Mrssnowy £180
Mummyof4
Mummyyof5
Natty68 £320
Newlywed
NewToThrift
Nicky1306
Nickynoo08
Ninno820 £120
Nmlc £350
Northern Star
patent girl £300
Penguin83
Philsmum
Phoolgrrrl
PinkJen
PinknFluffy
Pip-Squeak
princess leia
Procrastinator
Prophecy-grrl
Purpleclutterbug
Purpleskies
Rach
rachelmk £200
Reverbe
Rockie4
Russet red £425
Sabs10
SadsadJenJen £400
Sashanut
Saving for Oz
SAV3R
SAVVYMUMMY £300
SazzleDazzle
ScotSaver £250
ScrummyMummy
SeaBright
Searching Me £200
Sharonej £100
Shell542
Shelovestobuystuff
Sistercas
SmlSave
Sparklymessygirl
Spotdogkez
SpykeUK
Starflower
Sun Addict £290
SunnyDay
Sunny Donny £160
Sunny girl
Sunshinegirl
S_Wales_Saver £250
TattyCath £200
Taye £250
The Bees
TheSkintFamily £160
Thrift Monster
tjp70
Trazy
Trilittan
Urg123 £100
Wendy Witch
Wmf
WigWam £200
Wipeout
Xandersmum
Zend

Weekly

EllaWood
Crockpot
Cuddlymarm
FoxieShoeQueen
Guns n banjos
Nntbb
Penny Pincher

Sun_Addict

Mrs M I would like to declare final total at £250 please. I've done it!!!:j

I would like to join May's grocery challenge and will stick my neck out and go for £290. Aiming to eventually get it down to £250 or less:eek:

Thank you:T

theskintfamily

Mrs M can you put me down for £160 for May? my month starts on the 1st. Thanks for all your hard work keeping this thread going!