May 2009 Grocery Challenge

Barneysmom

I'd need a buddy to go with, wouldn't have the bottle on my own.

tessie_bear

hi....hope everyone is well...i have had a fun day bargain hunting.....stop 1 local coop where i got reduced cherries and richmond sausages for 30p a pack. ( got 3 packs as they had loads )....on to tesco and spotted fair trade organic strawberry jam for 26p a jar....i took 1:A so there were some bargains left for someone else....i found a wedding present in jon lewis...not cheap but perfect so that was a good result....lastly my mum gave me a nice bracelet from the m and s penny bazaar...i didnt go but she said it was fun

now what to do with sausages ?...i thought sausage mash and then some sausage rolls...might cook a few for a weekend breakfast...oh in sainsburys they have rump steak half price on the fresh meat deli counter and daz for £2.82 which seemed good value....i have had the steak for my tea and it was good

hth someone
tess

mooomin

Evening all!

I get paid on Friday and have lots of food in my freezer, bread for my lunches until Friday and enough milk to get me through the last day, so can I please:

Declare at £158/£200!!

clutterydrawer

Barneysmom wrote: »

I'd need a buddy to go with, wouldn't have the bottle on my own.

me neither but my friend does it and i might go with her sometime...not long back she went skipping and got a bottle of wine and a cheesecake!

Julimk

Declaring at £117.43 for May.

By splitting the shop across MrT & MrS I have reduced the estimated cost of the first shop of ‘June’ from approx £71 to approx £66. This is just basics, without any meat etc for main meals, as there is loads in the freezer already.

Will go shopping on Friday afternoon, when I have a half-day off work. If I can keep it below £70 I should be OK for the rest of the month, as will only need milk & fruit & a few bits for DD’s pack-ups. But I will confirm a budget for June after I have done the shopping.

kezlou

Decided to visit Mr M's yesterday my god the prices were ridiculous:eek:, thats it i'm never shopping they again(yeah right) , its cheaper in Sainsbugs.
So spent another wad of money on washing up liquid, coffee, weetabix(own brand)and cream.

So far still on target, even with spending loads of money on DS1's birthday parties.

I feel so ill today so i'm just going to pay a bill and veg out in front of the t.v

cw18

Just been counting up my NSDs, and have come to the conclusion that the (temporary) lack of a local, large, cheap supermarket is doing wonders for me. Before our local S'flds closed (to be converted to a Mr M, due to open mid-July) I wandered down at least 5 days a week to check for Whoopsies, but not worth doing with just a C00p that's seeing a lot more trade at the moment.

Jan : 10 NSDs
Feb : 6 NSDs
Mar : 6 NSDs
Apr : 12 NSDs
May (to date) :10 NSDs, and I'm hoping to only need to go out once this week (tomorrow) and once (or possibly twice depending on milk) next week - so could get this up to 18 !!

Haven't been grocery shopping since Sunday (which was only a stockpile on a couple of items while I was passing Mr A in the car - wouldn't have gone otherwise), so have had 3 NSDs in a row this week - and hoping to not go out today making it 4 :T



rachelmk - congrats on the end of a regular payment :T

sashanut

Hi all

Well done for all you people who are keeping to budget - & all those who are over, at least we (me included) are keeping tabs on what we spend these days! Have been missing this month, been feeling sorry for myself as slipped a disc & have been unable to do much at all, including sitting down to use computer - gah!:mad: Anyhow, definitely a bit better today, am popping on to update sig & to say I wil *probably* go over this month, since I will be going to Mr Ms to spend the £30 off coupon that has to be spent this week.......:eek:

dink1

Hi Guys!
Spent more money at MR A but have £4 to last next week. sounds like a ticket to a train wreck, but heres hopin lol - dink1

nmlc

Morning all

Just wish to DECLARE AT £413.96 - quite a bit over my £350 budget, but know that too many takeaways/eating out are to blame! Must try harder! Will spend some time today menu planning for next week and will do a price comparison shopping list on mysupermarket today - so I get the best possible prices when I do my first shop for the month tomorrow. Will do some baking/cooking later so we have some munchies for when we go away at the weekend. We will be having southern fried chicken, potatoes, salad etc. Will make some kind of mayo dressing also. May make a dessert of some sort not sure what though.

Keep safe and well and enjoy the Bank Holiday everyone.
nmlc