May 2009 Grocery Challenge

highland_fling_2

Good Afternoon everyone
only me for lunch today so I am determined to use up some leftovers. Don't care if it is Sunday, will not let them go to waste.
Could I please be put down for £150 for June.
Will try to be better organised next month.

searching_me

hey im on to june already spend £4.09 today but i need to do batch cooking/baking on tuesday so when bubs is born i have plenty in ... can anyone point me in the direction of the batch B&C section please??? x

Glamazon

searching_me wrote: »

hey im on to june already spend £4.09 today but i need to do batch cooking/baking on tuesday so when bubs is born i have plenty in ... can anyone point me in the direction of the batch B&C section please??? x

try these hun

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=242856&highlight=batch

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=179221&highlight=freezer&page=7

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=571339&highlight=building+blocks

http://frugal-cooking.co.uk/recipe/193/batch-bake-minced-beef-recipe

Vixstar

Tiny grocery spend for me this weekend due to a very full freezer and a wedding and whoopsies! Signature updated.

poohbear59

I had abrilliant idea to go to Mr Ts last night to find some whoopsies but it was closed!! Not living in a town I didn't realise that 'open 24hrs' doesn't include Saturday or Sunday. I do now! So, as a result I have to go to our nearest shop, a very expensive Co-op today. Mr Ts is about 30 miles away. I will update my signature and declare my final amount later today.

ellemm

Update for the week - spent £40.33 In Mr M's with £5 Sun voucher off making £35.33 but really could have spent a lot less, was adding stuff to the basket so could claim the £5 off............bit daft really, however got nice bit of Scotch silverside beef on special offer at £4.08 which we are having for dinner tonight with plenty left over for sandwiches for us both tomorrow.
Also got leg of lamb again on offer for £8.60 which has gone in the freezer.

Will wait until later in the week before declaring total for May as might need bits and pieces although planning to empty the freezer as much as possible.

Going away on hols on 4th June for 2 weeks so can you put me down for £100 for June please Mrs M?

mooomin

Hi all,

I got paid on Friday, so I have been to the shops and bought the following:

Asda

2 x Garlic Bread £1
2 x Cookies £1.96
3 x SuperNoodles £1
Large eggs £1 (For six)
3 x pizzas £5
3 x Red Leicester £4
Bread 29p (Extra Special stuff, reduced)

Total spent = £14.25 The pizzas and garlic bread were instead of getting Dominos, so defintely worth the saving :rotfl:

Marks and Spencer

New potatos £1 (Reduced)
Bread 50p (Reduced)
Plastic bag 5p (Grr, forgot to take one with me)

Morrisons

Muller Corner multipack (6) £1.47
Milk £1.53
Kievs £1.50 for two packets (Reduced)
Choux buns 75p (Reduced)
2 x food storage tubs 90p

Total Spend = £6.15

So, my total spend since Friday is £21.95 :eek: which seems quite high to me as there are 4 weeks and 1 day until next payday! I have a freezer jammed full of meat though and will be trying to behave myself in terms of how much more meat I buy. I am getting a friend to take me to Morrisons next week (She has a car) so I can use my £5 off voucher, and am going to stock up on cat stuff - food and litter - so that I am stocked with that for the month.

Hopefully I will have a third month in a row within budget

ocemeer

Please can I join in - set £125 as a guesstimate for May - think I will lower it to £115 for June - to include toiletries, food and drink (including seeds for growing rocket etc).
It is daunting filling in the receipts bit, looking at all the stuff I buy and dont ever use.... must be more organised and shop carefully - aim is to get it down to £80 a month!

Flylady_Flower

Glamazon wrote: »

try these hun

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=242856&highlight=batch

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=179221&highlight=freezer&page=7

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=571339&highlight=building+blocks

http://frugal-cooking.co.uk/recipe/193/batch-bake-minced-beef-recipe

These are great Glamazon, I've just bookmarked them all - I have real trouble setting time aside to do this, which is why we overspend during the week - Thanks for these... I will try them next week.
I need to update my spending for last week - will be back soon

Glamazon

Flylady_Flower wrote: »

These are great Glamazon, I've just bookmarked them all - I have real trouble setting time aside to do this, which is why we overspend during the week - Thanks for these... I will try them next week.
I need to update my spending for last week - will be back soon

No problem - I spent about £70 yesterday in ASDA. There was £10 worth of vacc bags and plastic food containers and £10's worth of washing powder, shampoo, tootbrushes, toothpaste etc (stuff I don't buy every month)
SO about £50 on food and have got the following meals out of it (1portion per person - two of us)

18 portions of HM chilli & bolganese
6 portions of HM curry
2 portions of sausage casserole
4 portions of plain sausages to go with mash or jackets

still have 8 chicken breasts to make 12 portions of mexican chicken or marinaded chicken. Will do this tomorrow.

I bulk out the curries and chillis etc with grated carrots, peppers and porridge oats!!

Also some fruit and other day to day stuff in there as well.

can i join u for June? I'll set my budget at £100 but I am hoping to come well under that and get it down to about £80 by the time baby comes along.