May 2009 Grocery Challenge

rockie4

Declaring for this month at £183.09 :j:j
I'll get there next month I'm sure!! I'm pleased that I've got so close to my budget, it's been quite a stressful month all in all :rolleyes: so there were one or 2 trips to the chipy that weren't on the meal planner:o

Can you put me down for £180 for June please MrsM?

I'm more determined than usual to stick to budget this month as I want a holiday in July and we start paying for our new (to us) car then as well :rolleyes: so economising all round!!

I'll do an online shop at the weekend along with a trip to Sainsbugs for the Sunday morning whoopsies, I definitely do better if I stay away from the supermarkets:D

Baileys_Babe

Hi everyone. I've not managed to join the GC for the last to months let a loan keep track of all our spendings. I have decided I will re focus in June. Please can you put us down for £300 this is for 2 adults, DS 4 years & DD 2 months. This is for all food, alchol, toiletries, eating out etc.

mooomin

More spends:

£7.26 on dental floss and moisturiser. (It is Olay though which is amazing and I used to use Clinique, so trust me - it could have been worse!)

£13.22 in Morrisons for which I got:

Stir fry ingredients to be used with last nights leftover pork
Carrots (Reduced to 40p) which will be used today in my batch-cooking frenzy
Tear and share garlic bread (reduced to £1.19)
Apples
Sandwich ham
Strawberries & low-fat cream
Sandwich ham
Tatties
Value digestives
Half-price Jaffa Cakes (49p) I hate the blooming things which should keep my hand out of the biscuit barrel while keeping Mr Fresian happy
Onion
16 sausages (reduced to £1.45)

Not my best-value shop, but I did go early in the morning which is unusual for me. There were loads of meat reductions, but nothing I felt was amazing value.

Now, I need a good recipe to use up those sausages :rotfl: At least I managed to fit them in the freezer!

Miss-spent_2

Hi,also gone awol this month, everything spirraled because of work, holidays, illness so back with a bit more oomph now. Lost track of NSD and Groceries although think I have kept up with the other bits I am tracking. Please put me down for £250 for June please

cw18

£1.88 spend for me this morning on carrots, a white cabbage and 7 bananas - not quite as bad as I thought this shop might be. First batch of soup now simmering, and veg all prepped to get the second batch going as soon as this one is done...... just hoping I really do have enough freezer space for all of it :rolleyes2

Officially leaves me with £32.71 for the rest of the month, which needs to cover my shop at Mr M tomorrow (need to keep that as close to the £30 in the trolley as possible) and milk. Hopefully won't need anything else though if I make sure I buy the 'right' things at Mr M - though I do want to try and make space to freeze a couple more butternut squash (which will be another small spend) so I can make more soup next month

DS was on the hunt for 'pudding stuff except for yoghurts' last night, but turned his nose up at tinned fruit (ended up with some of my cheap ice-cream he'd turned his nose up at last week), so need to see what - within reason - he fancies and put that on the list. Downfall could be that I plan to check a B+M tomorrow that I spotted by Mr M, so anything from there will be extra :eek:

patentgirl

Hi everyone

Mrs Mc can you please put me down for £300 for may 25 to june 24 will do a final total and update signature soon

thriftlady_2

Well, I've been completely hopeless at posting my spending, sorry about that:o. I have been spending about £100 a week give or take so I've come out roughly on target (£400 for the month). I think I could do a lot better though, I'm just not sure I want to lol;)

tessie_bear

hi...i went in to iceland today and got x2 lots reduced mince and some pork chops...i plan to make a few dishes with the mince...a spag bol and lasagne with the first lot...i went back to sainsburys today and got another x2 lots of the value strawberries...they were nice yesterday...odd sizes but that doesnt matter when u are cutting them up....has anyone tried the 28p teabags from sainsburys ? i think they are good...having said that i like weak tea...worth a try if u havent had them i would say

i have spent all gc cash now so will have to wait for weekend to get some more money...have a fair bit in though....ds has gone to legoland with grandparents so dh and i are using up odds and ends that the kids would refuse to have any dealings with....such as quiche... liver and onion...

i picked up a budget cook book in somerfield the other day...they sell 2nd hand books to make money for the hospice...ill post any nice sounding recipes when i get chance to have a look

last point...can u freeze butter ???

thanks for help
tess

MRSMCAWBER

YES tessie -you can freeze butter

Cornishpixie_2

Hi, Congratulations Boodle on your new arrival. Received final online shop for the month. Few substitutes, so total £98-81. Declaring total for MAY 322-O3. (OVER SPEND OF £22-03).
I will stick to £300 for June. Thanks. Month runs from 1st to 3oth. Good luck all.:D.