May 2009 Grocery Challenge

Money_saving_Diva_2

Ok.. we failed miserably in April. *sighs* I am declaring at £364.94.

Please can I be put down for £330.00 for May? Only a small drop but hopefully realistic.

Good luck everyone with their personal challenge this month.

Diva.x

angelnikki

Hi! I'd like to set my May budget at £250 please. This is for 2 adults and a toddler and covers all food (including organic/free range pork, poultry and eggs) and household goods.

I have a weekly MrT delivery so my first spend will be on the 5th

Good luck everyone

Nikki x

wigwam

Well my first challenge has started - I spent the weekend looking at online banking and found I'd been spending 844 PER MONTH average for Jan, Feb, March on food / eating out and money during the week at work!

Set a budget for 200, has hoing to come in under 100 and buy a remoska but sadly over that limit already!!
Not too fussed though - wanted to build up a few key staples just incase the world closes down!!! Am planning on putting the receipt on the fridge door and crossing off items as I use them so I can make sure not to buy the same stuff week after week.

Good luck all xxx

doelani

Well i age in and did a tesco order, as not offically May yet it is coming out of spare money in bank so I guess I am cheating to give myself a head start lol

I was good though and stocked up on things like tins and cleaning products and still only spent £80. Roll on friday when the challange really starts :T

mummygems

Morning. I havent managed to do my GC for months now so I need to get right back into it. MrsM can I please be put down for £375 this month thank you.

Am off to read from page 1 now and get lots of inspiration.

kezlou

Hi everyone, over spent last month darn cat food, so declared that on April thread.
So this time i haven't spent anything so far off the May budget, unlike last month. Tomorrow if milkman turns up i'll have to pay him two weeks. But that should hopefully be it.

Decided to do the freezer / store cupboard challenge, so hoping this bring me well under budget. Its my sons birthday this month which will be expensive, so not looking forward to it price wise. I have done a meal plan for the rest of the month, so going to try and stick to it.

Well good luck all with the challenge!!! :j

Janae

£51.33 so far but I am starting a stockpile of things on offer which should help later in the month and today should be a NSD. Meal planning NOT going well:mad:, I think I need to build in several contingency plans...

poppyjoe

Morning everyone!

Can i join please? I have been trying to budget better for my grocery shops and I think I am making some headway, batch cooking and trying not to throw anything away but I now need to be a bit more firm with it all. So I have kind of cheated this month and I have bought my son nappies, milk etc and I want to concentrate on our food and household products with a view of eventually including the nappies etc in the total. So for May can I be put down for £200 please.

Thanks! I am now off to look at the recipes and then do my online shop! :rolleyes:

Maisie_M

Hiya

Back after a couple of months absence. Please can you put me down for £150 for the month of May please. Hopefully it will be a lot less and this thread really keeps me motovated.

Sunnyday

Hi folks,

after my shocking overspend last month i`ve now worked out my budget for May

Can you put me down for £120 for May please Mrs M

Hopefully with the amount of food in the freezer all should be well and i`m going to be really strict with no overspends at all

Good luck for May peeps!

SD