June 2009 Grocery Challenge

natsing

OMG already spent £98 out of my £!10 budget- its not June yet!!! Its all planned for the month though- batched cooked mince for 16 portions, got plenty of chicken in the freezer, and stock cupboard is full, so should be able to get away with a milk, bread and yogurt drive for three weeks, £12 to go!!!

OrkneyStar

Hi everyone,
A shiny new month for most of you . We are 15th to 14th (or thereabouts each month as hubby paid then and I work to his dates now as it is easier overall!), I have some money left in the 'household budget' (food, pets, diesel, sundries, small treats etc) but am hoping not to touch much of it and use the £80 I have brought back from our trip south to last until next pay day on 15/6. We will only need a bit of fresh F/V/milk/bread (although as I have now cleared a space under the stairs I might take advantage if I see any good offers on non-perishables lol!).
Hope everyone is feeling inspired for June, thanks MrsM, Pink (and anybody else) for getting the thread up and running.
I don't want to add my budget on the list as its a half month but will keep it in my sig!
Take care everyone.
xx
PS Nikki, this is exactly what I do....also a great way to get your 5 a day!
Great minds and all that .

angelnikki wrote: »

I dont add oats to my meals anymore but I still get the same number of portions, by adding extra chopped veg instead HTH
Nikki x

clutterydrawer

Ooh hello :j

Can I be put down for £30 as I'm away at college for two weeks where I'll get fed for free :beer:

Intergalactic_Floozie

Hello everyone!

£220 for me this month again please!!!

(I was £32.66 under budget for May - very pleased)

Callisto

I'd like to join in with this, I'm going for £90 for the month, for two adults. I'm going to try and stick to £20 per week, but with a £10 contingency fund just in case.

poohbear59

My month is going well at the moment, spent £20.10 in Aldi, £11.96 on laundry product online and £34.11 on bulk pasta etc order too. That leaves £133.83.

I have my menu plan already set up and have most of the ingredients barring fresh stuff already in freezer and cupboards. All I need to mess things up is DH or DSs to eat something I have earmarked for a meal e.g. a packet of sausages that were for a meal this week vanished today for breakfast grrr!

pixiechick99

Hello,
Can you put me down for £220 again please?
:beer:

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hi all,

Not a great start to the grocery challenge. Originally said £5 for house hold stuff. But today I've "invested" in some bits. Got a 5L bottle of lenor for £5 worked out i'll get 178 washes from it so will last the year! Also got 3 bottles of f*iry washing up liquid for £2. Bought a cheap one from Mr T and it's useless. Also got some cheaper washing liquid which should last a couple of months. SO have spent £11 today!

So I'll up my grocery budget by £10 to accomodate this. Would normally do a "big stockpile" shop next month. My new total is £100, if you don't mind to change it Pink?

Thanks,
LMMS

sexymouse

Afternoon all,

A lovely sunny day here today, and I managed to cool down a bit by going to the supermarket to get some of the things I didn't get from my list yesterday. Trouble is, I'd underestimated how much space I have in the freezer, so can't fit everything in it at the moment. Will have to have a reshuffle and see if I can make better use of the space. I spent just over £11 and got loads. For any of you who eat muller yoghurts, they are 8 for £2 at sainsbugs at the moment! I don't usually buy them as they are quite expensive, but this worked out cheaper than their own ones.

Please could you add me to the list Mrs M as I don't think I made myself stand out in my last post - £100 for the month? Many thanks.

Off to update my signature now to encorporate the new spend.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

sexymouse xx

queen_of_string

Afternoon, another lovely sunny day here. Having a real money saving dilemma, got a Tesco til spit for £8 off a £50 spend. Normally I would use this to stockpile, but ,as some know, I am emmigrating in 10 weeks. Need to do a proper list of things we will eat before then that come to £50. Seems like £8 off is too good to miss. but if I go and buy full price bread etc then see whoops stuff in the coming weeks I'll cry