The DFW grocery challenge club -all welcome!

lynzpower

Me & Oh as you can see from my sig are trying to do it for less than 20 a week, so I think less than 100 should be sufficient for you Sunnydoo, without much shock.

Could you not get a shop from tescos they have free delivery over £50 for your first shop... something to think about for the future anyway.

oops_a_daisy

Hi there - can I join in too :j

I wasnt sure what to set my budget at so have been keeping receipts since 10th March ( I get paid on the 10th so my month runs from then ) So far I have spent £107.48 and only have 1 more shop to do ( next Monday ) to get me through to the 10th April. I really really want to try to get the last shop for under £12.52 but I have just ordered a 2 week veggie box ( which will save in the long run ) for £6.00 and Im running out of butter so it now looks like I have £6.00 to spend next week :rolleyes: If I acieve this I will have spent £120.00 for a month :j if not Im still spending a third of what I sed to before MSE.

Tonight was easy. Daughter had left over veggie curry, rice and garlic bread slices and I had left over dinner from yesterday.

Just made a pan of carrot soup ready for Daughter to take a packed lunch tomorrow because of the strike. Will freeze the rest into batches.

Good luck everybody with the DFW Shopping challenge :beer:

Sunnydoo

Thanks Lynzpower-this was the kick up the rear i needed !

I used Asda this time as i had a voucher for £10 off a £50 shop but i can't usually afford to spend that much in one go(just increased my overdraft limit-tut tut !)

Tonight i had HM pasta bake & cereal(usually eat it in evenings instead of for breakfast !)

DDs had a couple of snacks but can't decide what to have for her main meal-she's v fussy unfortunately

Never bothered with a sig before but will do do from April 1st with my grocery challenge

Good luck everyone

sured

hi i'd like to join in, have just checked my cupboards and in it there is 48 packets of crisps still in large outer bags waiting to go in draw where there is another 30ish bags waiting to be eaten, the only person who eats crisps is 18 year old, roughly i bag a day in packed lunch, i also throw out all the plain ones as he doesnt like them, in my defence the two large bags were BOGOF, i have to laugh at myself

lynzpower

Everyone number themselves then I'll be no 1!

And this will give me the kick up the bum I need, I must lead by example :P

If everyone could give the best estimate of what their meals cost and say whether its Per person or all in, then this will give others an idea before they go shopping!

Great to have so many people on board already!!

D&DD

Well I may as well be unlucky thirteen SS has already cursed me with my nerd number :rolleyes: :rotfl:

Sunnydoo

By my calculations i'm number 5 on the list but i have never asked for a nerd number despite posting on the daily spend thread-can i have one please or is this the wrong thread ?

lynzpower

Wrong place sunnydoo! Pop back to debt nerds and demand one!! lol

Ali-OK

I'd like to join in too. Just me and my 5 year old. Cupboards and freezer are stocked to the rafters as I'm BOGOF/savings mad!

I think we can do £15 per week, but having been running closer to £20. We're also away w/c 10th April, so that's one week of running down and one week not to shop for.

Dinner tonight was homemade shepherds pie (mum makes a batch for my freezer) FREE, fresh broccoli (half of 44p piece from the market) and carrots (half of 20p batch from the market). Total = 32p!

We don't tend to have puddings - we're a savoury pair, so probably cream crackers and cheese if we get peckish later!

oops_a_daisy

can I be number 3 ?