August 2009 Grocery Challenge

*Jellie*

Declaring at £133.24

Having realised that lots of my budget before was not actually groceries the actual spending was better than I realised. I'll set a harsher budget to aim for next month!

lambanana

Declaring at £148.67

Hurrah for being under budget if only slightly! :j

**Upsy_Daisy**

Quotation from the signature of SisterCas...

"CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS CAN MANIPULATE MY RIFT ANYTIME:D "




And Mine - anytime and in any dimension

cw18

Had another good Whoopsie haul at Mr M last night - paid £4.13 for goods with a shelf value of £15.93. The two biggest savings were on a dozen free range eggs (29p instead of £2.62), and a real treat for tonights tea. Even at Whoopsie price I've blown the budget for a main meal, but I could resist as I still have loads this months budget left.... 2 individual Beef Wellingtons with a shelf price of £6.49 reduced to £2 :T


Signature updated to end of yesterday. May need to nip out for a few bits today (got a load of fruit from a friend this week, so have some preserving to do but may be short of some bits to complete the jobs - in particular I have the plums for Old Dowerhouse Chutney, but I'm not sure on the rest of the ingredients), but plan to make tomorrow a total NSD while I do a stock-take on my freezers and meal plan for next month

earthmother

Declaring at £324.67

That's over by £44.67 - not brilliant, but I do know where it's gone. We don't seem to have cooked many of the meals I have stored in the freezer, but bread and fillings consumption has shot up - we have been out and about though with it being the holiday. And I've been starting to restock the packed lunch cupboard - got all three on them this year (one only doing once a week at playgroup, but it adds up).

On the plus side, it means the freezer is still reasonably healthy. And ... 13 NSDs in a 28 day month - a record for me - going to see if I can get it past the halfway mark next month.

*poddles off to find September thread*

kirstenc

Hi guys, shopping wasnt too horrific this time....including taxi home and after coupons and discounts etc, came in at £36.87
heres what i got

toilet roll 8 pack 4.93
ringbinders (for printed recipes etc) 2 for £1.20
blutak £1
bday card for bro £1.24
deoderant £0.75
poly pockets for said folders £0.37 x2
cat food £2.30
rolling pin £0.95
mob bucket and wringer £2.27
beef mince 250g £0.79 REDUCED:j
lorne sausages (6) £0.95 REDUCED:j
egg and bacon sandwich filler £0.92 REDUCED:j
pepperoni £1.38
cooked ham £0.42
soya milk £0.60
5 sausage rolls £0.79 REDUCED:j
chopped tomatoes £0.37 x3
kidney beans £0.19
value hula hoops £0.81
value orange squash £0.47
cornflakes £1.14
parmazano (replacement cheese) 0.91
wheat free breadcrumbs £2.19
rose wine mini bottles £0.75 x2 REDUCED:j
veg oil £0.98
breadcrumbs £0.53
white bread £0.11 x2 REDUCED:j
malt loaf £0.09 x2 REDUCED:j
1kg red onions £0.55 REDUCED :j
loose potatoes £1.33
loose bananas £1.18
green apples £0.69
free range eggs £1
loose carrots £0.62

as you can see, its the free from stuff thats costing the money every week..flour, breadcrumbs, next week will be sausages, which are on 3 packs for £5 just now, keep us going for a bit!

So anyway, the total for the month is ... oooh i forgot, have to check my sig and add it up lol
back in a mo!!

kirstenc

Sorry about that,

I am declaring at £193.91...out of a first month budget of £300...I am so proud! have set myself £220 for sept, which is more than I spent this month, but still £80 less than is put aside every month for groceries!

cw18

Been out for the bits I needed to make my chutney, which cost me £3.57

But I couldn't resist the chilled goods Whoopsies in Mr M :rolleyes2 The chap was taking everything down for a second time, so I spent a further £2.77 on goods worth £11.51. Sorted our meals for a good few days - 2 ready meals (probably for Tuesday) for 74p instead of £2.99 with Cheese & Garlic Dough Balls for 39p instead of £1.29, and a large chicken (which will do at least 4 meals) for £1.25 instead of £5.94 :T I think we'll have chicken and chips tomorrow for the first, as it's a good looooong while since we had that

I've reduced my months budget by £3.60 as elder DS left home to go back to work a couple of days earlier than expected, but I'm still less than two thirds of the way through it - and I have mountains of food in for next month already

Jedilibrarian

Declaring at £131.57 for August, over by a mile but our freezer went on the blink part way through the month so I'm blaming it! :rolleyes:

See you all on the new thread!!

sexymouse

Declaring £139.26 but we decided to have a holiday from home this year, and OH was off for 2 weeks and eats like a horse - plus we have been having a lot more puddings and cakes as I've had time to bake during the holidays. Not too disappointed with that, but must do better when I go back to work. I think it's all of these shop-bought salads we've been having too.