September 2009 Grocery Challenge

mooomin

wannabedebtfree wrote: »

Gutted - pledged £200.............spent £201.93................I am hanging my head in shame...........pledging £200 for October.............

cw18 wrote: »

Wow!!! No need to hand head in shame -- that was pretty darned close :T

Totally agree - £1.93 is nothing to be ashamed of. :T

helen_jelly

Annual

Allegra £2800
Angelatgraceland £6000
BigMummaF£1100 1st aug-31st dec
Cheerfulness4 £1400 £470.85
gillst £2400
JennyBee £1440
Mags50 £3000
mama67 £1970 £1310
Mrsmcawber €1680- €649.74
Mrs Money Penny £2700 £1745.61
Mummy2mygirls £3000
Mummzyof2 £1200
Nykmedia -£1200 £1083.20
Penny2myName £1080
Perrywinkle £3600 - £104.28
Pip-Squeak £1250
Prudence41 £1400-£417.85
Savvystudent £1500
Sylvan £3000
Taka £1320 £778.77
The_Cat £850 -25th Dec £211.97
Toonie £2040 -£1444.69
X Spender £2650 £1618.09
Yummymummy05 -£2800

Monthly

666paw £190
Alipops1986 £
Always Happy £ 200
AngelFeathers £
Annie123 £ 280
Attentionseeker1 £ 140
Baileys Babe £
Beth86 £
Blairweech £
BlimusOreilly £
Boodle £
Booklover £
Booskyeboo £
Botany £ 225
Bowsk-1011 £
Broke medic £ 150
Brummiebabe £
Candygirl £ 100
CardiffMatch £
Caroline73 £ 300
Carolt2 £ 150
Catznine £
Catzpaws £ 200
Changing me £
Cheapskate £
Chewy62 £ 450
ChocClare £
Clutterydrawer £
Coxy11 £ 400
Curlytop40 £ 340
CW18 £ 102.90
da666shooker £
Dazzle21 £ 250
Ddraig £
Determined2bdebtfree £
Dizzy £
Dreamer40 £
DreamingofMoney £
Earthmother £ 350
Elf06 £
Eliza bunny £
Ellemm £ 120
Eltee12 £
Emmab2001 £ 250
esmf73 £
Essex-girl £
Fedupandskint £ 200
Firefox £ 100
FiveNations £ 240
FlatEric £
Flutterby25 £
Flying_Freesian £ 220
Forever Hopeful £
Freakyogre £ 60
FreyaLuck £
GemmaBuckle £ 150
Getting Hitched £
Gillywooly £ 200
Gothicfairy £
GreenT £
Hamish222 £
Helen Jelly £ 350
Here we go again £
Hex2 £
Highland fling £ 180
Howlinwolf £
Huston kw £
Huxley £ 250
Ifonlyitwaseasier £ 50
Ilovetea £
jackiegibbo £
JackieO £ 120
Jackie_W £
Jacksmummy £
JayJay14 £ 150
Jayward £ 60
Jedi librarian £ 120
*Jellie* £
Jinky67 £
Joshiesmum £
Juliek1313 £
JulieMK £ 150
Kalojac £
KayJay1809 £
Keiss21 £
Kerfuffle $
Kezlou £ 150
Kindofagilr
Kippers £ 300
KirstenC
Kirstygem
KjSam £ 365
Knitty8
Ktpie £ 280


Lainz £
Lambanana £
Lauhen £
Laurasbump £
Lav1979 £
Lilgrayfox £
Lil-me £
Little_Miss_moneysaver£
Little Miss Naughty £
Lollyfin £
LydiaJ £
Maitane £
Meanmarie € 250
Merlin1 £
millieJo £
Millienjacksmummy £ 400
Miss-Spent £ 250
MoneyFritter £
Money Saving Diva£
Money Queen £
Moniker £
Mothershipton £ 250
MrsCook £ 480
MrsGibbs1503 £
Mrs. Irwin £
Mrs-Moneypenny £
MrsTradition £ 175
Msgnomey £
Mummy2mygirls £
Mummy26 £
Natsing £ 130
Newlywed £
Nickynoo08 £
Ninno820 £ 160
Nmlc £ 350
Notjustamum £
Ocean spirit £
Optimistic pair £ 200
Orkney Star £ 200
patent girl £
Paula Bear £
Philsmum £
Poohbear59 £
Puddle glum £ 200
Purpleskies £ 45
Rachelmk £ 200
Rachel021976 £
Ragz £
Raquel9 £
Rc01 £250
Rockie4 £ 200
Rugbybabe77 £
Russetred £ 425
Saving for Oz £ 50
Saving for travel £
SAVVYMUMMY £
ScotSaver £ 250
Searching Me £ 200
ShellSmithCat £
Shirleytch £
Shroplass £
Sistercas £ 400
Skilly £ 350
Skint-Catt £ 125
Slowandsteady £ 200
Soupfan £
Spendaholic £
Steph112 £
SunnyDonny£
Tessamum £
TheBees£ 370
The_Cat £
Tinkerbellsmum £
Trinny £
Toby3000 £ 100
Toolittletime £
TopsyTurphy £
Turbo5019 £
Twilightgirl £
**UpsyDaisy** £
Wannabedebtfree £ 200
Wilf55 £
Winged one £ 500
Winky the house elf £
Winniepooh £
Workhard50 £ 400
Yellow Monkey £
Yummymummy05 £ 300
ZiggyStardust £

Weekly
Bitsy~Beans £ 40
Hels50 £
Notjustlaura £50
Penny -Pincher !! £
Rowsew £50

AlwaysHappy

declaring at £200.36/£200 - can you put me down again for £200 for October please - am determined to do it this month!

freakyogre

I've gone well over, but I needed a few bits that i'd run out of at the same time, so although i've added them to this month, they'll last well into next month and/or longer.

I ended up buying kitchen and toilet rolls, shampoo, conditioner, body spray and toothpaste, so the only food items I bought were flour, sugar, spread, onions, crackers and some radishes (I still don't know why and what i'll use them for). Oh and some strawberries, a lemon and some KitKats I also went out for a chinese with my brother and sister last night which I haven't included in my total, but if I had, then it would be £75.82 :eek:

Not very good for my first attempt, but I suppose it was just a guess.

I may as well declare now for September, so will round it up to £65.00 so I have a bit to get newspapers with as shouldn't need anything else.

For October I think i'll put it up to £60.00 and see how I get on!

helen_jelly

Hi everyone

Have done the budgets up to and including Freakyogre - thank you

Helen x

savingforoz

Well, the signature says it all - a complete and utter failure this month...I'm declaring at £81.77, only 63% over budget :eek:!

Got to get back on track - will try for £50 for October.

meanmarie

Declaring at €252.13 for September and going for €250 for October....will be away some of the time but will have visitors when I come back.

Good luck all

Marie

scotsaver

HelenJelly - I'm declaring £263.32 for Sept, gone over but as I said a couple of days ago I don't feel too bad about this as I've made stuff for Xmas out of that,:o please put me down for £250 for Oct. Thanks.;)

Dinner tonight is Roast Lamb and all the trimmings, pud is Apple crumble using apples from the Tree in the Garden.

Have a good afternoon everyone - see you on the October Thread.:D

PurpleSkies

I'm declaring £47.44 for September. Went a little over but that's only because I stocked up on a few essentials that were on offer but I hadn't planned on buying this month.

My target for October is £45 again.

cw18

Spent £1.50 at Lid1 this morning, but felt I did really well for that.

Had hoped they still had the 2.5kg potatoes for 49p (that I got last week), but not so I did, however, spot a 1kg bag of Little Red Rooster potatoes for just 29p - so we're having those tonight, and I have some left to go with my steak & kidney (stew type) on Wednesday when DS has curry & rice. Wondering if I dare try sneaking instant potato past DS on Tuesday (with mash and veg), otherwise I'm going to have to buy some mashing spuds before the end of the month.......

We're also having "real" veg tonight, which is bound to get a comment of some sort from DS. I can't remember the last time I cooked veg from fresh for a meal (have blanched some for the freezer this year, but cook everything from frozen for meals), but when I spotted the Savoy Cabbage at just 34p (one of our all time favourites) and the 1kg bag of carrots at 37p I decided to keep the planned peas, sweetcorn, diced carrots and sprouts for another day

Finished the trip off with 2 sachets of Chille Con Carne mix at 25p each.

Exactly £58 spent so far this month - 77 hours to go before I can declare my month spend, and really want to stay away from the shops in an effot to not spend more than another £3.76