October 2009 Grocery Challenge

MrsCook_2

angela30 wrote: »

hello im new at this, can i join from october 1st? my aim is £140. have done all my inventory lol,,and there is 5 of us.:j
am really looking forword to this october i love this time of year and its been made all the better by joining the grocery challenge.
i think i should be able to stay within budget if i dont send the hubbie shopping.. why is it men can never stick to the shopping list and always comes back with things that are not needed... or is that just me..lol

good luck to everyone

good luck!!! i am always interested in the families of 5/6 since we are a family of six on a £480 monthly budget (about 120 a week)

notjustlaura

Thanks for setting up this new thread. My October started yesterday and I'm aiming for £50 per week. September went totally pear-shaped, I'm afraid, but I'm determined to do better this month! Yesterday was my first-ever NSD and I'm feeling very proud of myself. I've spent £4 in ASDA today for cold medicine and Vitamin C as I've a sore throat and feel pretty rough. I was going to menu plan and shop today but I can manage on what's in the house for a couple of days so am putting that off till I'm feeling better. It'd be too easy to buy rubbish in an effort to comfort myself at the moment.

Good luck everyone

wilf55

Hi would like to join not very good at keeping records though

today did a budget shop...lots of yellow labels at somerfield and spent £28

at them moment I am still trying to do a How much do I spend in a month!! but realise I need to cut down

am starting today as i get paid today


there are 5 adults in here and 2 dogs 1 grandaughter that stays for 3 days (not nights but breakfast dinner tea)

cardiffmatch

I'm in!!!
£140 for me this month... just about managed to stay within £160 last month and can see some easy places to cut down. I'm mostly a lurker on here but it feels like I've got to stick to it if I write it down somewhere!

CardiffMx

jay20043

Hi,

Can I join as well, Im new to all this money saving.

Can you put me down for £80 please

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hi everyone!
Thanks for the new thread.
PLease put me down for £140 for October. Need to fill a few gaps in my cupboards this month.

Thanks,
LMMS

Winged_one

I knew we'd need bread yesterday, so I bought it last night with DD as DH was working VERY late. When he arrived home, he'd also bought some!! So we ended up having 2 loaves to work with. Oh well, I had just made some space in freezer, so I froze 2 days worth of lunches (5 slices per sambo bag - 2 for DH, 2 for me, and 1 for DD) and we'll probably use the rest of it up during the week. If not, I am out of breadcrumbs, so will freeze some as crumbs at end of the week. (Luckily, I am working on a calendar month budget system!).

I have worked up a menu plan for the next 3 weeks (and it helps that we'll be staying with IL's one weekend). But I won't need to do a BIG shop until 17th - when I will need to buy a sack of potatoes and a good lot of meat. Avoiding temptation for a few weeks (apart from farmer's market near IL's) will be good though.

yummymummy05

just popped on quickly to update my sig - already spent nearly £40 and I have my Mr T's delivery tonight!! Making a Cottage pie to freeze in portions for DD and using up some whoopsied sausages with pasta and a leftover jar of sauce for dinner tomnight.

rosieben

JackieO wrote: »

... I think with a budget that's too tight you will be miserable and probably fail but set a sensible taget and you can't help but succeed.

Very wise words Jackie :T

I shared a small sainsbugs delivery with a rellie yesterday and now have enough f&v and milk for nearly 2 weeks; NSDs are easy when you live miles from any useful shops :rolleyes: though we have a very good butcher in the village.

Still using up my cupboard and freezer stocks in prep for a possible house move so today I'm making vegetable soup with some lamb stock that was loitering at the bottom of the freezer.

good luck everyone

Frugaldom

Hello grocery gang.

Only 3 pages to catch up with this time, so not too bad for me. Good luck to all the newbies, well done to all who have succeeded so far and wish me luck as I now have only about £50 per month until next year if I'm to succeed on my own annual budget.

So - I need a few ideas for what to do with duck eggs. I've already compiled a list of 100 things to do with eggs but does 1 duck egg equal 2 hen eggs or 1.5 hen eggs? Don't worry, it isn't an extravagant purchase, my ducks decided to start laying yesterday. I have 2 eggs, one a double yoker. I want to bake sponges but am not sure how many eggs to count my two as when one is a double yoker.

Edited in - after a little research, I have decided that 3 of my medium hen eggs is equal to 2 duck eggs. Problem solved.