November 2009 Grocery Challenge

jackieglasgow

Hi, I've finally totted up October, and would like to be put down for £180 for November, to include some Christmas Goodies. Thanks

lizbob

another good budget concious shop at sainsburies

900g stewing beef
6 duck legs
a pot roast beef joint for sunday
bread (shop bought - slap wrist!)
15 eggs
12 babybels
sandwich ham
4 bottles pepsi
sherry
orange squash 34 quid the lot bringing my total up to 116 i think!

thisismoneysaving

Well done everyone - no disaster so far!!!
I'm going for another NSD today - wish me luck!

skilly

hi all,spent £23.00 pounds so far today .my dh has started asking if i am ok when we are out shopping now only because i am going into shops and buying nothing and my answer back is, and its not a rude one ,that i am trying to get another nsd lol.

elizabunny

Morning all, nice day here so maybe a few more apples will get picked, prepared and frozen. Hoping for yet another NSD that would make 4 in a row, practically unheard of. The bread is baking away in the bread maker and smells yummy and I've got a gammon joint soaking in water for dinner later -in fact it might make two or 3 meals:j ...and the freezer is still working at the moment:j so things not looking too bad all round. Plus my slipped disc really seems to be on the mend, so I can get around quite well with care now -hopefully this won't spur me on to have a whopping spending spree:D.
Good luck with the move rosieben you must be getting very excited!
Have a good day everyone!

SunnyGirl

First shop of the month this morning & I'm pleased at the total of £82.70. If I keep it up throughout the month it'll be ok. We're having more veggie meals this month to keep the cost down & it's going well. Lentil dhal (sp?), rice & hm naan tonight which smells lovely so hoping it tastes as good.

Hope everyone else is getting on okay I haven't read the thread since Saturday so I'll go and catch up now.

Oh I noticed that Aldi are doing their offers weekly now instead of monthly. I'm probably the only one who doesn't know but thought I'd mention it anyway!

poohbear59

I managed to get a lift to Mr T yesterday and spent a huge £90.50 That is almost half my budget for the month. I got loads of both fresh and frozen vegetables. I am going to make some huge broths and soups to freeze for lunches and I have bought dried beans to cook and freeze too. They work out much cheaper than buying tinned beans.

indiasdad

Well I've just done the weekly shop (Sainsburys for their half price meat and cheese and Tesco for everything else) and it has come in at £94 so under my weekly budget of £100:j
Not looking forward to next week though as it looks like we'll need to get a lot of non food items and it's those that tend to drive the cost up eg dishwasher tablets, washing liquid, nappies for DD1 and DD2 etc :eek:

jojo1969

greta idea im starting tommorrow is there anywhere on this site a that as cheap meal ideas thanks

Outdoorlass

jojo1969 wrote: »

greta idea im starting tommorrow is there anywhere on this site a that as cheap meal ideas thanks

Have a look on the first page of this thread, theres lots of cheap meal recipes;)