November 2009 Grocery Challenge

kezlou

Hi all, good luck to everyone and welcome to all new members!

Well blown the October budget (well OH) by £22.32 so my total declared is now £172.32 . I've had swine flu so hadn't eaten since Friday last week and had some food today which literally had me curled up pain.So OH and kids had to do the shopping and spent loads of money on meat as apparently he fancied :rolleyes:. By next week i should be should be well enough to cope with kitchen duty again and to keep a closer eye on spending.

So i would like to declare £150 again for November which for me starts from Sunday. Thanks again.

esmf73

Please can you put me down for 300 pounds for Nov 1st - 30th :rolleyes:. have freezer and cupboards to use up - just need to get milk, bread and veg on a weekly basis.
My first proper month, so will keep receipts too. Thanks. x

Janae

Thanks Rosieben & Helen for getting this month underway!

£14.14 spent so far & 1 NSD. Would really like to do a large shop this weekend somewhere else. All I have locally is a fairly small Co-op and all other supermarkets are between 6 - 15 miles away, so need to make it worth the petrol cost. So, the plan for tonight is to do a shopping list in line with my meal plans.

Good luck for November everyone!
kj

mark55man

Stargirl29 wrote: »

Exciting stuff! My first new GC thread, and start of a new routine for me.

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Have to say, my vice is Coke, so I'm aiming to cut that back dramatically - used the demotivator tool yesterday and boy-o-boy did it do the job!:eek::eek::eek:

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Hi Stargirl - we are the same. used to spend £30 a month on coke :eek:. if you have a Lidl's near you - their Freeway coke is very very nearly as good. we now buy 6x2l for 39p a 2l bottle, very nice chilled, and OK not. My OH tried and rejected all the others - but Freeway got the thumbs up :T

Good luck

Penny-Pincher!!

Please put me down for £50pw to include diesel as we have loads in.

Thanks

PP
xx

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hi all!

Rosie thanks for the new thread! Please put me down for £120 this month.
Thanks
LMMS

pleasemakemedebtfree

Hi, Could I join in too please. This will be my first month so I will go for £250 (30th Oct-27th November).Thanks!

Winged_one

I am ready for a new month, and hoping that the spare bit in the budget won't get used this month. Should be a small week this week though - I still have lots in from previous weeks and need to clean out freezer. And I have the Halloween treats in already too - although I may have to buy some ordinary apples (keeping the nice ones for ourselves) when I shop on Sat, which I will count as Nov's budget.

Planning on:
Tonight: Mushrooms and a cream sauce with tagliatelle
Tomorrow: Chorizo potato bake
Sat: Mushroom or pumpkin risotto
Sun: Roast dinner (have to buy joint)
Mon: Leftovers
Tues: Rogan Josh (from freezer)
Wed: Chicken fajitas (need creme fraiche, tomatoes, fajita mix only)
Thurs: Prawns, curry sauce and rice
Fri: May give in to takeaway gods......

Sambos and courgette soup, and maybe pumpkin soup, for lunches.

So shop this week, apart from shaving gel and shampoo, and bits in brackets above, needs milk, bread, yoghurts for DD, and another pumpkin if going cheap (havent bought any yet, but the only one from garden to survive is quite small)..hoping for a spend of about €50 this week.

Eltee12

£425 for me for November thanks.

am doing a freezer inventory tomorrow and lots of lovely meal planning.

LT

Rebekah24

This thread is fab!!

Put me down for £45 , aiming for less, but..lets go for realistic!! see if I can shave tenner of it!!

just lil old me, got a lot in the freezer, so going to have as many NSD as possible!

Wee..excited :rotfl: