December 2009 Grocery Challenge

prettypaula

try ringing some other local vets, even if it doesnt knock it down by much it all helps xx

edited to add: also who are you insured with? xx

Keiss_21

Woops, just realized i haven't actually posted my target for this month. I am going for £600 this month

It seems a lots, but I am going to include all food, house-stuff, supplements (vitamins, shakes etc). The theory is that I can't hide my spending somewhere else. I will also include all the Xmas food that we will eat, not the ones given as pressies....at least that the plan! We are 3 adults until the 12th when DS1 will be home from Uni, we will then be 4 adults for 4 weeks ...just watch the food disappear!!

Had Mr T delivery yesterday...I hate substitutions! Had to go out later to the nearest T-Metro to get a few of the things that didn't come with the van...had to get some diesel too as empty light was on! Will fill up on Friday @ Mr Ts as have 5p off/litre voucher.

Cheered myself up by getting two jumpers at M&Co in their sale - used birthday money, so doesn't count as a spend!

Also ordered two ducks for Christmas dinner...having two boys with bottomless pits (nearly-20 student and 16 rugby player) means one is hardly enough. Also we can all have either a breast or leg, and the rest kept to have with pancakes and hoisin sauce the next day....or more if people aren't peckish!:rotfl:

Right, off to knock back the bread and get some twinks in the oven while the 4 loaves rise...how I will get them into the freezer goodness knows!

Looking like today will be my first NSD too, one way of cutting the expenditure!

SunnyGirl

elizabunny wrote: »

OMG:eek: One of our doggies is quite poorly and has to go on a special prescription diet. She is a GSD and this will work out at around £5.35p per day :eek: It gets worse, she may have to stay on it for 6 months:eek:

Now by my reckoning that equates to about £150+ per month which is more than our usual GC Budget:eek::eek::eek: and the insurance will only pay possibly up to 25%

Just found this thread, about offers & shopping for dog & cat food, on the Food Shopping & Groceries board that may be of use to you with finding online suppliers of your dog food etc. HTH

Back from Asda now where I got advent calendars :T;), 2 spray deodorants, 2 tuna pasta bake mixes & 2 bun trays for mince pie making which all came to £12.90 so have updated my signature accordingly. No more spending will be done until the weekend now

skintbint_2

first no spend day for me!!! wheyhey!! would have had one yesterday but needed loaf, so only spent £1.05 in the last 2 days(OH bought that as i wouldnt have paid that, however he did redeem himself by getting 8 rolls free at the garage when getting petrol last night - he's learning), tally for this week is £41.08 so have £18.92 to do until sunday, which i think i might just manage, only thing i need to get is diluting juice, am really chuffed to bits as i would have just popped into corner shop and ended up spending a tenner on juice and bits that i didnt need but refuse to now and will wait until tomorrow and get when in town,

milliejo

Please put me down for £280 again for December.

Very pleased as came in under budget for November after a disaster in October.

Will allocate a separate budget for the Christmas lunch as we are contributing a huge turkey to a whole family meal.

x_raphael_xx

I've found this website to be the cheapest around for Frontline (half what my vet charges) is the prescription food on there?

highland_fling_2

Good evening everyone,

just about to sit down and have a look at some new recipes. Seem to repeat myself quite a bit on meal plan.
Had a no spend day today and remembered to take soup out of freezer for tonights dinner so all is organised with little effort.

Trying to make a bit of space in freezer (only four drawers) for Christmas food stuffs. Like to have nice things on hand in case friends call in unexpectedly. This year I plan to have a lot more hm goodies rather than picking them up at M&S.

jackie_w

£3.20 spent today between Aldi and Asda.

Bought -

Plain flour 33p
Biscuits 89p
10 eggs 99p
wholemeal flour 99p

Will update sig.

Off now to catch up on everyones posts.


Jackie xx

SunnyGirl

x_raphael_xx Thank you so much for the website with vets products I've got an order ready to place already. The last time we flea'd everyone it cost just over £75 :eek: This place is half that!

ellemm

highland_fling wrote: »

Good evening everyone,

just about to sit down and have a look at some new recipes. Seem to repeat myself quite a bit on meal plan.

My own plan exactly highland fling -getting pretty bored with the meals recently

Off to get some cookery books from the kitchen and browse for inspiration.

Also planning to ice the Christmas cake tonight so better get that done first.