January 2010 Grocery Challenge

[Deleted User]

As my signature reflects, I have only spent £180 on groceries for the month of January:T

Thanks to all you lovely lot, my meal-planning, batch cooking and general OS-i-ness, it has been a successful and fun month and we've eaten delicious, healthy, high-welfare, mostly organic meals all month
You are:A

[Deleted User]

Please can you put my January total as £180

Thanks:D

PennyGrabber

budgeteer wrote: »

Mr T should technically be Mrs T . As far as I Know it comes from a contraction of two names 'Tessa' and 'Cohen'

It was T.E. Stockwell and John Cowen, according to the branch of Tesco I got my training in when I worked there during university!!
I think we say Mr because it's better to blame the men - it couldn't possibly be a woman's fault!!!;)
PG x

Ayeshalush

My final figure for Jan is £68.45.

Although its within budget it should have been much less as I had loads in the cupboards, freezer, etc. Must do better next month!!

Loadsabob

Well in the end I DID spend more this week, after thinking I was done. I spent £1.54 over target

Not huge, and, I think, a much smaller sum for four weeks than I have spent in the not to distant past...I was going to try and twek my records so that the items I bought last night would go onto Feb's budget. But that starts tomorrow, and that would have been sneaky So I'm going to 'fess up and start again tomorrow with my £80 for Feb.

Zend

Budget for January £200, actual spend £150, savings £50 :j

kezlou

Well managed to come under this month but still spent a heck of a lot:o so for January i'm declaring £119.58 so just under by £40 ish.

will have to keep myself on track to make this work, right off to look at the feb thread!

franby64

Spent another £8.40 today and now I'm cutting it very fine! I'll declare on Sunday night. I've posted a budget of £400 on the Feb thread, the idea is to have a strict month in Feb and probably go back up again in March to say £425. Anyway we'll see how it goes.

Many thanks to helenjelly, rosieben, pink and Mrs M for running the thread. I'm not yet as frugal and well organised as I could/should be but I am learning and can't imagine not keeping tabs on what I spend now.

coffeeholic_2

Hello everyone, I have come in under budget this month :j which I am very chuffed about, it was a tight squeeze but I'm hoping to trim it down a little more in February. My total spend on groceries for Jan was £190.65.

topsyturphy

Just managed to come in under budget at £168.96. Now need to refill my store cupboards.