January 2010 Grocery Challenge

Welsh_Poppy

Asda have great deals on sleaning products:
2 Mr Muscles for a pound
2 harpic toilet cleaner...£
2 Fairy WUL £
Domestic bleach 2 for you guessed it £

Coop
750gm heinz tomato sauce 99p

going to stock up on Monday

mothershipton

oh dear, 275 already. Can i hold out till monday to do the shopping as we have no crisps which are a staple in our hous.e I cant even blame the husband for the overspend he hasnt been near a shop since christmas. 16 yr just seem to be eating so much. He is skin and bone so darent stop him !

oh well heres to a cheaper feb

EC12345

My month has ended. My Feb challenge starts tomorrow. Over budget though. Please put me down for January in the red at £198.94

Am going to try and do better in February and will post my budget tomorrow.

Thanks.

Good luck everyone.

huxley

Hi all hope everyone is doing ok:D hardly been able to get on here this month computer died and anything that can go wrong is going wrong! But we are hanging in on the grocery challenge:D:D 199.12 so as our annual budget works out to 50.00 per week (4 adults, food, cleaning,toiletries + extra mouths to feed 2/3 days per week!)and i take that out on a saturday we are on target:T Mind you we have now got through nearly all of the allotment veg that had been frozen:( and their appetites aren't getting any smaller! So I either need them to leave home (I'd miss them realy) or the extras to bring some donations:D

annie123

Final total for January £245

Really pleased with that as was low on baking/storecupboard stuff after Xmas, have restocked now and plenty of most things to see us well into february:D

laurasavon

So far so good for me £169.85 out of a target £250. Although I did have quite a bit of food left over from Christmas and i'll need some milk tomorrow.

Could you please put me down for £175 for Feb

helen_jelly

Hi everyone

We're so over our budget for Jan that I am not even going to add up the receipts - don't want the shock:eek:

Feb budget is NIL - DH didn't get paid correctly for his last job and has only got paid for 9 days at his new job so we are severly short of money this month, on the plus side I put a rocket up the bum of CSA today and they reacted accordingly and have finally sorted out my award [haven't had CSA money for 4 months] and thats being started tomorrow so will use that to go towards food but as I know how unreliable Ex OH is I guess food might be in short supply this month :mad:

I'm setting a budget of £200 for Feb as its a 4 week month, thank goodness and we might JUST do it. Especially if I have words with DH about his spending otherwise known as bulk buying.

Well done all on what you have achieved in January as we all know how tight this month can be for most of us after Xmas

Its been a pleasure helping out and see you all on the new thread

Helen x

BlimusOreilly

Declaring at £191.27 :j That's nearly £40 under budget.

becky170

I'm declaring £120.89 for Jan. Bit over budget, but oh well!

RuthG

Today should have been a NSD but I decided to go for a hike. I had forgotten to set the breadmaker going, so no bread; therefore had to buy something for lunch. I spent a total of £5.57, but for that I got a punnet of whoopsied cherry tomates, 4 crusy rolls, two little gem whoopsied lettuces, a pack of mandarins that were on offer (half price) and a block of wensleydale cheese. I only ate two of the rolls, six leaves of the lettuce, two tomatoes and two slices of the cheese. The rest is waiting to be used up tomorrow or later, so not too bad really.

Total now therefore is £61.58, so still well under budget. Will need to buy veggies tomorrow and possibly milk for the weekend, then start the new month on Sunday.

Ruth