January 2010 Grocery Challenge

sashanut

Pablosmummy wrote: »

Hello

I'm off to make some Gingerbread latte syrup (I think I could actually live of that stuff!)

Great to see you back - my DD LOVED the pic of Pablo & has missed it - she is 19 though so not a little kid

Please can you tell me how you make this syrup - sounds great & I have a receipe that uses it in a cocktail I think :rotfl:thank you :T

MAXOL

Could I please be added to the grocery challenge? Going to start on £80 a month and see what happens. Thanks!! :j

SarahNeedle1872

Hiya guys, would love to sign up again for another month

Just had a quick rummage through the freezer and have plenty of stuff in there for dinners for this week and some of next week too

Posted my totals for Dec on the Dec thread, and despite going over last month, I'm going to try reducing my budget to £350 for this month, for all food, toiletries and cleaning products, and dog food. I've already got the dog food for this month, have a ton of cleaning products to get through, and the same with toiletries really!

Can I just ask a quick question.... I found two ready made carbonara sauces dated from June, in the freezer, and was gonna use them.... they'll be ok won't they?

Sx

helen_jelly

Hi

Budgets done up to and including SarahNeedle - thanks everyone

Helen

HowlinWolf

Hello, as usual I have been conspicuously absent from this thread for a while and have therefore spent far more than I should have done. My aim for January is to spend less than £200 in a bid to try and recoup a bit of the overspend

Welsh_Poppy

Hope I can join in as we tried to tighten belts last year so budget for the month of 200 which is for everything for 3 adults 2 eat healthy the other is not so healthy.

heavenleigh

Can you add me please, first time i have ever joined this post, i would like to budget for £200 for my first month for myself, ds 11, dd 9, ds 4 , dd 1 and 4 cats, it would be a real help to keep track of things even if i go way over for the first month ! xx

Pablosmummy

Wow didnt think anyone would remember me! I havent posted for ages!

The gingerbread syrup recipe is over on the christmas moneysaving board (I have no idea how to link - believe it or not I actually have a computing degree! lol)

Now I'm off to make spicy bean and lentil stew for tea - another recipe from mse!

greent

Can I please have a budget of £400 for January for the 6 of us (and 2 guinea pigs!) That seems a bit tight, tbh (I include all toiletries/ food/ snacks bought out/ pet food and bedding/ cleaning stuff), but DH is still jobless and our income is now JSA of £64.30pw + child benefit, so we must cut down somewhere!:rolleyes:

I'm in hospital at the end of the month for several days for an op which means I won't be able to drive for 6 weeks, won't be able to lift (hmm - still feeding my 7 month old....could be tricky!) etc - so need to make sure we have some easy food in the freezer for DH to feed everyone without resorting to the chipshop, which is his usual trick!:p

Best wishes for 2010, everyone! I'm off to catch up on the beginning of this thread now....:D

greent x

HowlinWolf

just done an online Mr S shop through mysupermarket. Huge difference between that supermarket and the others. Including delivery the spend is estimated at £88.41