July '06 Grocery Challenge

nicki_2

Right this time I've got to do it. My month is working from 27th June to 27th July. I try to do one big monthly shop (making the most of OH and the car ) but yesterday I did quite a bit of shopping on foot/bus.

This time I'm aiming for £120, but have a budget of £160 (as there are ALWAYS things I forget or we run out of no matter how hard I try! ) Good thing is this is the last month when I have to buy packed lunch drinks for DD until September so I'm already planning my attack for stocking up on those Still have to make OH packed lunches but he's a bit easier to cater for since he can have anything (plus he got iron guts so can stomach egg mayo etc that hasn't been refridgerated during the day unlike DD who can't even have cooked meat on her sandwiches :rolleyes:) :rotfl:

So my spends so far :

• Fruit & veg £5.47 (Bananas x 2 bags, apples x3 bags, citrus (10), salad tomatoes (12), whole cucmber, mushrooms (12) )
• Home bargins £1.11 (Starclean and sponge scourers)
• Savers £2.37(Bodyspray x 2, Antibac hand wash - big one!)
• Tesco £2.93 (Value bananas, sunny raisins, value bread x3)
• Iceland £6.50 (Economy burgers, thin pork sausage, ketchup, 15 large eggs x 2)
  
• Iceland £5.39 (Warburtons sliced buns x3, bin bags, mini chedders x 2 BOGOF)
• Superdrug £11.05 (Drink, vosene BOGOF x 6 bottles, apricots for lunch, toothbrush 3pack for DD, cleanser)

All in all I've spent £34.82 BUT (and here comes the fun bit :rotfl: ) I had 70p put aside for my lunch, and I'm counting the vosene as costing me £1 as I'll add the cost to the budget as I open a new bottle :rotfl::shhh: Therefore my budget currently stands at :

• Aim = £120
• Spent = £29.12
• Left = £90.88

I've got a big shop at Asda to do on Saturday with OH (he sticks to a list and rarely deviates so it's handy having him there ) but I've been costing it up using the Asda website. Current estimate is £42.81 including the treat of 2litres of ice-cream (one OH likes as well :eek: ) and cornets, Cranberry juice for DD and a growing basil for the garden I'm impressed with myself. Now if I can stick to that and not overspend by loads then I'll be happy as my usual monthly shop is about £80 Might still have to add a couple of things to the list, but I'm sure I'll still be able to keep to my £120 budget...I hope :silenced:

mum2many

Count me in for July

totally new to the site so going to aim for £300 for the month, 2 adults and 4 children(13,9,7,3)

need to meal plan now and will need loads of help probably

saoirse_2

Count me in for July. ( My months between 21st June and 21st July) I've tried and failed to keep money diary for whole month in May and June but its given me enough info to know where the money goes. I have three children 17, 14 and 11 and hope to stick to about 100 per week to include toiletries and packed lunches. Best of luck everyone!

HomeJames_3

Hi this is my first month at this challange im setting a budget of £200 for groceries for me and the other half and £40 for 4 cats and 1 dog good luck everyone!! ( thats half of what we normally spend)

Redrose

Hi all

Well after my first month of doing the challenge - I came out with a saving of £16.35 so will chuffed with this.

Gonna have another go this month but gonna try and cut down a little bit more and have a budget of £120.00 - instead of £150.00 .

Keep up the good work you lot.

brokenwings

horrible month ahead for me too - car tax to be payed tomorrow and i know i have to drive to london and back at least four times before the end of july so thats at least 120 on petrol - so only option is to do a store cupboard challenge and really cut down on the grocery bill.

so - july target for petrol, cleaning and groceries = £220

skystar

In again for July. Keeps me on the straight and narrow. I can easily get carried away with a shopping trolley

My "month" runs from 20th June to 19th July. Although we go on holiday on the 15th July I am staying with my usual budget of £260.00 for both food and diesel. This is for 2 adults and a ten year old.

So far I have spent £110.96 - £65.61 on food and £45.35 on diesel. Freezers are bulging so hopefully will just need fresh stuff. Anything spare from the budget will be transferred to the holiday account for some holiday treats :j

Good luck to everyone especially the 1st-timers!

comping_cat

Im re joining this month (didnt bother for june as away for 2 weeks of it!!!). My aim is purely to be below Mays spend, which was just over £160.

Rad

I'm going to join in for July. I usually spend about £100 so I'm going to aim for £70 as I'm moving house on 10 August so I'm try to have used up most of what I have in my flat by then.

GardenMillie

Always filling and cheap, make up a sauce with tinned tomatoes (value ones) and add in mince, veg, chilli (to give it a kick) if you make a batch you can freeze portions - always looking for something quick after the gym. Same can be done with curries etc and it might stop phoning out for a take away!