February 2010 Grocery Challenge

poppy-glos

hi broadie 1, now there's an idea to 'pad out' menus for the rest of the month.

pleased to report another nsd here.

elf06

Ok so another £11.63 spent last night. It did include 3 packs of 'real' scampi which were woopsies at £1.25 each and a magazine for my son who had been a sweetheart all day and deserved a little treat £2.45 :eek:.
The other stuff was just bits and pieces that I had run out of like deoderant and things

Will go update my sig........

MrsBsBlog

Good morning, just a quick one. I have updated my sig, so hoping I will come under budget, although I did a BIG shop yesterday as the kids are now eating me out of house and home ( half term ). Just wondering if it`s going to last me now.
Just thought i`d mention if anybody uses the fairy fabric conditioner concentrate 750ml, MrT has an offer 2 for £2.00, but if you just buy 1 it`s £2.05. Crazy or what, so you buy 2 for the price of 1 and get £2.10 back, there was only 2 left, so grabbed them pretty quick.

monks

Dear all,hope everyone well
Have been closely following everyones progress with interest and .
This is my first gc and although well under at present and managed 10nsd so far, (which i thought would be impossible with half term) has made me feel quite anxious at times -hate not having big reserves of everything and bursting fridge etc just in case!
Making me really look at why i am buying and have had hardly any waste at all!
Just trying to control the need for a online big shop as only have 11 toilet rolls :eek: left instead of the average of about 40 help ! :rotfl:

LINKYPIE2009

Morning all,

Still here but at MIL's so NSD on groceries so far.....

brodie1_2

monks wrote: »

Dear all,hope everyone well
Have been closely following everyones progress with interest and .
This is my first gc and although well under at present and managed 10nsd so far, (which i thought would be impossible with half term) has made me feel quite anxious at times -hate not having big reserves of everything and bursting fridge etc just in case!
Making me really look at why i am buying and have had hardly any waste at all!
Just trying to control the need for a online big shop as only have 11 toilet rolls :eek: left instead of the average of about 40 help ! :rotfl:

Hi,
loo rolls, Im worrying as I only have 28 left :mad: Glad Im not the only obessed one:):)
Brodie

rosieben

I just found this easy recipe for brie burgers - in fact the whole thread is interesting and worth a look; :j I'll put the recipe in the front page list

remmie

Sorry I haven't been posting as much as I should have. I have got so wrapped up in this challenge and meal planning I'm forgetting this important thing.

So, some more shopping last week and this totalling £53.53, so I'm just within this months budget. The freezer is full but I know I'll have to get some more f & v, so may just go over. We'll see. All of this is an improvement on how I used to be. Used to have a full freezer and didn't fancy or couldn't be bothered to cook any of it so would go to the shops for something I fancied. Never used to keep a record of how much I spent (loads!!) so even if I go over a bit until I get used to it, it'll be better for me.

Another plus to all this is the saving on diesel. Our nearest supermarket is a nine mile round trip and I used to do this 3-4 times a week. Now I put £25 diesel in the car and it has to last the month.

franby64

Hi all
Another £7.29 but I have made a proper meal plan up to Weds 24 Feb and will use up from there.
All necessary stuff except a pack of C*op choc ices for kids.
£5.24 per day left.
No bargains - I rarely get bargains but I always go round both the local T*sco and C*op before I buy anything to make sure I get the cheapest!

Long_tall_sally

I think I really need to try & meal plan! I went o the local co op last night to get the cheese & bananas that I needed and ended up spending £21.34! Although this included some "bargains" like 6 red roses for 60p, some fresh coriander for 11p, a cucumber for 11p, 4 doughnuts for 33p, a bag of shredded cababge & leeks 10p plus other reduced veg, I was still shocked at how much it came to. I also bought 3 Uncle Beb's sweet n sour sauces for £3, 8 pancakes for £1 and other bits & bobs and now looking at my list I can't help thinking I didn't need half of these things and even things like the coriander & shreded cabbage & leeks are only a bargain if a) I use them and b) if I use them soon cos I don't think they will last too many days. But as I am so unorganised I have no idea what we are having for dinner apart from tonight and also not sure what to use them for! Could I use the shredded cababge & leeks for soup?