February 2010 Grocery Challenge

peetzil39

Hi everyone,
BiggmummaF your post made me LOL, well done, don't think I have that much willpower!!! Long tall sally, your post could have been written by me, I was reading going uhuh uhuh, I like you know the theory, but struggle at times with putting my strategies into practice. Good to hear your stories tho guys, at least we are trying, when I think about how little effort I used to put into the household budget it makes me shudder :eek:
Peetzil x

elizabunny

savvyshe wrote: »

Hi elizabunny, For the last few weeks I have cut dishwash tablets into 2 and used half for each wash and the results were brilliant and when they ran out I bought really cheap bio washing powder and have used that since and brilliant results again. I won't be buying dishwash tablets again. Give it a go!! Good luck

Thanks so much for the tip savvyshe I really do think Dishwasher Tablets are overpriced, but I would hate to be without the dishwasher, so I'll give it a go:T

HM Curried Bean Soup tonight with HM Bread and then a naughty Egg, Bacon ands Chips...oh well, it was very nice. NSD today...just as well:D

Money_Fritter

Hi folks, I have been bad this month, but declaring on £100 for FEB. Not very happy, needed a lot of stock items this month. However, need to get back into the frugal living and planning a month of meals, so I can budget properly again, been slipping of late.

Money Fritter

Spirit_2

I am pleased to announce I came in £1 under budget for February at £299:j:j:j

philsmum

Hi everyone.
Well I have failed yet again to meet my target £51.00 overspent.
No excuses though, I cannot resist a bargain LOL
Good luck for March
Pat:)

philsmum

Please can you put me down for £130.00 for March.
Thanks

sistercas

just come inside the budget this month

declaring at £396 thanks x

babyboysmummy thats incredible , my bin is full every week , how do you do it ?

Poohbear I cant think of anything else , well done you :T I am rubbish at paring things down to a minimum you have really got on top of it x

scotsaver

Morning everyone - just logged on to update my total, thought I'd finished for the Month but DD2 came home with a list of ingredients she needed for Food Tech so had to pop to the shops yesterday. We also needed more fruit. Should be a NSD today and then I will declare tomorrow.;)

Going to make some nice Leek & Potato soup today, feel like we need more soup as this weather is just so depressing - where is Spring, Winter just seems to have been so long this year!

Good luck to everyone still to declare, we're nearly there!:D

winterfrost

bunny_lover wrote: »

Hello I am new to the thread, Id love to join from March but need to calculate a realistic amount for food for me and O/H and our fur family. I will post an amount ASAP.

I'd appreciate any ideas what a family of 8 should be spending? 2 humans, 1 cat and 5 bunnies

Hello! Maybe... £180? £200 to start with? I don't know how much bunnies cost to feed, but I'm allocating £150 to you and OH and £30 for the pets! (I try to spend £120 on myself and 2 cats, but want to get this down to £100.)

CRANKY40

£39.56 for me for my last week in Feb, so I've come in under budget this month by the grand total of £6.05! As we had half term and the incredible eating children included in that for one week, I'm quite pleased.

Declaring my Feb total spent as £153.95