July 2010 Grocery Challenge

cw18

Not long since finished rejigging my freezers (and double checking my stock list).

Meal planning from them over the last few weeks has certainly paid off as, despite adding a few bits such as bread, burger buns and mussels, I managed to totally empty the larger of the fast freeze sections (the one in my built in appliance isn't as big as the one in my stand-alone upright freezer). Mind, this was helped by DS finishing off the ice-cream as I was getting started on the job

I'll need some of the space for essentials I have to get tomorrow (ice cream, sweetcorn and/or mixed veg, and possibly chips), but at the moment the compartment is now full of 500g margarine tubs -- the contents of which will hopefully be frozen enough to transfer to freezer bags just before lunch tomorrow.

15 of them have 125g portions of pasta sauce (the 16th portion only came in at 100g, so is in the fridge and will be used tomorrow lunch time), and another 7 have 250g portions of chicken and veg soup (with an 8th in the fridge for Friday lunch - or I may swap lunches around depending on how long I have when I get in from shopping and having to head out to work tomorrow).

So that's one container of pasta sauce split up (another 6 to go) and one container of soup (another 3 to tackle) - all courtesy of App Foods



Now I just need to get my meal plan for July sorted -- and I must work on using up large items first to free up as much space for the freezer bags as possible, then I can get more sauce/soup into the margarine tubs and frozen

We're certainly looking at a joint being cooked this weekend, as I have a huuuuuge pork joint and 4 pretty good sized turkey breast joints waiting for use !! Either will leave me with bags of sliced cooked meat to go back in, but they never take anything like the same amount of space........

raven-333

Hi i'd like to join this challenge. i never budget my money and always over spend i have no idea what i spend as i only ever counted the money from my main shops and never anything else. I really need to sort out my finances and thought i'd start here. So please put me down for £200 this month thats to include tobbaco,toiletries and cleaning products.

muffin_man_7

as always in a rush i forgot my list of need not want and couldnt remember everything on it then i kept thinking id forgot something wasnt til i got home the only things i forgot were the list and bread and the worst is i spent £50.09 thats half of my budget for july something tells me i may of set my budget to low or MUST NOT FORGET MY LIST now im gona have to do some numbers see if i can rearrange a few things not a good start to my first challenge things cant get much worse or can they?

kayjay1809

I'm increasing my monthly budget to £350 and let's see if I can actually come in on budget this month...

Miss_Piggy_2

Good morning

Please could I join the challenge. This month will be a bit testing for me as broke my foot last week and am currently off work. Four weeks left of this month and have to carefully watch my budgets. Did a big shop the end of last month so I am setting myself a fairly minimal budget of £100 for this month.

Thank you!

Miss P
xx

doelani

Morning everyone and good luck for anyone starting challange today. Hopefullt a NSD for me as I cheated and went and got what I needed last night lol

AnnieG

Good Morning and Happy July!
Please put me down for £150 for July, thanks very much!

muffin_man_7

Doelani i think you've saved the day for me, as i said before £50.09 of my budget spent last night cos i forgot my list but as you just pointed out july 1st is today so maybe alls not lost if im very very careful i could count last night as my last for june and start over today 31 days on £100 =£3.22 a day £23.33 a week . Some of the stuff i got last night will be ok cos it cupboard stuff just need to organise it so not all used in one go like pop, juice, cereal bars,milkshake powder cant run out of that my son has a food phobia will ony eat certain foods some careful planing needed if i could just retrain my brain to buy for three not nine it would help old habits die hard also will have to talk to son about his contribution to the food shop he should be ok when he realises if he dont chip in he will not get so much not my choice just fact

muffin_man_7

well done sue14 thats neary a weeks shop for us how did u do it any tips im sure we'd all like some how many are you shopping for

tessie_bear

hi...just made great smoothie for breakfast with my new blender old one died so invested in a posh new one...only taken me nearly a week to try it out

have spent 10 mins making drinks to put in the freezer for a day out on sunday...i thought if it was hot they would defrost as we went along...just got to get the picnic sorted...might go to hb as they have lots of picnic bits there

hm pizza and chicken wings for tea...need to pick up some salad bits on my travels
tata tessa