July 2010 Grocery Challenge

kezlou

Thanks for starting the thread! Really appreciate it xx

Totally over spent this month, as i've done my leg in, so OH has been buying takeaways etc for him and the boys on the night.

So the plan is now today, to make some quiches and make some hot as its freezing grey and raining again brrrr

So Mrs M please could put £919.40 next to my annual total .Can't believe i've spent nearly half of the budget already.:eek:
As i've cancelled the milkman so hopefully i'll feel the benefit next month.
right going to hobble my way to the kettle for a cuppa.

Long_tall_sally

Thanks for starting the July thread.
NSD yesterday for me but will probably pop to the co op later as I need bread & fruit.

I have just done another stock take of the freezer (I keep losing them after I have done them!) and am now going to have another go at meal planning seeing as I have a bit of time today.

budgeting.nurse

New to the challenge :wave:

I'm going to pledge to spend below

£160

Thank you.

rachbc

Please put me down for £300 this month again

sistercas

I have decided to bow out of julys grocery challenge - i have some serious thinking and budgeting to do
I will rejoin again in august

thanks to Pink, mrs M and rosie
I shall be an avid reader though

guccigoo

good luck to everyone in this months challenge. today i spent £6 in mr s on bread, fruit, squash. Also got to plan my meals for next week before i do my weekly shop and get some baking under way Bit cooler today thank goodness, big thanks to those who run this thread :T:T couldnt be without it now!

Trinny

Hello All

Going to try to drop a tenner this month.

Please put me down for £140

Thanks

Trinny

russetred

Just a quick dash in to update my siggy.I'm off to Kenya for 2 weeks tomorrow so will catch up when I get back.Underspend by about £100 in June as I was so busy and eating our way through the freezer.Good luck for July everyone!

mum2b

Hi there, I have been lurking on this board for a while now ......this month I have decided to join you in your challenge.
I aim to spend £230 this month on groceries - I want to spend £200 really but don't want to aim too low too soon?
My biggest problem atm is DP spending cash on groceries, not knowing how much he has spent and not keeping receipts :mad:
I am a full time working mum with 2 kids - I mean a DP and a 2 year old :rotfl:we have had a rough couple of years financially and just finding our feet now with dp in a permanent job, me declaring bankruptcy a couple of months ago etc.
Look forward to catching up with you all along the way!
xx

spendaholic

Blimey, page 2 already ... Thanks and good luck to everyone.

I had my first shopping day on Saturday. My budget was £40 and I spent £37.29. :T

But that's not all. I have a £20 budget for "home and garden" (aka "bird food"), and I spent just over £17 on that, and I have a £40 petrol budget, and spent £39.70. Then - then - on Sunday I bought some books, and of my £15 budget for books/CDs/DVDs/games, I spent £14.98. Wahey! :j

Everything is the right side of the budget ... for now ...