August 2010 Grocery Challenge

MRSMCAWBER

Annual
Angelatgraceland £6000
Annie123 £3000 £410
Baileysbabe £5200
Carolt2 £1800 £845.01
Dizzyk £4500
Elizabunny £1300 £582
Ellemm £1440 £465.91
gillst £2400
Hamish £3000
Huxley £2650 £1851.32
JayneC £3000
Kezlou £2000 £568.28
Lainz £1200
mama67 £2700 £1156.00
Miss-Cosmo £1450
MoneyQueen £1200
Mrsmcawber €1200 €610
MrsMoneyPenny £2700 £350.24
Mummy2mygirls £3000
Mummzyof2 £1200
Pip-Squeak £1250
Puddle glum £1895
Purlpe-Angel £1200
Rosieben £960
Russetred £5200
SLM6002 £1800
Sylvan £3000
Taka £1080
TheBees £4200
Toonie £1850
X Spender £2864 £758.45
Monthly
365days £
4kids4cats £
Albacookie £
Allie23 £
Aplaceinthesun £
ASC £
auntisue £
Becky170 £170
Bevan840 £
Billie-Jo £
Boultdj $211.08
Brodie1 £300
CarolineRunner £
Casperthefriendlyghost £
Catherinemm £
Catznine £
ChangingMe £
Cheapskate £
ChocClare £
cookiemum £
Couteaux £
Coxy11 £
Cranky40 £
CreditCrunch £
CupofChai £90
CurlyCabbage £200
CW18 £68
DarkPhaery £
Dazzle21 £
Doelani £400
Doom and Gloom £
Downsizing_for_sanity £
Ellemm £
emilyka £
Emma1979 £
EvieSaver £280
FeupandSkint £
FlatEric £223.78
Franby64 £
Freakyogre £
GintotMelinda £
goodlifewannabe £
greent £
guccigoo £240
GunsandBanjos
Hex2 £
Highland fling £
Hippeechiq £
Honeybun16 £
Howlinwolf
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MRSMCAWBER

Jackie Glasgow £
JackieO £120
Jamiedodger £300
JayJay14 £130
Jay II £
Jedilibrarian
JenniTreacle £
Jintyb £
Kadeeae £
Kalojac £
Katenut £
Katholics £
KayJay1809 £
Kirsty822001 £
Kirstygem £250
Kitchen Bunny £
KITTY £
Knitwit67 £
Koolkid £
Laisbojar83 £
LannyLee £
Lindy-loo £300
LittleKel £
Littlemissmoneypenny £300
LizBob £
Lizziebabe £
LongTallSally £450
Looie £
Meanmarie €
MindaJ $
MissBez £
MissyDee £
MollytheWestie £
Mommychaos £
MoneySavingNovice £
Moniker £
Monks £250
MrsBartolozzi £
MrsGibbs1503
Mrs-Moneypenny £
MrsMortenHarket £350
Muffinman7 £
Mum2B £
MummyEm £
Natsing £
Newlywed £
Newroadahead £200
NickJW £
NotjustLaura £
NoyNoy £250
OceanSpirit £
Pammyj74 £
Peetzil39 £
Pepsi-Kins £
Peskie Pixie £
Philsmum £
Phoolgrrrl £100
Pipersky £
Poohspals £
PurpleJay £
Purplevamp £250
Rablovesroo £
Rachelmk £180
Redcoltraine £
Scotdebs £350
ScotSaver £250
SeductiveSmile £
Shell2001 £
Skilly £
Smiler34 £
Sofababe £
Souk08 £50
Spendaholic £
Spiggle £240
Sue14 £
Sunnyday £
SunnyDonny £
Suzybloo £420
Tallullahbelle £
Thriftmonster £
Tinker Taylor £
TinyTink £
Tracey12 £
Trinny £
Turbo5019 £
unhappy_shopper £
Urchin £
Usagi £
Verynewmoneysaver
Want2Bdebtfree £250
Wee-Jo £
WelshPoppy £
Wendy Witch £
WinChelsea £
Winged one €300
Winky the house elf £200
Winterfrost £
Wssla00
wmf £
Xlucky-Penny £
Youngmum £
YummyMummy05 £
weekly
Penny-Pincher £
Rachel021967 £
SeductiveSmile £
　

Spiggle

Thanks for the nudge MrsMCawber.:T

Please put me down for £240 again for September.

Flat Eric the facility on my supermarket will show you the basket in A**a, MrT, MrS and W***r**e/Oc**o and will automatically swap e.g. a MrS own brand for an equivalent MrT own brand. It's also quite useful to click into any particular product as it will then list availability and price in the four sm for you to see. I think some people who have a little more time will use my supermarket in this way so that they can shop for items at the most competitive prices by visiting more than one store. Notjustlaura is right to say don't worry about it, give it a go and if you don't like it you can just exit the site without any cost.

4kids4cats so glad you enjoyed the marrow, OH will be very pleased when I tell him. And how fantastic that your kids are picking up such great habits. Absolutely brilliant. :money:

Cw18 what fantastic bargains you got. :T

Congrats to all those who are below, on or around budget this month. :T And especially to all the newbies who joined us recently, you have done fantastically well. :j Even if you were a little over think what it would have been if you hadn't been looking! :cool:

Planning another NSD today if all goes to plan but I won't add it to the sig until later. I also won't declare until Monday or Tuesday when I'll be sure the total won't be added to any further.

Off to put my second load of washing on the line now. Have a great day everyone.

Take care,
Spigs

WelshWoofer

Thanks for all of your hard work Mrs M!
My month now runs from 15th- 15th (pay days) so I won't start the new challenge until Sept 15th but please put me down for 4 x £45 = £180 (a 4 week month for me).
Thank you!!!

Hippeechiq

muffin_man_7 wrote: »

4kids4cats thank you for tip about bike i normally get a bigish shop every 2 weeks used to get home delivery from mrA but lately half of the things i need are not available online so end up going to town might get my son to lend me his bike and see how i manage that way how do you pack up shopping when on a bike never done that before but always a first time when school go back will go back to walking that way can't get too much cos it hard to pull heavy load in my freezer trolley best thing i bought last year just hope it lasts a while as not seen anymore since i've got 5 days left i'm already over so will keep it a need only and hope to beat july total at least it will be a step in right direction

I have to walk a 1½mile round trip to get a lot of my groceries. Although I do an online shop fortnightly from A$da, often, Te$co or £idl with have better offers on, so I'll walk to get them. Until A$da started their recent promotion of 2x4pints for £2, I usually have to get my milk from Ice£and too, and as I also prefer to pick my own meat, bread and fruit and veg myself, it means my shopping is often very heavy, especially when I've bought a 2.5kg bag of potatoes.

I was finding that some days I was barely able to stagger back, so I invested in a large backpack, and it's amazing how much more you can carry when it's on your back. It also leaves both hands free for bags to carry lighter items - but if you were on a bike, and were able to get everything you needed in your backpack, you wouldn't need to have bags handing off your handlebars

Winky,_The_House_Elf

First shop of the month, and I spent £76.85 in lidl, but it was needed...well most of it! Some treats in there, but when they are gone they are gone.

Bottom drawer in the freezer is full of blackberrys:j

Feeling good as DH on a late shift, so I made a tuna pasta dish, and made him up a pack lunch, then put the rest away for me later. Normally I grab something bad for me, or graze when I'm on my own, as I can't be bothered.

DH has offered to cook this weekend, so now I need to pick up some bits later (Sour cream, corriander, ginger, chillis, lamb mince). Still cheaper than a takeaway I suppose, tastes fantastic, and I get the night off!

doelani

HI Everyone

I have not been posting much but have been reading. Just checked bank account and delcaring £364 for August.

Can I have £400 for September please?

Doe

scotdebs

Hello Everyone :wave:- can I come back please joined the GC for March and april and then fell seriously off the wagon:( Have been very naughty with regular visits to Mr M&S which I simply cant afford.
Anyway time for a fresh start can you put me down for 350 for september please (which has already started for me as I get paid on 26th of the month)

Just spent 63.61 online at MrA but that includes 18 quid on massive bag of dog food which should last 2 months:T

350 is very tight for us but we are mega skint this month so have no option but to stay on budget:D

Phoolgrrrl

Declaring £78 for august. Bit over but stocked up on special offer yogs. Please put me down for 100 for September as we are not on hols this month!

muffin_man_7

Thanks Hippichiq need a new bag for shopping good for hiding small treats or pressies so i shall look for a back pack it will probably be better for me anyway with my bad back always starts giving jip when its damp or really cold, now got to get son to lower seat on bike its too high for me last time i got on i fell off he forgot to tell me he'd put seat up might be quicker too it takes me 40mins to walk to town on a good day on a bad day more like an hour its nearly a mile my kids say i'm slow so i just say slow and steady If i'm walking or biking home it will make me think of weight of stuff anything very heavy i can try and get a home delivery ?will give it a go in sept need to check what WE'VE GOT and what WE NEED NOT WANT finances in a mess forgot to make some payments so now they all want at once and i can't do it so less is more for september I HOPE