September 2010 Grocery Challenge

mumker

Hi all

I'd like to join the September challenge too, my husband has recently been made redundant so need to tighten the purse strings!

Can you please put me down for £250 this is for 2 adults, 1 toddler and 1 cat to include all groceries, toiletries and cleaning stuff.

I've been shopping today and have spent £2,95 in Aldi and £19.02 in Tesco.

Cheers

~moneysavingnovice~

Had my first Sept spend today- £5 on crisps, pasta salad, diet coke and deodorant (which I was really annoyed to find in Bo*ts afterwards for 10p cheaper than at Mr S.. how can I be so annoyed about 10p lol?!)

I've also decided to decrease my budget to £65 per week rather than £70 (baby steps!) so my target now is £260 for the month.

Hippeechiq

Hello all newbies :wave:

GOOD LUCK for the September challenge everyone

I always check My$upermarket & £idl online before going shopping. If what I need is cheaper in Te$co or £ild, I walk there and get it, if it's not, it gets added to my online A$da order. I never knowingly pay more for anything

Awful start to the month! For reasons previously explained, I have to buy 5 tins of $limfast a month for daughter totalling £30

Eased myself in gently with just a couple of tins today and a few other things + the obligatory milk bringing my day 1 spend to £29.44 :eek:

Oh and I did also buy 6 packs of Sharwoods Egg Noddles, on offer in Te$co. I usually by the big packs that contain 2 x 375g, but Te$cos have the single 375g packs that are usually £1.27 per pack on an offer of 3 for £3, which makes them cheaper than the large packs, so I got 6 Plus the Pizza that DSS has a passion for are on offer at a £1, so I got 4 of those also - so it's not quite as bad as it seems.

I just wish I could have a few spend days of 93p like majjak and £1.87 like Long tall Sally, or even a couple would be nice!

Off to update signature...

kittie2475

carolinerunner wrote: »

kittie, hi, I'd say a slow cooker is worth it, you may even be able to get a free one via freecycle. They use about 1.5p an hour electricity vs about 25 - 30p for an oven (according to my OWL) so you should get the cost back quite soon and it does encourage you to make more inexpensive meals with cheaper cuts as well as making stock from eg chicken bones which stretches out another meal. Plus it makes you feel all 'domestic goddessy' and like a proper housewife . Well, it works for me! Loads of recipes for sc on these forums too. Have fun!

Thank you! Def going to get one, I've seen the large Morphy Richards one for £30 which seems a fairly decent buy.

I'm really excited about this grocery challenge - its all I've been able to think about all day - sad old me!!

noynoy

Hello all can i be put down for £200 please ..normal budget whould be £320..and last month even though it was a 5 weekend month i saved £120 off the normal budget..id like to shave off more than that this month so we will see!

verynewmoneysaver

Hi, Could you put me down for £350. Many thanks. Have just had order for £56.

cw18

sparkleisshopping wrote: »

edit - I have a recipe for lovely banana flapjack that's great for using up bananas that are turning mushy and you can fling all sorts of nuts, seeds, fruit, whatever into it. I'll type it up tonight if anyone's interested

Yes pleeeeeeeeeze...... may still manage to grab some (very soft) whoopsied bananas if I nip back down to work
nearly picked some up on my way home, but DS has given up eating the muffins I normally use them for

LisaP24

Hopefully having a NSD tomorrow, as I don't intend on going out. So may stay where I am for the day, and bake some hobnobs from a recipie over on the old style board.

Also time to clean kitchen, and try and fix washer which has packed up.

Have bought a few extra bits, like food bags, a baking tray, oil, dog food etc, so another £11.37 spent. BUT I have worked out carefully that the food we have in should last us until the 17 with very careful meal planning for dd and I.

looie

hi all, been shopping at Mr A's tonight spent £9.30 on biscuits, snacks crisps and a reduced loaf for the ducks. Gonna go and feed them tomorrow night when we have a bit more time

ashia_2

kittie2475 wrote: »

Also is it worth investing in a slow cooker? We love casseroles and stews etc and thinking its probably more cost effective than the oven.

Thanks for any advice and good luck!!

:wave: Hello fellow Bevelonian!

I love love love my slow cooker! I use it for most of my sauce based concoctions....'specially curry. Its just soooo handy.