September 2010 Grocery Challenge

sistercas

all this talk about spread sheets on the prev page has prompted me to have a go I normally write everything down in a note book but now thanks to DD2 i have come into the 21st century and she has done me a spreadsheet for my outgoings, a separate food one and a xmas one :j
they are fab , i have no idea whatsoever how to do one but now its up and running i should be ok :T

NSD today thats because i am still in my jamas
should be a NSD tomorrow too as we are going to a family BBQ and already have the wine to take :T
ready now to start my month on wednesday 1st

jackieglasgow

Hi All,

I am starting this month today, as I don't think I'll have any more spends before the end of August. My OH is now living at home again, after working away for several months, and as he is working nightshift it is taking me some time to get into the habit of preparing dinner early enough for him to take a portion to work, so my plan for the month is to be more organised for everyone's pack ups. I have been buying sliced prepared chicken for pack ups as I am veggie and hate preparing real chicken, but my plan for this month is to bite the bullet and do some rubber chicken jiggery pokery and make sandwich meat/flavoured breasts for the oys and OH myself, which should give them better quality proteins and cost a bit less. I also fancy trying to make my own yoghurt, I don't have a flask, but my MIL has about nine in her airing cupboard so I think I will be begging one from her. The boys have developed a taste for muller vanilla yoghurts but they have gelatin in which I don't want them eating for ethical reasons, so I figured I could make my own vanilla flavoured for them.

So, with all this in mind, I would like to put my name down for £150 for the month. Meant to say, I am saving for a new (to me) car, and will be scrimping every ha'penny I can.

jackie_w

Well today, I had to go shopping and spent £44.69. Thing is, none of that was on dinners!!!
It was just yogurts, milk, fruit, salad stuff, cold meat, crisps and biscuits. The biscuits themselves added up to £8.09, but iv e told Dh & the kids, when they are done, they are done, im not buying anymore for a couple of weeks.

Ive just started back on this challenge and already im on a downer because of how much ive spent.

Well done Mrs M on the weight loss, I could be doing with some tips, ive got about 39lbs to lose.

Jackie

boultdj

Ok I'm in again,but with a wedding and a birthday I'll increase this month's to $230. Good Luck everyone. And well done Mrs.M on the weight loss.

mrsmortenharket

Thatnks for adding me to the list.

Bought ham & bananas today. Need to update my sig.

Lisa

MrsRogers

Hello

I am new to this and wondered if I could join. We have some unexpected bill and need to keep a careful eye on budgets:eek:

Our Sept Budget it 290

Spent so far 119.36

Our month runs from 20th Aug to 20th Sept (between pay days!)

lucylollipop

Ok... This will be my very first month! Just to confuse myself a little, as of October, my month will begin on the 5th (when my training bursary is paid), but rather than put this off any longer, I'm making September a 5 week month, and starting NOW. I need to stop popping into the supermarket and losing a tenner! I'm allowing myself £30 per week, to cover anything I pick up while shopping - food (wine ), cleaning stuff, and so on. So....

lucylollipop September budget: £150

And I've already spent £11.16!!

Fingers crossed!

ashia_2

Right, Me and OH need to sort out our grocery monies! We gets married this month, so it might be tricky, but I've been finding excuses for a while now, and I've just decided that I NEED to sort it out (coz he just leaves me too it)!

Right, so with that in mind I'd like to be put down for £120 for the month of September, starting on the 1st! This will include groceries, but nothing to do with wedding will be included, obviously there's a wedding budget for that, which will include the honeymoon of couse!

I'm thinking of trying internet shopping in an attempt to control my shopping as I work in a supermarket and it's very easy to 'pop back in store' and spend a fortune! Also want to sort myself at meal planning, so better go peruse the meal planning threads and recipes!

Off I go investigating!!!!!!!

Gintotmelinda

Hello everyone!

A lovely new thread for September. Thanks to those who make it possible.
Aiming for £350 this month thanks Mrs M.

Got a rubber chicken in the oven at the moment and an apple crumble. Off to get the roasties done. Cheese sauce going on the cauli and broccoli.....yum!

Have a good evening.

Gintot

scotsaver

Hi everyone - my month started on Friday so I've updated total with spends so far.

Nothing exciting to say, dinner tonight is Roast lamb and all the trimmings, no pud planned as I couldn't get motivated but everyone should be full after a big dinner, if not there is plenty of fruit in.:o

Good luck everyone.;)