September 2010 Grocery Challenge

welshkaz

£60.10 for online shop mr.a just under a fiver left of budget as i go 24th to 24th so should come in there or abouts whoohoo!! x

gdyr1945

My month ends on 17th and so far grocery budget is in the 'not bad but could do better' range. I've spent about £185 but this includes some great savings on bread mix etc from Dan Ap.Fd. Unfortunately the rest of the credit card this month is :eek: as have bought new freezer (the old one was over 40yrs old so don't feel extravagant) and my kitchen scales also packed up and have been replaced.

Next month's delivery from Mr.T has come in at £73.78. This includes detergents etc as well as food. Am hoping that I will only have to buy fresh fruit and veg and milk next month. Fingers crossed for next month and a credit card bill under £150.

Using Romeska for cooking and not putting oven on so hoping for smaller electricity bills. Making own bread, this is a great saving and so much nicer. Eating a lot of 'Chinese' style meals as they make a little meat go a long way.

Started a 'drinks' survey on Valued Opinions; pays £30 at the end. I did one earlier on in the year; a bit tedious but only takes a couple on minutes every day. Money will be useful after Christmas.

Hippechiq - so pleased you are feeling a bit happier. You know we are all sending you LOTS of HUGS and good wishes.

adelight

Finally a much needed NSD and used up some old veg and left overs
The BF has meat for me to do a pie for us for dinner tomorrow and i'm on a mission to get through all the frozen bread, burgers and hm soup for lunches.

muffin_man_7

sue 14 how long does it take to do veg casserole in slow cooker never used one before but got one for my daughter we are both vegetarian so veg casserole sounds good for first meal from it i got it cos so many of you on here say they are so good and it sounds great for her as she finishes work just in time to pick her girls up from school so not having to start cooking as soon as she gets in sounded good

nat21luv

feeling a little disheartened-im up to 177/220 and still have to add this weeks shop when it arrives(it can vary from the price you paid online-usually over!) my month ends on the 30th too ive done a meal plan for this week put still have to get a few bits from te$co-baby milk and cat food as its cheaper. i only shopped at $ain$burys because i had free delivery-shopping came in at under 40 so would of had to pay 6quid delivery! i probably would of come in slightly under budget if we didnt have 2 students staying this week-they got sprung on us so maybe i should adjust my GS accordingly...?? that'll make me feel better!!

rosieben

~moneysavingnovice~ wrote: »

... Feeling rubbish about my challenge!

Please don't be disheartened, just take a while to remember how much you've achieved :T how much less you're spending than before joining the GC?

muffin_man_7 wrote: »

sue 14 how long does it take to do veg casserole in slow cooker never used one before but got one for my daughter ...

we have some good Slow Cooker threads, the best links are in this post - thanks to Pink-winged :T


Hippechiq, sending you <<hugs>> and lots of positive vibes

greent

Am quite chuffed that I still have £100 left - not sure how, mind! Especially as I reduced by budget by £100 this month to take account of something that didn't happen. Woo hoo! Mind you, knowing me, there's still plenty of opportunity for me to still go over!! Have done some stocking up, too (eg Mr T's big bags of pasta x 4)

claire1234

no spends for me to report back, got plenty in to make meals from,
will be doing a stock check tho to see what i need to stock up on!

hope everyone`s doing well, this month is flying by.

cookie9

Back from Mr T £19.77 lighter although did get coffee and sugar so that will last a while. I'm sure someone mentioned it here so thanks to OP as checked cost of cheese against the pre grated and pre grated was cheaper!
Hoping not to spend any more as firiend's birthday next weekend so having meal out then.

adelight

Had a NSD yesterday, am losing track of them so must update my sig! Walking into town today so may spend £1-2 on fruit at the market for next week, depends if there's any good deals on. Wouldn't say no to 2 for £1 pineapples...