January 2011 Grocery Challenge

redkids1972

Done a mega shop today m&s morrisons, lidl. aldi total spend was £88.44 but should stretch till end of month. Will stretch the remainder of my budget, its for milk, bread and yogs so should manage it.
Do other posters think budget of £240 is too low for 2 adults, 3 kids(14,12,10) and 3 cats

LittleMissHappy_2

redkids1972 wrote: »

Done a mega shop today m&s morrisons, lidl. aldi total spend was £88.44 but should stretch till end of month. Will stretch the remainder of my budget but its for milk, bread and yogs so should manage it.
Do other posters think budget of £240 is too low for 2 adults, 3 kids(14,12,10) and 3 kids

We are a family of 2 adults and three kids (10, 8 and 5) and my budget is £200. I have done this before and know it can be done relatively easily, just have to make lots from scratch and be creative HTH x

~moneysavingnovice~

Still on £80 and should stay that way till next weekly shop on Thurs fingers crossed!

Just paid off the last of my only remaining credit card, thanks in no small part to the GC and all the posters on these boards more generally

Feeling pretty positive!

NickJW

~moneysavingnovice~ wrote: »

Still on £80 and should stay that way till next weekly shop on Thurs fingers crossed!

Just paid off the last of my only remaining credit card, thanks in no small part to the GC and all the posters on these boards more generally

Feeling pretty positive!

Well done on paying your credit card off! I hope I'll be able to do the same soon as well....:o

pension-newbie

did most of the weeks shopping this afternoon at Lidl - good bargains on fruit juice and veg

£65 more meaning am looking good for £500 target on 31st - just got to stop the teenagers from eating it all tomorrow

edit: total £155 (inc £12 Mrs P-N spent at co-op)

happy weekend everyone

SilverCo

More spends today - £5.00 in £land (Douwe Egberts ground coffee 150g for £1), £8.38 in Holland & Barrett (can't do without my vitamins!) and £3.74 in Mr M. DH also decided that he wanted a newspaper, so that was another £1.60 gone! It's going to be sooooo tight for the rest of the month, but I'm determined not to go over budget!

Cooked my whoopsied chicken in SC today, with lemon and garlic - absolutely yummy! Will make a curry from the leftover meat and utilise the carcass for stock, then make a soup. All in all, not bad for a £3 chook AND something I would never have contemplated doing before joining this thread - thank you!! :T

Off to update siggy...

Silver x

~moneysavingnovice~

NickJW wrote: »

Well done on paying your credit card off! I hope I'll be able to do the same soon as well....:o

Thanks

Reading your sig, mine was a barclaycard too and I had those last annoying few hundred to pay off. Hope you get yours paid off asap!

Just goes to show how much money the GC can save you, as well as changing your attitude to money more generally.

pepsi-kins

Hi All,
Been to Mr A today, stocked up on some good offers for the store cupboard, so now my freezer and cupboards are bursting at the seams, next week I really shouldn't need to buy anything, except some milk. I've stocked up this week in Mr Co- they've had 600g of mature cheddar for £3, which I thought was good, and as we use quite a lot of cheese I now have four blocks in the freezer.

I've not had many NSD's, but I blame that on my new years resolution to drink more water, as I'm out on the road all day, I've had to have a LOT more pit stops !!

Have a good week everyone

bella121984

pepsi-kins wrote: »

and as we use quite a lot of cheese I now have four blocks in the freezer.

I did not know you could keep cheese in the freezer! How long does it keep for?

2joanne

Hi

First time I've ever posted on MSE forums - hope this is right!

Hopefully I'm not too late to join in!

Please can I be put down for £4680 for the year

Many thanks