January 2011 Grocery Challenge

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
i will call yesterday an NSD as we did go out for a meal so had to pay for that but it wasnt out of the grocery money, DD made it more economical by making the birthday cake to take with us, so the lovely '5' and '0' shaped cakes were brought through by the waitress once wed finished the meal. I wouldnt have thought of doing it but a friends dh had his 50th there just before christmas and did the same.
today is a nds we are having veggie cheesy bread bake again tonight.

ebayqueen_2

Morning all.

Just dropping in with an update ... doing really well with the spending. Had sons birthday at weekend and had money saved in jar for this so am happy about that. £15.25 in Mr Ts yesterday should have been £21.97 so a few whoopsies along the way: Lamb steaks and pork chops.

Mr Sybys this morn...spent £7.77, should have been £14.91.

Cant believe that I have reduced my spending so much. Meal plans set up for week ... Dinner tonight

PORK CHOPS + ONION GRAVY
MASHED POTATOES
ROAST POTATOES
SPROUTS
CARROTSAND PARSNIPS

BIRTHDAY CAKE for afters....will it ever be ate!!!!!!

Hope all well with everyone
God bless ([ /OLOR]

elfen

Popped to the shop and spent £8.15, but got enough for about another week of meals if you don't mind them all the same lol. Up to 60.57 spend so now have 89.43 left.

LittleMissHappy_2

Hi all

Spent just under £90 at Mr T's today and that has all meals until the end of the month (and some extras just in case!) sorted. This leaves me with £80 for fresh stuff, bargains, whoopsies etc :j

Hope you are all having a good day

cat04

I only joined in yesterday, and so far I need to dig out my receipts from the beginning of Jan. As far as I can remember I've been to mr S's twice, last week's was a massive stock up, and been this morning with a list and stuck to it but saw a few things I'd missed off the list as usual, but I feel good that I didn't even think about buying anything else. Had to pop to the local Co-op for milk yesterday and a couple of bits and OH went to the Spar on Sunday and wasted £2 on a packet of ham that looks like no ham I've ever eaten before and there's no way I'm even going to open the packet! For once I forgot to say 'only buy ham if it looks nice', so he bought it of course.... bless him. He'll soon learn

I'll get my receipts out and update this post with my total spend in Jan so far, then I'll sort out my sig

wssla00

Morning all a NSD today! I am rather hungry though so may make myself something for lunch quite soon! Got lots of spring cleaning to do today and at some point between now and tomorrow I will need to go to homebase to get some compost for the tree I have coming tomorrow for my birthday

Anyway best be off! Have a good day all

~moneysavingnovice~

Thought I would make it to Thurs without any more spends but the dog's going through his food like it's going out of fashion so I'll have to pick some more up on the way home. Plus some diet coke for me as I'm going through that like it's going out of fashion, lol.

I've also started doing NDDs (No Drinking Days rather than No Spend Days which never worked for me lol!). I got in the habit of drinking a glass or two of vino every night when I got in from work and it was really hurting my GC, not to mention my waistline and health! I'm hoping to save at least £15-20 per month by seriously reducing the amount I drink at home

Maisy_Mouse

Needed a few more bits today and stocked the freezer £34.30 spent. So still not doing brilliantly, and if I continue to spend at this rate, won't stay within budget. Must try harder! Can't believe how quickly we go through bread and milk. It's mainly the children-but they are only small! (4 and 2!!)

Linda32

Hello all,

I'm going for £260.00 and will finish after shopping on 28th January

Total £42.09 So far

Sainsburys 42.31
Bargin Booze £14.69

New Total £99.09

:rotfl: Not going to make this one am I, never mind, I did think I'd set it too low.

itsybitsygoth

Mr S got a couple of offers atm including kingsmill rolls for 44p and BM turkey breast slices for £1 so turkey sandwiches for lunch! Also got some Christmas crackers for £1 reduced from £6