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January 2011 Grocery Challenge
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I shouldn`t be shopping until next week but i had to nip out for some eye ointment for the little old doggie and some bird food as our feathered friends are eating us out of house and home :eek:
I popped into sainsbugs for some of the red leicester thats on offer (1kilo for £4) and came out with butter and bacon too. I wanted the bacon but didn`t need the butter just yet. Never mind at least it will keep.
I`m another who can`t do the purse thing
Spiggle - Sorry to hear about the accident :eek: Thankfully no real damage was done although it must have been a real shock for you both. (((HUGS))) for you both. Hope it hasn`t knocked OH`s confidence too much.
Flat Eric - Happycrafter had a spreadsheet that she would email out to you if you sent a pm requesting a copy. It looks really good as the meal plan listed the ingredients and at the end it made your shopping list for you. I`m sure that if you asked you would receive a copy. I`ve played around with it a bit but haven`t had time yet to tailor it to my needs.
Gammon in the slowcooker for tonights tea *drools* i shall have a nosy in the fridge later to see whats in there to accompany it
Siggy will be updated later when i`ve seperated my spends. Bet i`ve spent almost as much on bird food as i have on food for us :cool:
SD
I have set a budget of £200 between 24 Jan & 23rd Feb as that is our pay month. I get paid weekly and the groceries will be coming out of that.
So far I have spent £53 and wont need to be doing a shop until Monday where I will go to L*dl. Can I just ask if there is a reason that the Supermarkets aren't written about by name? Eg MrM etc
Mummyroysof3 do you have a Dunelm near you? They seem to do a range of budget silicone. I mostly use 2 x 6 muffin trays the most for muffins, brownies and mini yorkshires and toad in the holes (half a sausage or a few slices in each).
April grocery challenge £200
March GC lost count
February GC £216/£200 :eek: (1st month)
2 Adults (one Weightwatcher :lipsrseal ), 2 Children aged 2 & 4
My January spend was £48.50 so will be able to carry over the £1.50 that remains in my purse to next month.
Hope you are all fine. Have been very busy myself this month so have not been on very much.
Welcome to you:j I love my breadmaker and i wouldn't be without it. I've had one for 10 years now.
I agree with you spiggs. Is there anyway we could put one or two more details in our signature to help people ie
Feb=£143.30/£300.00
2 Adults & 2 DD's
I incl. food, toiletries, cleaning items, allotment items
Only a thought to give new people a really rough idea?
I sometimes use aldi for fruit and veg but i don't really find the other things alot cheaper so make sure you can compare prices. I do always get my turkey crown from there for xmas as it is lovely and it's a good price.
Spiggs-OMG:eek:I'm thinking of you both. Lots of virtual hugs are heading your way.
Today my DH is coming home for lunch to treat us both to a bag of chips ...he knows how to treat a lady lol.:rotfl: Anyway it means i'll only have to cook for DD's. I have two leftover jacket potatoes for them and some whoopsied chicken in breadcrumbs which i'll serve with coleslaw and whoopsied broccoli and cauli florets which i froze from xmas eve. So thats the food sorted for the day.
I love Fridays as i have two days that i don't have to makeup pack lunches (i always make pack ups the evening before). Simple things make me happy lol
Anyway, welcome to all the new people that are joining the Feb GC
I think its to stop giving them any freebie advertising and also to stop them from being ranked higher by the search engines. Many people also alter a link if posted to a particular shop from the long version to just one word.
Welcome to the GC, you will love it here
SD
Still far less than I WAS spending!
For February, I would like to set a budget of £350. actually, I want to spend no more than £300 but I am giving myself a bit of breathing space hence allowing £350.00.
I'm not sure how I manage to spend so much on home delivery but my order is £170 odd at present. :eek:This does include stock cupboard items that I have run out of and I have taken advantage of lots of the offers and I have meal planned ! I shall go on later when I'm less brain warped from it ! and see if there is anything I can remove...
There is no such thing as a fail on this challenge. You can choose between "Think how much I would have spent if I hadn't been doing the grocery challenge", or "I will try again next month", but you cannot fail.
~~~ Total GC spend for Jan 2011 is £68 (£18 cash & £50 voucher) ~~~
There's food in the freezer and cupboards to take forward into February
GC 2018: £2,104.01/£2,160 total spend
Spot on Cranky!!! :T
Georgeestwo, you haven't failed and I'm sure a lot of us would have pulled out for a few weeks if we had been having an operation! Just buckle up and start again for Feb.
Thank you all for the good wishes and hugs for me and the OH - Hippeechiq, rosieben, sunnyday, kippers, cranky (and apologies if I've missed anyone). You are all so kind and thoughtful. :A He's still in pain but I'm worried now about the mental effect. He's saying he doesn't think he can cycle that route again but that will make a huge difference to his ability to get to work as any other route will take him 'off course' by a good distance and add at least 10 minutes, probably more, to the time it takes him to normally get to work. We'll see how he goes over the weekend but he is having the flash back to it quite a lot.
Good luck with the extra challenge you've set yourself sazzledazzle! You say 'lil bro', is he a child or an adult you'll be feeding? A fifty % increase in mouths with no increase in budget sounds like one heck of a challenge!
If you don't mind me asking Flat Eric, how many are in your household?
Welcome to all newbies joining us. The names I can remember are shinydriver, outdoorlass, wannabrich (don't we all!:rotfl:) but I must have missed some. You don't have to wait until the Feb link is here. Just post your budget now but remember to post the amount and the month in big bold red numbers/letters like this: Budget for Feb £*** and then MrsMcCawber :A will easily see you and add you to the list. She doesn't come on as much as some of us (she is a volunteer like the other people who keep the thread going rosieben :A and Pink-winged :A) and as the thread is growing at such a speed it's essential that you do this to assist her in spotting you.
The same goes when you've finished your month and want to declare your total spend you would do it like this: Declaring Feb £***. It goes a long way to making a hugely appreciated job a lot easier.
Ok, I went and got a bag of spuds earlier so will update that on the sig in a while.
See you all later,
Spigs