January 2011 Grocery Challenge

Mumof2_2

Hi, please can you put me down as £350 for January for me and DH, plus our 2 children aged 8 and 4.

muffin_man_7

Hope everyone had a good christmas, december challenge didn't go as well as i'd hoped impossible to declare as i don't have all receipts so will just leave it at that and start again for 2011 CAN IGO WITH £120.00 PLEASE MRS M THANKS
I don't want to set my target too low but don't want it too high so if i start in the middle i should do ok this is food only, as i stockpiled toiletries and cleaning stuff and i'm still working my way through them atm i will be attempting to sort out my debts in 2011 i've never been in this situation before so i want to get them paid as quick as possible hopefully by end of 2011 at the latest

EllieA_3

Eek Ok had a horrible year last year... spent much of our time with our head in the sand hoping our debt would just go away. We finally got our act together and sorted it unfortunatly christmas had to go on the credit cards.. eek.

This year it's all change, as i start my new job in january unfortuantly it mean's comming to terms with being a single income family.

Aim for this year is to clear the christmas debt before spending on anything new or extravigant. No meals out, clothes etc and to learn to live within our new lower budget.

Can i be put down for an Annual Budget of £3000 please. Thats £2600 (£50 per week) + a £400 birthday/christmas 2011 top up. I'll be drawing out the £50 in cash each week so i can see exactly where it go's and any leftovers will be popped into the Christmas 2011 tin.

Tar

jammy_dodger

hi to one and all

i would love to start the year on the right foot and join the grocery challenge, my DD goes back to uni on the 9th leaving just myself and my DS dog and cat , would like to put a budget of £160 please and see how we get on from there
many thanks
jammy dodger

franby64

Good Evening

I have decided to go annual this (next) year for a change so Mrs M, please could you put me down for £5200 for 2011. I really want to try hard and make some progress this year so hopefully will spend less than this - it seems a lot even for 2 adults and 3 teenagers.
Anyway, I make it roughly £433 per month so I'll work to that. I feel a complicated signature coming on!! I'll do it tomorrow!

Thanks again to Mrs M, Pinkwinged and Rosieben for running the thread.
Hope everybody has had a good Christmas - I'll go and catch up now and see you in the new year!

ETA - Mrs M - well done again on your weight-loss - it's brilliant. I had sworn off SW but now I'm wavering again!!

elf06

Wow 3 pages already and its not even January lol

Thanks as always to the lovely ladies who keep us right and thanks again for changing me to annual from monthly. I will try and stick to a monthly budget in my head and will be keeping totals on my outgoings spreadsheet so should be able to keep up to date. My month will start on Jan 1st although I think I will declare now for Dec as I dont need anything else between now and Saturday..............

Miss_Piggy_2

Hello all!

I'm determined that 2011 is going to be the year I get my spending under control. And groceries is a huge outlay in this house.

I'm going to experiment with different cuts of meat (very proud of myself - just bought chicken thighs instead of breasts for a curry in the week!:D) and will try and use up everything I have. Am disgusted with how much we waste!:(

Please could my budget be £170 for January (for myself, OH, 5 year old and 2 stepkids every other weekend)

Thank you!

Miss P
xx

unhappy_shopper

Please put me down for Jan GC £200

Thank you

gillian62

£200 please for January for 4 adults, 1 12yr old, 2 dogs & 4 cats. I have been working on £75 per week budget before, but want to spend Jan working through my freezer and store cupboards. I will then use any extra to stock up on other items. I have just sorted through my cupboards and can't believe how much pasta/sugar/flour/casserole mix beans I have got. Freezer full of fruit from summer - so may take some out to make jam, as I don't have any room at all to put stuff in.

clippy_girl

please put me down for £70 for the month please. currently spend about £80 but trying to reduce this. my month will work from 19th to 18th as this coincodes with pay.

made some small changes such as making own soup and making popcorn for my lunch box instead of crisps

not sure if this is the place to ask as i am a newbie to this! was just wondering if anyone knew roughly what time the 24hr asda do the really cheap whoopsies? went last night an hr before closing at 8 and got 30p mince and 10p sausages. would like to try and get stuff at this price again so any answers welcome!

thanks