March 2011 Grocery Challenge

legowindow

Hi all,

I'm new to the grocery challenge so I'm hoping I get this right! Can I please be put down for £120 for April? It is going to be a 5 week month for us but I do have just over £100 in DTD vouchers to use at the beginning of April in Mr. T so I'm hoping £120 'real' money will cover the rest.

We are moving house the first week in April too so will be upside down for a bit (and probably making cooking stuff a bit more difficult for a few days) - but I'll give it a shot. Any £'s saved are going toward the cost of van hire etc etc.

Looking forward to doing this every month and reading back through some of the recipes.

Thank you!

tootoo

Hello,
Can I please join and be put down for £200 for April?!
Hope this is the way to join.
Tootoo

Nimeth

I'm also new to this, but figure it's a good place to start on cutting down my grocery budget. :j

Can I be put down for £230 for April please? I will starting on the 2nd.

sistercas

just spent £56.67 in t3sco

as family are coming i bought some extra goodies i shouldnt have done . if i had had my wits about me i should have baked a cake and some biccies instead i bought:

[EMAIL="c@dbury"]c@dbury[/EMAIL] easter nests buy 2 for £3
mini choc doughnuts £1.10
variety biscuits £1.08

£5.18 i could have saved oh well the kids will be pleased

boysma

Hi all,

Mrs M can you please put me down for £300 for April? I will add up my spends for this week and declare my (over) spend for March a little later if that's ok.

Good luck to everyone else:A.

helen_jelly

Hi
MrsM could you put me down for £350 for April please - 5 week month again for us and theres 2 weeks of school hols - why do kiddies always eat more in the school hols???

Helen x

boysma

Declaring £334.50 as total spend for March budget after spending another £29.44 in various shops this week:(.

Hopefully the bigger budget will help me next month and the fact we are on hols for a week. DS1 staying at home so still have to stock up freezer for him before we go (prob expensive ready meals).

Have vouchers for Iceland and Mr S though to use:D

Pinwheel

Hi there
Just updated signature for the final time for March. Can I declare £203.37 for March please.

I think I am going to ask for £220.00 for April please. There are a few things that we've been going without and having looked at our overall budget I think we can up it by £20 to allow for these. This is still a lot less than I used to spend so it will still be an achievement for me.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.
PWx

sistercas

just nipped to the local shops and spent another £7.29 on 4 easter cards and 7 birthday cards, got 8 birthdays in april :eek: have bought most of the presents already , i just need to buy for Dniece who wants a vets kit ( seen one in toysrus for £15)

also got most of the easter egss too just need to get for my DD's and DH

runnerbean17

:mad: Well only a bit over-budget (my month finishes on the 28th) BUT and here lies the BIG BUT.... spent far more than in Feb.

At least I know why and it might aound silly but I did it on purpose ... Feb I spent using cash only...March I spent using my card. Massive lesson learnt

Sadly I am the kind of person who has to do something for themselves to really understand but now that it has sunk in here's to an Earnest April