March 2011 Grocery Challenge

TheThriftyScrumpers

Morning,

small update to my sig for a takeaway and some beer last night. Ooops. Off to farmers Market later

enjoy your Saturday

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Winged_one

Well, I only needed to spend €2 during the week (well €1.89), on milk and nothing else. I also got a free bag of St*rbucks coffee beans on Thursday, by getting my morning cup there with my prepaid card (need to use that for a week or 2 rather than cash), and using a voucher they sent. So that will aslt us a good few months at home - €5.50 worth free!

I don't need to spend much this weekend. Bread, milk, veg, fruit, bin bags, and cornflour. I have enough meat to use this week, so don't need anything unless I get some whoopsies.

Kitchenbunny

Morning everyone. Just to say I am keeping up with the challenge even though I've already blown it. Shall definitely be rejoining in April! Doing a chicken curry tonight but bulking it out with as many veggies as I can to make it healthier. Yum yum! Well done to everyone doing well at their challenges, and don't be disheartened those who haven't done as well as they'd like. It's been a loooong month this month.

KB xx

rachelww1

Another weekly shop done last night in T$scos and £52.28 spent. This takes me way over, but still under £300 which was the mini challenge I set myself after I realised it was a 5 week month .

Got quite a few good deals including 2 * 4 pack br*nston baked beans at 2 4 £2 and bogof p$lgrim choice cheese. Also got a couple of reduced items, some pork for stir fry for 88p, and a whole chicken for £1.15.

Going to L$dls when DH comes back with the car to try to pick up some of the 99p mince (if it hasn't all sold out). Also still need some fruit as it was slim pickings last night at T$scos.

Still aiming to stay under £300, but even if I don't, I'm doing so much better than when I started in January, thanks to you guys.

SilverBird_2

I'm declaring a total spend for March of £199.84p

Candy_Belle

Yey! it's the weekend! Yoohoo!!!!!


Managed to spend some more money on groceries!!!

Sainsbugs - £17.63 and A**i - £21.62 Have already updated signature and not liking the total already!!! :(must start to meal plan and use stuff up before it goes outta date.

Have a good day everyone x

BlimusOreilly

Uh-oh!! Have already gone over budget by £30 and still have another receipt to add and another weekly shop to do.

sistercas

still under budget but have a week to go
another spend in HB of £9.54 and c0-0p of £10.80
brings my total up to £389.47

had to buy a bottle of wine and some bits and bobs for people coming this afternoon ( only bought one bottle of wine , hope its enough )

123budget

Popped into Asd@ today just to get some flour and managed to get a very large bag of reduced bananas for 90p
Will be making lots of banana bread and muffins this weekend

burge23

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Have just totted up the receipts for the first time and am horribly over budget! I'd set a guestimate budget of £300 but am at a total of £415.20!!! . In saying that however I think a lot of the overspend was taking advantage of deals. The freezer is full of Lidl pork, chicken and mince, there is enough rabbit food for a few months and bedding for a few months, there are 2 months of dishwasher tabs etc. I think with careful meal planning (which to be honest I only started about 2 weeks ago) I can bring it down a lot. In fact for the next month it's mainly fresh veg, fruit bread and milk that need buying. The family are now all on board (even MiL) though the amount of some things we get through is scary!

Budget for April £250 and I'm sticking to it!!