March 2011 Grocery Challenge

sistercas

spent £8.48 ish in HB picked up 4 boxes of eggs 79p each , 12 mini packs of choc buttons 99p, they had milky way cake bars for 49p - so picked up 2
some hairspray x 2 and cotton wool pads for the DD's custard creams 25p each
cant rememb er anymore
picked up 4 pints of milk and 6 mu!!er yogs in c0-0p £2.89 spent in there
still need to go to sainsbugs and t3sco tomorrow , then should be ok for the week

mrs-moneypenny

updated my sig, i think the spending is running away again at the mo so must rein it in.

meanmarie

Total spend is now at €128.51...no idea how the rest of the month will pan out, lots of food in so we'll see.

Marie

GroinSexyPavement

slbhill wrote: »

It sounds like you've made a really good start already :T I sometimes have spells when I can't face making packed lunches last thing at night, so periodically I make up a big batch of filled rolls or sandwiches & freeze them. Then if I can't be bothered in an evening I just get some out of the freezer and they're defrosted ready for morning.

The other thing which a lot of people find makes a huge difference is menu planning - it lets you write a list and stick to it instead of picking up everything that looks like when you're at the shops. Who me?? Never!

Thanks Will definitely try the freezing sandwiches thing, are there any fillings which work particularly well?

My first weekly shop since turning over a new leaf is tonight, so we shall see!

PennyGrabber

Stuff with too high a water content, like cucumber and tomato doesn't work overly well. I used to do this years ago, when I had a husband (!!), and he only ever had corned beef sandwiches. They freeze well, as do cheese. If I wanted any cuc or tom, I added it in when at work, or had it in a tub, took a bite of sarnie and a bite of tom or cuc!!

M0neysav3r

GroinSexyPavement wrote: »

Thanks Will definitely try the freezing sandwiches thing, are there any fillings which work particularly well?

My first weekly shop since turning over a new leaf is tonight, so we shall see!

I think thats a great idea too, just mentioned it to dh (as it would be for his sandwiches) and got a weird look I think i'll have a try though and see if he notices the difference

I had to pop out to grab some ingredients for my chinese at the weekend and ended up spending £8.17 :eek:

TheThriftyScrumpers

Hi! Please can we join at £450 for March. This is what we spent for Feb (shopping at sm's and includes take aways) but I would like to try to do things differently this month. Same budget but getting a fruit/veg box delivered and meat from butchers. Hopefully we can start by eating better for same money and then start shaving £'s off the budget.

Thank you to all who run the thread and contribute, the reason I am so late joining is I have been reading Feb & then March threads (this site is very addictive). I have already learnt loads (I rang a local butcher and asked about buying meat in bulk and straight away he offered 15% discount!! I Would never have done that before this challenge).

I also LOVE the recipes. We have already sampled the bbq pork mince, weetabix brownies and of course Twinks Hobnobs (Yum Yum)!! We will be trying the sweet and sour sauce recipe tomorrow in an effort to get less takeaways!

Just off now to try to hide the weetabix brownies from the OH!!

Long_tall_sally

Evening everyone. Just updated my signature with my spends at Farm Foods, Mr T, Co Op & the market from yesterday & today. I am quite excited because I only have 8 days to go and cannot think of anything that I might need before ( with the exception of milk posibly). Could March be the month that Long Tall Sally FINALLY achieves her target?!

Mind you, Hippeechiq - I agree those Lidl offers do look inviting, particularly the chicken! Resist, resist!

TheBees

Thanks Sunnyday. I will go and buy a piece of brisket from the butcher at the weekend and try out your recipe.

Just done a MrS shop online using a £12 off voucher. I think I've bought enough to last to the end of the month along with a few bits of meat from the butcher.

Good luck everyone.

mummyjane

Spent £11.75 today on chocolate, raisins, butter, milk and cake cases. Dd's school is having a cake sale for comic relief and all the children have been asked to either make a donation or bake cakes etc to raise money. Most people donate so I thought we would probably raise more by making something to sell.