April 2011 Grocery Challenge

Rachel021967

Just spent £25 on cat food and £1.05 on Pepsi Max. Cat food should last 2.5 to 3 weeks. My boys have hollow legs and tails.
Pepsi was a moment of weakness. So £26.05 spent so far leaving a total of £423.95

helen_jelly

Spiggle - thanks, think I'll suggest a pocket money allowance to him over the weekend and see if he goes for it. It'll be an eye opener for him if he does, it makes me feel very [can't think of the right word errrr] ???? is aggreived a word??? Just gonna check ...... yep it is but resentful was the word I was trying to think of [I have a headache and thats my excuse!!] Dictionary's are great anyway back to the subject [are you still following this lol] I feel very RESENTFUL of the work I put into making sure we survive every month and DH enjoys the benefits a bit too often with the beer [although he does buy cheapo stuff] so I feel a little chat happening tomorrow.

Chloris - used to include it too until it was getting too much!!!

Spent £3 today so need to update siggy and spending diary

Helen x

IHaveNoMoney.com

Can i join please, first month for me so going to say £200 and se how i get on

Good luck everyone

tessie_bear

hi all...been busy spending this morning...l1dl we went to buy a plum tree that we got and also picked up 4 packs of reduced meat...steak stewing steak a chicken all 30 % off....i also like their toothpaste....than we headed to coop and farm foods....sob sob milk now £1 each NOT 2 for £1.60 so thats a shame...i also got a free range chicken in the coop for £2.20 which was so cheap i thought it would be rude to leave it;)

so am quite well stocked up...but l1dl have a waffle maker on sale on thurs so might go back for that

have a great weekend
tess

cutiepieabf

helen_jelly wrote: »

I feel very RESENTFUL of the work I put into making sure we survive every month and DH enjoys the benefits a bit too often with the beer [although he does buy cheapo stuff] so I feel a little chat happening tomorrow.

I know exactly how you feel!! i am working my butt off batch cooking, homebaking, menu planning, downgrading, so we can save money (bearing in mind i pay for grocery shopping), and then as soon as he gets paid what does he spend his money on??? dvds, games, takeout. aarrrgggghhhhh i feel like banging my head against a brick wall!! and his argument is - i hardly get to see any of my wages as it is so why cant i buy a few things for myself? yes thats fine, but atleast participate in this exercise (which by the way is money towards OUR wedding?!), maybe help me with the cost of grocery shopping each month, and help by putting a little of your money aside??? am i being totally unreasonable? i cant remember the last time i bought something for myself!!

123budget

Having done 2 very big shops already at beginning of my April budget it works out that I have £50 a week if I want to come in under/on Aprils budget.
Today: Ald* £30.48 & Tesco £21.65 (£52.13). Just a little over but still quite please as did my shopping list on My Supermarket Tesco shop and it cam to £49.78 but realised I had forgotten to put a few things on so even with all the extras was only just over

stuckdebt

I have just had a look in my cuboard and freezer, damn i have a lot of stuff ive forgotten about. I feel like my £75 budget for this month is very high. I'm not going to buy a single thing until I have ran out backups. I wonder how long it will all last... Freezer does need defrosting so i should get busy and eat it all.

moonpixiewitch

please count me in for April at 280 ....make mental note to self to avoid mr T's as I should not spend money on DTD stuff I don't actually need

tigerfeet2006

NSD today and yesterday, will update my sig. I am hoping it will be a low spend week next week as it should only be a few top ups that I need.

01001011

I spent €105 in March. I shall continue to try €100 in April.