June 2011 Grocery Challenge

quintwins

i really hope elec doesn't do up my bills already threw the roof, in a way i can't wait til we move to a smaller house so that my bill will be less-not that i'm looking foward to living in a smaller house at all

today will be a nsd, were having mince and taties for tea bulked out with loads of veg because my bro is coming for tea, twins are going to see there new primary school this afternoon, where did my babys go? i can't wait til the break up for summer and i get a break from all this running about

JAMIEDODGER

Spent £37.20 in Tesco so £78.53 total spend so far for June out of £350 Budget, so £271.47 left!

tessie_bear

hi all....popped down to sainsburys this morning to have a look at the reduced bbq food...said to be £1...well not in our shop.....still a good buy for anyone who got some

got shepherds pie for tea..need to make it later...might do a crumble as well...also need to sort out the pack ups and plan a few meals for next week...busy busy

need to have a count up and see how much i have spent

take care
tessa

cookiemum

Small spend on more milk and juice. Found some salmon I forgot I had in freezer so having for tea with roast vegetables. May try to keep some spare and make laineyc's tart.

Just moved gas and elec to B Gas so thought I was saving money - probably not for long now! Going to check out Tesco 1p thread to see if can save - all pennies count!

rachelww1

I'm a bit late joining this month but could you put me down for £350 please Mrs M. I had a terrible April & May food wise and I really need to get back into meal planning, and to stop taking my DH with me to the supermarket. Already spent £129.10 so far this month, and will need to pop out later for some onions, courgettes & bananas. That is all I'm buying, nothing else, not even if there's any bargains

I can totally relate to the 'feeling strange about my shop tomorrow' thread. I always do a big shop on a friday night, so maybe it's time to change, and only buy what I need

Outdoorlass

Oh blurry heck, I lost control of the spending at the weekend, went to home & Bargains, Iceland, superdrug and Asda and ended up spending money on well I don't really have anything to show for it, so junk would be the answer, I just chucked all the reciepts in my purse, I am sat here plucking up the courage to get them out and add them up:( I think I have spent a lot, and its still so far till the end of the month, maybe I should just ignore the spree and forget about it:rotfl:

Oh lordy, I have amended my sig, that spree cost me big time, I have the receipts so will look at what I actually bought that was *needed* and not just bought on a whim, saying that it was the first time I had been out in a few days, as my dog was really ill with Pancreatitis and I was so worried we were going to lose her. Shes ok now thankfully, it did cost us a fair whack at the vets, but she is worth every penny.

69chick

Just updated my sig with a small 1.24 spend on shower gel in Boots yesterday..I was completely out so was needed...

Got 'cowboy hash' for tea tonight out of the freezer ( a recipe I got from here that I love) kids are having with rice and me and dh with chippies...

Just heard my bil and niece may be losing their jobs as their company has been taken over and apparantly they may close their site its such a worry in these times...both are the main earners in the family and earn quite a good wage...my bil is in his 50's and has also heard they may not honour their pensions!!

Going to pop to Mr T's with my mum tonight, just to check out if there are any of those penny items,although I don't know if they have a price checker machine there at all. Think 10p oxo has been mentioned so will check for that....I got a £4 voucher by doing that price challenge thing agains Asda to spend as well! (only got it because dh spent over £100 on his works c/c for a business lunch so he wasn't shopping wisely!!)

Off to put the tea on x

mymerrywidow

ohh can i join? i vowed on june the 1st not to spend more than £10 a day. and so far am doing well.

freakyogre

£5.73 spent in Tesco on 2 x newspapers, 5 x pasta sauce, 3 x boxes of tampons (their own brand are half price if that helps anyone), yogurts and frozen raspberries.

espresso21

Sorry about your bil and niece, 69Chick. It's terrible that even his pension is in doubt! I always thought pensions were pretty secure (guess I'm rather naive).

I'm such an idiot - here I am trying to find ways to save every single penny and wondering how I am going to manage when my salary gets cut, and there's a knock on the door and it's a young girl from Marie Curie cancer care. It's such a worthwhile cause and cancer has affected my family very closely to me, so before I know it, I sign up to a direct debit of just under £9 per month. I know it's not a lot and it is a good cause, but I just don't have any spare cash right now but I couldn't say no to her when I was faced with her. So now that's another added pressure to deal with.