June 2011 Grocery Challenge

seehar

quintwins wrote: »

i think icelands ok for some stuff like cheese, and branded sausages the do a big bag of white fish thats very good value, i've also been known to buy there cheapo pizza and add toppings, i only buy the plain one tho because i dread to think what meat is on a pizza for £1, you can also get supernoddles on offer, and they do 4 beans for £1 which is the cheapest we can get them round here

Thats what I thought about the meat pizza too Hahah! I went in to get a stuffed crust pizza, as I've been off the takeaways for a month now and the temptation of something cheesy garlicky and greasy is getting too much!

I did get 5 garlic baguettes for 2 quid which will do nicely when I have my 9 girlfriends over for dinner next month
I didn't look too far but the one near me (MK) seemed full of horrible ready meals and the fresh veg they did have looked a bit mank will check out the frozen fish tho, as we eat that regularly

Toodles* haven't tried l!dl yet, but will this month! My ex loved their own brand bitter from there, till he got sick drunk on it, he cant stand the sight of it now :rotfl:

Also forgot to mention, I am picking up Xmas pressies if I see them too (too early?! :eek: ) got a puzzle book for my mum in aldi figured if I can spend a few quid a month now, I won't be so stuck in January next year after spending hundreds in December!

Good luck to all on the challenge
Seehar x

destroyerofdebt2011

Thanks to the lovely ladies setting up this months thread.

Please can you put me down for £70

since i havent managed a single target yet! i'm increasing the allowance slightly in the hope that actually managing to come in under budget helps me feel a little more in control of it.:o

ifonlyitwaseasier

Hello new thread and a big thank you to the lovely ladies who put so much time and effort into maintaining it!!

so first shop of the new month and we are £35 down already, but that does include teabags for 2-3 months (MrS red - get the 2*240 packs not the 1*480 as works out cheaper) and a mag for hubby so i'm going to get the money back from him. actually that takes me down to £29, not that bad

ioiwe xx

misssmcc

i've never done a grocery challenge before, but it is badly needed, i have a bad habit of buying expensive (and often tasteless!) ready meals and stuff for when i get home from work, need to start bulk cooking, planning meals in advance and freezing the extras. my june budget is £125 (this is for me, DD, 2 cats and 2 guinea pigs) i think this will be a tough target to hit, but do-able. i may relax my budget next month (july) but want to give myslef a kick start and see if i can have some pennies left in my bank account at the end of the month. good luck everyone!

quintwins

it's most definatly not too early to be buying xmas pressies, i have all my smelly gifts sorted already, plus a few stocking fillers and bits of peices for the kids and all my gifts for friends i also ahve all the birthday pressies for the year bought i buy most of them after xmas in the sales then i pick them up as and when i see them, i find argos do brilliant deals on toys threwout the year but i stay away from character things incase they change there minds about liking them, we ahve also decided to get the twins a t.v for xmas so we won't get that until closer to the time to get the most from the waranty we will prob get it from amazon or one of the ebay dainly deals

ok nsd is out the window i decided i'd grab some rich teas for the kids to decorate with my AF icing and sprinkles ok i know i could make some but there 24p a packet 3 for 2 i'll try get soem more 20p pasta sauce while i'm there if they have any

Craftyscholar

Many thanks to Pink, Rosieben and Mrs Macawber for all your work.

Can you put me down for £85 for June please? Must watch getting the odd treat - too many in a month adds up:(

debbym

Back in the UK after 2 years in Germany and the Netherlands. I badly need to get my head back into pounds sterling mode rather than Euro mode. Add to this the fact that I now have 3 kids and a cat (rather than 2 and a non-weaned baby and no cat) and the fact that prices seem to have gone haywire in the last 2 years and I don't have a clue anymore what is sensible for our family.
Please put me down for £400 this month MrsM whilst I try and get back on the wagon again!

crockpot

hex2 wrote: »

Me too


I saw in Lakeland (I think) a magnetic blackboard with a white marker that I could tick on the front of the freezer. Maybe then I would actually strike things off the list?

I got a white board magnetic with a dry marker from Poundland, have put it on front of my chest freezer.

ragz_2

I'm in please, £400 this month as we have managed to eat most of the meat out of the freezer now. I went £20 ish over last month as I was stocking up so if I resist that I'll be able to manage fine.

gigglesworth

EEK... just posted to join the Challenge but posted it in the May thread! Note to self - get better at reading ALL threads!!

Sorry to repeat but could I put down £200 for June please.

thanks for your patience.