June 2011 Grocery Challenge

missblonde

Been organised and I've done most of my shopping until the end of the month. Just need a few bits and bobs like eggs and bread. Stocked up on dishwahser tablets and meat on offer!

espresso21

Thanks for directing me to the recipe Rosieben!
By the way, I had that Curry Mince recipe I put on here, tonight. Typing it up made me want to eat it so that was dinner tonight.

Pinwheel

Hi everyone

Just a quick update of spends from the last week. £54.19 between W**trose, C**p, and S**nsburys. This includes 16 toilet rolls from W**trose, thank you for pointing out the offer (sorry not sure who it was) and a few treats for Fathers day.
My DH gets paid on Friday and I think unless something goes badly wrong I am going to be coming in either under or on budget for the first time since I started doing the grocery challenge!!!! Yipeee.
Thank you everyone for all your inspiration, tips and recipes.
PWx

quintwins

£15 spend tonight (well just short of it) and i got loads, got 46 tins of beans and 12 tins of coke for oh, 3 bags casarole veg and a bag of peas in the pod, and a punnet peachs all for 10p each, 7 sausage rolls for 12p each and a bag of rolls for 9p, then 2 stuffed bacon rolls for 9p and some meatballs for 9p from the hot food counter and 2 loafs of veda for 6p each definaly a good time to go shopping for whoopsies

Sue14

I've just realised I didn't add my last couple of spends of £15.26 in A1di last Wednesday, and £10.53 in Mr M's on Saturday.

WonderfulLife

Well, our meal out cost more than I'd hoped and I've ended up going over my food & grocery budget for the month. I think that in future I will plan in advance and make a good dinner at home rather than pay for a restaurant meal. If I'd spent as much as I did on food and cooked it at home it would have been a banquet rather just an OK meal. I'm disappointed but because I'm actually thinking about what I'm doing now then the chances that I can improve on this next month are higher than they otherwise would be.

youngmummy

hi, if its ok can i change to a weekly budget rather than annual, getting very confused and loosing track alot so fort weekly would be easier, if so £60 a week please starting today that will include all food, toiletries, household, pet food and nappies. many thanks

JAMIEDODGER

Total for June now at : £202.18 so should come in under target this month:)

toddles*

little top up shop yesterday £10.50.
And need to go again today as my mum bought my DD a present yesterday, a childs baking set. Rolling pin, cookie cutters. And my DD has been going on about making cakes all day yesterday and we are out of flour. So a trip to the shop for flour and chocolate chips me thinks to make millies cookies.

Winged_one

I called into M&S to get milk on the way home last night, and I also picked up a meal deal (for €12.50, I got a chicken costing 9.36 which will do at least 3 dinners, wine was 10.49, I got a trifle to share 3.69 and garlic mushrooms 2.99 which will go with HM potato wedges and burgers on Friday night instead of takeaway - saving €14.03!!!). And the 3 for €7 deal on summer foods for sausage rolls for lunches (DH and DD love those), chicken wings for Saturday and effectively a free pack of corned beef for DH sambos that will last another 2 weeks.

I am down to €107 per week between now and year end, but won't need to go to the SM this weekend and the veggies are starting to come in now as well so that will offset things again too.