June 2011 Grocery Challenge

tessie_bear

hi...went to lidl today and got a few good offers...peppers nectarines salad stuff and the most enormous bag of crisps...i think to my self we dont need this rubbish but then i think the kids will whinge and its cheaper than the local shop....cant remember what else but spent £13 so not too bad

roasted a chicken for tea and we had hot chicken and salad rolls which were very nice....some chicken left over for packups at the start of the week...just put pork chops in the fridge to defros...las weeks lidl offer for tea on monday

have a great weekend
tess

WonderfulLife

Count me in for July at £200 again, maybe I'll manage it this time.

emmad5689

Hi guys, I keep reading this and thinking I have got to do something and never do so here it is, I don't know how much I spend each month and really need to keep track and spend less. Please put me down for £400 for july which actually doesn't start til the 8th for us, this is for 2 adults, 2 children one of which has all jars of baby food as our freezer is useless with prepared food so I can't prepare my own for her, 2 dogs, 2 gerbils and a rabbit

rosieben

Welcome to the GC, Intergalactic Floozie and emmad5689

Pink winged will post here to let us know when the new thread is up for July, usually around the 28th of the month

Good luck!

sistercas

well i have completely lost track of my spending this month i do know its higher than i planned. my whole budget this month has gone @rse over t!t. DH spent £60 plus on food for sports day at school ( i know i will get this back eventually) DD2 is doing slimming world so i have had to buy mu!!er light yogs and @lpen bars which are really dear
I hadnt budgeted for car tax this month , the fridge freezer broke down and had to buy another, my car has broken down and i am dreading the cost of that. we dont have any savings left so it will have to go on a CC :eek:
working tax credits have been stopped , so i am at my wits end , DD2 wll just have to manage her diet without fancy stuff, and i will look at weezls cheap family recipes for july

bargainhunterss

Hi guys(and gals!) been on holiday for the past week so spending has been ramped up due to meal out etc, but if i can put that aside and base it purely on stuff bought for home-munching I'll need to add an extra £30 for the weeks food spend and another £5.27 for milk and bits for when we got back to the rent-in-laws yesterday. That takes total to £216.45/£200...ouch! :(and still another week to go! :S

I think I'll stick to£200 for july for now, but will be back to confirm!

bargainhunterss

sistercas wrote: »

well i have completely lost track of my spending this month i do know its higher than i planned. my whole budget this month has gone @rse over t!t. DH spent £60 plus on food for sports day at school ( i know i will get this back eventually) DD2 is doing slimming world so i have had to buy mu!!er light yogs and @lpen bars which are really dear
I hadnt budgeted for car tax this month , the fridge freezer broke down and had to buy another, my car has broken down and i am dreading the cost of that. we dont have any savings left so it will have to go on a CC :eek:
working tax credits have been stopped , so i am at my wits end , DD2 wll just have to manage her diet without fancy stuff, and i will look at weezls cheap family recipes for july

oh thats horrible for it to all happen at once sistercas, i hope you manage to work it out. You know what they say though, when it rains it pours!

MRSMCAWBER

Annual 2011

2joanne £4680 £377.75
Angelatgraceland £5000
Baileysbabe £5200
Billie-Jo £3000
Carolt2 £1500
Cat04 £3650
CatherineMM £3000
Chloris £4200 £2239.97
elf06 £1400
EllieA £3000
GeorgiGirl2012 £2500/£250
Huxley £3000
JackieGlasgow £3000
Jintyb £2300
Jmf76 £4000
Julie Georgiana £2560 £958.81
Katenut £1500
Kezlou £2000
Laurent1369 £2400
Lifeintermoil £4680
Lola76 £2500
Moniker £4200
Mrsmcawber €1800 €475
Nickynoo08 £2000
Pavlovs-dog £1920
pepsi-kins £2400
Pip-Squeak £1200
Puss14 $3000
Rosieben £1200
Russetred £4300 £1510.29
Sammyellen £4000
Savingforarainyday £2300
Seductivesmile £912.50
sharonej £3380
Skilly £3700
Snowy Owl £2600
Sueika £1000
Tazzyb £1500
The_Cat £3120 £375.69
youngmummy £2800£1183.36

Monthly
123budget £450
20somethinghousewife £250
4weeladdies £
69chick £300
*spike* £
*Twizzle* £
Allie123 £120
AlwaysHappy £
Angela30 £
Aril £
Barefootlinzi £
Bargainhunterss £200
Becky170 £130
bexs.ua £
Billie-Jo £240
BlimusOreilly £
boysma £
Budgeteer £
CalleyW £
Castri09 £
Cat_Smith £150
Chatterbox-123 £
Cheerfulness4 £200
CherryPie £
Chloris £300
Chocolateteddy £350
Choogirl £
ClearAndFree £
Cleosmum £350
Cookiemum £
Cornish.Chick £
Craftyscholar £
CranborneKat £
CRANKY40 £
Crockpot £
CupCakeLisa £
Cup of Chai £
cutiepieabf £
Dark_Angel_2002 £
debbym £
Debtfree2012 £
destroyerofdebt2011 £
Doom_And_Gloom £
EbayQueen £
Elisheba £300
empy £
espresso21 £310
eveie189 £190
eyebright £200
Farmers-Marketeer £
Fedupandskint £150
FlatEric £
Franby64 £
Freakyogre £
Freudianslip £
Georgeestwo £350
Gigglesworth
Goodlifewannabe £200
Gracie_1827 £
Greent £425
Guccigoo £300
Halfasixpence £
HelenJelly £275
Hex2 £
Highland fling £
Hippeechiq £
ieimimiai £
Ifonlyitwaseasier £
Intergalactic floozie £300

MRSMCAWBER

JackieGlasgow £
JackieO £100
JAMIEDODGER £
JayJay14 £200
Jetbag £
Jintyb £
Kahunababy £
Karenistrying £300
Katholicos £
KnittingNelly £
laineyC £480
laisbojar83 £
Lessthanthree<3 £
Linz0308 £
LivingProof £55
l.m.hart £
LongTallSally £450
Looie £100
Mandco£300
Maryarm £
Meanmarie €
Medsdemon £200
MissBlonde £300
Misssmcc £
Miss_t £
MissusAKA £
Moneytree1 £
Mooloo £130
moonpixiewitch £
Mothership 125
MrsB31 £250
Mrs-Moneypenny £400
Mrs Money Penny £
Mummygems £
MummyRoysof3 £ £
MumOf2Beasties £
Natlie £
Nimeth £220
Outdoorlass £
Patentgirl £
PennyGrabber £
Pepsi-Kins £
Perrywinkle £400
Philsmum £190
PinWheel £220
Pipersky £200
PixieFairydust £
Prophecy-grrl £
Quintwins £175
Rachel021967 £
Rachels £240
Ragz £
Redkids1972 £200
RhiBi £
Runnerbean17 £
SavingJane £
Savvyshe £200
Scotsaver £
Scotsdebs £
Seehar £
Silverbird £
sistercas £
Sparkerly £
Sparklyfairy £200
Spendlessmummy £200
Strugglingbutpositive £150
Sue14 £
Sunnyday £
SuperSally01 £375
Theonlynuttytart £
TheThriftyScrumpers £
Toddles* £
TooToo £
Tracey.32 £
Trim my budget £
Trinny £
Twiglet66 £260
Vicky496 £
Willgetorganised £
Winged One €350
wmf £160
Wonderfulllife £200
XacesX £160
Xspender £260
zpr1c3 £

weekly

Welshwoofer £
Young Mummy £60

hex2

sistercas - huge hugs, we have a big car bill too. Slimming World is doable cheaply if you try. Instead of her alpens she can have wheetabix (or generic versions) or sugar free muesli (the basic one in Mr S is sugar free I think). Basic low fat yoghurt instead of the Mullers? Value frozen mixed veg, etc.

I have lost track a little but think I am on £281 at the moment. Need cat biscuits today, and layers pellets for the hens which will burn quite a bit.