June 2011 Grocery Challenge

CRANKY40

£42.58 spent this week. Signature done. I've bought a few of the £2 Anchor butter blocks from A$da and have stashed them in the freezer ready for winter baking. Slimming world is indeed doable cheaply. As Hex says, any fat free yogurt is acceptable.

sistercas

thanks BH and hex
thankyou i will check out the basics museli bars and yoghurts, she will have to have those anyway now i think

DH was taking DD's to work and the his car has broken down too :eek: the exhaust has just fallen off:(

bargainhunteress your right when it rains it absolutely hisses down

i have a whoopsied gammon joint in the oven which should do us for a couple of days

quintwins

sistercas you really are having a rough could you hubby possibly fix the cars himself (i'm quite lucky in that altho mine can't he'll heep googling and youtubing til he can and we have a cheap parts place round the corner)

you also said you DD was working could she possibly buy her diet bits herself? after a week or 2 of doing it she'll soon be happy to drop to cheaper brands


nsd today for us were off to mil for lunch tea tonight will be something small from the fridge/cupboards i might give the kids the last 2 panini's and we'll have beans on toast i'll see how it goes

sistercas

quintwins wrote: »

sistercas you really are having a rough could you hubby possibly fix the cars himself (i'm quite lucky in that altho mine can't he'll heep googling and youtubing til he can and we have a cheap parts place round the corner)

you also said you DD was working could she possibly buy her diet bits herself? after a week or 2 of doing it she'll soon be happy to drop to cheaper brands

DH unfortunately wouldnt have a clue its me that does the minor repairs and all the gardening etc.:cool:
its DD1 (17)thats works on a sunday and DD2 who is 15 who is doing slimming world - I have spoken to them both and they understand the situation and will help in any way they can - bless them

I am fortunate that there is plenty of stuff in the freezer , so i shall meal plan to within an inch of its life this month , but i have run out of fresh stuff

pipersky

Hi everyone Managed to get the £20 off a £40 shop at Ocado in time, so I have a delivery on Weds and have done a weekly shop this weekend. My spends now come to £211.35 and I'm hoping that I won't need to get anything else Not going to declare just yet, but I'm well happy at how the budget is coming along, especially as I haven't been meal planning (too tired with baby due in less than three weeks!!).

Am stocked up with loads of nappies for DD2 and new baby, dishwasher tabs, toilet roll and washing liquid (for clothes!) so next month should be quite cheap. Am going to go for £200 for July please MrsM and keep- fingers crossed that the new littlie won't make a massive dent in my plans

JayJay14

MrsM, Please could you put me down for £200 target again.

I am over again this month but getting closer to the target every time. One day I will make it

Living_proof

That's me declaring at £61.72 for June. We are away on Tuesday until the middle of July for a well-earned slice of sunshine and pampering. I've been using up all the bits and bobs and nothing will be wasted as will give to the neighbours or freeze fridge contents. When I get back I will go on a July target of £55.00 but I must point out that I have M& S and Farmfood vouchers I can use to supplement this if necessary. Now I have no children in the house and no pets either the grocery shopping has become quite achievable as long as I shop sensibly and put a bit of preparation into it - it's easier when you haven't got family to feed, I know. Or drag round the supermarkets whinging and moaning. I feel sorry for those people who have nowhere to go on cutting their budget - it must be frightening. I watched Brassed Off again last night and it always was a wonderful film, but now things are almost back for square one for the sort of working class families portrayed if they lose their job or can't cope with existing debt. Once the interest rate rises, and as sure as eggs are eggs it will, then whole swathes of the population will succumb to the consequences. I hope you all manage to live within less than your means because it gives you the tools to get over this bad stage in our economy.

pepsi-kins

Hi everyone,
Not doing too badly, i'm about £100 over where I should be in my annual budget. I'm going to try not to spend anything this week, and wait until next weekend and do a really big shop. It may mean the menu plan goes out of the window, but I've got lots of food in the freezer and in the cupboards, so I need to make do.
Have a good week everyone x

Sue14

I'm so glad that the month is near the end, as we are very close to our limit, but hopefully I won't need much before the end of the month, and as I'm busy working and helping my dad to move into his retirement flat this week, I won't have time to go shopping anyway, so hopefully we'll make it.

Spent £1.35 on milk in the local shop, £8.80 in Mr A's yesterday, and today we spent £6.12 in Mr S and £1.78 in Savers.

franby64

Morning all

Well I'm afraid I totally took my eye off the ball this month and am now £101.62 over. Rubbish
Too many takeaways, too much junk, not enough planning.
Today I'm going to make a plan as to how I can spend as little as possible over the next 4 days (yes I know it's too late!!) and really think how I'm going to tackle July, holidays and all.
I do actually always struggle with what cheap summer food I can make, much prefer making stews etc!

One issue I'm pondering is the matter of junk food and who buys it.
Me and OH are trying to lose some weight, mainly by cutting out junk and having 3 sane meals a day + fruit. So I'm stopping buying packets of biscuits etc but the kids are complaining (even though it'll do them good as well!).
I thought about letting them buy their own junk with their own money, something I've always discouraged before now, in the hope that they'll realise they don't want to spend their money that way. (And it would save me money on my GC:D!)
But I don't want them buying/eating loads of rubbish either!
Am I being mean in not buying them treats?
What do other people do?
(They are 16,15 and 12 BTW).

Hope everybody had a good weekend