August 2011 Grocery Challenge

cookie9

Did a shop at co=op then Mr T so now at £55.86 although that should be it for this week. Need to update signature.

Going to make a batch of lentil soup this afternoon part to have as starter tongiht and rest to freeze and maybe some pancakes with blackberries. Tomorrow will be a baking day. We have a wedding to go to at the end of the month so really need to keep an eye on finances.

tessie_bear

hi....strange weather for summer here...i wont be able to fire up the barbie again today....we are eating leftovers from ds birthday party...we got a massive cake from costco that is lovely but huge...i am tempted to freeze some

made tortilla wraps for lunch from scratch which were nice and i managed to squeeze a few leftovers in to them...that was useful

still on a use it up month here...on a mission to try and enpty the freezer...not really getting far with that as i keep putting things in it

havent been to a supermarket for just over a week so thats great but we do need some milk so will need to get on with that later

regard tessa

mymerrywidow

i am aimimg for no more than £300 spend this month, but with my son being at home (school hols) it maybe be hard. spending £10or under at mr t. £35-40 at rosspa a week. so should manage it.

helen_jelly

Afternoon

I made proper Jam last night for the first time - I'm pleased with the reults - hopefully it will taste good when its opened. Foraged the Blackberries and the sugar worked out at about 60p and I made 3 jars of it. The recipe was very easy to follow so I'll be doing more of that.

Need to gather receipts and update my siggy as I'm starting to loose control and I need to grab back the feeling

Helen

Long_tall_sally

Hi everyone

Wish I could just delete my post from yesterday about being sensible and not spending £40 at Mr T just because of the £5 off voucher I had or maybe I could just pretend that its not there! I went into town to get some birthday cards & wrapping paper & found myself wandering into Mr T "just to have a little look"! Well as you can guess £46 spent, £41 after using the voucher. I am sort of pleased with what I bought (well apart from the frozen chips that were not on offer) but on the other hand, some of it defintely wasnt necessary such as the 8 packets of chocolate bars just because they were 82p a packet! What can I say! Then if that wasn't bad enough, I went into mr S & got some cooking marg, a gluten free pizza & some B & J icecream!

Forgot to say that in mr T I got a £6 off a £40 tillspit to be used by the 21st, i,e, before payday! Aargh!

rachbc

Funny month for us - hol last week and kids away this week. But spending a fortune on petrol so the joint £500 pubget for fuel and food will definately be weighted towards fuel this month. Hopiong for £200 for food - hol shop was £30, will onyl spend a few quid this week on milk and bread and fruit as eating out and odd freezer combos for OH and I. Need to stock up on a few non food groceries like dw stuff too.

nataz

Thought I best update my expenditure so far this month £130.22 so far!

Must admit most of this has gone on batch cooking and getting started with lots of ingredients etc so I imagine my costs will come down dramatically. I've already got several meals and parts of meals all frozen, which is something new in this household.

Hopefully next week will be better

baleb

hello, can i join please? i currently have no idea how much i spend on groceries, but im gonna start keeping track and hope not to spend more than £200 for the rest of august

thanks

rosieben

Isca and baleb, welcome to GC, good luck with the challenge

cattysmum

:jWell I couldn't resist spending my spits from Boots so got toothpaste/mouthwash offer 3for 2 and used 1/3rd off from spit so £12.29 down tp £5.87 and another visit to Mr Ts with Daily mail £5.00 off voucher and various coupons multi buys etc got a £68.19 shop down to £48.02, hopefully only got to put some fuel in now this week so this should be it, cupboards well stocked up and a warm happy feeling inside and still on target for GC budget