August 2011 Grocery Challenge

WonderfulLife

So far I've failed miserably to keep within my spending limits for the last few months. I'm desperate to try to get totally out of debt by the end of this year including paying off my mortgage. I hate my job so the sooner I can learn to live on less then the sooner I can leave and find a job with less hours or at least more enjoyable to do. My biggest downfall each month is gum and diet coke. I buy ridiculous amounts and really cann't afford to if I am going to achieve my goal. Last month I spent £117.28 on gum and pop, just for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm on my way out to do my weekly shop so wish me well. I will have to my steer clear of the confectionery and pop aisles. I think it is good to say this before I go and I will stick to my list and check in when I get back.

Thanks to everyone for helping to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Love to all

166million

WonderfulLife wrote: »

So far I've failed miserably to keep within my spending limits for the last few months. I'm desperate to try to get totally out of debt by the end of this year including paying off my mortgage. I hate my job so the sooner I can learn to live on less then the sooner I can leave and find a job with less hours or at least more enjoyable to do. My biggest downfall each month is gum and diet coke. I buy ridiculous amounts and really cann't afford to if I am going to achieve my goal. Last month I spent £117.28 on gum and pop, just for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm on my way out to do my weekly shop so wish me well. I will have to my steer clear of the confectionery and pop aisles. I think it is good to say this before I go and I will stick to my list and check in when I get back.

Thanks to everyone for helping to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Love to all

Whoa:eek: - that's more than my total budget for the month! Good luck, WonderfulLife x

empy

Good evening,

I hope everyone is safe in these troubled times, it makes my blood boil watching the news:mad: so have now stopped for a while. Just got back from sainsbugs. I didn't take a list so was shopping from mind- not good for trying to save time and money:(
however I'm happy to report thanks to a £6.00 off a £30.00 spend voucher given to me by MIL I have come under this weeks budget spending a total of:
£29.28

I better go and pack it all away now.

Have a great night and week everyone

Take care and stay safe

empy x

meg72

WonderfulLife wrote: »

So far I've failed miserably to keep within my spending limits for the last few months. I'm desperate to try to get totally out of debt by the end of this year including paying off my mortgage. I hate my job so the sooner I can learn to live on less then the sooner I can leave and find a job with less hours or at least more enjoyable to do. My biggest downfall each month is gum and diet coke. I buy ridiculous amounts and really cann't afford to if I am going to achieve my goal. Last month I spent £117.28 on gum and pop, just for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm on my way out to do my weekly shop so wish me well. I will have to my steer clear of the confectionery and pop aisles. I think it is good to say this before I go and I will stick to my list and check in when I get back.

Thanks to everyone for helping to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Love to all

I wish you all the luck in the world love,but only you can change this. Can you think of something that you really really want, more than gum or pop and aim for that.

emmad5689

In our house we have found some of the cheaper fizzy pop that we like and also if I make a bottle of juice up and put it in the fridge we tend to drink that instead of pop.

You need to find a cheaper alternative or reduce the amount you buy if you feel you can't do without it just think of being out of the job where your not happy.

WonderfulLife wrote: »

So far I've failed miserably to keep within my spending limits for the last few months. I'm desperate to try to get totally out of debt by the end of this year including paying off my mortgage. I hate my job so the sooner I can learn to live on less then the sooner I can leave and find a job with less hours or at least more enjoyable to do. My biggest downfall each month is gum and diet coke. I buy ridiculous amounts and really cann't afford to if I am going to achieve my goal. Last month I spent £117.28 on gum and pop, just for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm on my way out to do my weekly shop so wish me well. I will have to my steer clear of the confectionery and pop aisles. I think it is good to say this before I go and I will stick to my list and check in when I get back.

Thanks to everyone for helping to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Love to all

emmad5689

Got my Mr A delivery so another £75.85, the cupboards and freezers are full yet I have still forgotton things I need (tomatoes needed tomoro) for the food plan, quite annoyed really I ordered some fahita sauces as it is one of our fave meals and when I order them (yesterday) they were 55p a packet but when they have arrived they are 72p a packet I can't understand how that sort of jump can be justified, will defo be stocking up on them when I see an offer.

Hopefully just some cottage pies and fresh stuff for rest of month so hoping to meet budget.

Sue14

So far this month I have spent £25.29 in Mr M's.

cattysmum

I was hoping to have a no spend day today but was helping to look after my great nephew while his mummy was at work, we went for a walk on road and couldnt resist popping into Home bargains and Iended up spending near enough £8 they had dixel loo roll on for £1.29 for 8 rolls which i thought was good value and got some STARDROPS normal and STARDROPS with amonia, after reading posts about the qualities of stardrops, but what do you use the one with amonia for, any suggesions welcome.

Doom_and_Gloom

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

Budget : £60
Spent : £42.94
Left : £17.06

Spent a further £3.57.
2 pints of milk - for my partner
Baguettes
French stick
1L soya milk
Cherryade
Tin tomatoes

Budget : £60
Spent : £46.51
Left : £13.49

WonderfulLife

Hi All

I survived my weekly shop - and came home with lots of groceries and no gum or pop. :j I got loads of fruit and veg, and the vast majority of it was reduced priced, so some great bargains. I spent £25.12 which I thought was pretty good considering how much stuff there was. My till receipt must have been about half a metre long. So tons of stuff to keep me going for at least a week or more plus enough to cook and freeze for later.

Those of you who were shocked by my gum and pop consumption last month :eek: will be glad to hear, as I am, that I escaped Mr T's without spending a penny on either. So far this month I have bought some - that is £11.84 of my months spend. But I am determined that I will buy no more. I have tried buying cheap pop but I just drink more. I regularly drink 4 litres+ a day and get through 8 pks of gum a day. It is insane. I think that gum started as a coping mechanism at work in an attempt to keep me calm and to shut me up. But the gum has gone from being the solution to a problem to being one of my major problems. I can't just have one piece - I chew a whole pack at a time!!!!
So I'm going to stop buying any at all. Same with the pop. It is just safer not to buy any than it is to think that I can eke a couple of bottles out over a few days.

Thanks for all your comments and encouragement

Love to all