August 2011 Grocery Challenge

ixia

Morning everyone
Spent £6.58 yesterday. I think that leaves me £216.41 for the rest of the month. I will prob have to go the shop for milk and rolls today.

Have a good day!

nmlc

Monring all

Just a quick update on the spends, spent £4.18 in MrL yesterday so have altered the sig to reflect this. Will be doing main shop tomorrow so will update then.

nmlc x

rising_from_the_ashes

Have had a very spendy week but on checking receipts most of it isn't groceries!

Did some post-op stocking up at Home B*rgains so another £13.87 to add in.


Still raining:( - what a week to have off work:mad:

cookie9

Had to do main shop slightly earlier than planned so will probably need to top up milk later on. Spent more at mr t than intended as got their meat 3 for £10 deal so got 2 packs pork and one of salmo . All destined for the freezer. Hopefully will be a low shop next time around. Need to menu plan for coming week.

highland_fling_2

Good morning all,

noticed today I had one or two single tins in store cupboard. Usually they are stacked two or three high. So must be making some inroads into food mountain.

Planning to pop into town today but not for food items. However might pop into £store for milk.

bella2121

Hi everyone! really need to join this challenge! I love food shopping! so does OH!

I'm gonna have a think about a realistic budget for us and dig out my receipts since beggining of the month.

Just a quick question I got some baking potato's on sunday from aldi 45p for 4 they are looking like they will turn any day now but i'm not gonna get chance to user them and dont want them to be wasted, can I cook them then freeze them? any thoughts????

tessie_bear

hi....to the poster talking about gum...home bargains sometimes have cheap chewing gum if u dont want to go cold turkey as it were

i am revving up to my 5th in a row no spend day ...think i will manage it but am bored and we are eating strange combos....have eaten all the cereal so will need to have a think about breakfast tomorrow

i have got lamb in the sc which is odd in august but as it is tipping it down outside i am sure noone will complain
have a nice day tessa

quintwins

we only buy pop when on offer the rest of the time we get squash, and i prefer mints to gum but you can get gum from poundland depending on which you like you can get 5-7 packs for £1

another nsd today we'll either have quiche and chips for tea or sausage rolls chips and beans i'm undecided lol it's a miserable day here today and i need to get all my washing done before we go away on sunday, it won't matter if i leave a few loads on the clothes horse but i'd prefer not to and get it all away so i dn't ahve to do it when were home

cat_smith

Large spend yesterday. Had a £9 off £60 voucher from Mr T so decided to do some stocking up for winter. Will be adding bits over the next couple of months as last year was a nightmare. Couldn't get car out for 3 weeks so resorted to sending DH shopping or local more expensive shops. Determined to be fully prepared this year.

Freezer audit to do today. Got lots of bits and pieces that need using up, and the odd unidentifiable thing where the label has falled off.Bit of pot luck next week me-thinks.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Ended up doing a Mr S online order (coming at 9pm tonite to keep del costs down) came to £52 including delivery and pet food (£10). Am quite chuffed with that as previously, I could easily spend over £100 online plus top-ups.

Now for the shameful bit ..... I spent £60 at Sportz direct.... Craghoppers 3-in-1 jacket would have cost £125 on Amazon, down to £42 - really neded a winter jacket, 2 pairs of funky furry boots for DD,s Xmas pressies at £5 each and a pair of craghoppers trousers for me down to £15 from £40 +.

I am keeping a running total spend for the month which is now at £340 for all my combined spends, i,m back to work next weeks, so the lure of internet shopping should be abolished and apart from a few basics food shopping wise, I hope to say within my £400 food budget....

Cooking HM burgers (from freezer) and chips tonight, and defrosting lambs liver for a slowcooker stew for tomorrow (excess to be frozen) i,m not keen on liver, but have to use it up and OH loves it

Take care all xx