August 2011 Grocery Challenge

medsdemon

I managed a NSD yesterday ..:j yaaayyy.
But topped up on bits in Sainzers including toilet rolls, rice, milk, coffee, etc so have plenty in for this week I think so hoping for some more NSD this week. Spent £23.63.

tessie_bear

hi....£210 spent on costco this morning...we did seem to get loads for the money though...they had a christmas display with a tree with the fairy lights turned on...i purchased a roll of xmas wrap which was very pretty

spent ages stowing all the costco food away...wont need anymore meat for a while...freezer is fit to burst...made a quiche for tea and a sauce for pasta bake for tomorrow....quiite organised but need to do some meal plans for the next couple of weeks....kids o back to school so will need to check over the uniform and make sure we have stuff in for packups

have a nice day
tessa

WonderfulLife

Today should be my last shop for August and it looks as though I am coming in under budget. It could have been even better but my resolution to stop buying chewing gum and pop began to flag last week. I thought I'd done well and decided to treat myself to a small amount of pop and gum ..... the small amount turned into a big amount and as a result I spent £53.52 in the space of a week. So I am swearing off again and this time I'm going to reduce my budget for the month so that I can't persuade myself that it would be OK to buy some. I'm also going to pay off some of my mortgage now so that it just isn't available. A win win solution form my point of view since I am also determined to pay off my mortgage by the end of the year.

So can you put me down for £100 for September

Good luck to everyone in the coming month.

emmad5689

Well I no longer sit at a penny over budget, my OH hadn't told me that he was out of lager and I won't deprive him of it as he compromises enough by having it at home rather than spending a fortune in the pub and he has a stressful job with long hours. I looked up on the internet the best deals and decided on Mr Ts 3 for £20, whilst there I decided I would start a 2nd purse but I have only outlaid £10 to get huggies nighttime pull ups which for some reason are all £3.65 a pack except the size my daughter wears which are £2.43 a pack at the minute and I had 3 £1 off vouchers so bargain, also bought some toilet roll on offer so these are now safely under my bed.

Whilst there I managed to get a loaf of bread for 60p which I thought would be better than paying full price in a couple of days so thats now in the freezer, some grated mature cheese reduced from £3 to £1.35 and a couple of other bits I would have bought later in the week (probably the 1st september lol!!) So now I am nearly £29 over budget but a little better than last month and shouldn't need to spend anymore until friday.

Fiasco55

I had hoped that I would not have another update this month but alas here I am. So another 74p spent on some crusty bread from my pate that needed to be used up tonight. Now I need to be strict with myself and get a bit better with my meal planning.

So my grand total for my first month's challange is £164.74 with an overspend of £14.74. Considering my GC target was a stab in the dark I am not too horriffied. Must do better next month though!!

KolaKube

Well, I didn't think I'd be posting again until at least the September thread opened, but OH has inadvertently kicked our September GC off with a £40 spend in MrT whilst I was at work yesterday as 'the fridge was empty'!! :eek: <I promise you, it wasn't, it just wasn't full of 'easy' food like sausage rolls and cooked ham - plenty of potential meals in there>

I really didn't want to spend so much right at the start of the month; we had plenty in the freezer / store cupboards, £10 of milk, bread, yogs etc would have done it! The shop consisted of mostly meat, cheese and fizzy drinks. He also bought frozen chips, fancy mini chocolate cakes and ice cream as a treat for me as I'd been working long days all weekend. So sweet of him really. But slightly annoying none the less... :rotfl:

Anyway, £260 left for the rest of the month, and now 4 weeks precisely until payday. We are now a full household of 6 so this is hopefully doable! I get the impression that now that mum is back on the scene from her hols she may insist on shopping too, in which case I will get back to you and adjust the budget accordingly...

TheThriftyScrumpers

Good Morning
I hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend. We did a car boot so now have a few more pennies and some much needed space in loft. I got some good reductions yesterday at sainsbugs, fish pie for 35p, posh dauphinoise for 80p, smoothies for 40p. I also managed to list freezer contents and meal plan so all in all a very mse weekend. Will total receipts later but think I have kept to budget this month.

Tues - Cod bake with pots,courgette, tom and pesto
Wed - Chicken curry, Bombay pots and nan
Thurs - Spag bol and garlic bread
Fri - Fish pie and veg

Gintotmelinda

Need to add up my spends today......September spends have already started!

Good luck all for September.

Gintot

quintwins

morning all nsd today it's abit nippy today so we had readybrek for breakfast, dinner is bacon spinage and sweetcorn quiche, made with the last wee bit of bacon that needs used and some frozen sweetcorn and spinage and some past there best before eggs so very mse oh wanted to go buy a tin of custard last night but at 94p he had no chance so i dug out some AF custard powder and made some granted it wasn't very thich but tasted fine and saved us 94p

Nimeth

Meant to update this on Saturday and never got round to it! I spent way more than I meant to at Morrisons, £28.28. At least that's the last shop for the month and I can start September's shop at the end of the week.

So, declaring August at £239.86. So about £20 over what I intended to spend.

Can I please be marked down for £240 in September? Hopefully I can make it stretch the five weeks it needs to.