August 2011 Grocery Challenge

seductivesmile

166million wrote: »

Hi,

I have tried to get prices from looking on web for you. HTH

Thank You So much,
I am so silly, i don't know why I didnt look on the web in the first place. Duh - sleepy moment there i think! Looking at the price of tuna there i am sooo glad dad stocked me up with it! I cant believe how expensive it is!
I think i may need to do a store cupboard challenge, and in the new year stop hoarding! Then i may have the space to store all the jam I bet i'll be making. . . and the damson gin for the xmas hampers.

Thank you again!
SS x

cat_smith

Hi there. Declaring for August at £172.56. Yay

Can I go for £200 for September please. Although I am away for a week and DH has a basket in the freezer stocked for him, I need to start the winter freeze cupboard in case we are snowed in again.

Islandmaid

Hi all

Rareing to go on the Sept challenge :T

Will update my spends so far (from Sept budget) when new link opens.

Peace and quite at chez maid at the moment.

Dodgy looking bag of frozen scampi for dinner that been in the freezer for decades

Have a great evening all x

tessie_bear

hi...had a small spend in sainsbugs today...decided i fancied stew so purchased some stewing steak....carrots...suet...forgot to get any onions of oxo so need to get that sorted before i can make it

had hm quiche for tea made with 1 egg (all i had) and it was fab...oh and i had a third each and oh with have a third in his packup tomorrow...also eat the last of a rice pudding i made from reduced milk...how thrifty of me

got to do a bit of meal planning for next week....take care

tess

cattysmum

Hi, Im declaring on overspend of £77.40 for August, not bad I thought for my first challenge, I'v decided to try again with the same amount for SEPTEMBER £350.00 please, starting on the 1st September. I am not going to include fuel or alcohol in my challenge, I think that is where I fell off the wagon (literally) with the Tesco wine deal it was literally too good to pass up. Wish me luck!!

debbiedeejay

Spent £1 on 2 tins of macaroni cheese for DD2 - wish I could say same for the stuff I bought for "return to school ":o

CompBunny

Hi there everyone!:wave:

I plan to start the grocery challenge, however I will not set a budget for the first month - I'd like to start by keeping an accurate record of what we spend on groceries! We're already much better at savvy shopping than a few years ago but I'm sure recording spends will be an eye opener and enable us to set a more accurate budget.


Our biggest downfall is junk food. We are awful! We will buy value bran flakes, bypass bread for a few days if there are no decent offers and use up other carbs instead etc but then go and spend a few quid PER SHOP on naughty things. It is also not unknown for us to take a trip to the supermarket just to buy chocolate... very very bad. :eek:We have tried just limiting ourselves to reduced goods for junk (20p packets of donuts and cookies!) but its not such a saving if you are buying them every day! Or kidding ourselves that buying Tesco value swiss rolls 3 for 45p (current offer) is a wise way to spend money...not so wise if we are spending it every day!:eek: Life is tough for us at the moment but it will be even worse if I can no longer fit into my size 10 jeans (size 8 is a distant memory now) and can't afford new ones after wasting it all on junk It has to stop!


The other larger expense is my unwillingness to change from organic eggs and dairy for moral reasons/animal welfare concerns. But I'm sure analysing our spending will highlight other areas of extra expense!:T

Hope to see you all around!

freakyogre

£1.10 in Tesco today on 2 packs of wraps (BOGOF).


Please can I be put down for £55.00 for September? Thanks in advance

Baking_Mad

Declaring £378.59 :eek: in total for August. Will not be adding fuel to the groceries next month so will go for £300 in September please.

WelshWoofer

Evening all - with this sudden cold weather my thoughts are turning towards warming hearty food (had lasagne and salad for tea - definitely not very satisfying:().

Apart from leek and potato soup and butternut squash and sweet potato soup I'm a bit clueless about other vegetarian cheap and warming winter stuff so will have to have a browse of the recipe threads.

Anyway, I popped to Mr A today for some Slimming World supplies and Bachelors pasta and sauce packs, supernoodles and savoury rice are all on offer for 40p each - may help other slimmers? I often take a pasta and sauce (prepared the night before) to work for lunch and so 40p is a bargain with a bit of fruit added for "pudding".

£6 spent in total that I'll add to the Sept thread budget once we're we're up and running.