July 2011 Grocery Challenge

cyclura

DH spend £1.49 yesterday getting me some milk so we have now started. Today is big shop day so I will be trying to stick to about £40, luckily I have been brewing beer thats ready in the next week so I do not have to buy DH any alcohol for the month, that saves me quite a bit, I will be adding the cost of the brewing sugar and caps to the budget when I get the next lot in though as it would be part of it if I was buying his Ale.

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Well done JIL on evading the shops and making another meal out of what you have.its suprising how much you can save by adapting what you have . So far I have had one shopping day out of four this month and looking at my stocks I can't see any reason to go anywhere near the shops for a couple of weeks The only thing that I could do with as I have run out is some kitchen Roll but its not mega important I can do without it for a little while and just wipe up any spills with a dishcloth.I am going to sort out my store cupboards today as they do need rearranging and the lists that I stick to the inside of the doors updating.Cheese salad for dinner tonight with some new potatos from the fridge that need using up.I may also make myself a vat of veggie soup from the 'free' veg that I got from Sainsburys, that will 'extend 'my dinnertimes this week.
Keep up the good work everyone we all seem to be doing really well this month with hanging on to our cash.

peony40

Thank you for the welcome.

Hubby went shopping for a few bits on the 2nd and it came to £17. As DH says that he will pay for these bits, I have decided to put the £17 from my money into our 'rainy day' fund. I have enough food items in the freezer/pantry to last us quite a while so I shouldn't need to buy anything else until Friday when I will pop to the farm shop for our veg.

I have quite a lot of tomatoes to use up, so I will be making salsa this afternoon (never done this before). Also, I need to find my bread machine recipe book so that I can have a go at making bread rolls for DH lunches.

greent

Morning all!

I've scarily spent £137 from my GC so far!! EEeeekk!! I will need milk and bread - probably tomorrow. We have a f&v box delivery on Friday and then on Sat I plan to go to Sainsbugs - I have a £12 off £60 coupon - I know it's a ploy by them, but I'll need some shopping by then and will count the shopping as I go round the shop and stock up on a couple of offers. S are my favourite supermarket, anyway (well, Waitrose is really, but there's not one handy to me )

Both freezers are full, the pantry is full and we've been harvesting strawberries & salad leaves from the garden. Potatoes are almost ready to start lifting. Runner beans and tomatoes are pathetic - as are carrots & peppers & chillis

Total so far includes a massive bag of hay and an even larger one of woodshavings for the guinea pigs (as well as oats and veg for them)

quintwins

morning all, no spends today on food however i'm going to ahve to go get DS3 some cream for his chicken poxs as they look really painful i'll try get a script for it but if not i'll try pay with my bootscard depending on how much it is

just bought oh 5 t-shirts for £10 off ebay seems a good deal at £2 each with free postage

Missus_Aka

Can i be put down for £150 please i have been a little bit too distracted to keep up lately with my totals but new month new start and hopefully no more distractions.

So far my totals are £84.93 spent (£12.65 in the turkish shop and the rest at tescos)

This month the total is for me is for myself, dh, ds3, little sister who i have for at least 11 days this month and my niece who i will have for 4 days

Billie-jo

£18.41 spent so far this month mostly on fruit & veg and would you believe it - theres hardly any left just a few cherries, grapes and two oranges - so will have to go and get some either later today or tomorrow.
Nice to see so many new members on here and hope everyone is well and saving some money.

karen_is_trying

everyone seems to be doing really well this week well done us all!!! just a little spend for us today £1 4 pints of milk and £1 hovis wholemeal which is a bargain in a little local shop these days...

highland_fling_2

hi everyone,
Mrs.Mc please put Highland Fling down for £120 for July GC. was slightly over for June but did a really big shop at the end of the month, so should be well stocked up for July.

Gorgeestwo

Spent £3.31 in the local shop as needed some more lettuce, cherry toms & cucumber, my children eat it like its going out of fashion lol

Really not good at NSD's, but am getting better at just buying what I actually need. :T