January 2007 Grocery Challenge

liewe_heksie

Good morning to everyone.

This week I have had another really busy week at work and haven't been home that much at all so haven't spent to much grocery money. Have spent £8.49 so far this week, which is still a little under my budget so am pleased. Luckily I have a very large freezer and have been eating pre cooked HM meals for most of the week. Am really enjoying this challenge as I waste far too much money usually.

Hope you all have a good day.
LH
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bulchy

Hi, havent had much time to post, but havent spent too much money. Dont have the receipts to hand, but last weekend I spent £19ish in Asda and £30ish in Savacentre, but £4.50 of that was Olay face wipes which were BOGOF. I havent set myself a target yet as I've failed in the past. This week I'm going to try to have a use up week, as both freezers need defrosted, they didnt get done before christmas. So this weekend, all I'm going to buy is fruit/veg milk and bread, so shouldnt spend much, maybe about £10. Cupboards are still fairly full, but cant find a store cupboard challenge thread. Will go and have another look.
Good luck to everyone taking part.
Sue

deb_buffy

Hey just done my weekly shop which is usually just under £50 and this week.....wait for it.....it was £17.72 yay!!!! i should have started meal planning a long time ago.

fairy3

Just updated my sig,can't quite believe it's going so well!Have menu planned for this week and should just need milk and bread and veggies mid week. The stocks are dwindling though, anyone else get a bit scared when they can see to the back of the cupboard?

Good luck to everyone this week.

J
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benjacksmum

Not had as much time as I would have liked to concentrate on this challenge this week. My total food shopping for the second week came to £22.94 which is still excellent and well within the overall January budget. However, I haven't done a meal plan yet for this week so must get that done tonight when I get back in.

On a separate note, we did hear over the weekend that a new Lidl might be being built approximately half a mile away from us. I hope it does happen, I can see me being a regular there as it would be our nearest supermarket.

Anyway must dash off to work now, will have to catch up later.

Ang

newlywed

Been having a rethink over my grocery budgets.

Going from payday to payday seems to mean if I go over budget then I start ignoring how much I spend between then and payday.

So going to re-set my budget times and re-work out my figures to be the entire month with no weeks to ignore!!

Means I'll be on target still and next month should be easier

Just have to make sure I keep to it then!

millionaire_in_training

I need to rethink my budget also. This is my first month and I have more than halved what I used to spend. This I think has been too drastic and typical of me lol I always want to run before I can walk. I am going to increase my allowance for food to £45 per week and overall spend to £75 per week. I willrun with this for this month and reduce by a fiver per week each month until I get down to £60 per week as I should be able to live on this easily. Still a massive reduction for me. I have been getting really annoyed at myself because I haven't managed to stick to this but I need to take a chill pill and do this by baby steps. Signature will now be changed accordingly. I am not counting this as failing just me being adaptable in todays culture

kiwi88_2

Ok Everyone week two of shopping and it's another large total even with mealplanning £101.74 :eek:

I think I now have enough in cupboards and freezer to finish the month but will have to shop for top-up bits like milk & bread later though. So not to bad.

Budget £300
Week 1 £124.03
Week 2 £101.74

Left for month £74.23

BusyGirl

Hi everyone, it's not going too badly so far this month. Today I spent a total of £67 in HB, Aldi and Asda, so that leaves me with £60 and next week is the last week for me (I get paid on 24th).

jcr16

i spent £4.81 in morrisons today. i got cat food , bread , milk , satsumas and apples. i very impressed. i only took a fiver with me , as i knew what i needed wouldn't cost more than that. so i'm impressed. although i saw loads of good bargins i resisted tempations. and i proved to myself i can stick to my list and only use the cash i had.