September 2011 Grocery Challenge

poppy-glos

£220 for september please for poppy-glos

thegirlintheattic

Going to try this for the first time. Our spend is very variable but can be over £400 a month for two. Going to try to cut this down to £300 this month.

starflower_2

Big Shop for the month done today. Spent £174.21 in L*dl and T*sco, took a list and didn't deviate from it at all. Great deal at T*sco on Branston beans, 4 pack was £2.75, buy one get 2 FREE!! So 12 tins of beans for £2.75! Plus had already bought a 4 pack from Lidl at £1.74 so essentially 16 tins for £4.49. Guess we'll be eating a lot of beans this month!!!!
Freezer, fridge and cupboards fit to burst!!! I am very determined this month to stay within budget!!!!

boultdj

I'm in again, can I be put down for £180 please.

rachbc

Can I have £250 please

First spend o the month £46 on an Ocado order coming this eve - had a 25% of code and used it to stock up on their offer (mainly cat food) netting myself £20 in savings plus £15 discount - so nearly £80 retail value

Of to alid on sat for the rest of the bits i need - mainly to start doing packed lunches again for school from monday

saving4life

my first time.So far spent £36 in lidl which was fab for me. this included nappies and a bottle of wine for a handbag party. unfortunately, then spent a further £10 at local shop and then £27 at said party. So £46 so far on food only 29 days to go!

shell2001

Hi All

I would like to rejoin this month. Slipped of the wagon again for a couple of months:o but now ready to get back on board.

£425 for the month please. This is for Me, DH and DD's (8 & 7) plus the dog. This includes all shopping (toiletries, cleaning stuff, takeaways, wine etc).

DD2 has tonsillitis so didnt get to do my supermarket trip on Wednesday but a quick pop into local Co-op so £42 spend in there but did get 4 packs of half price chicken breasts for the freezer.

I also have an order coming from Mr S this afternoon, I expect it to be around the £180 mark but it includes all the stuff for my meal plan for the next 3 weeks (except for a top up of milk and fresh veggies) and includes hubbies shaving stuff plus washing detergent.

I will starting using my spending app on my phone again to keep on the straight and narrow. I will be happy to come in on our allocated budget this month. I think next month I may do a trip to the farm shop for meat and then a trip to the market in the next town for veggies to see how that effects the budget.

Fingers crossed it all goes to plan:)

jpscloud

Taking the plunge - I'm in! £120 is my "guess" budget.

blackandwhitebunny

Had my first spends of the month: £1.55 for milk, £2.24 for Rock's squash, 27p for Ariel stain remover (with voucher) and £1.75 for a bottle of Pear and ginger cider for OH - new release from Magners - so £5.81 in total.
I've decided to include wine, cider etc we buy in the supermarket but any that comes from Laithwaites etc will go under the miscellaneous budget:o
We're out tonight at the all you can eat Chinese - its a really nice one as its not a buffet - you order off a menu and they make it to order.
Off just now for a bimble around town with my MIL we'll go to all the bargain shops so I'll see what I find, I'm on the lookout for pasta sauce.

helen_jelly

Post 70 - totals done to here

Morning all

Helen