September 2011 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Morning all

Welcome and hi to the new people - its ok to join in the challenge from whatever start point you want, I'll add you to the list in a mo B]redbaileys and minicizzybee[/B and I'll make a note beside your name that you are running the total to mid Oct - helps me to remember for next month if I'm still doing it then - MrsM normally does it but she's away from here for a little while. Please ask any questions as there are lots of helpful people on here who will help out and don't forget to check out the recipes on page one that Rosieben looks after for us all

Good luck

Helen

TrixieB

Did you have a good weekend away helenjelly?

NSD for me. Boyfriend coming over later as am full of the lurgy and back/hip/leg playing up bigtime so not very mobile today and therefore won't go out so a nsd for me - although need to order a photobook for my nan's xmas gift from an offer on the freebies board which will only pay postage for if it all works! But that's not counting in this budget

leftover roast chicken for tea and boyf is picking up a bag of chips to go with on his way here I really love him sometimes!!

quintwins

£4.38 on a loaf of bread bunch of bananas and 2x 2litres of milk

went early and got a fab parking space at the school, but it meant i had to entertain a 2 year old for 40mins so i'm exhusted

oh a plus note the schools giving me back my £20

opps just relised i forgot to add the £8 i've given the school for snack money, gonna be tight now just to come in under £200, i will do better next month

Nathalie_

Hi this is my first GC, I'm finding that I can usually spend £30/week. I've never tried to do a monthly shop before, maybe I should!

TrixieB

I don't do a monthly shop, I simply haven't the room in my small flat to store bulk buys, plus I get paid weekly so can't financially do it if weekly works for you no reason to change that

I'm going to do a stocktake this afternoon :eek: then see what I need to last till the end of the month - am trying to not eat into the frozen batch cooked meals too much as they are there ready for when i have an upcoming op to make life easier, but then if I make much more I shan't have room in freezer for the stuff we need to eat now!

franby64

Hi

Spent £6.12 today on 8 pints of milk, 2 loaves and 6 tomatoes! and my total is now up to £264.05/£380.00 - I'm thinking I just might do this.

I've been much stricter this month with junk going in my other 'other' budget so my grocery budget is looking pretty good but my 'other' budget is shot!

This is the time of year that I warn the family that the padlocks go on the purse 'til Christmas. October and November are my post-Summer/pre-Christmas repair months where nothing much happens i.e. no b/days etc (watch this space and see me eat these words!).

Hope everybody is having a good September.

rising_from_the_ashes

TrixieB wrote: »

am trying to not eat into the frozen batch cooked meals too much as they are there ready for when i have an upcoming op to make life easier, but then if I make much more I shan't have room in freezer for the stuff we need to eat now!

Hi Trixie, this is def worth doing. I "stockpiled" 28 frozen meals last month and had my op last week.

I'm soooooo glad I did as getting a meal out and reheating has been fab and I honestly don't think I coud've coped with having to cook over the past few days (and few more if I'm honest).

Good luck with your op.

cat_smith

Another Mr T trip. Not good. I thought I'd got everything last Thursday, but now I'm on my health kick we are going through fruit and salad like its going out of fashion. £30.69 spent on not very much. Fruit, veg, rice, eggs, apricots and lots of herbal tea.

The problem with mysupermarket shopping list is when your printer breaks 5 minutes before you have to leave you have to try and remember what was on it.:D

Oh well. Off to rejig the menu plan slightly. Must try not to go again this week. It was easy when I was never in the town. Now I'm going to the gym and volunteering twice a week I drive past Mr T nearly every day.

TrixieB

cat_smith wrote: »

I'm on my health kick we are going through fruit and salad like its going out of fashion. £30.69 spent on not very much. Fruit, veg, rice, eggs, apricots and lots of herbal tea.

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Doesn't go far when you are buying healthy food does it, esp when all the offers seem to be on junk food. Me and the boyf did a week of living off crap when I first moved into my new place and spent £18 in farmfoods and filled the freezer with junk - most of it tasty but not at all filling and not healthy in the slightest!

Have done my stocktake and now wondering what to actually do with it, could do with posting it somehwere on here but not sure where the best place is tbh!

cat_smith

Sounds like an idea. We all like pitching in with ideas for using up odds and ends.