October 2011 Grocery Challenge

Flat_Eric

First shop of the month and I have spent £11.05 - I visited the local co$tcutter so although I overpaid on some of the items I bought, I've saved money by not visiting the metro and buying everything but the kitchen sink :rotfl:

I have been trying to decide on a budget for this month and in fact, I have decided I am not going to set a budget - the aim is quite simple - to spend as little as possible.

It will be interesting to see how approaching the grocery challenge with this attitude will fare.

Money saved on groceries will help pay for xmas. I am still paying for last xmas and I don't want to repeat this next year.

recovering_spendaholic

Miss_Purple_Hat wrote: »

Used some of my vouchers I saved up, so only spent 64p on my shopping. That's for 2 tins of chocolate (one for me for this month and one for my uni society) a load of fresh fruit and vegetables and some value strawberry jam, which did come to over £16. But I'm only taking money spent out of my budget for this month, not vouchers, which is why it's so low.

I see those tins of chocolates reduced at this time of year every year and wish I had the willpower to buy them, however if I bought a tin today, instead of it doing me the month as it will you, by 10 o'clock tonight I would be on the settee in a semi-comatose state, surrounded by wrappers and a open tin with only the ones I don't like left in it (plus I would have made a start on the ones I don't like);)

NSD today! partly through necessitity as I still have this virus and don't feel up to going out. Lunch for the three of us was sausage, bacon and egg and dinner tonight will be cod, chips and peas. The sausages were really vile BTW - they were tescos finest pork sausages and I have to say that they were not that nice. I used three and there are three left in the pack and I am seriously thinking of taking them back they were so horrible. I need to try for 10 NSD's this month but don't know if I will be able to do it.

sproggi

Second day of my month and it is my second NSD:)

Will need to get milk tomorrow, so I will check for anything else I might need this week and hopefully keep clear of the shops the rest of the week.

Sproggi

katydo12

Got some homegrown carrots and parsnips from my lovley neighbour the other day so I've made a yummy soup this afternoon. Nightshift dictates what I eat this weekend, generally I don't eat much to be honest my body clock ends up all over the place! So I'll be taking the soup and some fruit, but whether I eat it is a different story!
I will however be buying mcdonalds breakfast in the morning for me and H2B, this is my end of night shift treat. Even a MSE needs a treat now and again!!

quintwins

nsd today just back from mil for lunch, dinner will be something simple like cheese toasties

adelight

So I am back to the GC but shopping for two almost now and really struggling to be as scroogy as I'd like to in the run up to christmas because it seems like prices have gone up so much! I'm not even bothering with meat because the value stuff is so gross now.

I've planned meals using value/basics and dried/frozen stocks like jackets with cheese, bean chilli & rice, veg & tuna pasta, but my online tesco shop is still coming to £45 :eek: and we'll still need to spend another tenner on fruit, veg, eggs and milk in two weeks time.

I'm thinking of having some "20p days" where I have porridge, split pea curry and other stuff that means i spend less than 20p the whole day. Naturally OH will have to join in too but he will eat anything and is a wizz with the SC.
Short of living off bark and grass I don't think I can get it any cheaper. How does anyone make the cheapy days tastier?


Well that's enough moaning, can I be put down for £60 for 2 this month please

jpscloud

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I see those tins of chocolates reduced at this time of year every year and wish I had the willpower to buy them, however if I bought a tin today, instead of it doing me the month as it will you, by 10 o'clock tonight I would be on the settee in a semi-comatose state, surrounded by wrappers and a open tin with only the ones I don't like left in it (plus I would have made a start on the ones I don't like);)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:That is SO me!!

Another NSD for me today. Hoping to make this a good saving month.

pennywisepoundstupid

Had a spendy weekend, but we are stocked up L!dl £11.23 and managed to get quite a few reduced stk pies and cheese and onion pies, Pet shop £4.50, Bakers £3, Tesc* £32.75 bought some tins of quality street and a box of thorntons chocs these have been put away as they are gifts for xmas and £37.72 in S&insburys had a £12 0ff £60 spend so bought some summer clothes in the sale for the kids for next year and they were 1/2 price and then got 25% off as well so really pleased i put them through with grocery shopping to get up to £60, didn't know if they would still take the voucher off but the checkout girl did so was really happy.

Puzzledbubbles

Well, ended up in A!di on the way back from our walk and spent another £6.69, im really not going shopping with OH again, he is a bad influence on my budget lol

I am now going to aim for 5 no spend days in the next 7 - ambitious but im sure i can do it.

Puzzled

166million

Hi Dudes
first shop of the month £30.28