October 2011 Grocery Challenge

katydo12

Feeling a bit deflated today as I've been keeping a spending diary for the past week and all of it added up comes to £193.14! Youj really don't realise what you're spending until you add it up like that! To be fair I suppose I got my weekly shop out fo that and we also went to the cinema (used a money off code from o2 actually) but its the little bits and pieces that really add up.
Boooo, off to update my sig with my food spends...

lisakay_2

NSD Tuesday and today, but yesterday DH spent £20 on alcohol, which comes out of the shopping budget. I wasn't too happy, but the amount of hours he puts in at work I can't deny him a few little pleasures! I also spent £3.50 at a little farmers market/craft fair yesterday on stuff I didn't really need:eek:
so that brings the new total of the month so far to £53.16. we're nearly 2weeks into my month so that's pretty good going I reckon:cool:

Islandmaid

Hi all,

NSD for me again :T

Chuffed because I have been sent 2 sainbo,s £5 off a £25 spend for 2 consecutive weeks, first vouchers for ages - I am hoping for a basic bread, milk and veg shop this weekend, so that will come in very handy:D

DD has offerred to cook for DS tonight :eek: as we are out to a retirement doo tonight - she does have a human side:rotfl::rotfl: told her that that was a lovely offer and that it would be great - just hope we come home to a whole house later, not a singed one

Will catch up with the goss now.

Have a great evening x

Puzzledbubbles

Managed to go shopping while i was in town and OH was at work so went with a list and bought nothing but what was on the list whoop whoop!!

Went to Sainsbugs and bough 8 x value yogurts, value bananas, 2 loaves of bread, 2 4pinters of cravendale and 4 baking spuds total £7.65

Now, in theory i do not need to go to a supermarket until next week as i have everything we need for next weeks meals - fingers crossed!!!

LO is keeping me busy so i dont have time to read back, hope all are well!

Puzzled x

rising_from_the_ashes

I do feel like I'm cheating a bit at the minute ..... being housebound (and only getting shopping delivered once a week), I'm not being tempted to pop into shops on the way home from work for "bits" - and I'm having to make do with what I've got in.

Hopefully this will stick when I'm out and about again as this contributes hugely to the amount of money I spend on "extras" that aren't really needed .................

Miss_Purple_Hat

Got a few bits on my way home and shouldn't need anything else for a few days. The list is:

2L fresh milk £1.58 (I buy the filtered stuff so it stays fresh long enough for just me to get through it.)

Sausages 95p
Finger rolls 50p (These 2 are for a bbq with friends where we have to bring our own food.)

Value fruit squash 34p

Whole chicken £4 - Ready for the Chicken Tonight! It was the same price for 3 value breasts, figured I may as well get a whole chicken.

So total for today = £7.37.



Cooked up a batch of couscous with vegetables and salmon for some lunches. Not as cheap as sandwiches, but it makes a nice change! And it used stuff I already had in the house, including vegetables that needed using. Only 2 salmon fillets used for what probably totals about 5 lunches, since I basically pulled it apart into small bits.

Ches

NSD again for me and I am really pleased how the week has gone. I am shopping tomorrow and have printed off my shopping list from 'my supermarket' which I will take with me. I have still got plenty in the cupboards and freezer to help out with next weeks menu. My worry is when it runs out it will be hard to restock from the budget I am keeping too. No whoopsies in my area its 20p off something the day of its use by date is all we get round here.

sproggi

Another NSD for me
I should not need anything tomorrow either, so I might actually be in with a chance of beating last months NSD's.

Sproggi

karen_is_trying

hubby came home with a huge pack of bacon from local meat market so off to add this on now...£103.23/£280...

poppy-glos

£9 spent today, ham, chicken, bread, grapes, bananas. Working on basis of £4.50 max spend per day from now til 31st, with £50 float for a couple of big spends (out for curry with friends next week is one of them). Grapes were an impulse buy but i guess they are healthy and there are worse ways of spending £2