October 2011 Grocery Challenge

tessie_bear

hi....i have beef braising in wine in the oven and the house smells lovely....also made a shepherds pie earlier and a crumble for tea....nice to be all sorted out

went to the coop today but found the reductions not very good....shame as sometimes they are fab.....also went to farmfood and got loo roll and milk

not sure what to cook over the weekend.....might do a roast chicken at some point

hope everyone has a great weekend

tess

PaddyPaws

Quick update - had to go to Pets@home on Weds as dog has fleas (my fault for not keeping up to date with his flea drops - which are done now so he should be ok) - bought some spray for the house and some treats for the dog as they were on offer - spent £13.99

Just been to Sainsbugs to get this week's shopping, didn't need much and still managed to spend £21.06

And then went to the vets to collect the dog's prescription diet and repeat prescription tablets - £61.69 :eek: Glad that comes out of a different budget or we'd be living off bread and water!

Off to update my sig next
PP

greent

Joining in a little late this month! Just about scraped under last month with a couple of £ to spare.

Helen jelly can I please have a budget of £400 for Oct. Thanks

We're away for 5 1/2 days (Disneyland paris - woo hoo!!!) so this should theoratically be easily achievable if I can just manage to keep out of the supermarkets!!!:o

Will amend sig later to reflect spends so far this month....

recovering_spendaholic

I have been really wiped out by this flu type virus this week and still feel really iffy and very tired. Still managed to spend another £40 odd quid on food though;)

I am self employed and haven't had a fee cheque that I was expecting so we are having to manage on £10 for the whole weekend (and maybe beyond if it doesn't arrive soon). I have lots of food in though, although I may need some bread - will walk round to the little Tesco later as they often have rolls and stuff reduced.

Just made a toad in the hole for tonight's tea - very cheap as I used Sainsburys Irish recipe sausages and basics eggs and flour. DD2 loved it! DD1 isn't home yet so hers is in the oven.

[Deleted User]

A quick update of spends

Thursday - spent 7.39 in co-op on a load of reduced items, including cauliflower for 19p each, large bags of mushrooms, which i have frozen plus some bargain chops and cooked meat. In the evening bought a bottle of wine for 5.49, also (oh why did i do it), bought an approved food order, which came to £46.47, so i am really going to have to stay away from temptation for the rest of the month. as i only have about £30 left.

nmlc

Afternoon everyone

Am rather late joing this month,
PLEASE PUT ME IN FOR OCT FOR £400.

Have done 1st shop of my month today, spent £5.00 on loo rolls in Co-op and then £86.42 in MrA so total today is £91.42 - so not too bad just need to keep away from the takeaways and top-up shops during the week.

Have started menu plan for next week and most nights are organised, will be doing some cooking/baking tomorrow after I've had a look at some recipes on here and in the cook books, feel we've got into a food rut yet again and we're just eating the same stuff week after week.

Want to start getting better prepared at the weekend for the coming week so I'm not charging around like a headless chicken!!

Have a great weekend everyone, stay safe and well x

nmlc x

hex2

After a poor September when I simply lost count please put Hex2 down for £425

Probably ambitious given that I have already spent £122 on a Mr T HD today, and the veg box/milk is a pre-committed £83 in a five week month but I will try.

Long_tall_sally

Bought some milk, wine & fruit n veg today at Aldi.

cattysmum

First week on Oct spent too much in week. will try to be better next week

Rainy-Days

Can I just confirm that from Thursday to tomorrow I will have had three NSD's am not sure about Sunday yet as I am off into town but will let you know

Thanks

BTW you guys with the big red figures my eyes are nearly popping out it's that big!!