October 2011 Grocery Challenge

Rainy-Days

Lidls £5.08

Sainsburys £28.90

Total spend this week:-

£33.98

I also got a voucher back for £1.01 from Sainsbury's on price matching. What are we doing with these vouchers are we taking them off next weeks shopping??

TrixieB

Going to bow out for the rest of the month guys, I just cannot seem to get my head straight this month and as a result it's stressing me to see me failing!

See you in November thread x

Twiceblessed

Update for the last two days

£1.00 tealight candles
£5.22 for various bits in Home Bargains
£2.35 at fruit and veg shop
£3.10 at co-op on ice lollies
£2.39 on ibuprofen as youngest DD has croup

mrs_mum_3

Failing big time

Really scary how much I'm spending when trying to cut down - see signature.
I'm not going away though as I still have 17 days left on this challenge.
I may move to a weekly challenge at the end of this one!

Mrs M

rising_from_the_ashes

Hope no-one minds, but I've noticed the "F" word a few times this month ...... so I'd just like to say that IMHO:

NO-ONE EVER FAILS ......

Even by taking part and not meeting target, we're making positive steps towards running our households in a more efficient and MSE way!

Life happens, sometimes an unexpected visit by friends/family or really good offer that will save money in the long run will come along that we've not catered for in our budgets - that's not failure.

I'm sure we're all spending a lot less than we would be if we weren't taking part!;)




Trixie - hope everything's OK & look foward to "seeing" you in November.

dumpling

Just popped on to add another £14 to my total. I confess it all went on junk as I wanted to have a munch lol.

Tescos are selling dairylea dunkers for £1 and they're BOGOF too so a real bargain. I love them even though they are supposed to be for kids!:D

Carlsberg

Well done to everyone on here. Im reading and making notes. I am currently not buying any food for myself from SM as I am doing LL, which although its costing me a fortune (£72 a week), its really paying off. Ive lost 41lbs in 9 weeks. I hope to be finished by mid to end of November. Whilst Ive been doing it, ive still been cooking for DH, however, the takeaways which used to occur sometimes twice a week have stopped, and also, DH has cut his drinking hugely. :j

Keep up the good work everyone. Have to say, I love this site. :T

cattysmum

After spending too much last week I have really been watching what I spend this week been out today Lidl and got Veg, chicken thights and minced beef £6.63 Waitrose £2.59 and a quick trot round Iceland £5.50 so in total for today is £14.72

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Been a naughty:o spent £50 at Approved Food, but loads of Xmas chocs and treats all stored away :T. Tonnes of lunchbox treats and gluten free bread for 99p, which sells for about £3 in Mr S.

Lamb and roasted veg for dinner as veg drawer was hosting some sad looking things to use up:cool:

Hope you have a great evening xx

Need2bthrifty

Oh Dear, Oh Dear, I'm not doing too well at all this month - I can only blame the OS'rs for this. I have now got into the mind set of being unable to walk past what might be considered a bargain, In fact I am going out deliberately looking for them.

Happily my cupboards are all full of things that I will use regularly and .... eventually :rotfl: My small freezer has a good mixture of cooked L/O meals and frozen chicken/beef, but this philosophy has got me WAY over my budget for this month and there are still another two and a bit weeks to go. So I'm going to go back to what my parents instilled in me in as much as "ITS NOT A BARGAIN UNLESS YOU NEED IT"

Anyway in saying that I probably wont need to go shopping for quite a number of weeks and plan my meals around what's in stock - thats the bit I have not yet got to grips with - keeping enough in stock and buying fresh