October 2011 Grocery Challenge

Doom_and_Gloom

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

Budget - £100
Spent - £67.50
Left - £32.50

Mr S spend - £6.26
Not bad a spend as with that we got carrots, jam sugar, lemon juice, 3L veg oil (buy 1 of these every 6-9 months) and plain flour.

Budget - £100
Spent - £73.76
Left - £26.24

debbiedeejay

Morning all

Total of GC spends this week are £41.89. hmmmm that's not too bad. But am going to have to make next months GC even smaller as my finances have taken a tumble.

Ahh well at least I know I can do it with all these lovely peeps on this board - thanks everyone

Oh and many thanks to OP who posted about Am&z0n and that they stocked grocery items and in bulk too - am now the delighted owner of 10 bottles of a well known branded washing up liquid that cost me less than a fiver and that included delivery - should last me ages.........:)It's one of things that I always leave off the shopping list so I can rest easy for a while - but it does mean no excuses for leaving the washing up.

76rosie

43.96/50.00. got the DTD on chicken breast and wine gums and complained to CS when one of my free hovis was out of date so 5 pound gift card. Also got innocent veg pots free from sainsbob 2moc bogof. Also got glitched pasta.:beer: Otherwise i would be in trouble.

barneydee_2

well this weeks spend is £36.90 not to bad total for the month £214.23 so £10.77 left,so it dose look like I will go a bit over this month, but on the whole not to bad, I am going to have to up the budget it bit in November as we have a few family things going on.

I have started to do an inventry of the freezer and my store cupboards and have made a rough meal plan and shopping list for November so I am feeling more possitive that I can do this:j

will post again next weekend

Dee

mandco

still under budget at the moment this month :jhad a few small spends totalling £38 leaving me £52 for next week and hopefully wont go over but kids are on half term so will no doubt eat for england.
having a halloween tea/party next weekend but planning on doing some halloween baking rather than buying so hopefully keep the spends down a bit and give the kids something to do.

apart from mr t basic stirfry mix I buy all fresh veg but seriously considering trying some frozen esp as coming into the colder months we'll prob be having more stews ect (gotta try and get the hang of the slow cooker) and tbh dont really have the time in the mornings to be peeling veg though i know I could prob do it the night before i tend to forget.

goodluck for the rest of the month

MissOrganised1972

Have wavered a little bit this month on the meal plan but all in the name of not over-spending! Had needed to make purchases to follow the meal plan & so decided to cook up things we'd already got in! Going to have to be inventive this week too but should have enough to put things together because only got to cook til Wednesday. daughter's Birthday Thursday & so away & then party Fri!

Will have the kids baking tomorrow for the week's treats. Baking & crafts tomorrow for entertainment for the kids.

Mrs_De_Bris

Hi All

Well done to all you savvy grocery shoppers! I've gone over budget bigstyle this month:(

I've been ill for a couple of weeks so Mr De Bris kindly stepped in and did the shopping and cooking. Meal plan went out the window; Fish n Chips and Pizza came in the front door! So bang went budget and bang went the diet.

Looking forward to starting afresh next month.

Flat_Eric

Thank you to everyone who replied to my meal planning thread. I have had some fab ideas :j Please share your meal planning tips if you haven't already done so :j

I visited the supermarket today and bought the lunch stuff needed for the week plus a bag of chips, 2 bottles of fizzy pop (on offer) and a few random bits (bubble bath - half price and an air freshener (smelly trainers!!)

I have sorted through my fridge and have just roasted up two huge trays of veggies which once cooled will blend to make soup

Last thing on my list is to meal plan... I'm hoping that I can plan meals for the week solely on what is in the fridge/freezer/cupboard. Then planning to have a home delivery shop on Saturday or Monday? but only after I have planned to the letter for the next month!!

tessie_bear

hi...hope all have had a nice weekend...i went in iceland today as ds fancied a vienetta....havent had one for ages and we enjoyed it....i thought iceland xmas food looked fun thought we might get a few boxes for a buffet....they had angel delight that we like 3 packs for £1

we had roast chicken for lunch and i plan to make toasted chicken club sarnies with the other half...might do some chips with them for tea tomorrow.....might have a few strange combos this weeks as the kids are off to lego lands with their grandparents....great chance to use up a few odd bits

take care tessa

his_missus

Hubby chickened out of going shopping on his own today to pick up the things I'd forgotten yesterday so guess I have the joy of that tomorrow. He went to the footy but refrained from treating himself so today has been a NSD, yippee!