November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

debbiedeejay

Evening all

Usual shop in Mr M's on Friday came to a whopping £40.32:eek:

Totally dischuffed as I took a shopping list and I swapped a far amount of stuff for cheaper versions - and I am not a brand person at all so most of my shopping is store brands and the basics at that.

Oh well at least I stuck to my list - but will need milk and maybe a loaf mid week.

I can see my target this month looming up a bit quicker than I really wanted oh well keep trying I say.

blackandwhitebunny

This weeks spends to report:
Thursday £2.70 on marked down pitta,s TTD Lemon juice drink and milk.
Saturday £10 on fruit and veg and £6.08 in Sains, then another £5.28 in Sains today on marked down pork chops for tonight and some marked down sausages. So only £24.06 this week. However we then spent £60 on wine and cider but I'm counting that as part of the Christmas budget

mmmsnow

I'm up to £136.64

mildredalien

Updating my monthly totals - bad week for grocery/food spending this week, what with a big evening out with friends and subsequent hangover food today Managed to spend over £40 this weekend!! Still relatively on target though, just need to be careful this week....

tessie_bear

hi....hope all had a good weekend...very mild here in our bit of the mids....small spend in lidl this morning...they have in the loveliest sharon fruit/persimmon which are great chopped up and served with yogurt....very nice

going to do fish and chips for tea tomorrow...hm oven chips as i dint own a fryer....nice looking cod from costco

question for julie gorgina....how on earth have u done a confirmation for a tenner ????are we talking confirmation in the catholic church...the child taking a name ??? when my son was done we spent about £3000 on clothes/party/gift...what are u doing and all respect to you...im impressed:cool:

tess

mandco

not keeping tabs very well at the mo as things are pretty hectic but have at least been trying to stick to the list and not buying too much of the un needed extras.need to find 5 mins work it out as some of the stuff i brough this wk isnt included in my gc (xmas presents) but dont think i've spent that much this week famous last words lol

nsd today :T and hopefully tomorrow aswell as dont "need" anything

hope everyones had a good weekend and not spent too much goodluck for next wk

pipersky

I have a confession to make.... I log all my spends on groceries but whenever my other half goes and does one of his 'I fancy a treat so I'm gonna blow a tenner on junk' I don't include it... is that wrong? I don't know everyone's circumstances on this thread so please don't think I'm being flippant but I don't really have a need to have such a tight budget - I do it to test myself and try to keep the extra money in my pocket but it's sooooo frustrating when he goes out and spends a fortune on junk (Magnums, chocs, crisps etc). From now on (now I've confessed) I'm only going to include grocery items he buys that i would have bought if you know what I mean? Well, I know what I mean!

RANT ALERT - PLEASE LOOK AWAY NOW

I'm not including take out either - yesterday we were in Mr S and he saw the pizza counter (where you can have your own pizza made). He asked how much it was (£3.49 I think) and then was told if he paid an extra pound they'd cook it. So he did! When I asked why he said 'when we get take out pizza we can just come here and get it instead'??? I said if we're getting it from Mr S I'd rather buy it uncooked and spend an extra 5p or so on electricity to cook it myself. He really pee's me off sometimes!

RANT OVER

rej-c

NSD today, which was a pleasant surprise. May there be many more...

rosieben

pipersky, I wouldn't include those spends in my GC either; it would throw all the figures out of kilter

JulieGeorgiana

tessie_bear wrote: »

question for julie gorgina....how on earth have u done a confirmation for a tenner ????are we talking confirmation in the catholic church...the child taking a name ??? when my son was done we spent about £3000 on clothes/party/gift...what are u doing and all respect to you...im impressed:cool:

tess

It was my Husbands Confirmation into the Church of England. The £10 was for the food (18 people) I made HM Lasagna, HM Garlic Bread and Salad and for Cake I made Lemon and Orange Drizzle Cakes (it's what he wanted). I only bought ingredients I didn't have in the house, and for drinks we had 4 bottles of pop and lots of tea and coffee. We used china plates (and borrowed from friends) so we didn't have to pay for paper plates.

As for a gift, i got him a beautiful book for £12 (RRP £35).

He wore his normal Church Clothes to the Confirmation.

I have a Christening in April, and my DS will be confirmed next year and I hope to set very simular budgets.

Although for the Christening I will be donating £40 towards the flowers decorating the church, as I am the flower co-ordinator I know we struggle with funding. Also we will most likely need an extra cake for after the service for the congregation