November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

mrs_mum_3

£2.09 on loaf of bread and seriously yukky £1 tuna sandwich from T*sco and £6.99 on wine:whistle:
Aiming for average of £15 daily - currently over but determined to be at or under the average by this time next week

Mrs Mum

cattysmum

Good evening, I know its late but just wanted to check in with spend today went to morrisons just for bits but they had a good deal on T bags 240for 2.70 (PG) so had to get a couple of boxes for my store cupboard, also picked up a Cup Cake stand for 55p for halloween next year and the rest was Milk, a few tinned goods, baking stuff I forgot how expensive morrisons is. Nearly forgot also got Daily Mirror as there is a £5 MOC for Aldi when u spend £30 so will try to hang on now and have some NSDs grocery wise till next week when I go to Aldi

ms_night_ryder

Spent £5.79 in mr t's 3 selection boxes the galaxy ones on the grabbit for £3 i needed some butter to make a peach crumble and some jam for crumble also, i have had a really sh!te day my manager deided to bring out my contracts and quote hr, because i cant swap shifts and i have appointments that i need to get to by 6pm, so finishing at 5:30pm when it takes an hour to get there is not ideal! never mind the fact that for the past 2 weeks i have been doing the work of 3 people and carrying my manager who knows naff all and has been wining it the 4 months he has been here, i'm so naffed off i am joing the union tomorrow as i know my commission manager will try it on

No dinner today just gorged myself on chocolate.

TheThriftyScrumpers

recovering spendaholic hats off to you on your epic haul!!

Popped into sainsbugs at 9 ish but no food bargains except for a chicken balti marked down to 84p which is now in the freezer for a quick meal day. I did manage to get ds and dd some Halloween costumes for next year marked down from £12 each to £2 each

tiger feet off to check out your risotto recipe now, sounds lovely

night x

MissOrganised1972

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

, i have had a really sh!te day my manager deided to bring out my contracts and quote hr, because i cant swap shifts and i have appointments that i need to get to by 6pm, so finishing at 5:30pm when it takes an hour to get there is not ideal! never mind the fact that for the past 2 weeks i have been doing the work of 3 people and carrying my manager who knows naff all and has been wining it the 4 months he has been here, i'm so naffed off i am joing the union tomorrow as i know my commission manager will try it on

No dinner today just gorged myself on chocolate.

Feel for you when it's all take take take! I always say employers / managers will get more from you if they give a little too!

Just finally caught up for the first time since last weekend. Just wanted to say thinking of you compbunny, hope you feel better soon quintwins & you lucky thing recoveringspendaholic!! What fantastic bargains!

I have had a few little spends on fresh stuff (signature not updated) but have come to realise this big shop followed by fresh stuff only (for the last 2-3 months) has not worked for me. DH gets paid a week tomoow & so going to try weekly instead from then. still going to have a monthly target but hopefully can manage it better like that.

LittleMissHappy_2

Mr T delivery today so £78 to add to my total which leaves around £40 for the rest of the month - definitely doable as I got enough meat in todays order to last the month Off to update signature x

tigerfeet2006

pipersky wrote: »

No spends on groceries today Did the Tesco glitch thing though (delivered yesterday) so am very close to top end of budget (about £3 left for the month). I have no excuses but I am happy with everything I have I've got enough beans, tinned toms, baby milk and mince to last me into the New Year so the overspend hasn't been on carp

What is the Tesco glitch thing please?

sproggi

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

He might like to get a slow cooker as well. He could prep the night before and then put in the SC in the morning before he heads off to work. If his kitchen isn't too warm he could get a timer and get it to come on about lunch time. He also could do extra so he has one for now and one for the freezer.

I picked up some boxes that look like the chinese takeawy boxes in Poundland and put my meals in them, labled with aSharpie pen. They are just the right portion size.

Thanks for the reminder. He has got a small slow cooker, but for some strange reason, I forgot all about it when I was working on a meal plan for him :wall: The time switch is a great idea and would mean that he could cook a wider range of meals in there :T

A small spend of £3.75 for me yesterday now added to my total.

Sproggi

tigerfeet2006

Meant to say I had a spend of £40 yesterday in MrT (stuff they didn't deliver in my home delivery plus it is mufti day today and payment for wearing home clothes is items to go into a luxury hamper for the school bazaar or a jolly jar. They have 2 more coming up before the bazaar, one is chocolate and teddies and the other is bottles and cakes. What happened to the 20p or 50p or £1 for mufti? With 3 kids it can get expensive, though I shall hit the charity shops for teddies )

Also needed to get some stuff in Wilko's and Poundland (bleach, stardrops, shampoo, deoderant etc.)

So off to update my sig.

ETA: those who have the Co-op Debit card that used to be an Electron, it looks like MrT's system has had a funny 5min and is rejecting them as Electron's again.

CompBunny

Thankyou SallyHat

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

Just a very quick update since my last post and apologies but I havent had a chance to read thro everyones posts. Also trying to give up the Cigs and found sitting at the computer a time when I relatively chain smoked so been avoiding this and trying some knitting instead.

Awww well done Need2b:j, recognising your triggers is the most important part of avoiding them, good luck with your quit effort, you deserve all that extra money you will save every month Since quitting in February we have saved £1807.75 if taking into account various price increases. We would be in debt again if we had carried on, but instead we now have savings You're doing a fabulous thing for yourself and your loved ones.

Keep up that knitting! :T

Also LittleMai I hope you enjoyed your takeaway! You deserve one after a difficult day and being good for so long!

I'm going to see a friend today and so glad to be doing so, lucky me