November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

CompBunny

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

What is the Tesco glitch thing please?

I believe its this one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3607777

HTH!:beer:

tigerfeet2006

SallyHat wrote: »

I do like it when people mention their meals / dinner plans. It helps quite a bit to 'steal' other people's inspiration!

Thank you

Next weeks Meal Plan thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3618459

CompBunny wrote: »

I believe its this one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3607777

HTH!:beer:

It does indeed, cheers m'dear :A

quintwins

morning all, off into town in abit to get some thread for my new curtains i'm making on sunday, then coffee with a friend who i havnet seen in awhile she's about 24 weeks preg so should be good aslong as it doesn't make me too broody, i'll just keep telling myself i can't cope with being preg again and 3 is enough, then i'm collecting my grannys xmas pressie and a great big bow to put on the kids t.v on tuesday and at some point i need desil aswell so going to be an expensive day

oh and i lifted some mince out for a nice qick tea of mince and taties

JulieGeorgiana

Totals

Big Monthly Bulk Shop £100.31/£100 :doh:
Week 1 £25.65/£25 :doh:
Week 2 £25.67/£25 :doh:
Week 3 £24.15/£25 :dance:
Week 4 £27.56/£25 :doh:


Total £203.34/£200 (28th October - 24th November) :doh:

Pregnancy Craving fund £13.28/£0 :shhh:

NB. Confirmation Budget £10.32/£10 :doh:

I am going to set my budget at £50 a week from now on... but as I am getting really poorly I am just trying to get through the month without dipping into savings for food!! We are all over the place with food shopping/menu planning as I am getting really sick again

hollieinbloom

Gone over my £100 budget for food shopping by over £12 but then I've just realised I haven't been taking off nappies and Christmas things I've been picking up while in Tesco! DOH!! so I'm off to go through my receipts and see what I've got to take off! Will change my Sig once I've figured it out! x


Added up and £43.83 of it was not food! £20 nappies and the other was Christmas and a few bits and bobs for cleaning.
PHEW! .

So now i've spent £68.50 this month and have £31.50 left! Think I may still overspend on that one x

Nimeth

Got two spends to record today, one from last Saturday at the farm shop for £6.24 and today's spend at A!di for £25.08. Would have been less but I couldn't resist buying a bottle of Advocaat. I realised when I got home that I forgot to pick up some bananas so will have to pick up some at some point.

Got homemade sushi on the menu tonight for dinner and a gammon joint for later in the week, so should be set. :T

We'll see if I can manage to come in under budget next week though, got a turkey and thanksgiving trimmings to buy.;)

xxlouisexx56

Another 9.96.

The tesco nappies i have for baby are rubbish and keep leaking in the night so i am going to have to buy some pampers soon

debbiedeejay

Hello all - just wizzing through with a £6.93 spend at local garden centre (bought eggs,veg and fruit) - off to march Dad through Mr M's later this aft so will 'fess up total spend later on.

Have a good afternoon all

gailey_2

Messed up a bit this month as payday 15th should really have set the budget as £300 from 15th nov-december.

but in my signature I included £110 spent from1st to 15th nov.

This week spent

£14 co-op mostly reduced bargains:D

spent £40 sainsburys-just on essentials as freezer run out and cupboards empty

hubby got lots reduced bread 10p each from spar:j

we did main grocery shop in morrisions yesterday and spent £130! that did include few treats. load of fish.
essentials like dried pasta, passata ,pepper herbs.
some veg and fruit to make homemade babyfood and cut down use of jars.

today did £29 in butchers so spent

£224 this week

seems £300 bit optimistic as we ran out of so much.

i forsee us going over but storecupboard stuff means spending less in dec/jan, feb.

plus making some food pressies for xmas which needs to factor into nov.

we need to do big farmfoods shop -minus coupon.
foresee us spending £50 lidsls on fresh fruit and veg in 2weeks time
forsee us checking spar\co-op for reduced chicken/mince and bread so estimate £30 reductions

so another £150-170 spending.

if i discount £110 will mean nov hit £375-400
definatly overbudget!

we trying so hard by shopping round but everything seems so expensive.

we family of 5 finding it harder to keep to less than £100 a week including nappies, household and toilitries.

tessie_bear

hi...made a spag bol and stew in the sc this morning....have been out to ikea to buy a bed and managed a cheeky hot dog and chips and a doughnut from the bistro.....didnt do any proper grocery shopping so that helps

might make some dough for a pizza tomorrow

have a nice weekend tess