December 2011 - Grocery Challenge

debbiedeejay

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone that "looks after us" on here ..... :T you are all wonderful.

I've only been here a couple of months but already it's def having an impact on my spend which is fantastic .... the support is great and the recipes are wonderful:D

So, from me - to you all ...... have a wonderful Christmas:D

Here! Here! Well worded RFTA - same here too ,only been following the GC a few months and already I feel a lot more in control - although this Christmas food shopping me'larky has gone a bit astray for me persaonlly - but it's definately heaps better than years past and all because of everyone on here so thank you all so much:T

Anyway spends for me in past two days
£9.50 - little inde butchers
£40.43 Mr M's
£17.28 - local supermarket
£14.56 Me M's on a top up shop when I forgot stuff day before.

Total of £72.77 spent :eek:
Think this months budget was a litle optimistic but as I said before it will give me an idea of what I will need next Christmas.

Oh and budget for next month? It will be 5 weeks too so better make it

January £225 for me please, but will try my hardest to bring it under.

meg72

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Well, delighted to say the new fridge/freezer arrived this morning:j:j:j nearly 2 weeks without one living with a carton of milk etc in the garage has been awful!

It's currently nearly at the end of its 4 hour "sit" and will be plugged in very shortly ....

Good job as I've already been to Mr A (stuff is in the boot) - it was heaving honestly I was at the checkouts for ages - there was a woman in front with a load of clothing and the checkout person spent about 10 mins sorting out the coat-hangers:mad:. Surely when it's that busy they shouldn't be bothering with that sort of thing!

Anyway, I'm back after a fairly hefty spend of £52.94 - not unexpected as I had no fresh stuff at all!

Total standing at £116.17/£150 and should hopefully have enough to last until the end of the month, bar the odd loaf of bread etc - so not quite ready to declare yet!:)

So glad you have your new freezer. I felt you pain in not having one
I would be so lost without one,

guccigoo

Hi everyone been off here for a while but now im back :j
Can i be put down for £300 for January pls, new year resolution is to cut down dramatically on the food shop.

Hope everyone has a great christmas :xmastree:

Skintbint_3

I'd like to start the grocery challenge from the beginning of January if that's okay. I have to cut down my grocery expenditure even further and get my overdraft paid off once and for all! My aim is to be in credit come CHristmas 2012:)

Can u put me down for £100 foR January please . Thank you muchly.

LavenderBees

Hi all,

So glad I finished my shopping earlier this week, it sounds hard work out there now...'twas quiet on Tuesday night :¬)

But my confession is that I've bought far too much veg...had the family here today, did the full works and barely made a dent in the vege mountain. So, two things I need to do - 1 )tomorrow blanch as much as I can & freeze them (if I can scrush any in the overful freezer) and more importantly 2) learn to think carefully about portion sizes, preferably before I spend unnecessary money in the shops.

I feel so full now, that I'm seriously thinking of not cooking on Xmas Day...can you imagine how full I feel?!:eek: I might keep my lovely rib of beef for NY Day....I'd hate to cook it and not enjoy it, and I'm out for meals Mon & Tues too...so much food, too much food...

I have so much food in that I hope to be able to last quite well with very little shopping for the next couple of months. To help my MFW 2012 challenge, I'm going to drastically reduce my grocery budget £20 a week from 1st Jan to 31st Jan.

So definitely no spends on food next week and then aiming for £100 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM in January. This includes all supermarket shopping inc laundry stuff, cat litter,toilet rolls, toiletries etc. I can't decide yet if it will include cat food ...will see how I manage to stretch my £100....:rotfl:

Have a lovely Christmas everyone. I enjoy reading your posts, and getting ideas from you all. Have fun, stay warm and safe

xx

elantan

erm ... well i blew this month out of the water .. can i use the ive just started excuse? todays spends £29 .... ... next month i am going to go for £200 and i am going to succeed

Hiddenidenity

Helllo

I wont be going shopping now till January so Im declaring £4.52 this month :j:j

This month includes 21 NSD upto now shouldnt have another spend day until the new year so hoping for 29 NSD's before the month is out

Can I be added to January for £10 for the month :T

rising_from_the_ashes

Hiddenidenity wrote: »

Helllo

I wont be going shopping now till January so Im declaring £4.52 this month :j:j

This month includes 21 NSD upto now shouldnt have another spend day until the new year so hoping for 29 NSD's before the month is out

Can I be added to January for £10 for the month :T

Hidden ... wow! That's fantastic.:j

I'd never manage that (milk spend around £30/month) - please, please share some of your secrets!:D

dannie

Me too Hiddenidentity - that's an achievement. As for me, just purchased milk yesterday. I don't think there will be anything else much.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

My signature pretty much says it all - epic fail in December.

£400 for Jan pleaseif i,m still aloud to join in

Hope everyone is well and wishing you all a fab christmas and a peacefull new year.

Thank you to everyone on here for your support - its truely appreciated xx