January 2012 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Budgets done to post 110

Hi everyone
Welcome to all the new people joining
Please take a few mins with a cuppa to check out the first few posts on page 1 - lots of great advice and brill recipes that Rosieben collects from us and for us

Thanks to Zippy, Pink and Rosieben for one of the best threads

Helen

PS - remember to ask lots of question as there are loads of really clever and helpful posters on here who are dying to help out

Helen x

supersally01

Hi all, hope everyone had a great money saving Xmas. I'd like to be put down for £250 for January,as I have lots left over from Xmas.

mooomin

I've managed to persuade Mr F that we don't need pizza for tea - we're having chicken chargrills and tattie waffles instead. It's no healthier but we'll be £20 better off

sistercas

1st spend of next year £13.15 on cat food cat litter and fresh veggies for the guinea pigs

going away for a couple of days and SIL is looking after the animals while we are away

managed to eat just about all the left overs now with hardly any wastage :T

twirly09

Can I join in and be put down for £50 pcm? I'm a student and only have to care for myself £50 a month would save me loads!! and reckon its definantly possible

adysmum

Well I'm not finished december yet but can I be put down for £350 please? Will see you all on Jan 1st, heading back to december for now.

maryarm

Well 2011 didnt quite go to plan but im gonna be right back on it for 2012. Can i please be put down for £500 for january. Really hoping that is me overestimating but time will tell
Good luck everyone xx

redkids1972

Hi I'm gunna go for 250 this month thanks

medsdemon

Hi all, hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I'm back to the grindstone today so back to trying to keep my food spending down. OH is getting really on board and wants to try and challenge ourselves to only eating from whoopsies one week...that might make for some interesting combinations:D. Please put me down for £200 which will run from 31st to the 31st. Hopefully keeping to one shop a week and eating as much fresh stuff as possible and menu planning again. I have HFW veg book now and am going to try some things from this.I am buying things in for set meals which can be made which ever night suits depending on what everyone is doing. I am finding my DD eats alot when there are things she can just grab from the fridge so when all the xmas treats are gone I won't be replenishing.

Long_tall_sally

cleggie wrote: »

I'd love to join, but dont think i'll bother as i have joined quite a few of the grocery challenges but have ony managed to stay within budget once

Entirely up to you of course and I do understand where you are coming from as I rarely achieve my target as you can see from signature :oand last month in particular, (well for November's target) I really felt like throwing in the towel! However, when I pick myself up & think about it a bit more, I think well, my spending would probably be even worse if I didn't keep track of it, I am a lot more aware nowadays of the price that things can be got at so will rarely pay much over that price and this board, plus others, keeps me informed of where there are real bargains from glitches etc to be had. Besides I enjoy reading other people's posts and they do keep me on track a bit, even if I do still have a long way to go!

Why not give it a go for a month or two? The people on here are very friendly and there is lots of good advice and who knows, it may even help you reduce your spends even if you don't actually meet your target? Come, come, come!