January 2012 Grocery Challenge

hazzie123

Yay I can finally start,pay day was yesterday so I did the bulk of the shopping and spent a grand total of £170.02 out of the yearly budget of £3300. NSD today but will need milk,cereal,pasta tomorrow.

spendaholic

Just a 4 week month for February for me, at £35 a week. So that's £140 please. Ta.

lemmings1986

hey guys hope every1 is well and hugs to those that need them
just been to mr t's and spent £4.56 so £7.94 for rest of week.i bought mushrooms,a red pepper,milk 2x meatball pastabake mixes as they were half price and a dauphinose mix.didnt manage to do any batch cooking last night went to bed yesterday and slept for 17hrs :eek::eek::eek::eek: didnt wake up once oh woke me up this morning was totally worn out.
so am doing some cooking/baking today plan is meatball pasta bake,chicken madras,tomato and parmesan bread rolls-for packup.
toffee cake for packup.chicken pastabake with mushroom soup.
some buns/cookies for my staff at work tomorrow they've all been working sooo hard so thought id make them their tea were having vintage cheddar quiche with new potatoes and buns,cookies for pud so will cook the quiche and new potatoes tommorow and just warm them in the microwave at work unless the canteen lady lets me warm the quiche up in the oven .
also for tea sausages with caramelised onions,mushrooms and mash.
hope every1 has a good day.:)

prophecy_grrl

Have spent £11.59 this week, taking total for January so far to £81.92 of £125 budget. I've done 2 weeks worth of meal plans that take me to the end of January budget and reckon I can come in at £110 or less :T

Thanks to all posters

p_grrl x

Kylieminoag

We have the winter vomiting bug so I am delighted to report 2 more NSDs :Tand weight loss:T and a fridge still full :Tso another one NSD expected at least:T

Every cloud has a silver lining!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

TheThriftyScrumpers

mandco wrote: »

another £27 to declare must stay out of the shops or at least stop buying stuff I dont actually need just coz i'm already over budget its not an excuse to think whats a few more ££££

thinking of trying a meat order with DR for feb maybe a nice steak for valentines day anyone know if they take paypal?? or any recommendations on whats worth buying?

not decided on feb budget yet I know i'm well over this month but alot was bulk buys which will be brought back via 2nd purse system though gonna tweak it slightly and buy back at what I paid rather than full price as I'd never pay full price as a rule and think it would eat into the budget too much otherwise thus not saving me money in the long run. also need to budget for 1/2 term :think:

congrarts to all those who are coming in on budget and well done to the rest of us for at least making a start on getting the spending under control even if we're not doing as well as we hoped

Hi
I have had three orders now from Donald Russell and I am really pleased with the meat, the quality is excellent. I oly buy when there are sales though. This week I got 8 x 440g mince steak for £22 and the casserole pack which was down to £39. You can ask for free bones to be delivered too so you can make your own stock. HTH's.

TheThriftyScrumpers

majjak wrote: »

Morning all

Will have to pop to Mr S today for some wraps for kids lunches. Also need some milk and tomato ketchup. Will update spends later on. Still looking good to come in under budget !

I had my first weigh-in last night (I'm trying to do WW and eat cheaply, no mean feat I can tell you !) but I managed to stick to it, not spend too much more money and I lost 6lb !!!!! :j:j:j:j:j:D

Congratulations on your weight loss that is fantastic :T

p-pincher

Hi everyone

Well i'd like to declare January at £149.80, a whole 20p to spare. I officially finish Wednesday but im not a work tomorrow and will only be leaving the house to drop and pick up the kids from school so it will be a NSD. Not sure what the budget will be yet but ive already allocate £20 towards my second purse and ive got an Ocado order booked for Thursday(the start of my new month) as they sent me a spend £60 and save £20 voucher as I registered with them ages ago and never actually ordered.

Its worked out ive spent just over £40 but got more than enough meet for the whole of Feb. Im so pleased ive managed it this month after the last 2 months where i didnt do that good and thats on top of me having a reduced budget, hope everyones having a good week x:)

ms_night_ryder

£7.74 spent £5 in mr t's on ken hom meal 2 mains 2 sides, got the ribs, crispy beef, spring rolls and egg fried rice

In marks and spencers £2.24 on 2 whoopsied sandwiches 50p each and 2 bags of prawn crackers 70p each

mi_jardin

Nearly up to the limit today, I spent £14 in the farm shop on a 25Kg sack of King Edwards and 5Kg of granary bread flour. Then moved on to A5da and spent £5.57 on 4 blocks of butter (50p each promotion on Clover light butter), bananas, cotton buds, tin of custard (not very OS but DH loves it), reduced ham and reduced mushrooms.
I also bought a bunch of tulips reduced to 10p and a bunch of carnations for £1.92, but I am not including those as DH gave me some money to buy some flowers as a treat...I just wont tell him how much I spent or he'll want the change back!:rotfl:
Oh, and there was a kilo of sugar in that spend too, for the marmalade I have cooking, using up the mountain of satsumas I had in fridge, plus a couple of lemons and a pink grapefruit.
That means I only have £6.36 left until payday on Friday, but we have plenty of food in, I think the only thing I need is eggs for the weekend.