January 2012 Grocery Challenge

westlothianlass

Hi all,
Well i went over my planned total but feel quite happy anyway as its much lower than it would have been if I wasn't watching what was going on .
So onwards and downwards (grocery spending only:)) hope everyone is well and doing better than they would have without this thread and the lovely peeps that contribute:T.
Hugs x

quintwins

i forgot i need to get soem drinks for going to friends tonight, talked hubby out of beer gonna get some bogof fizzy juice tins will hide the others away to make them last lol

that should be my only spends before monday, have alot of food in so will be using things up

CherryPie

Today is my first day of my first GC this year!! :j

I've read every post in the Jan GC to get me back in the swing of things. Thanks for everyone mentioning the £5 off voucher for Ald!. I'm gonna buy their super 6 on a weekly basis to vary (and boost) my fruit & veg intake. Feel like a bit of the lurgi coming on so time to sort out what I'm eating. Always crave healthy food when I'm ill, is this normal??

Unsure whether this months budget is realistic as I'm going to attempt The 7 Day Juice Plan, which involves just juice for the whole week. But I'll get more of a buzz if I stick to the plan, so I'll cope with that.

Making my list now, then off to Ald!. I have shopped there before, but not for my main shop. Anyone any advice on what to buy and what not to buy??

Good Luck for Feb everyone

:beer:

helen_jelly

Cherrypie - washing powder and fabric conditioner are good, so is washing up liquid, milk if you have room in the freezer and marg, just a few ideas

Helen :]

CherryPie

helen_jelly wrote: »

Cherrypie - washing powder and fabric conditioner are good, so is washing up liquid, milk if you have room in the freezer and marg, just a few ideas

Helen :]

Thanks Helen. Just defrosting my freezer so should be room for a few cartons of milk.

Funny how all that's in there these days is tupperwares full of batch cooking, or ingredients to make stuff. Rewind a few years and it would have been full of ready meals!!:eek:

I'm very proud of myself :rotfl:

It's a lot to do with this forum, so thank you all who post!!

CRANKY40

I'm done for January. Declaring £137.65 spent. Sorry that I haven't been posting much. I did start reading, but the thread got longer and longer and I couldn't catch up:rotfl:

sistercas

gone over my January budget . was a 5 week month though

declaring january at £435.21 thanks Helen

£35 .21 over

gearing up for february now though

main meals this week will be

friday: chicken curry and rice ( DD2 is making this at school today)
saturday: choc claires chinese chicken with mash and veg
sunday: pork sausages and roasted veg
monday: sweet and sour turkey ( frozen from xmas) and noodles
tuesday: whoopsied pasta and meatballs and tom sauce
wednesday: whoopsied angus beef burgers HM oven chips and peas
thursday: sausage and tomato pasta ( the one from superscrimpers this week)

rosieben

Florenceem, I've added your Yorkshire Egg and Bacon Pie to the index list :beer: I've also added it to my recipes folder

meg72

CherryPie wrote: »

Today is my first day of my first GC this year!! :j

I've read every post in the Jan GC to get me back in the swing of things. Thanks for everyone mentioning the £5 off voucher for Ald!. I'm gonna buy their super 6 on a weekly basis to vary (and boost) my fruit & veg intake. Feel like a bit of the lurgi coming on so time to sort out what I'm eating. Always crave healthy food when I'm ill, is this normal??

Unsure whether this months budget is realistic as I'm going to attempt The 7 Day Juice Plan, which involves just juice for the whole week. But I'll get more of a buzz if I stick to the plan, so I'll cope with that.

Making my list now, then off to Ald!. I have shopped there before, but not for my main shop. Anyone any advice on what to buy and what not to buy??

Good Luck for Feb everyone

:beer:

Would really recomend their Almat stain lift Gel,£2.19 for 21 washes
it says outstanding cleaning from 15C andit really works I had some rather dingy looking towels that really needed a hot wash but threw them in with beding by mistake. They came out brilliant.

elizabunny

Hello everyone!

I will declare on Monday or Tuesday. Still within my budget for the week at the moment. Will see how it goes over the next couple of days.

Have a good weekend!