Grocery Challenge - February 2012

scotmumof3

HI everyone so much for bread and teabags havn't left the house yet and I've spent £10 on and**x loo rolls from amazon (tip from the Tougher thread)

tessie_bear

hi...its freezing here today and i had planned to use up a bit of salad but might have to re think that....just been to the coop to have a look at the bargains but they were a bit thin on the ground today

need to do a bit of meal planning for the rest of the week and see what lidl are offering cheap at the weekend

take care in the cold tess

lizzyb1812

Hi all

Changing tactics for February. Will count spends and anything taken out of stores - cupboards upstairs or freezer - but not out of kitchen cupboards. That should give me a better idea of my true spend.

So, for one large dog, one cat and myself it's £100 for February

Thanks HelenJelly for logging us in

camNolliesMUMMY

Please put me down for £150 this month im determind to do it!!!!

already spent £55.90 but thats for a 2 week shop for 2 adults and 1 child age 4 and a baby on the way so bought him some baby grows out of this total, the shop was £70 but i had vouchers and got it knocked down lol:j

quintwins

i also bought some of those loo rolls, they won't take the money til it's shipped so i'm gonna wait til the money comes out and hopefully take it out of marchs budget, since i have loads of toilet roll anyway

scotmumof3

quintwins wrote: »

i also bought some of those loo rolls, they won't take the money til it's shipped so i'm gonna wait til the money comes out and hopefully take it out of marchs budget, since i have loads of toilet roll anyway

I never thought of that D'oh will change my sig and wait until the money comes out:j

coldcazzie

Hello all, I'd like to put myself down for £450 between 9th Feb and 9th March (our credit card month). Set a £500 target for Jan and it seems I'll be way under it so am lowering the target for Feb obviously I shan't be starting for another 10 days though.

aberdeensaver

Hi All,

*Hangs head in shame* so the budget has spiralled and its not even the 1st of the month. I am hoping that I can salvage the rest of the month with the remaining £92.43 on the basis I have already brought all the cat food and litter for the month and maybe into March. Also alot of toiletries for OH (I tend to buy mine out of a different budget due to ££) Also brought 2 large chickens, roasted them both off and have made into 8 bags of chicken for the freezer as well as 2 pints of stock. So have at least 15 meals in the freezer. Maybe it will focus the mind now for the rest of the month to try and avoid going over budget.

Wishing everyone well.

p-pincher

Well back from Aldi, Asda and Iceland.

Fully stocked up on meals and breakfast for the month (famous last words), We have so much meat in the freezer it unreal. Had a right big stock up in Aldi. Got loads of passatta, rice, tinned tome etc. Going to start a meal plan for the next 2 weeks. Oh also nipped in butchers and got a really good deals on 7 gammon steaks and a small gammon joint (£4.50 for everything). Used my aldi voucher and shared another with my sis as she only need to spend about £14 but I needed more than £30 so I ended up saving £7.50 in there. The cupboards, fridge and freezer are all bulging.

Aiming for a few NSD now, Phew!!! Sig updated, wow it looks bad but i'm determined x

scotmumof3

aberdeensaver wrote: »

Hi All,

*Hangs head in shame* so the budget has spiralled and its not even the 1st of the month. I am hoping that I can salvage the rest of the month with the remaining £92.43 on the basis I have already brought all the cat food and litter for the month and maybe into March. Also alot of toiletries for OH (I tend to buy mine out of a different budget due to ££) Also brought 2 large chickens, roasted them both off and have made into 8 bags of chicken for the freezer as well as 2 pints of stock. So have at least 15 meals in the freezer. Maybe it will focus the mind now for the rest of the month to try and avoid going over budget.

Wishing everyone well.

Thankfully it's feb so 15 meals is more than halfway there:rotfl: