March 2012 Grocery Challenge

meanmarie

Declaring at €164.13 for March...will not be spending to-morrow as am off to Bristol to meet some lovely MSErs!

Marie

freyasmum

Declaring at £61.43 for March :eek: That included spending around £15 on ice creams - it was my birthday on Wednesday, so we had a BBQ and I didn't have to buy in anything at all (bar the ice creams ). The freezer is more or less empty now though - I have no chicken breast, which is completely not like me! I have some pork fillet, a whole chicken, some cooked chicken and 5 packs of mince. Not forgetting the remains of butter mountain

I'll be trying to finish up the rest of what I've got there, but fully expect I'll be spending quite a few pounds in April to restock up a bit!

I will continue to buy cheap, reduced veg to chop up and freeze in bags to add in to mince for different dishes. I was quite skeptical about the courgettes, I thought they would completely go to mush but they were fine!

That's £295.72 for the year so far.

cleggie

I am declaring for March....

:j:D:rotfl::T

How proud am i!! For the FIRST time i have managed to come in at not only ON target, but actually UNDER!

I went over the £60 1 week, but have been under £60 for 2 weeks, which means that it all evens out and i have come in under target!


YAY!!!

Am off to sub to the April challenge now!

NickJW

Well done cleggie! :T

After doing so well I've fallen at the last hurdle. :mad:

I got persuaded to get Fish and chips last night because I had some drinks to celebrate the last bit of sun and I'm feeling a bit 'urrrgh' today. £5.30 to report to damage

Which also brings me to realizing I forgot to add the cost of lunch last week for a colleagues birthday lunch (arranged last minute on the day when I had already brought lunch in! It got used at home for lunch the next day though) - £8.20.

I'm including both in grocery spends rather than entertainment because on both occasions I had food in.

Brings me over budget now!

Piquant_2

This has been the first grocery challenge I've done in a while and I've managed to come in under budget - just.

131.64 / 150.00

tracey12_2

I am declaring £247.59 this month so that is £12.41 under my budget :j

I am really pleased with this as it did also include a takeaway which we don't normally have but we were celebrating as I start a new job on 10 April

Hope everyone is under budget this month and look forward to seeing you all on the April challenge.

Tracey

Need2bthrifty

Just updating last of my spends for the month - went to get some compost and seeds from Lid!, so another £2.86 spent. Sig has been updated and naughty, naughty over by £13.04. But heigh ho I will get this under control, see you over in the April challenge.

Well done to everyone who came evens or under, :grouphug: to all those like me who will be trying harder next time.

Kylieminoag

Declaring the month and money well and truly over(drawn!):mad:

I think I'll stay at £200 for April (thank you Helen) but I'm not optimistic as I did a cash n carry shop yesterday and more than half Aprils budget has gone already. Having said that, I have enough meat, bread flour, loo roll, dried goods, dog food, toiletries, washing powder, biscuits and cakes to last the month at least... (storage space is now very tight!!:o) all I will need are fresh fruit and veg and milk and butter:D.... so i will set myself a challenge of 20 NSDs.:eek:

Well done to all of you coming in under budget for March:T:T

mummyyof5

Oh heck..fell at the last hurdle..approx £100 spent over the last 2 days..so Im over by £15 and pennies..so not good..really need to get tis in check but we run out of everything so fast.....

Going to stick at £520 again this month as have 2 weeks of school holidays to contend with...must come down as of next month as we have a very large drop in income to cope with..really dont know how we will manage....

166million

Ok...138.06 for March. Bit steep. Total £448.28/ £1300 for the year...need to slow down!