March 2012 Grocery Challenge

ixia

Spent £6.60 in Mr S yesterday and £2.66 on bread and milk in L!dl today will update totals at weekend.

rising_from_the_ashes

MunniMuncha wrote: »

Hi Linz, I thought you had actually baked three hundred and twenty one biscuits :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

So did I :rotfl: really should learn not to skim read

cleggie wrote: »

Mwahahaha (evil laugh!!), Morrisons was calling my name as i drove past it today 'Cleggie, come and buy something' it said, 'give me your money' it wailed.:eek:
I really was tempted, but alas, I kept my money and didnt bother going to Morrisons!:rotfl::D

So, i still havent spent anything apart from whats in my signature this week!

Well done Cleggie :j you've made huge leaps forward in the past couple of weeks!


I love this thread...... I'm still spending more than I should be sometimes but my Feb spend (£138) must the the lowest I've spent in many years:D

cleggie

Thanks Rising,
all of you guys on here have been so helpful and i really appreciate it.
My DFD helps keep me in check too, which i am finding really helpful.

mrs-moneypenny

afternoon all
NSD here just need to find the weekends reciepts so i can update sig.

jacket pots for dinner
quorn & Leek pie for tea

sistercas

managed a couple of NSDs and it will be tomorrow as its my long day at work .

been really tired and hormonal this week so we have been eating out of the freezer, pasta bake tonight with a previously frozen base mince and a bag of pasta - nice and easy

winchelsea/smo3 (((hugs))) to you both

everyone sounds like they are doing well with their march budgets :T
spiggle i bought my DH a kindle last year for his birthday , he has hardly had his head out of it since he loves it

EverTheOptimist

Small spend today £14.22 and yay me :j i stuck to my list. For pretty much the first time ever. Feeling pretty proud of myself right now.
And it means i still have over £100 left on day 7 of my month.

I usually do a 'big' shop early on, not leave enough for top ups then go over. So new tactic for March.

I almost deviated a couple of times on things i need but i have split my list into two and doing the rest of the shop on thursday as need fruit for the hubby for the weekend so want it to last.

Have had a HM ready meal this evening. Took two HM curries out of the freezer. Had one tonight with Pitta bread from the freezer. so pleased i didnt buy a naan and some kind of indian selection to go with it.

I will do it, i will do it, i will do it.... (Repeat to fade.) :rotfl:

mandco

just a quick update to keep me on track roughly £50 to add to march budget today needed formula so went to mr t (who i've been avoiding for the last few wks after yet another experience of they're extremely rude & unhelpful staff ) as they had a few good offers on stuff i actually wanted like activia intensely creamy £2.19 b1g1f + further £1 off £4 spend on yougarts voucher so £3.38 for 4pks (asda £4 for 2pks) & some 1/2 price salmon portions with another £1 off voucher
also picked up a few clothing bargins which they yet again manage to leave the security tags on 3 of :mad: so embarrasing having the security alarms go off and have the staff look at you like you've done something wrong.

havent had a chance to catch up with the thread yet as it moves so fast but will try when/if i get a spare 20mins

elsiepac

Hi everyone

Total Week 2 spend of £5.37 in A1d! which was 2x carriers, 2x 2pt milk, 1 white cabbage, 1 red cabbage, 1kg bananas, 1 bag super 6 pears, 1kg carrots, 1 broccoli and 2.5kg potatoes.

This doesn't add up if you know A1d! pricings... I didn't even think of it at the time as I was not adding up as I went round, because I knew I was under budget, however when going through my receipt when I got home, I've realised the potatoes aren't on there, so it should have been an extra £1.59! Not sure how he managed that - maybe he was too quick scanning or something?:eek: Still, I'm not complaining!

I'm still trying to run down stocks in freezer etc, hence just buying fresh stuff really at the moment!

Got the rest of my YS salmon and spinach quiche for tea, which I will have with wedges (using the last of some M&$ paprika seasoning) and broccoli and carrots.

Anyone got any exciting recipes to use a red and white cabbage in? Bought them as vegetable accompanments, thinking of coleslaw type thing, but any suggestions gratefully received!

Hope everyone's having a good week so far!

LC

Mar GC: £42.67/£70
Week 1: £14.47/£9 <-- over by £5.47 :eek:
Week 2: £5.37/£9
Week 3: £0/£9
Week 4: £0/£9
Week 5: £0/£9
Stores: £22.83/£25

tigerfeet2006

Just done an order on Appr0ved F00ds as they had a lot of GF cereals on there atm. Will update when I have the delivery should be around £35.

tigerfeet2006

cleggie wrote: »

Mwahahaha (evil laugh!!), Morrisons was calling my name as i drove past it today 'Cleggie, come and buy something' it said, 'give me your money' it wailed.:eek:
I really was tempted, but alas, I kept my money and didnt bother going to Morrisons!:rotfl::D

So, i still havent spent anything apart from whats in my signature this week!

Well done Cleggie :T