March 2012 Grocery Challenge

Fiasco55

Have three shops to report on totally £53.21 :eek:. Did get loads in but still that is over a third of my budget gone.

tessie_bear

hi...we have got ribs and chicken in bbq sauce for tea....and using up bits of puddings...yogurt/jelly and one slice of key lime pie.....buffet table as one usa thrift book i read calls it....might make some coleslaw and do sweetcorn with it

tomorrow is chicken again as we have quite a lot of it....oh and i plan to make another key lime pie as we enjoyes it....off to hb and tesco in a bit
take care tess

raphanius

£38.31 to add for Mr T internet shop.

on checking my receipt i found Mr T had not allowed my £6 conditional spend voucher or any extra points!!! only £6 off for the price drop coupons from their online brochure....phoned cs and duly complained and managed to get a £6 refund. plus i had to ring their loyalty card cs to get my extra points added on. back to sainsbobs next month methinks

p-pincher

Hi everyone, NSD for me, trying for 10 this month, I seem to find NSD realllllly hard.

Started with a £224 budget this month (32 days at £7 a day) and I've got £118.91 left with 19 days to go. This is quite good going for me as normally I spend loads at the beginning and have to manage on about £20 on the last 2 weeks. Meal plan done for this week and and shopping should be about £30. Trying hard to use up stocks but as the freezer is emptying i'm feeling more and more like I should go and fill it up, its like a security blanket.

xxlouisexx56

Another 11.27 in tesco this morning. But we needed potatoes, kitchen roll, rice krispies, hair conditioner, sweetener and snack a jacks.

Planned the next few meals so hopefully no more spends...
Weds - pork with roast pots, parsnips and carrots
Thurs - Cottage pie
Fri - Ready meals from the freezer (ys)
Sat - HM pork burgers with rice
Sun - gnocchi with spinach and riccota

May need to buy milk and eggs....

Gorgeestwo

Hi
Spend of £22.45 to report, on what, I'm really not sure but I really can't see how we're going to get through this month under budget :eek: anyway will keep trying.

cattysmum

Hi all another no spend day for me today thanks for replys re cash or debit card im sticking to cash this month but am also liking the idea of using tesco card for everything and getting as many points on my clubcard. I will see how i get on this month and experiment with tesco ccard next month and see what difference it makes to my points total at the end of the month. Loving this thread it keeps me focused on my budget. Today on the menu is chicken fajitas and i was going to make a cake but my digital scales gave up the ghost last week and i havnt replaced them yet, any suggestions ,special deals knocking about for a new set folks?

meg72

Cattysmum,Asda have a couple of scales that i was looking at,both £10 I think I am going to get the
one with its own bowl.

rising_from_the_ashes

Couple of small spends for me:

Al*di - £12.75 & enough sandwich fillings/yoghurts for lunches for the next 2 weeks:j
Co-op - £4.64 unfortunately Al*di don't sell crumpets which is a bit annoying so had to stop for some but then fell to the DC BOGOF offer and a raspberry sponge cake which was whoopsied to 29p:D

Hopefully should just need rolls/crumpets for the next week or so:)

mummybearx

Will add another £3.58 to my total, bought lunch today for me and my boss (plus a bit of chocolate each lol)

Over £90 already, 7 days in.......