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May 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • mummyyof5
    mummyyof5 Posts: 1,839 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Did very well today..was very restrained..£5.00 in HB...pack up stuff and DW tabs..and £10.50 in A**is ..crisps..bananas salad stuff marg jam and cartons of juice for LO pack up...would really like him to take a sports bottle filled with dilute juice but when I do he never drinks it...his choice but would rather he drank more in this weather....may just keep buying these till summer hols then change in Sept....
    Feeding 6 Adults 1 Teen a 8 year old with hollow legs and a very fussy 5 year old. Also 3 cats and 3 fishies
    To include all Food,Toiletries and Petfood.
  • elizabunny
    elizabunny Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    Hi everyone!

    Have just updated my siggy. Still spending too much and must tighten the belt a bit more I think.

    Not spending too much this week as we are running the cupboards down a bit.

    Just had to buy washing liquid and disinfectant today.

    Hope everyone else is doing ok. Good luck for June!
    Sealed Pot Challenge 7 Member 022 :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin
    5:2 Diet started 28/1/2013 only 13lbs lost due to Xmas 2013 blip.
  • hex2
    hex2 Posts: 4,736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    mummyyof5, snap with the juice. I tend to stick to the 3 for 45p Asda SP orange juice, my littles also have carrot sticks and raisins so I console myself that they have 3 of their 5 a day in their packed lunch.

    I run calender month as well. Big MrS delivery today to take advantage of free delivery over £100, and £7 off a £70 voucher for buying a sandwich the other day. The cat food I bought to bump me up over £100 was out of stock so it came in at £78. Lots of tins and basics that should see us through June with the contents of the freezer. Trying to do milk/fruit/veg from the £20 per week towards his keep contributed by SS.

    Made a huge 'spot the mince' chilli (2 chopped toms, 1lb mince, 4 tins of kidney beans and a good glug of red lentils) last night which was frozen in portions for OH lunches. BOGOF chorizo (MrS, £3 for 2) will be used with pork shoulder from the freezer to do a pork and butterbean casserole that I can portion up into lots of pots. I bought an 8 litre cast iron casserole from a catering website a couple of years ago which was money well spent.

    Whilst the oven was on tonight I made a chocolate chip cake (3 egg mix, 1oz flour replaced with cocoa, and then 50g value chocolate chopped up and tipped in at the end) for the small boys, and a veg oil and orange based carrot cake for us to use up the slightly manky orange. Slowly tweaking the recipe to reduce the cost, and I will freeze it in slices to help with portion control issue.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • WelshWoofer
    WelshWoofer Posts: 5,076 Forumite
    Well I thought I'd get to the end of the month without anoter spend but I was wrong:mad:
    I ran out of fruit and so bought 2 packs of strawberries, satsumas, milk and a bag of crisps from Aldi - £4.90.
    Will add to the total but that will be it for May now - nothing needed tomorrow. Safely within the budget but it could have been better.
    See you all over on June's thread.
  • Karb
    Karb Posts: 853 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Still one day left in the month for me, as my challenge always runs from the 1st to the last day of the calendar month rather than pay day to pay day.

    I do need to get a few bits tomorrow, but hopefully, I may just stay under the target figure. It will be within a pound or two either way.
    Debt free since December 2015. It can be done


  • NickJW
    NickJW Posts: 680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Another NSD today - had a YS ready meal for lunch (the freezer is getting a bit barer now :D)

    Housemate cooked tonight - had Chicken with Cajun spice, roasted tomatoes and onions with couscous.

    Have leftovers for lunch tomorrow and my housemates turn to cook tomorrow as well - fish pie with green beans.

    In theory it SHOULD mean NSD's till the end of tomorrow when I declare but I'll hold off just in case I succumb to any temptations (ie Diet Coke!) :o
    Grocery Challenge Jan 24 0/300

    Grocery Challenge 13 -spent £1453.06
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  • craigywv
    craigywv Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    meg72 wrote: »
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you.
    :rotfl:hahahaahahaha love it thank-you!!!!
    C.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z #7 member N.I splinter-group co-ordinater :p I dont suffer from insanity....I enjoy every minute of it!!.:)
  • sonastin
    sonastin Posts: 3,210 Forumite
    Teatime wrote: »
    I'm still here til the very end of May too but I am declaring my total now as I won't be buying anything else this month (too optimistic?).

    Too optimistic for me. The fat lady won't be singing until tomorrow in this house. I thought I had everything we needed by weekend and was ready to declare May. Was starting to get the point where we needed stuff again but I figured we could last until Friday and then it would be June! However OH wanted some stuff from A$da and I happened to be in the area today (L!dl, MrM, MrT and Ald! are all on my way home from work but a$da is 9 miles out of the way!) He gets the need to budget but doesn't get the month-to-month thing of why we need to wait 2 days. The special trip really wouldn't be worth it either so I spent another £11 today. Did my best to resist getting stuff that we're running low on but which could wait until we're in June proper but a few of those bits crept into the basket anyway. Could easily have been a £50 stock up so quite happy with £11. Even if it still puts me over budget for May.

    Too scared to declare until tomorrow is over in case OH announces something else he's forgotten that's urgent. Currently sitting at about £232 / £200 (target) or £225 (budget) so fingers crossed that's it.
  • angelatgraceland
    angelatgraceland Posts: 3,342 Forumite
    Fantastigilitus totally original. I googled it and this is what I got!
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...

    Well done to Meg72. I love it!
    Annual Grocery budget 2018 is £1500 pa £125 calendar month £28.84 pw for 3 adults
  • craigywv
    craigywv Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    angelatgraceland wrote: »
    Fantastigilitus totally original. I googled it and this is what I got!
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...
    May 2012 Grocery Challenge - Page 86 - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums - Forum - Money Saving Expert
    forums.moneysavingexpert.com › ... › Old Style MoneySaving
    Fantastigilitus result, new word just for you. Aug £49.40 /£50 . Jan £76.£100 Jun 00/50. Sep £14.29 /£50 ..Feb £88.£100 0ct £50.80 /£50 . Mar £51 .£100 ...

    Well done to Meg72. I love it!
    :)and not one mention of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and it was invented in my honour:rotfl:
    C.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z #7 member N.I splinter-group co-ordinater :p I dont suffer from insanity....I enjoy every minute of it!!.:)
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