May 2012 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Phew - just caught up with the thread and I'm away to do the budgets in a min

Welcome and hi to all the new people joining - please check out the first post with Spiggle's bit that Zippy added - its got lots of excellent tips, also check out all the great recipes that the lovely Rosieben lists for us
Ask any questions as there are lots of helpful people on here who will give you an answer - just don't ask me cos I'm hopeless lol

Helen x

Kittikins

Right pay has gone into the bank, so my challenge starts........ NOW!

Carmilla

After thinking about increasing my budget to cope with needing much more than normal due to moving, Rather than fail and blow my budget, go mad and get everything i think i want. I'm going to try to keep to the £250, but set aside £100 for bulk buying bargains from Costieco and ApprovedFds to make my cupboards look less bare (I am a horder). Small spend today at my new corner shop, £7.37 a few bargains and some very expensive crisps. I'm going to add it to Mays budget as moving makes me want to have a fresh start.
Thanks for all the good ideas!

nimbo

Ok i really need to get back on this.... last month i was AWFUL (i had loads of uni work due in and just didn't pay any attention) so £120 for the month as i know that i need to stock up on some basics......

and good luck to all... xxxx

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
just sorted out my reciepts, updated my sig and declared in the april budget i went over by £88.68 last month so i am going to stick properly during may to my £400 budget.

MAY budget £400

tessie_bear

hi....cooking roast beef for tea and using up leftovers for lunch....might pop out for some bread but if the heavens have opened by then i shall go on with what i have in...i saw the selection in aldi on the food board and thought i might go and buy a couple of things from there

have a good day tess

Coxy11

Hey everyone,

I'm aiming for £400 again in May (will keep in my sig). Off to read-through what I've missed.

Gorgeestwo

PennyGrabber wrote: »

Loving the idea of the try something new day! I always tell myself I'll do that, and never do! I aim for once a month, and have only done it once this year - risotto!!

It's dead easy to do. I boiled the kettle and did one stock cube into boiled water, in one saucepan to keep it warm. Then, in the other pan, I fried of some chicken (really small pieces, one breast was enough for the three of us!) and onion. Then added the rice for a minute, and a few herbs (forgot them the second time, still nice). Then, add the stock a ladle at a time, until the rice is done, adding a load of peas/sweetcorn partway through. Takes about 20 mins start to finish, and it's now one of my quick weekday meals. HTH

Oooh that's fab thank you, will let you know how it goes

I'm loving the 'try something new' thing, I'm not very brave at trying different food's, but because the children are doing it, I feel like I should too (DH will eat anything as long as it doesn't contain celery, so he's easy to feed ) I'm the fussy one of the house

Hopefully a NSD today :j

CoffeeQueen

I'd like to join please. My partner spends £120 a month on shopping but i also have to top that up and need to keep track of it because i am always left with no money left.

So my budget is going to be £120 thats to include petrol and school dinners.
I'm budgeting for 2 adults, 2 children and 1 cat.

Wish me luck. Starting tomorrow.

jarvo28

Hi ok so this mt i am going to keep up and list every thing and try to keep on trak as last mt i failed . So this mt my budget will be .... £150Thats for a full mt i know its a bit drastic as i useally spend that a week but allways have full cupards and 3 frezzers . I need to reduce my spending habbits on food les spend less waste i think .