May 2012 Grocery Challenge

craigywv

Hi all, pls put me in for £200 i cant write in colours or fancy writing completly computer illiterate!!! just me and hubby and 8 yr old and dog. spend so far in li£les 27.00 for MAY ,freezers full so is cupboards so just veg and milk for me hopefully good luck all!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

totallybored

Yet another lapsed GCer here! My last few months have just been a bit spend happy.

Please put me down for £250. I have to stick to this now as I've left my job :j and I'm going to be a student again from September so it's only one income and no more expensive handbags from now!

kittywight

can you put me down for £30 a week please

determined to make may work, completely failed april

xx

craigywv

Hi update .............. went to mr t for fruit and veg got it all whoopsied couldnt help myself it was reducing time and i was the only one there poor girl reducing prices head was melted with me, i confess i went on a frenzy of plundering her crates before she even opened them!!!!so came away with 3 large beef silverside roasts 8 quid down to 2, 2 pork mince 4 quid down to 2,frying steaks 2.89 for 69p,3 packs of sirloins down to 2.oo, loads of veg, fruit and 6 french sticks, oh slicing them for to make garlic bread, (he uses the slicing machine it scares me and makes nicer garlic butter up than me,it will keep him busy for an hour) butter for garlic bread also whoopsied 2 quid down to 50 p got 8, will go in freezer. also got 3 big milk and 4 double cream think they were 25p each so will make butter in morning.french sticks were 7 p each, all the veg was 9p, 15p etc........... sooooooooooooooo i know its only the beginning of the month well for us it is OH paid today so i ahve decided to NOT go to a sm for anything for weeks!!! got freezers , stock cupboard s and toiletries in if i can do that that would be great, so this month so far is 27 in li£les and 29 in mr t totalling 56 quid, cant fit ANYTHING else in freezers and have a big baking day tomorrow wednesdays and saturdays.good luck to you all i will not be posting as i will have no more spends to need added for a few weeks DEFINATLEY so hope you all get there and i SHALL be watching for FLORENCEEMS and JUMBLEJACKS recipes as i have tried and tested ALL the ones they have put up , FLO your pasties are to die for , and JACKS your 2 min pudding is AMAZING will change the fillings as you wrote on another post jam, lemon curd etc... well back to LURKING now have a great evening all xxx:)

Pixie_Fairydust

craigywv wrote: »

Hi update .............. went to mr t for fruit and veg got it all whoopsied couldnt help myself it was reducing time and i was the only one there poor girl reducing prices head was melted with me, i confess i went on a frenzy of plundering her crates before she even opened them!!!!so came away with 3 large beef silverside roasts 8 quid down to 2, 2 pork mince 4 quid down to 2,frying steaks 2.89 for 69p,3 packs of sirloins down to 2.oo, loads of veg, fruit and 6 french sticks, oh slicing them for to make garlic bread, (he uses the slicing machine it scares me and makes nicer garlic butter up than me,it will keep him busy for an hour) butter for garlic bread also whoopsied 2 quid down to 50 p got 8, will go in freezer. also got 3 big milk and 4 double cream think they were 25p each so will make butter in morning.french sticks were 7 p each, all the veg was 9p, 15p etc...........

Wow some great bargains there, I went into A$da this evening at about 8pm, the woopsies in there were rubbish, only 10p and 20p off things! :mad:

Pix

Florenceem

NSD here.
We had HM garlic wedges with pizza and salad - celery, cucumber, grated carrot, onion and tomatoes for dinner.


Unfortunately we are going to have to buy toilet rolls and rubber gloves - out of my GC money! :mad: Did say to Mr F - there are always some newspapers in the garage! :rotfl: I can't do without rubber gloves to clean/wash up though.

Have Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday's meals all sorted - so no need to buy any food.

Menu - Wed - Roast pork/roast pots/cabbage/carrots/onions/yorkshire pudding + gravy.
- Thurs - TITH with roast potatoes/ cabbage - need to use it up - carrots and swede + gravy.
- Fri - Prawn curry/rice and naan bread.
- Sat - Barbecue chicken/rice with peas + side salad.
I got poor Mr F to bring all the potatoes from the garage into the kitchen when I was writing out my menus - for the next two weeks! Well - I need to see stocks! See how bossy I am - good job Mr F loves me to bits!

applepad

Can I join please?

My month started on 20th April - monthly payday. Plan on £70 a week for 2 adults and 2 children.

Got a separate shopping purse, have already visited 4 different supermarkets and spent £ 57.21

animalhouse

May I join please.

I've been allowing £600 a month, but that includes trips out, clothes, hair cuts, books, magazines and school extras, and I always go over.

Starting on payday, the 27th, I would like to go for £80.00 a week for food, drink and cleaning bits, then I can work out how much I fritter on the other stuff...

Thank you so much for all the links too.

(Two adults, one 11 year old, 4 cats, 4 fish, 1 tarantula)

bupster

Urg, disaster last month. Must do better. Will stick to £100 as failed hugely last month.

meanmarie

Will go for €180 again this month, think that I have almost €50 left from April, but plan on spending on stocking up with tins and other long term stuff, so won't know until Monday what my spend is for April.

Marie