May 2012 Grocery Challenge

mrs-moneypenny

nipped down shop earlier for burger buns and got there just as the wholemeal ones had been reduced so only spent £2.72 and got 12 rolls a wm loaf and a pack of tomatoes.

keencomper

Hello everyone. have been reading through the thread the past few days & have finally got to the end . I would like to join you all. I have no idea what we currently spend in a month but i know its far to much, there is 5 of us, me,DH, 2 Teen DD's,DS & 4 cats. Im going to set my budget at £70 a week for food/toiletries/cleaning, That will be £350 for May. I've also been reading the SP challenge so am considering that too.

mrs-moneypenny

keen comper, best advice i can offer is read the front advice pages and save your reciepts so over a few weeks you get an idea of what you are spending and were cuts and ecomonies can be made.
most of all dont think youve failed if you go over, just learn from it.

everyone on here is really friendly and helpful so dont be afraid to ask if you need help or advice

Fiasco55

Went to L!dls last night and spent £10.11 on bread, cooked meat, fresh fruit and veg, brown sauce, yogurt and pineapple daiquiri

Also on the way back home from work popped into Sainsbobs to return a cardi and picked up come YS cakes 50p - naughty but yummy!

sabrina_the_mid-20s_rich

Haven't posted for a while but have been reading lots.

Since OH lost his job things are reallllly tight here

My month started yesterday and so far I've spent £9.94. Hoping to keep below £250 for May (have to really!)

sonastin

Spent £25.16 in MrT - mostly the stuff I went for but got a few YS packs of meat. None of it was stuff we needed and none of it was massively reduced - 50% off mostly - but its all stuff that we will get through either this month or next and 50% off is better than full price! All in the freezer now so got to adjust the meal planning for the rest of the month...

Bumpmakesfour

I'd like to join please!currently spending lots and lots per week for a family of 6 pluz mini zoo.Having trouble trying to set a figure tho:o I know I spend at least 200/250 a week (:eek:) at the moment x

Florenceem

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

argent3216 Don't worry - my household is only 5 including the cats and I was spending over £650 before Christmas (not including fuel for cars and anything I was sneaky enough to get DH to buy on his CC!):eek:

I am on a journey to reduce and learning valuable lessons, along with almost everyone on this thread (although there are one or two who have it completely sorted such as Florenceem )- so, welcome and read on in. Definitely it is good advice to read the first few posts on page 1 which are our "standing bible" of do's and don'ts. If you have hoarder tendencies (like me, who is prepared for the next Suffolk siege) then read up on Mothership's 2nd purse system in post #6 and try Linz's great tracker spreadsheet (there is also a whole 2nd purse thread now too). I recommend regular speed-reading as we average 50-odd posts a day at this stage of each month.

Other top tips are to "thank" as you read (so you know where you got to) and keep a running total in your signature (User CP and Edit signature from the menu on the left) - and subscribe (Thread tools; subscribe to thread) so every time you go to your User CP you can see when there are new posts to catch up on! Good luck and keep posting!

SL

I have been OS for years - old lady here! :rotfl:
Game - guess how old Florenceem is? :rotfl:

kittywight

hello everyone

first day of the month

£6/£30 i think

oh dear

craigywv

Florenceem wrote: »

I have been OS for years - old lady here! :rotfl:
Game - guess how old Florenceem is? :rotfl:

FLO ,....id say your 55 years young xxx:)