July 2012 Grocery Challenge

Redouble

I have decided that £500 is far too much, we are on a VERY tight budget this month and so am changing my budget to £250
(my personal challenge is not to take any money out of my bank accounts this month, so my grocery budget is what I can make from selling things and my 2nd and 3rd jobs! Will be tough as a family of 2 adults, 3 kids and 2 cats but I'm so up for it!)

PennyGrabber

Redouble wrote: »

I have decided that £500 is far too much, we are on a VERY tight budget this month and so am changing my budget to £250
(my personal challenge is not to take any money out of my bank accounts this month, so my grocery budget is what I can make from selling things and my 2nd and 3rd jobs! Will be tough as a family of 2 adults, 3 kids and 2 cats but I'm so up for it!)

As you said, it will be tough, but it's amazing what one can do when pushed... Keep focussed, and make a list of your cheapest meals, and that's what you eat this month! You can do it!

Redouble

PennyGrabber wrote: »

As you said, it will be tough, but it's amazing what one can do when pushed... Keep focussed, and make a list of your cheapest meals, and that's what you eat this month! You can do it!

Thank you! We have a fair bit of decluttering to do so it is a push to get it sorted and sold as well as a push to stop wasting so much money in supermarkets. We were easily spending £180 a week, and on stuff we didn't need or would throw out.

PennyGrabber

Redouble wrote: »

Thank you! We have a fair bit of decluttering to do so it is a push to get it sorted and sold as well as a push to stop wasting so much money in supermarkets. We were easily spending £180 a week, and on stuff we didn't need or would throw out.

Keep the faith!!

Midgetgem82

Just popping on to update with my spends of £58.40 since July 1st. Have a freezer full of food but always feel like i have no food in the house so im going to work on running down the freezer so its empty and can be defrosted when we go on our hols on Aug 3rd. Will be a challenge but it needs to be done!

JIL

SusanP wrote: »

I would like to do spreadsheets for my GC budgets but have no experience of Excel. Is there anywhere I can go for a quick and easy guide? If I get competent maybe I can start doing all my budgets on there?

i have learned a lot from this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1OVkw2ZQ8

but there are some good spreadsheets on here written by another GC poster.

happy_chick_3

Just popping in to report a total spend of £94.74/£175 so far this month. Need to buy toilet paper and two more weeks of veggie box deliveries so should come in under budget for the month!

Bonglecat

Did my usual round yesterday with £51.92 at A$da then £34.21 at A!di. In my defence £28 of the A$da shop was cat food and £6.50 of the other was cat litter and treats, Damn those fluffy rats are expensive. The worst part of the A!di shop was that I bought DH a load of biscuits and crisps etc.

I have a meal plan worked out for this coming week using all the stuff in my cupboards and freezer so I didn't really need much except bread and cheese, both of which I had coupons for. I did get some pork medallions and Turkey mince at A$da but they were both YS.

So I'm 25p over budget already and I have 11 days until pay day plus I haven't had the milk bill which is usually £35. On the plus side I'll be away for the last week of my month so the company will be paying for my food, but DH will need to be stocked with Pizzas etc since he won't cook when I'm away. (Note: I said won't cook not can't cook!!)

Soworried

I just nipped to the co-op and ended up with coleslaw and lots of tiger buns and bread. A spend of 90p

And freezers can not take anymore.

JIL

JJ A BIG THANKYOU.

I have just made your herby cheese bread, I thought it would taste like scones but it didnt, It was much lighter (well lighter than the cheese scones I usually make)

It was that nice my OH is having two for his pack up, filled with ham.