August 2012 Grocery Challenge

westlothianlass

Afternoon All
Well its a vaguely sunny and blustery day up here, so lots of washing out, which always makes me feel happy:o (theres definately a lot of my gran in me, she used to love watching washing blowing).
Went to L!dl yesterday to get a few extras and spent £38 so just updated my siggie. Mince is cooking for bolognese and I've just used up the last of the cooked ham in ham, cheese and chive pastries (most of which have vanished minutes after they came out the oven by OH and the mancub), also made some shortcrust pastry to make a quiche later as lots of eggs to use up.
Hope everyone is having a good day wherever you are x

prophecy_grrl

Hi all

After going a whopping £1.51 over budget last month, I'm going for £150 again for August please - this includes 1 week's self catered holiday for me and DS.

Thanks to all who run and contribute to this thread - you're life savers :-)

p_grrl

CupOfChai

I haven't done this in quite a while now, but have started recording my grocery spending again and want to get back into it. Can I please be put down for £180?

This is to cover all food and shared household items for me and OH, so for instance cleaning stuff is included but not things like toiletries where we use separate things so each get our own.

ETA I have already done a giant online shop to start the month and have been to the local SM as well, so have spent £113.58 so far. However that's the bulk of it and as usual I now only have to get topups of fruit and veg, milk etc. There's tins of tomatoes under me bed now!

cowboymum

Spent £5.25 on berries, bananas and baby yogurts. Gosh - that's a lot of money for so little!

savesummore

Hi all

Well I though today would be a nsd until OH decided he wanted a dessert! :mad:
He was going to make one then couldnt be bothered so off to Mr T's we went

£7 later we have a pack of cream cakes (i didnt even want any im trying to diet ), a couple YS bits inc a pizza which I have frozen and we will add bits to it to make more exciting and some better than half price scampi!!

Have updated signature- must try harder

sjprmc01

Hmm. Groceries are coming out of my wage but as I work weekends OH has been buying the bread that was needed (you buy one loaf it disappears within the day, ut two and you are left with loads going stale!) I think he bought a pile of sweets on offer for him too

Soooooo.....do I count these purchases? Or ignore them?

quintwins

Can i have £50 for august please.

Really need to keep posting here and keep on track i've bene very bad at it lately, this is for 5 of us but we have loads in already

WantToBeSE

quintwins- wow, £50!? Whats your secret!?

quintwins

WantToBeSE wrote: »

quintwins- wow, £50!? Whats your secret!?

err having lots of food :rotfl:


our normal budget is £200 and we're aways right at the limit, saying that if i have lost of food i must be doing something right

WantToBeSE

quintwins wrote: »

err having lots of food :rotfl:

hehehe, i take it that you are trying to use up your stocks then?