August 2012 Grocery Challenge

savesummore

Hi All,

Have updated my total with another spend at Mr T £8.12 they have a lot of face cream, fake tan, suntan lotion and after sun at half price plus 3 for 2 on make up

I have a £6 off a £40 spend for Mr T's and do need suntan cream etc etc for holidays so I think Im going to go and get all the 1/2 price bargains and use the voucher- I know it will probably mean I wont come in budget this month but it will save me money in the long run

Its hard to know what to do for the best :think:

Bluegreen143

Just declared at £239.12 over in July, so really looking forward to reducing the budget in August!

My August only has four weekends as I work calendar months, I should definitely be able to save money on last month, since I try to only shop on Sundays unless I run out of milk. Plan is for a budget of £230, letting me do two big stocking up deliveries at £65 each including delivery, plus two mini shops in between at around £35 each, which leaves my OH £30 to spend as he's prone to the occasional going-to-the-shop-to-get-milk-and-spending-a-tenner type shop :rotfl:

Soworried

I have ended up going shopping. I bought 5x 300g Nescafe coffee, Always sanitarys, 8x ski yoghurts.
1x carrot, 1x apple, 1x baking potato, 3x basic stock cubes, different types, and a bottle of basics lemonade.
With using the coupon thread and shopping forum on here I paid £1.30 for it all.

I am falling in love with this website. :j

PennyGrabber

Soworried wrote: »

I have ended up going shopping. I bought 5x 300g Nescafe coffee, Always sanitarys, 8x ski yoghurts.
1x carrot, 1x apple, 1x baking potato, 3x basic stock cubes, different types, and a bottle of basics lemonade.
With using the coupon thread and shopping forum on here I paid £1.30 for it all.

I am falling in love with this website. :j

That's very impressive!! Well done you!

Soworried

PG, it is more, thankyou so much to all the posters. x

Kitchenbunny

Evening! Managed to grab 5 minutes to pop online Another NSD today but got to buy stuff for sandwiches tomorrow so will be spending. Hopefully not much though!

Have a lovely evening, everyone.

K xx

PennyGrabber

Picnic ideas
- cheese/bacon puffs as a change from sandwiches
- cheese straws as a change from crisps
- jelly set in little (airtight) pots, with fruit in
- hm biscuits made from freezer dough (means you can have diff flavours made up in the freezer, and the ch can choose which one they want)
- fruit salad with yog poured over
- cold cooked pasta with olive oil/lemon/pepper, or with a pasta sauce, or with tuna, mayo and corn
-cous cous with the above (don't forget the cutlery!)
- hm sausage rolls (make a pastry, and then use deskinned sausages mixed with stuffing to pad out)
- value digestives covered in melted choc (not if it's too hot!!)/icing, with cake decs put on.
- hm flapjacks/cakes that could be iced and personalised
- take a bottle of water/ready made squash and cups instead of cartons which are really expensive. My son is a drinks monster, so I always take a 2l bottle out and about.
- slices of hm quiche/pizza
- hm pasties, using lo beef stew/baked beans, bacon and cheese/veggies and philli/chicken and cond. soup/chicken bacon and stuffing/ etc etc etc
- cuc and carrot sticks with a dip of mayo mixed with a hint of garlic

All of these things are fairly cheap to buy/make, and if you vary your food from picnic to picnic, won't get boring either!! The main thing to remember is that you don't need LOADS of food; think about how much you usually eat, then add just a tiny bit more/allow for a lolly. I used to make the mistake of packing tons of food, and then ended up chucking loads away, worried about if it had spoiled while in the coolbag for the entire day. Not any more!!

ETA: ooh, hm scotch eggs!

cowboymum

More spending to log! £31.90 on a Riverford order and £74 to second purse for last months second purse shopping. Hopefully no more spending on groceries for a few days!:o

CupOfChai

Well, I managed not to buy anything tonight, but that was because there was nothing reduced enough to be worth it. Tomorrow I shall try again not to go in at all. Since I walk past the supermarket anyway I've found it quite difficult not to just pop in for a look at what is there. But if I don't go in I can't find things to buy!

JackieRHE

Could i please join in with a month's target of £180.

Not sure if I'll make it but i need to get organised and plan my meals.

I'll be reading the posts with interest:)