August 2012 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

Spent just under a fiver of the £20 I am allowing myself this week in Mr S last night on basics spuds, basics bacon bits (didn't know they did these), a YS GF loaf and some fennel seeds for that lovely Jamie sausage pasta recipe posted recently. I love fennel:) I will add the total spent out of the £20 when I have been to Mr A on Sat/Sun.

I am very busy this weekend but want to leave my shop as late as possible as I don't need any of the fresh bits until Monday really. Meal plan seems to be working although DH said I don't want pie last night when I had made it so I said well you will have to make something else for yourself as this has been defrosted and needs to be cooked now. Funny how he ate it after that;)

On the way home from Mr S my clutch went and I am now skinter than a skint thing as my holiday savings will have to go towards the parts to repair it. I am so glad I married a man in the trade as otherwise the car wouldn't be worth the parts and labour cost of mending it.:eek:

I am sick as a chip though as I have been trying really hard to raise/save some extra money this month:(

NickJW

Possession wrote: »

Don't worry, the post has already gone.

Ah - thanks for that

nicknack

Spent £37.44 in Mr T today so have updated my signature. Stocked up on olive oil, mince, chicken, fruit and veg and other essentials and used my £5 off a £40 spend voucher plus £1 off chicken fillets so am pleased with that. I've got a £4 off a £30 spend voucher to use next week too! It's a long month for me this month though so need to start reining it in if I can.

Soworried

XSpender wrote: »

On the way home from Mr S my clutch went and I am now skinter than a skint thing as my holiday savings will have to go towards the parts to repair it. I am so glad I married a man in the trade as otherwise the car wouldn't be worth the parts and labour cost of mending it.:eek:

I am sick as a chip though as I have been trying really hard to raise/save some extra money this month:(

Hugs to you xspender, I wish you good luck the rest of the month. x

meg72

XSpender wrote: »

On the way home from Mr S my clutch went and I am now skinter than a skint thing as my holiday savings will have to go towards the parts to repair it. I am so glad I married a man in the trade as otherwise the car wouldn't be worth the parts and labour cost of mending it.:eek:

I am sick as a chip though as I have been trying really hard to raise/save some extra money this month:(

Aww feel for you, why is it when you are trying really hard something usually crops up goes wrong etc.:(

I got a shock this week, Customs duty charged on an ebay order,
13.00, whats really madning is that I bought two of the same item, thinking to save postage and I now find if I had bought them separate I wouldnt have had to pay the charge.Oh well live and learn eh.

meg72

Dipndo wrote: »

Hi I need a kick up the *** have been working a lot lately and kind of fallen off the GC. Have fallen back into the old trap of not working out my meal plan and being disorganised so HELP!!!!

One virtual kick up the *** sent, seriously dont dwell on it and just
get back on, good luck you know you can do it.

Kitchenbunny

(hugs) XSpender my clutch went the last year and it ended up costing me £700 I feel your pain. I hope things pick up for you soon.

On a positive note, I just checked my clubcard vouchers on Mr T's site and discovered I'd £5 in unspent vouchers. That will do nicely I think I'll put a quid to it and buy meat, parcel it up and freeze it. Got my normal vouchers through today and got another £4, so will add a quid and take advantage of the 3 for £10 on meat trays, I think!

Beyond that, have added £13.56 to my GC tally. Really need to get a few NSDs in... Tea tonight is probably going to be a Black Bean Chicken with Noodles, using chicken thighs to make it a little cheaper. Hope everyone has a lovely evening - am off to update my sig.

K xx

HOHOHOoffwegoKaren41

A big shop for us this last few days farmf00ds £97.00 mr 1id1 £8 and £35.00 mr etsco £140/£300 but we are now stocked up for next few weeks x

Baileys_Babe

Hello please can I rejoin, last year I joined in for about 7 months and about 5 months the previous year but something always gets in the way and the GC drops by the way side. I have really lost focus over the last few months and have no idea what we are spending on groceries

Please could you put me down for £310 for August, this will be for all food including takeaways and meals out, drinks including alcohol, sweets, toiletries, cleaning products, toilet rolls, medicine & prescriptions.

Spends update:
1/8 £0/£310
2/8 £0/£310

Off to read as much as I can and then try to keep up.

quintwins

been shopping spent £8.57 on

4 bottles of fanta
milk
4kg spuds
2x 500g country life butter reduced to 45p will go in buns they had loads
bananas
bread
part baked baguettes
ham
toothbrushes- hubby broke him while he was away, i was hmming and haaaing over the fancy electric ones on bogof but i decided for now to just get the value ones.

i'm at £18.07 now which is a good lump of my budget i wouldn't mind if i'd been able to get a big sack of spuds to do us, i won't be shopping now until next thur must avoid takeaway this weekend or it will completely blow the budget.