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September 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • Mortgage_Reduction_Novice
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice Posts: 1,775 Forumite
    edited 28 September 2012 at 10:50AM
    Just reporting a Costco shop: £77.72

    I still need to do a fruit and veg shop before the end of the month but that's usually £10-15 so I'll be coming in under budget!

    I have a relative staying for two weeks in October and two weekends with two or three extra mouths to feed. I'm going to have to be really cleaver with meal planning next month.

    See you all on the October thread!
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  • Finishing september at £164.02...£35.98 under budget! reducing budget for october :) see everyone over in october thread.xx
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  • A top up shop for milk, pantry goods, a refill for my squirty cleaner and special offer mouthwash this week. Got some potato farls as well - haven't had those in ages! That all brings me to just about a tenner under my budget for the month. If I can do the same next month I'll be chuffed.

    I also picked up my big meat order today (that I've been saving for seperately) from a local organic farm. Steaks, three big roasts, stewing beef, mince, pork gigot chops and two of the biggest chickens I've ever seen - they're like small turkeys! Hubby will be delighted as he hasn't even had a whiff of a steak in months :D

    Hope everyone is keeping well. Uni is killing all my forum time so it's hard to stay in the loop.
    Attempting to stay on track in the Grocery Challenge!

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  • Billie-jo
    Billie-jo Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    Coxy - thinking of you.
    Lulabelle06- well done to o/h for getting the job.
    Just updating spends to £163-88 and only a couple of days to go so will certainly come under target this month even though need a few things tomorrow. :T

    I usually get the malt loaf in Aldi there are 2 in a pack for £0.99 for the last 3 weeks I have noticed they have never had any in. Today they were back in the store in a different wrapping 89p for one :eek: - refused to buy it so will be back to making my own again.

    MARCH £62.38/250
  • So sorry to read about your sorrow regarding your lovely friend Coxy......wishing you and she, all the very best.
  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    Hi all

    Nsd here as planned. Just been to feed the ducks (crackers that no one was eating) and made cake (storecupboard stock). Quiet day today. Can't think of anything we need this weekend...
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • Hi there everyone,

    Could I join the October challenge to keep me focused please. My budget is £331.84, for feeding two adults and a teen.

    I have a feeling I may need the 0.84 p!
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  • vanoonoo
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    well, we did pretty well with shopping on hols so have come in under budget again this month, but I'll stick with the £50 per full week for oct me thinks. just off to update sig and head over to the new thread now :)
    Blah
  • Billie-jo
    Billie-jo Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    Well thats it for september and what a good result.
    Have spent £171.48 out of a budget of £260 :T but did use a lot out of one freezer so as could defrost properly.

    Fingers crossed for October, off to catch up now.
    Good luck to the few who are still in Sept hope you spend less than you have budgeted for.
    MARCH £62.38/250
  • OH bought some stuff yesterday but don't know how much he spent - September has been bad for tracking once we returned from holidays! Roll on October lol.

    Had a productive day today - I defrosted the freezer! It wasn't empty but couldn't stand it (hard to get drawers open as hadn't been defrosted for well over a year! :o) so just piled all the frozen stuff together to keep cool and used a hairdryer, boiling water and a chisel to get it done as fast as possible. Seemed to work OK and was also a good chance to inventory the stuff:

    Bag of SP peas
    Bag of SP sweetcorn these are the only frozen veg I like
    Four frozen bananas Usually make milkshake with these
    Single portion of HM fruit smoothie chucked as don't like it and has been in there for two years - must learn not to freeze stuff I don't like!
    Tub of frozen grapes Also chucked as been in there for ages

    Bag with HM breadcrumbs
    Bag with HM crumble topping

    SP vanilla ice cream
    10 balls of HM choc chip cookie dough
    2 HM scones took out for snacks today

    HM vegetable tagine - a single portion and a double portion
    HM bolognaise sauce - double portion
    HM split pea soup - single portion
    YS individual beef mince pie
    Three individual portions of HM coconut rice took one out for lunch and cooked in microwave

    Bread - three food bags with two HM slices each, a couple of HM rolls, three bought rolls I always have loads of HM bread in freezer and am baking another loaf today
    YS ready rolled puff pastry
    2 value wraps

    Two chicken carcasses Waiting to be made into stock/soup
    Ten chicken wings collected from various chickens We now have enough to make a meal with, yay
    Two chicken thighs and two drumsticks Took out for dinner tonight
    350g beef mince

    And there was me thinking that it wasn't looking very full at all :rotfl:

    EDIT Oh and there was a bag of ice that melted so will need to fill up our ice trays or OH will complain :)
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