September 2012 Grocery Challenge

meanmarie

Another €34.77 spent to-day, bringing my total September spend to €112.34, so need to be more careful I think...

Marie

Coxy11

Back from MrT to report spends of £59.39. This included £5 on some beers for DH as we have none in and he keeps reminding me of this

Tea tonight will be breaded plaice, chips, green beans and 4p value mushy peas

Will have paninis for lunch tomorrow. DD is sitting her 11+ from 8am so we will be in need of sustinance by then. Some sort of mexican mince for tomorrow night's tea I think.

Totals updated.

liz-paul

Ooopps! Spent about £25 on groceries today - mostly jsut little treats 'cos I was feeling p'eed off! Never mind, I should still come in under budget and having a few treats in the house will ake it less likely that we spend a small fortune on eating/takeaways this weekend! And the kidlets will be pleased to get a few M&Ms later

Winchelsea

Zippychick and all,

I've been a bit remiss about keeping up lately, but would like to drop back in. I think I've been just as "good" as before, but haven't been keeping proper accounts.

So, can I try a WEEKLY target please - I want to aim for £7 a week for a while, to see how that pans out. And I'll start tomorrow.

I did the Live Below The Line Challenge earlier this year - living on £1 a day. It was do-able, but not easy, as it was all food bought in specially, not the normal way of having half empty packets etc. in the cupboard. And it was only over 5 days, so buying from scratch meant very little variety was possible. (Was glad to raise money for charity though - I did mine for UNICEF.)

meg72

Winchelsea wrote: »

Zippychick and all,

I've been a bit remiss about keeping up lately, but would like to drop back in. I think I've been just as "good" as before, but haven't been keeping proper accounts.

So, can I try a WEEKLY target please - I want to aim for £7 a week for a while, to see how that pans out. And I'll start tomorrow.

I did the Live Below The Line Challenge earlier this year - living on £1 a day. It was do-able, but not easy, as it was all food bought in specially, not the normal way of having half empty packets etc. in the cupboard. And it was only over 5 days, so buying from scratch meant very little variety was possible. (Was glad to raise money for charity though - I did mine for UNICEF.)

Have you had a look at the 7.00 a week thread, its really impressive. Would love to see your meal plan.

EverTheOptimist

Evening all

About £3 left for the next 2 weeks. Not sure that's doable with any level of budgeting or cooking skill. :rotfl: So damage limitation now. My plan is to eat what i can from the freezer and cupboards. Then with my weekly spends of £30 i will incorporate some small grocery spends, particularly to keep bunny in the luxury he is accustomed. So will be over budget but not too much hopefully.

Plan for next month £40 per week, that way i may actually meal plan and shop for what i need and as i go weekly for bunny this should suit me. We shall see.

savesummore

Hi all,

Im still hideously over budget and need to food shop tomorrow this should last us the week and a half ish until our hols though- will update these spends tomorrow

Just wanted to quickly post that MrT have east end chopped and plum tomatos and chick peas half price at 29p :j

I have stocked up loads as we get through tons of each- we use tomatos in loads of things we cook and im abit of a hummous monster hence the chick peas :rotfl:

Thanks to everyone who posts i learn something new all the time from this thread :T

savesummore

Forgot to say br&nston beans £1 for four tins tomorrow and sunday only in L*dl

Weather forecast this weekend- windy :rotfl:

bossymoo

Ooh I'm v pleased have just completed my 6th nsd in a row (well groceries, anyway). I have not been in a shop since last Saturday, and we've not starved yet, lol.

Nicky_Noo_Na

£8.01 spent tonight and got a pretty decent amount - all on the list or very good YS. Need to spend about the same again on fruit/veg on sunday then hopefully thats it for the week! Will report back on Sunday....

Have a lovely (and low spend) weekend everyone!