October 2012 Grocery Challenge

she_who_can_not_cook

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Any fellow can't-live-without-Yorkshire-tea-no-matter-how-poor-ers - they are 2 for £3 in Sains.[/QUOTE]
lol i am a drink any rubbish gal

she_who_can_not_cook

Smoosh wrote: »

£13.63 spent today, that's this week's shopping done. Most of that money was on cat food and drinks (coke addiction...:o), didn't really need much food though already got bread, veg, milk, freezer bits etc.

my oh will only drink the proper coke but i stil keep trying you should have seen the face i got when i shown him the cherry stuff thats in the aldi mag..:rotfl:

mummygems

xxJoxx - My kids love those cartons but they dont like the strong ones lol.

I buy basic curry sauce, S&S sauce, pasta sauce (we use it for pizza toppings), biscuits, crisps, fruit and veg, meat and dishwasher tablets all of which we find absolutely fine.

mossy

Oh the shame, I genuinely have no idea!! :eek: Have eaten out a few times and even resorted to a ready meal (albeit a yummy one from Waitrose). So tired and still feeling poorly, we fell asleep at 6pm yesterday!! Will try and work it out later in the week when I eventually build up the energy to do the online banking.

Might have to work out a new figure from this week rather than right the whole month off, at least that way I shouldn't overspend as badly if I do that!!

Hope everyone else is doing well.

fjell

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

lol i am a drink any rubbish gal

:rotfl:

Me too (especially with booze!) but the tea is sacred!

digging

Spent total of £93.49. I have a very tight budget of £114 this month (for two adults)...any more than that and I'll be adding to my debt which will NOT be happening! Cupboards full anyway.

GreenFairy

My first trip to the shops came to €2.93 - two litres of milk and a giant head of lettuce. Leftovers for dinner. Packed lunch tomorrow. All very healthy for the grocery budget. Going out for food tomorrow as it's my birthday, but that comes out of a different pot

Sequeena

£1.98 spent in the corner shop. That's where half the money goes I'm sure

Bringing today's total up to £16.93

bossymoo

I spent about £50 yesterday, well, just under. Fridge is full.

We started with sainsbobs basics, DD had milk intolerance, and some of the basics range didn't have milk powder in, unlike the premiums. In fact, the ingredients lists seem far simpler and less full of funny additions. So we started buying more of them. We get all sorts now. It does seem to be mostly eaten by the kids, but being toddlers, there's often waste. Which I mind less if it's cheaper...

nicknack

Pearla*Merle wrote: »

I've not tried the cornflakes yet but I've had the everday value rice krispies and they are definitely worth buying! 70p for a massive box and they taste exactly the same as the big brand.

I second the value rice krispies, we really can't tell the difference between those and the branded ones. We get the value cornflakes too which are absolutely fine.

Another £9.28 to add to my total after I called in at Mr T earlier - 2 packs of cheese plus bread and 2 packs of mince, reduced from £4 to £2.65. When the mince went through at the checkout I also got £1 off on the 2 for £7 meat offer which made them even cheaper!

Bought some of the Nicky toilet from from H#me B'argains this week to try at £2 for 9 rolls - seems good to me. I also discovered that on my way home from work is a small retail park with HBs, B&M, £stretcher and Wilko's all on the one site. Just need an Aldy or a Leedle on there now and it would be perfect! :rotfl: