October 2012 Grocery Challenge

Sequeena

£18 spent today (milk, cheese, fruit etc). I'm going to smash this £200 budget I've set. I'm so shocked, I didn't realise we wasted so much money on food. I really need to get this in control

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Lulabelle06 wrote: »

Oh my it has all gone wrong!! I have absolutely no idea what I have spent this last week. Went to London Tuesday but only overnight but OH proposed while we were away so my head has been in clouds! I am going to go for a weekly budget of £40. and then go back to a monthly budget next month. Especially need to save money now I have a wedding to pay for!! Hope everyone is well. Need to catch up on the board. xx

Congratulations!!

vanoonoo wrote: »

breakthrough! went to te5c0 for bread and milk. bought bread and milk. came out with bread and milk. and N.O.T.H.I.N.G else! less than £3.00 spent. first.time.ever. result!

That's very good - you should have a virtual gold medal :rotfl:!

katholicos

Spent nowt today. Though while i was out this evening i was extremely tempted to nip in to the drive thru McD's for some large fries and a McFlurry.

Didn't do it though

hannah:-)_2

Popped into shop today to stock back up on nuts (am veggie, so get thro quite a lot of them). Did pick up a couple of things not on my list, but they were reduced so not beating myself up about it. Did forget washing up liquid though, so will have to venture back in tomorrow or the next day and try not to come out with a basket full then

Only a short month as I started late this time, hence the low budget, but at £12.96 / £100 so far. Good job I've got quite a bit in the cupboard and freezer cos it looks like that budget won't stretch very far at this rate :eek:

MrsCD

vanoonoo wrote: »

breakthrough! went to te5c0 for bread and milk. bought bread and milk. came out with bread and milk. and N.O.T.H.I.N.G else! less than £3.00 spent. first.time.ever. result!

WOW - very well done :T

I did the weekly shop today - I've updated sig. Managing to keep within budget, but I'll have to do a freezer shop soon. I'm hoping I can hold out until next week, but we're out of ice cream and lollies and I don't thing DH wants to wait that long!

mummyyof5

No shopping since Saturday when I spent around £5 on veg..did buy my LO a birthday cake yesterday...he was 6..dont know where that time went ???...but thats from a different budget..tomorrow will be a nsd too..one because I have a friend coming round and 2 because we are broke...council tax due and school photos need paying this week

NickJW

Congrats Lulabelle06 :j

Few spends to report:

£3.90 in Mr S
50p in the corner shop
99p in C0stcutter

= £5.39

Made my own Chicken Bhuna tonight from scratch from spices in stock rather than buying another paste. Was very pleased with it and didn't take long to cook at all (very important for me when I finish work).

Hope everyone is well.

[Deleted User]

Well, just updated my sig with some more spends, i have less than £20 to last. I will try, but not too sure. Back to buying nothing for a week hopefully to try and catch up !!!

meg72

vanoonoo wrote: »

breakthrough! went to te5c0 for bread and milk. bought bread and milk. came out with bread and milk. and N.O.T.H.I.N.G else! less than £3.00 spent. first.time.ever. result!

Oh well done, I dont think I have ever managed it. it works best for me just not to go.

jedi82

Morning everyone, it was an NSD for me yesterday too. DH tried to persuade me to get an indian takeaway but I was v.good and reheated some we had in the freezer. It shows how this challenge changes your way of thinking though cos before I would have said yes straight away but instead I worried about going over my target!

Have a good day all
jEDI X