November 2012 Grocery Challenge

vanoonoo

you see what happens when I dont plan properly - I've had two "pop to the shop" trips and each time it's been a tenner grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

hope you're all doing better than me in this long month before the c-word! xxx

meg72

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moonpixiewitch

my total for the month £157.79 :j
i am so pleased :beer:
we start our december budget tomorrow as hubby changed jobs and now gets paid on time
This is first time i have come in so far under budget , thanks to everyone on the forums , mr al*i , mr wai*rose for the most amazing reductions (to name just one 2 whole mackerel 49p ) , my slow puncture on my car which discourages me from going anywhere unless i really need to (as i have to pump it up first) which has created 10 no spend days .
I must also add we are on a low carb/low sugar diet , only have co-op , wait*ose and *ldi in the nearest town , which is 7 miles away .
we have radically cut food waste over the last month and really been creative with using up food to make meals/lunches , batch cooking and making most things from scratch .

feeling really motivated to do even better next month and we have 3 guests xmas day , and 10 for new years eve party ! :eek:

flubberyzing

A £3.44 spend in Tescos. Bread, milk, a mushroom stirfry and a curry.

They were also doing 12x Richmonds thick cut sausages for half-price (£1.50), so got a packet of them, which my 2nd purse is paying for.

meg72

moonpixiewitch wrote: »

my total for the month £157.79 :j
i am so pleased :beer:
we start our december budget tomorrow as hubby changed jobs and now gets paid on time
This is first time i have come in so far under budget , thanks to everyone on the forums , mr al*i , mr wai*rose for the most amazing reductions (to name just one 2 whole mackerel 49p ) , my slow puncture on my car which discourages me from going anywhere unless i really need to (as i have to pump it up first) which has created 10 no spend days .
I must also add we are on a low carb/low sugar diet , only have co-op , wait*ose and *ldi in the nearest town , which is 7 miles away .
we have radically cut food waste over the last month and really been creative with using up food to make meals/lunches , batch cooking and making most things from scratch .

feeling really motivated to do even better next month and we have 3 guests xmas day , and 10 for new years eve party ! :eek:

Great result, I had to giggle about the car, having to pump up a tire first would certainly put me off going shopping :rotfl:

angelatgraceland

Took DS for his induction in new job, went to P.O. to send a recorded delivery letter then went to Iceland to use a till spit. Got to the till and cashier said it is exactly £30. I know I said! She asked me if I had counted it up as I went around. Yes I did I replied! So £3 taken off of that-a £2 till spit for next week and another £3 one for the week after. I got a 1.9 kg turkey crown-not too big as we are having other meats as well due to me inviting my brothers family over fo Christmas.Got some carrots and have peeled 6 portions. 100g each so no waste. Froze one bag with 300g in. The bag was 1.5kg for £1. Some left in fridge.Got some youngs fishcakes for tea for either today or tomorrow. Orange juice is on offer(the £1 carton) at 2 for £1.50 and Anchor butter is 2 for £2. A few other things but they were the bargains!
Got home and realised I have run out of tinned cat food(we have dry)so I gave her half a tin of sardines. I will pop in Mr T on the way to my cousins this afternoon and get some-unless Mr A is cheaper-Going to look online! Catching up with washing now and must put breadmaker on or there will be no bread! 2nd dehumidifer is working a treat in keeping conservatory dry and is better than leaving a radiator(electric)on out there. It is only single glazed so is a nightmare.

tessie_bear

hi...still plodding on...have done 4 nsd this week but still feel poor...beginning to think it is a state of mind...going to make a stew for tea and that i think is the last of the stewing steak i got from costco....their meat is great best i have ever purchased

have done a meal plan for next week and am going to try and stretch the food out and not go shopping next week...i think the milk may run out but will be ok for everything else

have a nice day tess

Hurdler

Dipped into my Weekly cash allowance to buy 3 carrots for a batch-cook soup - £0.41!!!
So I think I am still on course to stay within my current balance this month of £93.42.

Did a massive sort out of recipes - some from old recipe books/files, some off the web.
Starting to work through them - aiming to do one new thing a week to add to my repertoire!
First up - tomorrow will be doing Salmon Burgers and an adaptation on Nigel Slater's Courgetti.

I had to call Lakeland after I discovered all my veg in the stay fresh bag with a load of condensation.
I had to use up the remaining bags to dry the veg off and rebag... and have washed out the initial bags.
But in fairness - even though there was some condensation - a lot of the veg looked fine - but nonetheless - going to use up some today on a stir-fry.

Batch-cooking a Potato, Carrot and Cabbage Soup for freezing up... and will do a Thai Spiced Sweet Potato and Courgette one on Friday for the next week.
At the end of next week - I'll add in a Tomato soup and that should keep me stocked for a while as I really want to have soup at lunch most days now.

afeitar

A small £7.58 spend today which should set me up for the rest of the week I think. Done my meal plan and don't think we will need to go out for anything. Really pleased to come in at £83.47 Going to treat ourselves a bit more next month once OH gets paid, but this month has been very tight financially so the challenge has done us good. I've noticed I didn't eat as much fruit this month so I'm going to try to eat a bit healthier next month (to counteract Christmas :rotfl:) so this will probably increase the food bill too.

MrsCD

angelatgraceland - sending you lots of hugs. What a time you're having. I hope your DD isn't hurt and you get the car sorted out quickly. Good news for your DS though - hope it all goes well for him.


My GC is all to pot because I haven't been writing it down and had no time to add up the receipts etc., but I'm fairly sure I'm within budget I'll stick it out to the end of the month and try to read the posts even if I don't join in myself!