December 2012 Grocery Challenge!!!!! REALLLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

jumblejack

Good afternoon fruglers

No spend day again today. I did 'buy' lots of red and white wool for my first crochet blanket project but I used a love2shop which is credited with my topcashback earnings!!

We had cheesy oatcakes for dinner and I'm about to start prepping tea so I can concentrate on my crochet. :j :j

We are gonna have lentil n carrot soup with JJs herby cheese bread

It's gonna be a good day today! I LOVE LOVE LOVE crochet!!!!! :T

Mmmm.

Solstice_3

Hello everyone I've been watching this thread for about a week or so and reading quite a few others. Would I be able to join in? This is my first attempt at budgeting and I have no idea how much I spend each month just that I run out of money for groceries and it has to come out of another pot on the last week. I really want to get on top of things! I've made a spreadsheet and been tracking everything since payday - even colour coded it so I can compare shops for prices

So after all that waffle could I be put down for £310 please - that includes food, cleaning and Christmas food stuff inc alcohol. Haven't included pets as they are budgeted elsewhere

So far this month 29/11 - 27/12 I have spent £148.92 :eek:

lottie3000

A little spend in Sains to add on to mine (6.84), hopefully will not spend anything more until Thursday when i'm sure to run out of milk and if I need £30 worth of shopping would like to take advantage of my other Ald* voucher.

Godiva500

First spend today - £54 from Tesco.

Shortie

Updated with new spends. I popped to Mr T yesterday to pick up the Direct.com order and grab a few bits we needed there. We now have a restock of tea and coffee, and I have the bits in to make the edible bits of the parents' Christmas hampers

We should be in a position to put the chest freezer on again (it's been off since we moved here) tomorrow and I have to go back to Mr T as something hadn't turned up on time for yesterday. While I'm there I will grab a small stock of bread and milk in, as well as get the Christmas chicken in too in case they don't have a decent sized bird of the type we want nearer Christmas

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets done to here

Please double-check the list on post 10 of page 1 to make sure I've got you! I'm suffering from a headcold so may have missed somebody off - sorry for being rubbish!

First spends of December GC for me at the weekend in both Sainsbobs and Tosco. Total currently at £94.21/£500.

Off to update my sig.
Coxy

lemmings1986

hi all hope everyone is well,hugs to those that need them.:grouphug:
small spend to report
bought a tub of butter and a loaf of bread total £1.17
tea is meatball pastabake which i made yesterday so just needs warming up.and should have some left over to go in freezer.:D
ive done a mealplan for week
mon- meatball pastabake
tues,meat pie and mash,veg
wed-minted lamb burgers,homemade wedges
thurs-homemade shepherds pie
fri-homemade pizza
sat-anything goes fried rice(oh's favourite)
sun-chicken dinner,roasties,mash,veg,yorkie puds

breakfasts will be cereal,porridge,toast
puddings homemade lemon curd sponge
fairy buns and cookies

everything for meal plan is in cupboards/freezer
i just need vegetable oil ive run out and value stock cubes
sorry for long post

Dreamer80

Hi,

Is it just me or does any-one else find that now we are declaring what we spend on groceries, we are more hesitant to buy things? It's the 3rd day into my month ad I haven't spent anything yet! Likely to change over the next couple of days as I have my eye on some half price Port (for Christmas) and tea bags in the Co-*p

D80

GreenFairy

€9.55 spent on way home from college. Vitalite, salad bits, wraps, tomato puree and onion granules.

mossy

Welcome to the challenge Solstice_3 :wave:

Dreamer80 wrote: »

Is it just me or does any-one else find that now we are declaring what we spend on groceries, we are more hesitant to buy things?
D80

Errr sadly no!! :rotfl: Although I certainly don't overspend as much as I used to as I'm keeping track of it. Now it's on my siggy so I can't get away from it, so actually I guess yeah a bit!!

Small spend of £1.50 today. 50p on crisps for DD to munch on while I was having my hair cut (should have been more organised and packed something for her) and £1 in to my sealed pot for something that I took out of Mossy's Market.