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

Billie-jo

Deleted_User - sorry to hear you not feeling well and hope you are better soon. Hope you are back with us in 2013
Havent done a big shop yet this month as we havent needed a lot plus have been trying to use some things out of the freezers and cupboards.

Brought some fruit & veg today though and it came to £7.93 which brings total up to £15.94
Attempting to finish off the Cristmas present shopping on Monday but this is from a different budget then will concentrate on the food as soon as it is done. Will be doing the dreaded card writing today and no doubt by the end of it my message will be too untidy to decipher . I cant be the only one who's writing gets worse the more I do it can I?

VickyV

VickyV wrote: »

Big shop again tomorrow, hoping to bring it all in for about £45 :eek:

That didn't happen ! Spent £57.58 in Te$co, Ald1 and a nearby grocer's - the lion's share was Ald1. Gives me £74.40 to spend until the 23rd December. :think: Should be easy enough (famous last words) as I only need fruit, the odd bit of veg, milk and probably yet more cereal and, although DH goes through cereal so fast that we often wonder if he uses it to fuel the car, even we couldn't get through that amount in a fortnight! I've got enough in and have planned meals until 28th Dec so I don't need to elbow my way through the crowds before christmas with a trolley, a small child and a foul temper!

Some of you seem to be having a really PANTS time of things lately :mad: so (((MASSIVE hugs))) to you all and I hope you find things start looking up very soon!

Off to update sig!
xx

Solstice_3

Another shop today - all I seem to do is shop! Also did an online shop on Mr T yesterday but won't update/post until it comes and I know the actual price. Went to A$da today and got top up veg, milk, cheese and laundry tablets. Total £9.38.

Also got booked out of my grocery money veg box delivery (meat) and my 2 Christmas boxes (one meat, one veg) that lot comes to a pretty penny but it's worth it Will update sig as and when it arrives. Have £40 left to last 2 weeks!

forever_saving

A spend of £37.83 in Mr T this morning. That now brings my total to £121.19. I still have a resonable amount of food in the freezer so i didn't buy any meat or frozen food at all. Again i will have £10 in my purse to buy any top ups for during the week. Last week i spent £10.53 during the week, so a little over but i did get one of Mr A's honey glazed gammon joints for a reduced price of £1.25. Worth going over my £10 for.
Tea tonight is hm pizza (dough rising as i type) because i have bits and pieces to use up from out of the fridge with salad. I have made a batch of twinks, which are going down very well in our house at the moment and a lemon cous cous cake.
Good luck to everyone else.
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CookieMonsta

Small spend of £4.58 at Mr T's including 3 T's Chocolate Oranges - Buy 1 get 2 free!

WelshWoofer

Just back from the shops and spent £10 in the vegan shop and £19 in Mr M (hate that shop but it was on the way home).
I'm up to a bit more than I'd like for this point in the month but I'm hoping to still stick to the budget......we'll see.:)

Bluegreen143

rosieben wrote: »

Bluegreen, I've added your Chicken Satay and the
Butternut squash, caramelised red onion & feta pie to the index. :T

Rosieben, did you get anyone volunteer to take over the recipe indexing? I thought I saw that you were looking to take a break from it and if you're stuck I don't mind giving it a go?

A few small spends to report - been so many of these this month so far (mostly OH spending in my defence!). We got some milk (£1.20), reduced salad (75p), four bottles of coke (£5). Will update signature!

Had a lovely chicken stew last night, made with leftover shredded chicken from making stock, aubergine, spinach and various other bits and bobs, along with rice and yoghurt. Tonight it's HM hummus with couscous, pistachio and feta salad, some pitta breads and roasted veg - just a big mix of salady stuff basically

mildredalien

A few spends since my last grocery shop - £4.68 today on a few bits and pieces for dinner tonight (and some coke for cocktails ) and 40p on some crisps in work yesterday. Celebrated some good news for my OH with £18 on a takeaway a couple of days ago, which I'm taking out of this budget and I'll see if I can claw it back later in the month! Still have loads of food left in from my meal plan as most of it is frozen, so should be able to stretch it out next week with a veg top up.

Nicky_Noo_Na

Another £3 today but hoping that's it now for a few days!!

Tiglath

Still on track with the December budget - £124/£180 and 11 days to go. Taking packed lunches into work has made a huge difference.