January 2013 Grocery Challenge

cowboymum

Havne't updated for a week or so so here goes;

Tesco (food) =£40 (it was about this can't find receipt)
sainsburys (Nappies and baby bits) = £8.83
Sainsburys (food including massive beef joint) = £15.79
Sainsburys (more food!) = £43.78
Golden syrup and mince meat = £1.69

Bits from corner shop;
Milk - £2
Onions - 89p
diet coke - £1.69
Sweets! - £1

Had a bit of a blip with sweets and coke!

Total spent = £115.67

Gosh!

Got to get cherry toms, cucumber, cereal and humus from Aldi tomorrow (am going near it tomorrow) but hopefully thats it for a week or so (I live in hope!). Heading to my mums next weekend and there is a home bargains shop so I'll stock up on a few things. She also gets me a sack of flour so will be a spendy weekend but all on stocking up again.

cowboymum

WantToBeSE wrote: »

A bit of both really. Sorry, i am not being very clear am i
The boys are 13 and 8 (almost 9), and do nothing but eat!
They are quite active, so i dont have any worries about weight,and they eat plenty of fruit, but fruit can be expensive. I got a big box of clementines from Lidl for £2.49 on Friday,so that might help a little this wee, but i normally make about 20 biscuits, 40 mini sausage rolls, and 1 cake, every week.
I dont mind making it, s i enjoy it, but they just eat so much that its costing me so much!

Thanks for the pudding ideas though, i think i might do a monthly shop at asda for those puddings, as they can be quite cheap from there i think

I read something really good on here recently for snacks for children. Get reduced french bread and make into pizzas with HM tomato sauce and grated cheese, and freeze wrapped up in tinfoil. You can then pop them in the oven when the children need a snack. I think this was for older boys who could put it in the oven themselves, but I thought it was great! I have a 10 year old with hollow legs and a husband who is training for a marathon (plus a 6 year old who hates pizza but oh well!) so am planning on trying this one out!

couldsavemore_2

went to mr t today and spent £41 on groceries. just needed to top up fresh stuff and get extra bread and milk in case of snow.also got a pork joint for tomorrow as we have visitors every thing else we have.
still doing well with stock from freezer will do some baking in morning for the week and freezer.

this challenge is really keeping me focused has stopped me buying all sorts of things we dont need . the hardest part at moment is keepinpg ny oh from buying stuff but so far so good.



thanks everyone take care

savingpennies

Went to Aldi and bought some veg, mainly stuff I can put in casseroles and soup (carrots, celery, mushrooms, peppers), potatoes and stuff for sandwiches (ham and cheese) also washing powder. Ran out of milk yesterday so bought a tray of UHT milk - we don't mind it for drinks and it's better than nothing when you run out! Then went next door to poundstretchers to buy some Baxters soups which i take to work for my lunches when I've no home made left and I don't like Heinz soup and not keen on Aldi's.
DH off work at the moment and has said he will go through chest freezer and compile an inventory of the contents and then I can do a meal plan to use the stuff up.

Billie-jo

Small spend this morning in Mossi$ons £7.99 so now total spent this month is £85.03 out of £200 on track so far for Jan
NSD tomorrow all being well.

I can vouch for the hm french bread pizza's they are lovely and fairly filling. Crumpets are cheap to buy and sultana pancakes are easy to make and the batter mix will stay in the fridge for a day at least so you could make some up then cook when needed. Also make a large portion of pasta salad and keep in the fridge for a snack with some crackers or crsipbreads etc. Make your own bread sticks and have with cream cheese or garlic mayo etc. We often have some cooked salad potatoes in the fridge to grab if hungry, can be easily warmed in microwave if prefered and served with some butter on or tomato sauce etc. Big saucepan full of soup and some crusty rolls are both filling and warming in this cold weather we are having. Sausage rolls are filling and fairly cheap especially the frozen ones likewise vol au vents stuffed with either salad, creamed mushrooms or just grated cheese and onion. May have to do some of those myself now as just remembered how much we like them and have a box of 60 somewhere hidding in the freezer depths.

WantToBeSE

Thanks everyone for the snack suggestions.
They will eat anything and everything, so all suggestions welcome

BabyCakes_2

Glad to have found this thread. Christmas has left us hanging on a thread with the overdraft limit. Working hard to get it to 0 before the 26th with my money. This now includes doing a fortnightly shop for as little as possible. I am going to write my list up when little one in bed.

lizalloareds

Hi everyone going to join in, hoping to only spend £60 pw

storytime

Only spent £1 for milk at Iceland today only wanted milk so it was eyes down and straight to the milk- woman on a mission!

Ok now until Wednesday/Thursday, so hopefully I will have afew more nsd's.

january_23

Spent another £12.77.
£29.64 left for the month.

January