January 2013 Grocery Challenge

Coxy11

Hello everyone :wave: I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Boxing Day.

I have updated the budget list to here Please let me know if I've missed anyone, thanks.

Welcome to all the newbies and returners:
dreamingofmoney, couldsavemore, Ruby789, catznine, Mrs Toast, Waywardbird, storytime, Kittenkirst, lushlifesaver, CupcakeLisa, Annie99, MaddyWaddy, Sarah2011, hereigoagain22, FBG85, ruby_eskimo, blue eyes, Changingme, Ellieseleven, VanyaHargreeves, cw18:D, fluffpot, trulymadlydeeply_indebt!, kittiej, Tales17, lilian1977, dizzyditzy, thrifty bell, 76Rosie, thehappybutterfly, Pixie Fairydust, ange903, Thriftkitten, cat4772, gunsandbanjos, MummyEm, Newbie here, KittyFisher, savingpennies, poohspals and lovecrafting

Hoping I haven't missed anyone out You are all most welcome here

On a bit of a go slow today as we were caught in an 8 mile queue on the motorway last night. Took 3.5 hours for the police to turn us around and to drive back down the wrong way of the M20:eek: Have to say the children were amazing, as it was pitch black and one by one the ipods and phones ran out of battery:( Had to be right at the front of the queue didn't we :rotfl:

Will be popping on to update the budget list, but I'm still on my December GC for now. Looking forward to joining you all officially in January.

Bye for now
Coxy

njk2125

My challenge started on the 10th of December and I'm budgeting yearly for £5000, This is for all food and drink in or out and cleaning, toiletries etc.....
I have bulging cupboards and chest freezer so hoping not to spend a lot in January to save some of the budget for later in the year.

Coxy11

Apologies to raphanius - you must've snuck on when I was writing my mammoth post Welcome!

Coxy

Honey_Bear

Hi Coxy11. Could you put me down for £135 a month for January, February, March, April and May, please? I'll review it after May, because if I can stick with it, I'll have caught up with my Christmas overspend from December.

Many thanks for all your work, and everyone who contributes to the GC. It's teaching me a lot about my bad spending habits and budgetting generally, so it's a huge help.

Jellybaby

Hi, I'm a newbie to the grocery challenge. I'm widowed with two teenagers, one at uni and the other final year of school and I currently spend a horrendous amount of money on food - or that should read rubbish!! I used to be very good with shopping budgets and meal planning but the last two years my head has been full of cotton wool. So time to blow away the cobwebs and get my act in gear. Please put me down for £250 per month - and I'll start today, pay day!

she_who_can_not_cook

KolaKube wrote: »

Hello all!

, so will nip over to the shop now in a tick and get those and any good little offers, ekk here we go again lol).

xx

well i went into tesco to return a xmas gift with a security tag on the trousers now i got it on the 10th of dec walked out the shop and did not send the guards running either then or when i returned it i ended up getting some bits and bobs opps do not go out unless you have too lol

Kitty_Ears

This is great. We are spending about £400 a month with the two of us! This includes cat food, rabbit food etc. We are so naughty, we do an online shop but I bet you we will be back at asda a few days later! I'm hoping this will change when I start full time work in a few weeks.

she_who_can_not_cook

Mamjak wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your mum Elsiepac. Hope things get sorted soon for her and she makes good, quick recovery.
Happy new home!!

here here all the best for her quick recovery

she_who_can_not_cook

nicolula87 wrote: »

My partner and I have been discussing money saving strategies - we are planning to buy all meat and veg from the market on a Saturday, and as many of our staples as possible from Aldi, instead of our usual Asda.

Hopefully this will keep us on track!

some times the staples (i have found) to be cheaper in asda and tescos than aldi but its up to you both to see what you like/prefer

MrsCD

Hello again and Happy New Year. Good to see so many newbies :wave: Hope it works out for you all.

Thanks to zippychick, rosieben, bluegreen, coxy (and pink if you're still around?) for all your hard work in setting up the thread and keeping us all on track. :T

Please can I change from weekly to monthly? I'd like to go for £300 per month, and I'm going to do calendar months this year to see if I can work it out any better

Nice to see elsiepac back again too - hope your Mum is ok and the treatment works well. I know you can sort your finances out, and we're all here for you to have a rant whenever you want!

Risingfromtheashes - I'm glad I'm not the only one who has senior moments when working out my budgets :rotfl:Good to see you.

Newbie_here wrote: »

I'm so sorry but on an iPad and scrolling up and down on here and it said thank you for reporting this as spam! Oh dear, did not do this intentionally? I can't even see which one I reported, I was just scrolling.

Oops! Don't worry about it - we all make mistakes. Good to have you on board.

Well here we go......