January 2013 Grocery Challenge

Florenceem

Went to Al.. - stocked up on fresh stuff - Super Six plus some other bits. Popped into As.. for milk on way home - cheaper there. Walking with shopping trolley so no cost/hardship going to two shops.

katholicos

Bed day today. Kids will fend for themselves with home made veg curry made yesterday. Thank heavens for slow cookers and making more than enough!

The dog food i ordered out of the grocery budget, arrived this morning...collie has had some and devoured it. So pleased she likes it as the initial outlay seems expensive.

Had hoped to be able to get some more fresh veg this weekend but that is now unlikely. We have enough, i just like having MORE than enough!

lbnblbnb

Florenceem wrote: »

Bossy Florenceem here - is the oven on just for the cake baking. It is thrifty to fill the oven - ie bake when dinner is cooking.

Ha! You are right, there are bakers in there too.

mothershipton

so far this month £336, not bad as budget was £350 but will probably have another shop before the end of the month. Hubby and I have decided to try and do most of our shop at B00ths, our local supermarket which although dearer than T$sco and M0rris0ns has better values. It also doesnt have the same choice... so we dont tend to go as mad in there. Ive just checked our spends last year and it averaged £115 a week (yikes!!)

Kitchenbunny

Reporting a tiny spend of £1.10 on garlic bread. I truly hope tomorrow is an NSD! Can't wait til the end of January

KB xx

ruby_eskimo

Well we spent £99.07 at Sainsburys today! I know its a lot but we haven't done any shopping for almost 2 weeks and needed to stock up on a lot of things (like laundry stuff, frozen veg etc). Picked up a lot of reduced meat, and probably have enough food again to last a couple of weeks again.

That was the last shop of the month so I can declare that my total was £178.78 / £250! Not bad at all I think for a first try!

minicooper272

Last week I had £32 left for the month, and I spent about £20 of that last week (didn't get a receipt for one of them, so can't remember exact amount), and today I spent £10.18, which should take me to the end of the month, so all in, I'm just about on budget this month! Close enough for me at least...

Keeping a spending diary just doesn't seem to work for me, and I think the only way around it is to take the money out and physically watch it going. I meant to do that this month, but guess it'll need to be next month now!

lizalloareds

spends today
£5.60 spend in Mr A
45p in Aldi

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tessie_bear

welcome back florenceem...hope to be seeing your nice pics again soon...i have been to lidl and the freezer is full of the half price choc pastries...my kids like them and at 8p a pop they are a cheeky bargain...also got cherry toms and 13p kiwi as thought both would be nice with the packed lunches....

out for a lovely tea and still full so no more needed tonight...spotted a fruit stall on the local market that i plan to go back and look at as the stuff looked fresh and seemed well priced

take care tess

Gracie_1827

Another "spend" of £2.50 worth of Nectar points at Sainsbugs plus what's left on my gift card £1.46 + I had to spend one whole pound. Bringing my total spend for food this month of £1 in cash and £6.66 off a gift card.