January 2013 Grocery Challenge

PaddyPaws

Just totting up my January spends as we've got everything in to last till Thursday and Feb budget starts from Friday

Total spend for the month £174.23 out of a budget of £200 - woo-hoo! £25.77 under budget!

And if I'd left DH at home when I did the top-up shop yesterday it would have been even better. How did some bananas and some milk end up costing £22 :eek:

Here's to doing even better in February
PP

76rosie

my total spend to date will be 49.15. ordered domino's pizza and bought whoopised milk, bread and 2p Christmas sweets.

not going to cut my budget next month.

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declaring £89.79 spent from budget of £90 :j

CRANKY40

Declaring all January shopping finished at £153.91 /£175.00, so just a little bit under budget. Not as much as I'd hoped as I'm always a bit nervous in January about getting stuck indoors due to bad weather. I have an ever hungry 8 year old and probably could manage with much less of a store cupboard, but it will all be used eventually.

Newbie_here_2

Didn't quite manage the challenge but really pleased I kept any eye on my spending, did ome menu planning and looked out for deals and special offers. I now can see where I went wrong, shopping with no lists, I am so much better getting it delivered, and had 2 takeaways and 1 McDonald's for th kids. Think I will just treat thm to one takeaway next month.

Lolkat

So i went shopping today for 2 weeks of food. I menu planned yesterday and checked out the Ald! Super 6. After work today nipped to Ald! £9.50 of spend. All items on my list apart from a tea loaf. Then after tea, £44 at T@esco. (After a £7 off if you spend over £50 coupon). Which is why I've done 2 weeks of shopping. I stocked up on coffee and hot chocolate too.

2 weeks of food takes me way into February and onto my holiday. Hubby says he will survive on cup a soup and cheese and oatcakes. There's plenty in the freezer if he fancies a change and I'll be adding to it this week.

So I'm declaring at £270 out of £300 and I'm pleased as I really picked the 300 out of thin air. I've made a tighter budget for next month. But except for bread and milk etc, 2 weeks into it, I won't have spent anything.

katholicos

Needed some cough medicine and yeast and got a couple of other bits n pieces spent £14.

couldsavemore_2

did have a grocery delivery Sunday, but only about £12 was for this month in the form of fresh fruit ,veg and some bread the rest was products that were on offer( which run out on the29/01 ) for stocking up my store cupboards for February.


i have gone over budget for jan but not by to much. the total is so much lower than it would have been if i hadnt have done this challenge.

so my total for this month is£142/£120

so £22 over but i would normally spend between 80-120 easily, so well pleased

roll on feb challenge
well done to everyone for your own successes in you own challenges
thanks to everyone for all the tips and ideas and motivation

mrs-moneypenny

NSD yesterday and looking like another today so i think ill declare and move over to the feb thread

January spends £357.33

february budget £400

actually manged to come in under budget for the first time, hoping that bodes well for the rest of the year

tessie_bear

hi...last spend of jan today....will total up and record spend for jan...more than i wanted but onward and upward...thought the 39p veg in aldi was a bit ropey looking esp the cabbage so didnt bother but got carrots and a bit of broccoli that i shall use quick...also got a swede costing 75p om goodness they have gone up in price

right back later with the final damage take care tess