January 2013 Grocery Challenge

lushlifesaver

First shop trip out of the budget today and I bought:
4 mini Christmas puddings @ £0.37 dated BB March2014!
2 Aero Christmas trees @ £0.21
2 'my purple one' (Quality street big bar thingies) @ £0.21
1 pack of 6 oven bottom muffins @ £1.00

Total spend £3.32

And the puddings have been stashed away for next year

Having taken stock of what we have in, meal plans (incl expected take outs/meals out) etc I should be able to get by only buying:

Ham
Bread Rolls
Frozen veggies
Milk
Flour
Chocolate chips
Baking butter/marg
Squash
2 x cola
Baking potatoes
4 X Baked beans

so approx £20! Then there will be approx £30 spent on take out/meals out

Hmm hopeful thinking maybe?

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets done to here

Welcome and welcome back to:
Gorgeestwo, nomorespending, dreamywings1, Mrs_T_M, Jo Jo P, frooglefraggle, Run Rabbit, mothershipton, and Frogletina

We have friends over this evening (about 20 including children) so I have made a chilli and a veg chilli nomnomnom.

Wishing you all a very happy new year - let's hope it's healthy and properous for us all

Coxy

malamay

I'd like to aim for £150 in January. I was almost £50 under budget in December, and have gone though and restocked our freezer. I'm aiming to make better use of our slow cooker, and also to eat more soups. And to start saying 'no' to Hubbs when we're shopping together. We would have been under budget so much more in December if I had done this...

lucylollipop

Hi! I haven't been here for a long time (a couple of years now, back when I was a struggling student - I'm a struggling teacher instead now), but I'm back again and ready to go... I've just fought my way through my bank statement, looking at where my money disappears - I was convinced I had around £400 a month after bills and rent etc, turns out, it's closer to £550!!!

Obviously that extra cash is disappearing somewhere, and this year, my plan is to find it and save it. I'm in the very lucky position of having no debt other than my student loan and an over draft that I'll be clearing this month, so it's about time I started feeding my savings account. I've decided to start here - with a budget!

I live on my own M-F, and spend weekends with my boyfriend, either at mine or his, and this month, I'll be allowing myself £150 for January, starting now until payday (25th).

I'm also aiming for lots of NSDs - I'll target for 10, and see how it goes.

Rambling over, happy budgeting everyone!

Lucy x

GreenFairy

Can I go down for €250 please?
Back to pre-holidays levels again. Hoping to trim a little over the next few months as am very broke right now. It'll cover food, drinks (except alcohol), cleaning/household products and toiletries (with the exception of my nice face cream) for the two of us, eating mostly organically.

Looks highly likely that we'll be moving house in 2013, so I need to start cracking on the pantry and freezer. Plenty of creative meals ahead!

forever_saving

Good afternoon everyone.
My challenge starts tomorrow. Hopefully i will have a few nsd's.
My Mum and Dad came round today. They had won a £30 voucher for a local butchers in a Christmas draw. They came with 1lb sausages, 1lb of best mince, 1lb of liver and 3 big pork steaks for me because i always give them bits and pieces off the allotment and give them eggs.
2 quick questions if anyone can help. I have cooked potatoes and leeks in the fridge, been there since Saturday tea, leftovers. Will they still be ok for me to use, want to make soup. I have a few pasties dated use by 30/12/12, will they still be ok to put in the freezer? Thanks in advance.
Good luck to all.
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2013!
FS

Penry

Helloall and HNY
Could i join in please? No rreal idea what we usually spend for 2 adults 2 kids but going to estimate £250 for the calendar month i.e starting tomorrow.


looking forward to learning all your tips and saving money.

Have a great evening!

quintwins

spent £6.30 on jans budget on...

milk £90
2 x bread £1
oranges reduced to 60p from £
kiwi reduced to 50p from £1
plums reduced to 50p from £1
big cheesecake 10p reduced from £2
3 x deli ham 10p reduced from £1.59
kilner jar of pate 10p down from £2? looks more expensive but thats wat the sticker says, honestly i got it for the jar
3 x sandwichs 10p down from £1.80
2 x chicken satay 10p down fro £1
sp garlic bread 10p down from 32p
4 x jumbo cheese garlic bread 10p dow from £1.50
mini pizza 10p down from 45p
3x cheese and onion sausage roll type things 10p down from £1.50
4x chicken breasts with cheese ham and mushroom 10p down from £3.38
sausage rolls 10p down from £1.50
mini chicken and ham pie 10p down from £2.38
fancy fishcakes 10p down from £2.18
2 family sized steak pies 10p down from £3.38

Shop should have cost £58.36!!!

FBG85

:)Spent £23.19 in Aldis (got 3 bags of 20p parsnips yum) and spent £25 in farmfoods but have fully stocked my freezer and used my £2.50 off voucher. So that should last me hopefully the rest of the month, then I just need to buy fresh stuff.

lynney88

I'd like to aim for £175 please?

I'm a newbie (kinda) to all of this and I'm having trouble with some of threads and finding challenges and some codes that are being used eg. UU, NSDs and the likes can someone help me please?

Is there a thread detailing these? lol
I know I'm a pain x