February 2013 Grocery Challenge

lizalloareds

spends today
£2.08 Aldi

sig updated, nearly £25 over this week

storytime

Spends in Iceland £5, Lidl £33.31, & Mr T £13.58. Sig updated, well in target. I did well at Mr T buying YS bread at 14p and a cu for 16p, Cauli 18p. I read on one of the boards that buying things in the ethnic aisle was cheaper so I gave it a go last night at Mr T. Chilli flakes triple the amount but the same price as spice aisle and the huge bag of lentils was so much cheaper.
I saw a recipe for cheese and lentil loaf so will give it a go.

Florenceem

NSD here.
Dinner was HM garlic wedges with roasted beetroot, red onion/white onion and some chicken kievs - found lurking in the freezer.

katholicos

January 23, you are doing very well indeed!

Rightio, went to morries today and i think (cant find the receipt now i want it) that it came to £23 and a few pence. Got lots of fruit, bread, milk etc and i don't think we need anything else for the next few days, or maybe even a week.

So far we a up to £317 spent on groceries for 3 and also (quite expensive by comparison to run of the mill stuff) dog food since january 1st, so i think we are on track. Seems to average out at about £50 a week, if i did my maths right!

NickJW

Morning all!

A few more spends to report:

£4.60 in Mr W on washing liquid on offer, sweet potatoes and green beans on Wednesday
65p yesterday in Mr S on a can of Diet coke

Made jerk chicken breasts with sweet potato mash and green beans last night. Need white pepper, ginger, pak choi and spring onions for a Ching He Huang five spiced chicken dish tonight.
Tomorrow I'm making curry.

Hope everyone has a good day.

craigywv

yhats me for feb came in 3.67 under my target so heading off to march now ,good luck all with your gc xxx

Chellie1964

Will be staying with Feb challenge until 2nd March so one more weekend shop to go and have £42.11 left in the budget.

My name is Chellie and I'm a grocery shopaholic! This challenge has helped me so much. Last week for example I spent £56.41 in A***, a big shop by some of your standards I know, but for me nothing short of a miracle! Previously I spent £100+ every Saturday regardless of what I already had in.

Next month I plan to do even better. Thank you grocery challenge members for helping me mend my ways and showing me the way to write a menu plan and a list.

medusasmummy

morning all,
its the end of week 3 and another £68.96 spent during the week.
£38.72 in aldi on my main shop
£22.23 in morrisons (only went in for a sack of spuds but took advantage of some YS meat, and a dented box of iams, 40 sachet box)
£8.01 in sainsburys (on mozerella and over the counter remedies)

a bit more than i wanted to spend but its has evened out with my underspends. total £193.27 spent so far. leaving me just under £50 for next week which is more than do-able!

im off to a$da next week for £1 warburtons, and i'm going to be stocking up on some offers for march whilst i'm there.

its really bugs me that a$da dont put end dates on their offers. its makes me so anxious when i find a good offer because i have to get it straight away in case its not on offer when i go next!! E.g i went out new years day to stock up on the £1 warburtons in case it didnt last and now nearly 8weeks later its still £1! but other offers (coffee etc.) only last a week or 2.

Billie-jo

Florenceem - that chicken kiev meal looks lovely and has reminded me how much I enjoy roasted beetroot so will try to get some tomorrow.

Felt better today so went to Ald! Spent all together £34.88 and this includes some items I have brought from my stockpile. Will need some fruit & veg tomorrow when go to Morry’s

Tea tonight is Lamb Henry with mashed swede, roast parsnips, sprouts and carrots. DH will have potatoes instead of the swede as he not that keen on it. Lamb was from the depths of the freezer and its good to see some items that have been in a while getting used.

Meal plans done to end of the month so will have to start thinking of March soon.

Will nip over to the March thread now to read before its too long to catch up although here till the end of month and will decide on a target.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Islandmaid

Added £70 from shop at Mr L,s - did include 3lts wine and a huge amount of meat, should last a month