February 2013 Grocery Challenge

polkadot90

Managed to complete the month with £9 to spare whoop whoop! thanks aldi!

Suffolk_lass

Hmm. Not HP - DH did not get paid yesterday (last Friday of the month). I know it was half term but it is possuble to schedule payments when you're not there. Left with a dilemna as today's shopping would have been from March's money. So paid the butcher and farm shop from the main account and put the supermarket through on the bills account. Probably sensible to split it that way too. Means I overspent my average monthly for Feb though. I know it will all come out in the wash but still not HP.

Good luck everyone in March
SL

Princess_nola1

Spent anther £6 in Mr T - this sounds like an A Team reference haha - on cookies, cakes and doughnuts for hubby's meeting. Another £1.35 on a required loaf of bread from Mr M. Off to do our weekly shop tomorrow so fingers crossed.

Florenceem

NSD here.
We had HM wedges with mushy peas, Cornish sardine and grated carrot/red onion in mayonnaise for dinner.

tessie_bear

meg...those bargains sound great
flo that fish looks great...love sardines esp on the bbq but wont be trying that at the mo...might get frost bite

been to lidl today to avail myself of the half price crisps...4p a pack not healthy but handy for packups...also got 2 of the piri piri chicken whick ds wanted to try...no more shopping planned but those are famous last words

take care tessa

NickJW

Hmm - didn't end up being a NSD as planned. My HM asked if I could get some Flora pro active yoghurts from Mr S he has for low cholesterol. They had ran out! :mad: Whilst there I of course 'had' to buy something so got tempted on a bottle of Marmite (fed up of sweet things such as Nutella and jam on toast for breakfast at the moment, so need some variation), and a jar of cumin because I've ran out.

£3.43 spent.

Curry with a multitude of spices is on simmer for dinner tonight. Used all the garam masala up, which I wish I had realized I needed when in Mr S...oh well.

On the plus side, I did get a 400 points when you spend £20 voucher which I'll use next weekend after payday, which is £2 off £20. Better than the 80 points off £20 (40p!) they usually give me!

Meat stocks are currently limited to a pack of chicken breasts and a pack of prawns (allowed on a 1 'treat' day of prawns/red meat a week), so I think I was actually quite restrained in not getting more things! :A

JellyBox

Another £13 over the last two days. Some essentials in there, but tbh I've been at work so much I've "needed" some treats. Still, used to spend probably £15 a weekend every weekend, sometimes more, and this wasn't factored into the budget at all, so although we'll now be over, it'll be only just (still got to buy some actual essentials mind) and it's only our first month! Quite impressed tbh, but have no idea how other people do so well on so little - out of the "treat" mindset I guess?

xxlouisexx56

£7 in sains on milk, juice, old El Paso kits.

We ordered pizza tonight for dinner from a different budget and that should feed me and dd for most of tomorrow too!

Nicky_Noo_Na

Last weekly shop of the month today;

£21.12 in MrA and 1.68 in sains so scraping in under budget but still got 5 days to go!

lizalloareds

spends today £5.39 Mr M

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