March 2013 Grocery Challenge

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Hi I'm in for March, started 22nd Feb til 22nd March, will update when I get home and prise the receipts from OH's food spendy hands!

Aiming for £200 again, went over slightly last month but this month will be much much stricter!!!!!

lizalloareds

Hope you had a great time away coxy

I am going to stick with £70 weekly again even though I end up over mostly, determined to do it

Florenceem

MrsCautious wrote: »

Hi, just wanted to update here, I hope it's ok to do that? I know the challenge doesn't start until March but was very pleased to make my own pasta sauce today for my daughters and their friend who came to tea, with tinned tomatoes, onion, mushroom, garlic and basil from supplies at home.I should imagine this is a pretty basic thing for many people but it's not something I've done before

My tea was homemade soup.

I feel like soup and pasta sauce are 2 things I shouldn't buy even though I always have due to lack of time, but making them myself has been quick and quite relaxing in a funny sort of way (I have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and am off work. This money saving malarkey has brought me a positive focus I feel, thanks for letting me witter) xx

Hope you carry on enjoying making food that you would normally buy. It is so good knowing what is in the food you eat. Sometimes the list of ingredients on an item in the shop is SO long.

Florenceem

craigywv wrote: »

oh away to iceland with a list and warned not to buy anything not on it he away for spuds, mushrooms,wafer thin ham and eggs so iknow it will come to 5.50 xxxx editing here he came back with a bag of spuds for a family of ten!!!!!!!!!!!!so it ended up 7.50. HE TRIED ........... bless

Sounds like Mr F - very trying.

lucylollipop

Picked up the bits I missed yesterday - another £10.45 on my budget. Out for dinner tomorrow, then hoping for NSD for the rest of this week

stafftopets

Hi Everyone

I am back for another try as I need to really tighten the budget this month. I am aiming for £200 for March starting 28th February to 27th March.
Will keep update as necessary.

Be back soon as ordered monthly shop from S******** for delivery on Thursday.

K9sandFelines

Mr T has been and all items were delivered - no substitutions, a start to Easter egg purchases, and handed back the savoy and bananas; so all in, came to £50.77. I've updated signature

Florenceem

Spend of £9.94 today. A lot of it was stuff I don't buy every week. - big bleach, rubber gloves, mayonnaise, nougat :eek:

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Spent another £5.24 today. YS bread, YS cheese and a pack of 6 yoghurts. I also couldnt resist the 50% extra free kitkats for £1 each so i bought 2 packs and now have 16 kitkats all for me Well hopefully they will last a couple of months Unless i spot anymore bargains, the food i have will last. Ive just made a huge vat of vegetable soup, and if i do say so myself, a first attempt, its yummy.

Coxy11

Hi again everyone,

Budgets are now done to here

A warm welcome/welcome back to:
MrsHunter, rock queen, pinkladyof66, newlywed, Stargirl29, helen jelly, MrsCautious, Guineapigsqueaks, Fredula, K9sandfelines, Fancynancy77, spinme307, CherryPie, Vickyh, wildcherry, SpendingSensible, tinkerbell73, Ruby789, Dincanda and agreenmess

If I've missed anyone I do apologise

Good luck to everyone for March.
Coxy