March 2013 Grocery Challenge

MadamMim2013

Suzexxx wrote: »

I had my baby son last Saturday,

Congrats! :T what wonderful news x

Made a small spent this morning of £12 on loo rolls, juice, reduced pasties and a few other bits as have a poorly boy (flu) and is need of some TLC, got him cookies but he's not interested!

helen_jelly

Florenceem - that made me giggle

Suzexxxx - massive congratulations :]

Must deduct £3 off my spends as I got a refund for something I refused on the MrA delivery

Helen

tessie_bear

suze....congratulations i think having a baby is reason enough to stop counting receipts...was it a boy or girl ?

flo...fancy chatting about your undercrackers at the till...u wouldnt get that in waitrose :eek:

i have been to costco and spent £147 but in fairness i had saved up £120 so only £27 down the swanee...got a fair amount as mainly concentrated on meat....i got
chicken fillets
pork chops (lots)
mince
chicken kievs
sausages
bacon
braising steak
rump steak
massive boxes of each also 8 litres of milk and croissants/chocolate pastries a tray of hot x buns and a jacket for dh

im off to lie down in a dark room to get over the shock of it all

take care tess

Coxy11

Hi again everyone,

Budgets done to here

Welcome to the newbies:
brighteyes1987 and DieteticsGirl

Coxy

flubberyzing

Well, last month started well, then fell through in the latter half. I got a nasty bug around the 18th which has lingered and lingered, and which I'm still feeling now. As a result, I kinda ate to whatever I fancied, as I get really fussy when I'm ill. That's resulted in a lot of fancy fruit juices and posh ready-meals. That being said, I don't think I've gone hugely over. Perhaps £15 for so.

I am raising my budget to £65 this month, as my circumstances are changing starting Monday and I have to pay for 8 extra meals a week.

Spent £9.59 in Tescos yesterday, mostly on lunchbox stuff.

loveasale

Really hope to get back on track for March!
Went to Ald! Mr T and Mrs A and have spent £56-26
Mainly in Ald! , but am well stocked up with basics such as pasta, tin toms and other basics.
Didn't get any YS items:( but a few value bits I like
So that should be the biggest shop of the month, I have meal planned for 12 days - so really should only need milk and fresh bits for the next 2 weeks
I may visit Home Bargains next week for a toiletries and cleaning bits shop :rotfl:
Good luck all!

JellyBox

Congratulations Suzexxx!

More spends to report here - £6.10 in Mr A - pepperoni for a youth group I run (my small gift to them!), sugar, cheese, crisps for OH (he's a snacker - need better options, but what?!) and a couple of other bits I forget! £8.20 in the butchers - one chicken, but much heavier than supermarket equivalent, cheaper per kg, so worth it I hope! Also £3.36 at the greengrocers, loads for that - potatoes, grapes, lettuce, carrots, and onions

Apologies for the list, trying to keep a closer eye on what we actually spend - getting prepared for a proper budget in the new financial year!

Billie-jo

Suze - congratulations and hope everything went well.

£7.10 spent this morning but £4.10 of this was on treats for grand children.
Took a joint of pork out of the freezer for tomorrow, this will go in the slow cooker tonight. Whilst we were 'freezer diving' even DH said we have a ton of stuff in here that needs using. So that is the plan (again ) and have just altered the meal plan to accomodate. So now we are having - (BLUE = FROM FREEZER)

Pork, veg, potatoes,
Sausage, mushrooms & pasta sauce
Prawn curry
Sardines on toast & soup
Chicken with mushroom and white wine sauce, veg
HM Meat & potato pie

Kitchenbunny

Congratulations Suze

Phew, today is an NSD, thankfully. The pie filling has already cooked in the slow cooker this morning and all I have to do is make the pastry a bit later. I'll do some chips later and all will be lovely.

Shopping list is done but the shopping will have to be done in a few trips this week as I won't have the car for the 1st part of the week. At least I'll get some exercise walking to the supermarket at lunch time. Roll on when I get it back (probably not until the end of the week - sigh).

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday so far. Take care all.

KB xx

MissE001

Can I join this please? I'd like to include petrol and groceries if that's allowed.....

I'll need to take a guess for this month so hopefully no more than £180