April 2013 Grocery Challenge

tessie_bear

sorry i will be jogging towards may i have done march...see u all in may

Coxy11

bunny_lover wrote: »

Hello everyone can I start my GC here as my months run from the 24th to the 24th please

£200 for food and petrol please (hoping to save as much as we can this month)

Hi and welcome

Probably best if you move over to May's Grocery Challenge which is here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4514231

as most of us are over there now

Coxy

meg72

tessie_bear wrote: »

hi just nipped in to update spends....think that is it for april so will jog on to march...see u all there
tessa

I think you mean May hun, dont want to go backwards do we?

meg72

Declaring for April, nothing left on my Asda cards now, Fully stocked for May as I am finding it increasing difficult to see and shopping is deffinitely a chore now.

Made my quiche and it was lovely, I used half a pot of cottage cheese as it needed using up. First time I have done this as usually use grated cheddar but will do this again as so very tasty and a lot less calories.

Also I replaced " my gone to the big scrapyard in the sky Breadmaker" with a Panasonic bought on ebay, oh My what a difference, perfect crusty bread for the first time.

Billie-jo

Seem to have done some spending last few days but tomorrow will be a NSD so am going to declare at £187.28 - under budget by £32.72
Good luck to everyone for May.

Tea tonight was Chinese chicken, salad, coleslaw and wedges.

SpendingSensible

Declaring for April. Spent a bit more than I hoped for, but still within budget at 328.94. Had a big shop at farmers market and super market on Saturday, but other days were NSD so am quite pleased.

Will now subscribe to the May challenge, but not sure how much lower I can set my budget. Used lunch card quite often so that will need topping up quicker than last month. Also, I think that I still want to feel comfortable with our budget, without feeling that we're scrimping on quality. I started the GC to be more aware of how much we were spending, and to see whethet we could spend it a bit more sensible. So far, we've brought it down from close to £450 to less than £350 so I think that if we eventually end up around £300, I'm already more than pleased. Think I'll set the mark halfway for May, so I'd better pop over there!

See you there!

K9sandFelines

NSD for me, and tea a la Girl called Jack - Lentil Bolognese and Stelline. No photos tonight as i have posted this before. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for no spends tomorrow, then i can officially move over to May.

xxlouisexx56

£15 from sainsburys local on sat and tesco garage yesterday.
Will spend around £10 tonight in sainsburys on bread salad fruit and some stir fry sauces.

So comfortabely under budget

MrsCautious

Spent £4.04 in Aldi on salad, cucumber, apples, cream and a packet of licorice allsorts that must have jumped in to my basket by themselves.

So that's me done for April. I can declare at £195.82 for the month, just under my £200 target, less than half of what I was spending on groceries for the three of us and the dog, without thinking about it a few months ago.

Thank you for all the help for me to do that x

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Declaring for April...

Total £160 (£20 under budget)