April 2013 Grocery Challenge

Welsh_Poppy

I popped to Co-op for cheese only to find none there they not had any in over a week.
Did shop in Lidls , Aldi and Morrisons and came in at 41.00 but have plenty in for until end of month hopefully.
Did get YS cheese and haslet for OH which is in freezer.
We are on holiday next monday going to IOW so a few treats as well.

Dinner tonight is Belly pork mash and roasted parsnips and carrots and gravy. I am having same but with LM Sausage.

K9sandFelines

Small spend in C*-*p, of milk, choc dessert for DD and one Activia snackpot on offer for me, as i have no yoghurts in until next main shop (total of £1.97).This will be whenever the female felines of the household have ran out of catfood; as they won't eat the one i get online from Zooplus. Hoping next month i can reduce spend and factor at least the SM bought cat food back in!

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Not happy with myself I went over budget by £9.55!! As i needed to top up my storecupboard and i also bought alot of YS products. My cupboards are bursting and i had to throw away some mushrooms, spinach and a cabbage that had all gone mouldy. So BIG note to myself for next months challenge as this month for me has finished, do not buy too much YS veg!!! I keep talking to myself, "you know you cant eat all that"," do you really need anymore veg". I think im going mad, with all this budgeting and sometimes i wanna really run riot in the supermarkets and buy anything and everything in sight. Is it only me that feels this way?:rotfl::rotfl:

Billie-jo

Welsh Poppy - can I come for tea please - another one of my favourite meals and have just remembered there is a piece of belly pork in the freezer

Just had to dash up to Co -op and get 6 packs of the cheese on offer - thanks to who ever it was who mentioned it. I had a £10 voucher so no actual money changed hands apart from the cashier giving me some change which they don’t usually do with vouchers at our local store. So a NSD here.

Small spend over the weekend so have now spent a total of £94.04 out of £220 so doing ok at moment.

Tea tonight is Cheese, leek & onion tart, hopefully picture later but be warned as I am not good with pastry.

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Hi again, ive searched on the site for using a spreadsheet for groceries and cannot find any. Does anyone know of a good one to use. Ive never used one before and just write all my food spends on paper, but would like to transfer this to a spreadsheet. Thanks

cw18

I have a spreadsheet I use for keeping track of everything. If you'd like a copy (of a blank version) I'd happily send you one if you PM me an email address. If you want it cutting down to groceries only I can easily do that for you

It currently has one page a month each for direct debits/regular bills, groceries, toiletries/cleaning (I have a different budget for those) and 'everything else' (which includes magazines, clothes, bus fares, parking charges etc.)

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cw18 wrote: »

I have a spreadsheet I use for keeping track of everything. If you'd like a copy (of a blank version) I'd happily send you one if you PM me an email address. If you want it cutting down to groceries only I can easily do that for you

It currently has one page a month each for direct debits/regular bills, groceries, toiletries/cleaning (I have a different budget for those) and 'everything else' (which includes magazines, clothes, bus fares, parking charges etc.)

Hi, thanks, ive justed Pmd you my email address

Guineapigsqueaks

Afternoon All

Lovely sunny afternoon here .

Quick top up shop at Ald*, to last me over next four days (my working week). 12pts of milk, loaf of bread, Supersix sweet potatoes/plums/apples, Ultimate chipolata sausages (still best SM premium sausages IMO), small pack of sweeties each for DS and DD, Baby Bath and some Miracle Oil for my frizz prone hair (thought I'd try, £6 cheaper than L'Ore*l version) = £13.70 total.

Will update signature. Also bought new loaf cake tin £1.99, but that's not GC budget. Can now do 2 such cakes at a time as we polish off one in no time and better use of oven. Very MSE.

School pick up soon, before then could do HH tidy or could do HH carp TV session. Think the latter .

Guineapigsqueaks x

tessie_bear

hi I was in aldi too this morning and purchased
milk
pop
some super 6 plums/sweel pots/apples
some lillies with 30% off
stir fry bits for ds school cooking
crackers and cheese
fishfingers
ham
and others i cant remember but spent £30 which is a lot for us in one go but i always think you seem to get a lot for your money in aldi which i find i rarely say when i visit sainsbobs

we are having lamb chops for tea and a stew tomorrow oh and a curry the next day just need to think up a few puddings

have a nice day tessa

K9sandFelines

Well i had no intentions of doing another big shop yet, however went into my Gmail inbox to find a lovely £25 off a £60 shop voucher for Oc*do. Never ever used them before; so just booked delivery Weds for the cat food mentioned earlier. Even popped on my first Xmas present ( although i can see this coming out in the summer hols!) So, now probs will only need absolute min T***o shop late weekend or even next week.
Does anyone know if they are doing a £5 off £40 again this week or has it finished?