April 2013 Grocery Challenge

GreenFairy

€18.71 to total, and all going to plan it'll be the last GC spend of the month, which resets on Saturday. Huge bag of cat litter, fruit and veg and biscuits.

Had yet another rearrange of the presses this evening...slowly, slowly making progress

cattysmum

Iv really lost the plot this month and have lost track of spending big style. We had a few days away last week and went over the top eating out and also took advantage of Tescos wine deals. I think I have roughly £15 to last me till end of the month though not100% sure as I keep finding grocery receipts in various pockets and bags from last week. I will try to stay in budget but it will be struggle:( Roll on payday.

sweetpea26

hi everyone

Spent £32 in Sainsrys on Saturday. So will update total shortly.

Cannot believe we are 3/4 through the month.

DollyBongo

Morning All!

Well, have well and truly blown every budget this month! Not very pleased

Have decided that from next month (which starts for me on Tuesday 30 April) I am going to use a weekly budget rather than monthly - I think with a monthly budget I allow myself to get carried away at the beginning when it seems I have lots of money to spend!

Hopefully if I reduce this to a weekly budget it will make me see just how little I actually need.

Have been reading posts every day and, although I haven't yet managed to stay on budget, it inspires me to try my best.

Will keep on this thread for now but fingers crossed for next month.

Enjoy the sunshine xx

AimingForBetter

Good morning everyone, hope you are all OK.

Just a quick pop in with minor spend this morning. DS's used half a bottle of their body wash to make a bubbly bath last night not enough left so had to go and get some more this morning, fortunately buy one get 2nd half price in local boots so got two for £2.17.

Have a good day, will be able to catch up later on.

AFB

MrsCautious

Our dog ate all her treats in one go after wrestling them from where I'd put them while my back was turned, so I bought some more, plus some foil and cling film. Total £3.60. Really want to stay away from any more shopping now til the end of the week x

Billie-jo

Another £3.20 spent this morning on oranges, broad beans and tomatoes. Did spend more but had a voucher for the rest. I am sure we could drop our budget by at least £10 if we stopped eating tomatoes as we have so many of them and eat them like sweets, still there are worse things we could binge on.

K9sandFelines

Tonight's tea ... and parkin in the oven.


£1.00 on milk in C*-*p, will update sig.

K9sandFelines

Can't remember who mentioned the Ald* voucher, but it's out this Thursday and lasts til 4th of May. So worth getting this one.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-off-40-aldi-thursday-s-daily-mirror-daily-record-vouchers-50p-1533741

Also the £5 off £40 voucher is on at Mr Ts again. This will be my saving grace.Do a shop between 22nd -28th of April and voucher can then be used between 29th of April and 5th of May

mrs-moneypenny

nsd today, well bought flowers for a friends birthday but they dont count.

jacket pots at lunch time and doing bubble&squeak fritters veggie dippers and brocolli for tea