May 2013 Grocery Challenge

Florenceem

medusasmummy wrote: »

are they melody potatoes? if they are we regularly buy them and i think they are a great all rounder. we've had all shapes and sizes but never disappointed with them

Yes - I think they were that name.

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Beginning to wish i hadn't bothered with these meatballs now. I was charged £2.50 and they were advertised at £1.75. I didn't check the date the offer ran til , but i will go back just out of principal as 75p is a big o/c. Off to Audiology appointment now, so no doubt be back to report more spends later.

Will amend sig later

Enjoy the sun folks

£9.85 spend in Ald*, mostly F&V and Tuna for DD.£6.41 on bits in HB (£2.99 was cat food) and 39p in FF on a drink; as i had walked halfway round the world to get to Ald* and was near to collapse.

Definitely no NSD tomorrow, as C*-*p have a weekend BOGOF deal on their 9pack loo rolls. So will be stocking up on them. I would have normally got them from FF or Aldi, but couldn't have managed aswell as the shopping today; so for a few pennies extra, i will get these whilst on offer, as i only live ten mins away.

Sig updated

Off to sort out some chores before school run.

Billie-jo

Florenceem wrote: »

- plus I got a 5kg bag of onions in Li.. for £1.99 We love onions.

We always get daughter to grab us a bag of these when she passes. They are good value.

Ald! for us this morning, the tills had been down and so there was a huge line of people waiting to pay. Spends came to £27.53 but then on a whim decided to go to Morri$ons and spent a huge (for us) £33.51.:eek: My only excuse is that they had updated the store and it was nicely set out with the dry ice and smoke where the fruit, veg and herbs etc were. If (when :whistle: ) I go again I shall have to walk around with a blind fold on so a total of £61.04 spent already and its only the 2nd of the month. Will have to really try harder for the rest of the May. To be fair not to concerned as have managed to come in under budget every month so far this year.

katep23

Hello! Rather belatedly, have declared for April on the other thread £30 over-spend and joining here for the month please:
Total £200 for 2 adults for food only. Not going to get off to a good start as have £7 off £50 tesco voucher I will share with mum tomorrow.

That reminds me, haven't factored my AF buy in that £30 overspend - it's more like £50 in that case!

getting-sorted-sarah

2nd Tesc0 of my month today, sig updated. I now think I will go over this month and that is because of the extra AF order that I couldn't resist but really didn't need. Boo.

Smoosh

I'm a bit late, but could I be put down for £120 please. For 2 people and a cat, including all household bits, as usual.

I'm ashamed at how much we spent last month! We seemed to be at the supermarket everyday! So for this month, we're back to going once a week (unless we're in desperate need of something). First spend was yesterday, will update sig later today!

pinkypig

Second and final big shop of the month done to use final Al** voucher. Filled freezer with large bags of chicken breasts, mince, coffee, pasta, rice, sugar, flour and drinks. This should leave us enough for three small fruit and veg top up shops before pay day. Fingers crossed...

PP xx

hex2

Florenceem wrote: »

They had 7.5kg bags of potatoes in Li.. - anyone had them?

'Victoria' in mine - fairly bland imported all rounders.

Love the onions though.

SAVVYMUMMY_2

Good evening everyone:wave:
Spent £9.79 today at the market, this was to get some bits for pack ups for next week and some treats for the kids, I`ve also watered down the milk as well so that`s an extra pint appearing .
I cooked up some chicken pieces (from the freezer) with hm chips and frozen peas for dinner, so no spends there and will do a tuna, mayo and pasta salad for tomorrows lunches, from the cupboards.

So all in all not a bad day really. Now off to update

liz-paul

Off to a bit of a rubbish start as my dad was here so didn't do a menu plan or an online shop to kick off the month so I needed bits tonight which meant I had to take kids into tesco with me as we were at our nearest one (it's 25 miles away so no quick trips in there!). This means I spent about £50 on not a lot it seemed. Will add up all my totals tomorrow.

Think I will do a run to Iceland for some meat/fish and other cheap bits. And then meal plan and do an online order for monday.....