June 2007 Grocery Challenge

teedy23

Well done Nova5, you pick when the month starts and ends for you, I,m doing weekly as I cant carry big loads, and dont really stick to meal plans as I get taken out a fair bit, so fresh stuff is always in danger of going off.
Poohbear , do you think they do that on purpose so you wont send them again? All is trial and error with this. Swings and roundabouts, it,s all in the game, keep going

lil_me

If people really want to look into what they are spending and where a good way is to document everything. It does take time however. Keeping all receipts, then in addition a list of what you ate each day aswell as any waste. You'll soon know where the extras are going, in our house it was the snacking that crippled the budget (and the waists ) so that is where I have cut back the most, also portion sizes and wasted food.

poohbear, well done on getting this far, it seems highly unfair that noone else chips in however but sometimes I know this can't be helped.

Proud to say I haven't been to the shop since the last update but will need to go soon, so far I'm over half way through the month and have half the budget left first time in a while. Tonight we had no gravy in the freezer and wasn't doing a roast but with a few stock cubes and some flour managed to make some

Angelraesunshine

well been to mr t, spent £24.24 of potatoes, fruit , milk, eggs and tea bags ( on offer) and a few other things i saw but all can and will be used over the next month. still it cost more than i wanted it to. did get extra points while i was there too though.

teedy23

Angelraesunshine wrote: »

well been to mr t, spent £24.24 of potatoes, fruit , milk, eggs and tea bags ( on offer) and a few other things i saw but all can and will be used over the next month. still it cost more than i wanted it to. did get extra points while i was there too though.

and did you get all your sanex shower cream for the month? Hope you know about the glitch, if not pm me;)

Solwaykid

GGGRRRR.. I need to start taking either a calculator or a brain with me when I shop. I had a £3 off a £20 shop voucher for Mr T's so I called in for what I hoped would be the last shop of the month, cat food, fruit, reduced freezer bargains, bread flour. I thought I had it sewn up but when I got to the till it was 20p short of the £17 I would've had to pay if I'd made it up to £20. I missed out on £3 of 'free' stuff.

Bums. Sorry just had to have a shopping rant.

I've reached the £110 mark for sure. Only 10 days until payday..

Angelraesunshine

Solwaykid wrote: »

GGGRRRR.. I need to start taking either a calculator or a brain with me when I shop. I had a £3 off a £20 shop voucher for Mr T's so I called in for what I hoped would be the last shop of the month, cat food, fruit, reduced freezer bargains, bread flour. I thought I had it sewn up but when I got to the till it was 20p short of the £17 I would've had to pay if I'd made it up to £20. I missed out on £3 of 'free' stuff.

Bums. Sorry just had to have a shopping rant.

I've reached the £110 mark for sure. Only 10 days until payday..

Oh no was there no packs of chewing gum or anything by the till i would of said oh hold on i forgot somehting adn ran to nearest ailse to pick up somthing cheap. hugs

Solwaykid

I know! I was at the front of quite a queue and it's one of those enormous Tesco and I just dithered. I think I'd be useless on one of those trolley dash things that I fantasize about too :rotfl:
Lesson learned.

teedy23

Had to nip to Asda for tea bags , sugar ect. and found a wee deal going with Flora, when you buy 3 special promo packs you get a £5.00 George voucher (post reciept) 1 pack 98p, didnt do the math but could be usefull for school uniforms for those with kiddies.

irishwexford

Since I have been lurking on these boards I have changed my energy supplier, changed credit card and saved £10 off my weekly £50 shopping bill this week. De-scaled dishwasher and washing machine with white vinegar instead of all those expensive tablets and bought stardrops for household cleaning. Looked on flylady board and tried to do some of the cleaning rota, found my home is looking tidy and clean with just a bit more organisation in the mornings. I love this site and wish I had found it years ago. I'm on a roll folkes.

teedy23

Wont be long til your boring the pants off all around, and telling them what they should be doing lol . Some of my workmates to whom the banks owe a fortune, avoid me , or just say I,m doing it, ,m doing it, When they see me coming