July 2013 Grocery Challenge

sefilby

£1.41 spend in mr T on nappies - going to do my last shop of july GC tomorrow so perparing my list today. stripping back to bare minimum to keep with budget. note to self - check freezer!!

meg72

pinkypig wrote: »

Hello:)

My Aug GC starts tomorrow so I am declaring July at £178.23/£180 :j

Although it looks like we've just squeaked in under budget this was due to an AF order to use a free delivery offer which was about to expire. When I applied the voucher code it proved to be fee delivery regardless of weight rather than just the usual £5.25 so I took full advantage and stocked up on really heavy stuff. Got margarine which is great for baking at 17p a tin (454g)' 3.5kg of yorkie mix for 99p and 3kg of chicken stock powder on special at 25p:money:
Also got a load of snacks, goodies and other non essentials for the summer holidays
Total spend was £50.10 but I have split this between my July and August budgets.
See you over on August .

PPXx

Some good bargain there and free delivery too. Great shop

lizalloareds

spends today £49.60

£37.65 Ald*
£11 Mr M
95p Mr T

meanmarie

Declaring at €185.72for July...not pleased with overspend, but have been well below for last 2 months so am not being too hard on myself.

marie

Islandmaid

NSD here

Got to drag my budget through till next wednesday, will go over, but not by much I hope, need cat food and want to buy some baking basics, eggs, cocoa etc.

Got 4 days off now so want to fill the freezers with yummy stuff which will last into next month, so not wasted cash

Loving the pics, you clever peeps x

lovefullshelves

£22.87 at aldilly and local butcher got £26.10..still here till next week!!

Billie-jo

Spent £28.09 this morning leaving me with £29.09 which hopefully will be just enough without going over.
Tea tonight was Yuk Sung with crispy fried glass noodles, we had to stretch it to feed an extra as Grandson was here, he loved it and demolished it rather quickly.

getting-sorted-sarah

Over again But the last week has been good, really looking to the store cupboards and not the shops. Hoping for some less extreme weather because the heat has made it difficult to stick to plans. Off to August now!

CountingPennies

getting-sorted-sarah wrote: »

Hoping for some less extreme weather because the heat has made it difficult to stick to plans.

This is where i've found it difficult this month. Going to plan some different types of meals for August i think. Some lovely recipies on here i'm gonna give a try

£1 spend today on a big bar of chocolate for me and the kids. Because sometimes, you just need it!

Nicki_Sue

Evening all!
I've just been totting my last month's receipts (sticking to budget without posting). Clearly I need to keep a better eye as I am way over and only a week away from cupboards, a pantry and freezer that is empty. Gah!
Properly back to it from 1st August, I'm so cross I've not kept an eye on it and fallen out of my previous good shopping habits.