August 2013 Grocery Challenge

meg72

she_who_can_not_cook wrote: »

I amso envious my local asda and tesco does not have the 81p bacon in i have been looking for for about a month six weeks now

The 81p cooking bacon is now 1.18 in Asda, poundland have 600grms and 99p store have 350 grms bacon for 69p and 450 grms gammon steaks for 99p.

I find it is harder to find in Asda now as seems to sell out very quick.

she_who_can_not_cook

Billie-jo wrote: »

why don't you do your stock take then pop over and also join the I'm eating our of the freezer and cupboard thread -

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3307650
I have recently joined this and did a stock take :eek::eek::eek: Oh my goodness once its listed I realise just how much food we do have in (plus food upstairs in wardrobe etc has not been listed) and realistically there is no need for me to go shopping for anything other than fresh stuff and milk until at least 2014. However I know this will never happened as even now DH says 'there's no food in this house' :rotfl:
Good luck anyway.

You know i have one ofthem too,if there is no crisp, and junk food there is no food in the house

she_who_can_not_cook

meg72 wrote: »

The 81p cooking bacon is now 1.18 in Asda, poundland have 600grms and 99p store have 350 grms bacon for 69p and 450 grms gammon steaks for 99p.

I find it is harder to find in Asda now as seems to sell out very quick.

Thank you i have seen the tiny square bits of bacon lardon? Not much in them btw

meg72

Billie-jo wrote: »

why don't you do your stock take then pop over and also join the I'm eating our of the freezer and cupboard thread -

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3307650
I have recently joined this and did a stock take :eek::eek::eek: Oh my goodness once its listed I realise just how much food we do have in (plus food upstairs in wardrobe etc has not been listed) and realistically there is no need for me to go shopping for anything other than fresh stuff and milk until at least 2014. However I know this will never happened as even now DH says 'there's no food in this house' :rotfl:
Good luck anyway.

I started to list all the food I have in but gave up and it was just to much and I discovered a lot of stuff I had forgotten about.

Now I am concentrating on using up I am finding it very helpful to do as someone suggested on here last year and put several tins to use up in plain sight, i.e. top of upright freezer in kitchen this reminds me as I find out of sight is out of mind to me. I found 12 tins of rice pudding under the bed in spare room and have now put them on top of freezer, will use them up for breakfast I think.

CountingPennies

Think i might do a stocktake.... Should take me very long, lol ;-)

CP xx

WantToBeSE

Only in my 1st week of my August challenge and i am already struggling.
Doesn't help that I started my new job and am waiting for my tax credits to be processed.
I am so tired when i get home, that i am too tired to cook a proper meal. I WILL improve on this!

Peggybabcot

Hello this is my first time so be gentle Pay day is 9th August and is 4 weekly so setting a budget of £400 this is for 2 adults and 2 teenagers and 1 cat
Thanks x
Can someone explain how to do a signature please, sorry to be a pain x

meg72

Peggybabcot wrote: »

Hello this is my first time so be gentle Pay day is 9th August and is 4 weekly so setting a budget of £400 this is for 2 adults and 2 teenagers and 1 cat
Thanks x
Can someone explain how to do a signature please, sorry to be a pain x

Hi and welcome, if you go to the green bar at top of page and click on user CP you then scroll down to edit signature and type in what you want. Good luck.

chocolatebum

just realised as i was filling out calendar for kids school stuff next year that my last day for this month will be the 29th august and not the 30th. weekly shop on the 30th will be for septembers challenge so 25 days left of this month to go lol

Smoosh

Bit late again! I'll be aiming for £120 again this month. This time just 2 adults as we now order cat food online.

Have had a few spends this month already, so I'll need to update later. First proper shop of the month tomorrow.