September 2013 Grocery Challenge

K9sandFelines

£8.66 spent today..loads of ys goodies dirt cheap , cottage cheese 25p, Hovis loaves 35p, puff pastry and the other sort, 49p and 60 odd p, cheese topped muffins and choc chip, and a few full price items.

Declaring at £42 over budget .... BFF again :mad:

meg72

YAY have discovered a painless way to peal onions, I put 4 in the microwave for 3mins. let them cool and then skinned and sliced them, no TEARS. They then fried up beautifully really caramelised.

meg72

Peggybabcot wrote: »

Well another NSD here as I haven't stopped baking all day so no chance of getting out as I've been chained to a stove. It's for a good cause so I don't mind. I can't believe that this month we still have £22 something left of our budget to last us until Thursday and all we really need is bread (if I don't get chance to make any) and milk. This month's budget included a party, so buffet & drink for 18, which was planned and then stuff for my coffee morning, which wasn't planned and yet our spends are similar to last month. What the heck did we buy last month is what I want to know??? I'm hoping to spend a considerable amount less next month and be more creative with what we've got and stick to a weekly budget rather than spend it all in the first two weeks lol then spend the next two weeks going way over budget! I'm my own worst enemy as I love watching cookery programmes and trying all the different recipes and it soon adds up. Another thing I've noticed is I have a stock piling mentality. We may have 6 tins of tuna in the cupboard say, so technically we don't need to buy anymore but as soon as we use a tin, it goes on my list to replace. Does anyone else suffer from this strange affliction??? X

Yep another one here, although I am getting better at using up, I still tend to overstock.

meg72

K9sandFelines wrote: »

£8.66 spent today..loads of ys goodies dirt cheap , cottage cheese 25p, Hovis loaves 35p, puff pastry and the other sort, 49p and 60 odd p, cheese topped muffins and choc chip, and a few full price items.

Declaring at £42 over budget .... BFF again :mad:

Well done on the reductions, please I have to know what does BFF mean, I have wracked my brains and its really bugging me now. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

K9sandFelines

meg72 wrote: »

Well done on the reductions, please I have to know what does BFF mean, I have wracked my brains and its really bugging me now. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

BFF - Big fat fail !!!:(

meanmarie

Declaring at €173.89not best pleased as had to shop from October budget to-day and OH contributed to making that spend more than I wanted it to be!

Marie

meg72

K9sandFelines wrote: »

BFF - Big fat fail !!!:(

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Thank you . I wont be up all night trying to puzzle it out now.

lovefullshelves

6.34 in aldilly on yes, you guessed it..rolls! and ham:) It's been a hammy week, sometimes a lass needs meat! Oh and more milk so we don't have to go out at the w/e!

K9sandFelines

Peggybabcot wrote: »

Well another NSD here as I haven't stopped baking all day so no chance of getting out as I've been chained to a stove. It's for a good cause so I don't mind. I can't believe that this month we still have £22 something left of our budget to last us until Thursday and all we really need is bread (if I don't get chance to make any) and milk. This month's budget included a party, so buffet & drink for 18, which was planned and then stuff for my coffee morning, which wasn't planned and yet our spends are similar to last month. What the heck did we buy last month is what I want to know??? I'm hoping to spend a considerable amount less next month and be more creative with what we've got and stick to a weekly budget rather than spend it all in the first two weeks lol then spend the next two weeks going way over budget! I'm my own worst enemy as I love watching cookery programmes and trying all the different recipes and it soon adds up. Another thing I've noticed is I have a stock piling mentality. We may have 6 tins of tuna in the cupboard say, so technically we don't need to buy anymore but as soon as we use a tin, it goes on my list to replace. Does anyone else suffer from this strange affliction??? X

Meet your mate, exactly the same.

Sequeena

My last week of September started today (woo!). Spent a total of £12.13 in morrisons and lidl on toilet paper, dog food, some fresh stuff, bread and paracetamol.

£37.87 left