September 2013 Grocery Challenge

iammumtoone

Hi all can I join please? this thread looks just what I need. I really need to make some savings somewhere to pay off my debts. I used to meal plan but have got out of the habit so need to start that again. I have no idea what I spend per week but have set a limit of £35 per week which includes all toiletries etc. I need to be under that as need to put the extra towards paying off debts. There are only two of us (me plus 6 year old) so should be achievable but my son is a VERY fussy eater which will make it more difficult.

Budget works out at £140 so will put down I spend £35 last week and start from now.

I will got back to online shopping as this helps me as I am a terrible impulse shopper. I will have to use As!a as they are one with the lowest minimum order.

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Quickie update - spent £6 on 18 toilet rolls hopefully see us through month. I am running slightly over but hope to come in on budget.

WantToBeSE

Morning all
Aiming for a NSD today. Food shopping is done for the week, so i dont need anything else.

icontinuetodream

Came in £20 under for the first week but have spent this weeks budget already!!:o However, should have everything I need for the rest of the week so hoping for a week of NSD's!!!:D

CountingPennies

Looks like there is no way i'm gonna have enough in the budget to survive the rest of the month. Everything just seems to be running low all at once and i'm spending a fortune

Today, spent £5.30 in Aldi on a big 30 pack of crisps and a few packs of biscuits, followed by a huge £45.75 in Iceland. My freezer was empty apart from chicken fillets so did a freezer top up shop. Also got a big bag of potatoes and all my pop from there. Oh and cheese and sandwich fillings. Ohh, and a couple of YS packs of meat. Actually bought quite a lot there but more than I hoped to spend.

I then had to pop into Mr T's to get the value juice and more veg. Ended up spending £29.65 (that included £4 xmas top up) but I did get plenty of packed lunch stuff and a few bars of chocolate to bake with.

I think i'm not taking into consideration that now the kids are back at school i'm probably spending more as its the first time the 3 of them have all been on packed lunches, so buying much more bread and meat/cheese ect.

Will still keep the same budget for this month, take note of how much I go over by, and adjust accordingly next month. Still not spending in excess of £800 a month like I was a few months ago tho! :cool:

This now brings my total to £268.32/£450 so i really need to stick to meal planning now and make the most of what is in my cupboards!

aliwali

First week complete and £8.70 over budget but I do have some of the meat for next week so should hopefully claw it back. I haven't had to compromise on my mainly free-range/organic stance either which I am pleased about. It's definitely hard though being so careful! I have downloaded an app to track the spending which is working well for me so far.

CH27

NSD achieved

meg72

CH27 wrote: »

NSD achieved

Well done, feels good doesn`t it.

CH27

meg72 wrote: »

Well done, feels good doesn`t it.

It really does.

Thanks to everyone here i've halved my spending this week :j

K9sandFelines

aliwali wrote: »

First week complete and £8.70 over budget but I do have some of the meat for next week so should hopefully claw it back. I haven't had to compromise on my mainly free-range/organic stance either which I am pleased about. It's definitely hard though being so careful! I have downloaded an app to track the spending which is working well for me so far.

Hi I'd be interested to know what app you use please? I 've got one on my phone that I don't seem to get on with I think is called money envolopes. I have also tried myspending diary, but I find with this if you ever get money back from something there isn't a way to reflect that.

£1. 00 spend for me today on pop for treat night. Tomorrow, I need Quorn sandwich meat, butter and fizzy water.Then hopefully alot of NSDs next week.