September 2013 Grocery Challenge

OnwardAndUpward81

Hi all.
I am trying to get myself out of debt, paying for a course next month and a holiday I booked ages ok and have just got married last month so needless to say, I am broke. My partner and I usually spend just over £200 so am going try£150 this month. Wish me luck and I wish you guys all luck too, this is going to be fun!

Bluegreen143

No spends to report. Made a gorgeous chicken and mushroom pie with veg, potatoes and homemade gravy for dinner - was very tasty

lushlifesaver

Spent £24 on dog food - £12 to be taken from this month's budget (will deduct £12 from next month's too). We bought four bags each of which will last a month so that's handy to have that off my mind for a couple of months.

Also spent £1.65 on something bf wanted so £13.65 to add to sign - will pop off and do that now :-)

Billie-jo

Cant believe its almost September :eek:

can I have a budget of £220 for Sept please. Not over here until the 1st though.

Many thanks to all who run the thread and keep us on the straight and narrow.
Good luck everyone and hope we all do well.

XSpender

£1.70 spent in home base on 2 bottles of domestos spray on offer. We have been in all weekend decorating and have eaten all the bread. I am covered in blue paint and look like a smurf;)

I am also running low on milk due to using up some gingerbread porridge that DH bought me. It is GF and ridiculously expensive but very nice. I think if I added some ginger and sultanas to normal porridge I could get a similar effect.

Coq au vin for tea tonight. I used onions instead of shallots and frozen rather than fresh mushrooms and a small carton of value red wine and it didn't have quite the same richness if flavour as usual:(. It could have been the wine, I had a swig of the little bit that was left in the mini carton and It was sweetish and not very nice.

I am planning shepherds pie and apple crumble (using up some miserable looking eating apples) for tomorrow nights tea.

I have a mini challenge this month on top of the GC which is to not throw a single thing out food wise. I am doing ok so far

dylan2011

NSD for me yesterday. Yay! Will need to get a few bits today and will got to ald* as need full fat milk for 2 yr old, bread, tortilla wraps (the garlic ones in Ald* for 79p a pack are divine and keep very well), juice, bananas and baked beans.
While in town will also drop off couple of bits I have sold on FB for sale pages, which should then pay for the shopping.
Miserable weather today. Hope you are all on track and keeping well.

Welsh_Poppy

Please can you log me down for £100

Good luck everyone and hope we all achieve our targets.

Flat_Eric

I'd be interested to know how everyone meal plans. Do you use a diary (and if so which kind - daft question I know but when I've considered meal planning in diaries, I like the option to be able to see the whole week in front of me but then there isn't the room you get on a diary that has a day per page!) or is it a notebook/scrap of paper that works for you?

Florenceem

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I'd be interested to know how everyone meal plans. Do you use a diary (and if so which kind - daft question I know but when I've considered meal planning in diaries, I like the option to be able to see the whole week in front of me but then there isn't the room you get on a diary that has a day per page!) or is it a notebook/scrap of paper that works for you?

Organised bossy Flo has a word document on the computer.
All meals this year listed on there - must get out more. :rotfl:

WantToBeSE

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I'd be interested to know how everyone meal plans. Do you use a diary (and if so which kind - daft question I know but when I've considered meal planning in diaries, I like the option to be able to see the whole week in front of me but then there isn't the room you get on a diary that has a day per page!) or is it a notebook/scrap of paper that works for you?

I am a boring old fashioned person- i use a pad of paper. When i am organized (having a few weeks off at the mo! ) i make sure i have 2 veggie meals, 1 fish meal, 2 meat meals, 1 mince meal and 1 'quick and easy' meal per week.