October 2013 Grocery Challenge

K9sandFelines

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£35 ish over so far with shop tomorrow due which was £40.41 - £5 e-voucher due to mealdeal botch up. I would have left this order but kids are off school plus I now have £5 off the next shop.

Shopping was a bit less, so i can deduct a bit back; but still over.

Now my feet have hit the ground from starting work, i am going to suss out a meal plan so we can hopefully muddle through without spending til we are in November. I can pick up some bargains when i am next in work, as no rushing back for school, so that means i can nip in Mr A, Mr T, Lidl and B&M. Meaning i can take advantage of just offers/bargains/YS instead of having to do a £40 shop. Will only be able to do that this week though, as the other times it'll be back to general rushing around. Will amend sig but won't declare just yet ... as you just never know!

Shortie

Okay, so another £37.31 spent this weekend. Am not feeling that this minyh is going very well but we have lots in still and have stocked up on baking bits too.

Have spent today making hm pizza bases, garlic dough balls, naan breads.. all for the freezer and my first ever attempt at cinnamonn rolls for dessert after a Mr T indian (not out of this budget). Mmmmm

Sig updated

Cambs85

Gosh, October has proved robe a long and expensive month. Despite starting the month eating out of the freezer, we have still had to up the budget back up to the same as last month - £250! However, we do still have £23.85 left of the budget. So doing better than last month and I have very little left to buy! Note to self, don't try to run before you can walk!

Florenceem

Spends to add to sig.
We had HM steak pie + roast potatoes/parsnip + carrots, leek, swede + gravy for dinner.

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Verityemilia

Hi All


Co-*p spend £10.71
Lid* spend £10.86
B&* spend £4.65
Sainsburys spend £17.96
Cat litter ... D/W tablets £2.44
Milk 90p
Lid* £6.36
Grand total so far £53.88 / £60

:T :j :T :j

Defo doing a list for tomorrow

lynnejk

Hopefully last shop of month but not positive :rotfl:

Al*i today was £ 19.35
Mr T today was £ 15.60

so total was £ 34.95 and I have upped my totals.

Bargain in Mr T - stewing steak was YS'd and so I bought 4 packs saving £ 2.01 a pack and then, mysteriously, got another £ 2.00 off them at the till so = 1.60 kgs of beef for £ 5.96 :jWas straight in slow cooker when I got home and it will make at least 6 portions of casserole.

I KNOW I wasn't buying new supplies and living out the freezer but I couldn't put them back down when I saw the price :rotfl:
L.

CH27

Today starts another week for me. Hoping for another NSD.

LisaJane

Oh guys, I just can't seem to keep up with this challenge...spending always seems to get out of control. Going to employ some new strategies for November to try and do this properly!

MrsCautious

I've been away for a few days and not spent on groceries, paid 79p for a loaf in the Spar today (was in there sending eBay items at post office counter.)

That puts me at £201ish, very pleased with that and want to get to end of month spending bare minimum, have called off shopping tonight.

Florenceem

Popped into Mr A - (on way home from Dentist - 3 injections + 2 fillings) - got 3 lovely cauliflowers - whoops - 24p each.