November 2013 Grocery Challenge

saving4life

another £4.02 spent to Lidl on bread cereal and sweets. Have about £13 left to last me until Friday, should be ok! and got free All Bran cereal on the doorstep this morning.:)

JulieGeorgiana

Ok, well it's been absolutely ages since I did this challenge... I slipped big time when pregnant with my daughter, and afterwards I managed to rein in the spending and we stuck to budget for about a year...

Well i'm pregnant again, and we're spending £40-£75 over each and every month!!! I am due in 2 weeks and we are currently £405 over since March

So as I do mine over a 4 week period, for the period 25th October - 22nd November I have a £240 budget and I have made a meal plan and ordered everything but my fresh food and I am on target to go over £20...

I am determined that we will not go over £260 this period!

I am making meal plans for the future month (after the baby is born) where I can eat more of the frugal foods and less meat (I always seem to need lots of milk & protein when pregnant) and I am determined to get back to spending within my £240 budget!

laura_hoggle

First spends of November today - £33.76 in Sainsbobs. Only really needed lunch & fresh stuff as the freezer is full, but stocked up on tins as there's a good offer on KTC chopped tomatoes/chick peas - 4 for £1, making them cheaper than basics range!

Good luck to all for the month of November, and lets hope we are all helped by the YS fairies!

mooomin

laura_hoggle wrote: »

Only really needed lunch & fresh stuff as the freezer is full, but stocked up on tins as there's a good offer on KTC chopped tomatoes/chick peas - 4 for £1, making them cheaper than basics range!

Do you know how long that offer is on for in Sainsbugs? I used their chopped toms all the time and have a voucher for extra points when I spend £20, so could go and stock up on catfood etc at the same time.

Nelly11

Still have my full 125.00
I've broken it down to 5 payments of 25, which I popped into envelopes, Really really want to stick to this, no reason not to as the food cupboard is full so are the freezers. Might need some soya milk though this week. Soup and rice cakes for packed lunches this week.

meg72

Went to get the Cathedral city whilst on offer, 12.00 six packs, got 6 packs UHT milk so £17 spend and then just couldn't resist a look at the YS and picked up a lovely 2kg pork shoulder joint for £2.00 instead of £6.00 so had to have it although its not needed this month or even next,
I was thinking it a shame that you cant donate things like this to a food bank, would make a lovely family meal for someone, so I decided
I would split the difference, I saved £4 so would spend £2 on something to donate. I had a mooch to see what I could get for that which would be a treat for a family and decided on 4 tins peaches £1.16
and 5 tins SP custard at 17p , 85p so £2.01 and I am really pleased with my donation for this week.

laura_hoggle

mooomin wrote: »

Do you know how long that offer is on for in Sainsbugs? I used their chopped toms all the time and have a voucher for extra points when I spend £20, so could go and stock up on catfood etc at the same time.

I've just had a look online, it says for delivery by 5/11/13, so a week left yet. They are normally 37p each, so this saves 48p for every 4 you buy! There are on the same offer in Asda, but I'm not sure how long for.

Faete

Hi,

I've only just found this site and I'm really excited by all the help and encouragement to make the most of our money.

I spend around £100 a week on a main shop and lots of little top ups during the week. I'd like to try and limit my spending to £350 for November!

Fae xx

flyinggiraffe_2

laura_hoggle wrote: »

I've just had a look online, it says for delivery by 5/11/13, so a week left yet. They are normally 37p each, so this saves 48p for every 4 you buy! There are on the same offer in Asda, but I'm not sure how long for.

East end chopped tomatoes are also on offer at 4 for a pound at te$co until the 5/11/13 so might be handy if you usually shop there

flyinggiraffe_2

Well I got my big shop click and collect today. Works out to £46.86 and got a load of my fave lemonade and stocked up on baking things whilst it's 3 for 2.

I also just wasted 6 eggs trying out a new cake recipe. The chocolate mix didn't fold into the whites properly, and it tastes really bitter. Not impressed.