December 2013 Grocery Challenge

cat4772

Hello, can I join the final month's challenge please?

£350.00

We have a weeks holiday in Scotland to include (so a few meals out) and a party or two as well but i need to get our budgets under control...

agreenmess

Ok I'm in for December seemed to of lost my way somewhere along the lines and I really want to get myself back up again so we can save our house deposit over the next year and abit. So mine for December which will start on the 25th Nov is £150.

mummygems

Can you please put me down for £500 for December.

Thank you for the shiny new thread :T

bexxie90

Want to join this as our spending is simply put stupid. There are 5 of us. One DD 13 and two little ones they all eat like horses. I spend currently £800 then add the £188 CB so am wasting £988 a month!!! :eek:

I do however have to buy dog food which is about £20 something it's purina and cat food James's wellbeloved about £14- a month. He will not eat anything else I've tried and he nearly starved himself so this can't change...

I love Aldi and go Mr T's for stuff like washing powders and fab softener etc. Also Farm Foods for milk and bread which is cheap. I'm also a good cook but anything/help considered. This spending has to be cut down as I can save it for the mortgage as we currently over pay and want to pay more off.

Thanks in advance.
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mooomin

Payday spend of £7.95, which consisted of £2 on cereal bars (two boxes, normally £1.69 each!), 95p for a Chocolate Orange for him indoors and £5 on four packs of M&S fishcakes. They're my favourite and are handy to have in the freezer for emergencies.

malamay

We are having Hubbs' parents for Christmas dinner, and will have friends here for festivities. It's Hubbs' birthday this month as well, so will be an expensive month! I will try for a £225 budget, which is a lot for 2 people, but I can't see me spending much less than this.

It's too early for it to be (almost) December already. Feels like there's a month missing. I'm already seeing pictures of friends' Christmas trees on facebook, and it makes me want to cry!

tessie_bear

hi i got avery nice tin of biscuits in m and s yesterday so will put that under xmas spends as trying to keep a real list of everything i spend for christmas...might ba a scary eye opener...good luck to all
tess

JustKaren

Can I make an attempt to reign in xmas spends please by being put down for £300 please x

medusasmummy

malamay wrote: »

We are having Hubbs' parents for Christmas dinner, and will have friends here for festivities. It's Hubbs' birthday this month as well, so will be an expensive month! I will try for a £225 budget, which is a lot for 2 people, but I can't see me spending much less than this.

It's too early for it to be (almost) December already. Feels like there's a month missing. I'm already seeing pictures of friends' Christmas trees on facebook, and it makes me want to cry!

We been thinking of alternative meats for Christmas dinner but never considered roasting the in laws. :rotfl:

mooomin

medusasmummy wrote: »

We been thinking of alternative meats for Christmas dinner but never considered roasting the in laws. :rotfl:

I suspect mine would be tough and dry