December 2013 Grocery Challenge

mooomin

A couple of spends to report from yesterday:

£16.61 in Aldi.

This got me 3 bags of cat litter, milk, veg for soup and for meals this week, bread, ham and a chocolate reindeer :rudolf: I've got a pot of minestrone on the hob at the moment and have frozen the celery and leeks I didn't use for use in another soup.

£9.50 in Sainsbury's on sausages, pasta/sauce (for a quick meal this week) and a rather pretty jumper in the sale - full price £14 but I paid £5.25 If it fits, I'll put £5.25 to my groceries account from my main account so I don't cheat by taking it out of the budget.

I have around £140 left of my budget with ten days till payday. I'm aiming to spend less than £40. Wish me luck!!

Soworried

Goodluck moomin:j
I've had another nsd again today. I am now out of gravy granules and milk so I will have to shop tomorrow but it will be a very small spend.

I could actually swear that I bought gravy granules the other day but I can't find them

Ladyluck1

£4.90 lidl on eggs, veggies and chocolate
£6.27 Morrisons, lots of reduced bits including a baguette to make French toast bake thingy!
Should be sorted for the week now, siggy up to date

marris

spent £12,21 today and £1,98 yesterday.will update my sig.got gammon joint for Christmas

laura_hoggle

Spends of £33.62 to report this weekend - this was spent in Lidl and M&S - Lidl for basics, lunch foods and fruit for the week (and some beer for DH) and M&S was a treat meal for tonight of a pie and some of their side dishes. Bit of a splurge but we were due to go to cinema and out for dinner but decided against it, so I figure we saved money in the end!!

couponchaos

Spent £4.08 in lidl on 12 jars of dip, and £14.21 in mr. T's including 4x YS rooster potatoes, a massive pork joint reduced to £2 ish YS, and YS pork chops, lamb chops, diced lamb, pork mince and chicken breasts and various other YS bargains , also milk garlic pur!e and a couple of pear ciders . Will update sig.

Florenceem

NSD.
We had Dabs + HM wedges + salad for dinner.

lynnejk

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I am :(:( to report that I can be wasteful with my food purchases sometimes and often wonder how much I would save if I shopped properly and didn't bin food. I don't dwell on this yet get really irate when I get overcharged like above !

Oh Eric maybe you should try the idea I saw a couple of weeks ago and keep a tally of food wasted. Might shock you into action. Can you not freeze some of it for soups etc ?

mooomin wrote: »

I've got a pot of minestrone on the hob at the moment and have frozen the celery and leeks I didn't use for use in another soup.

I have around £140 left of my budget with ten days till payday. I'm aiming to spend less than £40. Wish me luck!!

GOOD LUCK mooomin - sure you'll manage it.


Bye the Bye talking about freezing for soup etc. I have started cooking the whole darned lot, using what I need and freezing in batches what's left. Seems to save a bit of time and prob fuel doing all that 'softening' in a oner


Had an NSD today. Seems to be the weekend for shepherd's pie :rotfl: We had one made from LO lamb joint and there's enough left to freeze for another one :T Had it with b. beans and really GOOD.


Hope you all have a Marvellous Monday
Lx

K9sandFelines

£1 spent on milk today (technically yesterday). Have already added to sig but catching up o n the thread whilst trying to wind down from work. So tired and achy but can't seem to shut off.

Mr T shop tomorrow, expecting it to be about £43 ish.

cocalls

mmm not doing too well-seem to have spent loads £71.29 (must remember not to let oh go shopping on his own again)


We also seem to be spending money on food from our own personal spends iyswim? Eg Oh couldn't be bothered to cook the other night so bought a takeaway from 'his' money not sure whether to include this in the total spends.


I think i'll add my menu for the week to keep me on track


mon-left over ham and veg
tues-curry
weds-stuffed msuhrooms
thurs-carbonara
fri-sausages and lentils