December 2013 Grocery Challenge

mooomin

Sneaky copy and paste from my own diary thread

Just after 9am and I've already been to two supermarkets :rotfl:

£1.98 spent in Ald! on bread, brocolli and onions. Finally things I want on the Super Six again £2.67 spent in Sainsbugs on split peas (soup-making in plan for later), crumpets and bananas. For that whopping spend I also got vouchers for:

Double points on my next shop
200 points if I spend £5 on toys
£4.50 off my next £30 shop

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I am hopefully getting my car back today (he's been in the garage all week) which means I can get big shops done again. I have £54 on my Morri$ons savers card, so I'm going to fill the freezer with meat and get some tinned goods too, as well as some extra boxes of chocolates for people for Christmas. I don't know if I "need" anything in Sainsbugs to use that £4.50 voucher, so I'm going to get some list-writing done and figure out my plan of attack.

joedenise

Can I update my total for December from £250 to £300 as I have a £50 carry-over from November, yay! I also need to take off £10 towards the steak I bought last month (so £20/£50) so far.

Will update my signature shortly.

Denise

lushlifesaver

Ahhh December - yay! :j

Love Christmas and all the associated baking and food gubbins so for one month only I'm budgeting £150!

We will give a contribution to my parents for Christmas day (breakfast and huge lunch being provided plus secretly hoping for left overs to bring home hehe) and boxing day. Also need stuff for bf's parents house - I'm thinking drinks and homemade treats.

We will buy in some treats/snacks we wouldn't usually splash out on and a few drinks (so mostly snowballs for bf and non-alcoholic stuff for me!) and I will also stock up on baking offers I've seen around

We also need dog food, hoping it's on offer again and I can get a few months worth

Likelihood is to come in under budget but it's nice to have the breathing space!

just_the_two_of_us

Hi - has everyone recived their S*bobs points update - it has a double value weekend points voucher to be used this weekend.

I don't shop there much but my points doubled will pay for some beer for Xmas - if they have any of the offer I want left!!!!

Sorry more information - this is what it says on website "you can exchange your Ne*tar points for a voucher worth twice as much, to spend in one of our four festive categories: Champagne, Beauty, Electricals and Frozen Desserts. You can redeem one Nectar Double Value voucher per category. Maximum £20 voucher."

Looks like I'll have to buy champagne then - only joking!!!

BlueMoo

Just the two of us - how did you receive this??

I really ened to get some champagne and if I can double my points that will make it so much more affordable


NTW: You can only change a maximum of £10 worth of points into £20.

joedenise

Decided to use some of the underspend from November to buy a new toaster as sure we are spending more money of electric using the grill on the cooker than a toaster.

The new toaster cost £20.99 so will update both signatures to show this spend.

Denise

just_the_two_of_us

BlueMoo wrote: »

Just the two of us - how did you receive this??

I really ened to get some champagne and if I can double my points that will make it so much more affordable


NTW: You can only change a maximum of £10 worth of points into £20.

I received a S bobs points statement in the post this week with a Double up voucher - and lots of other vouchers for things I don't need like car hire!! I think there is information on the website and as far as I can see from that you don't need to have the voucher to double up? You may wish to check that.

joedenise

I received an e-mail from them today and it said about the double points in that.

Denise

beth2242

Hi please could I join again this month and pledge £260
I went way over budget in November but it was my first month of this challenge and wasn't really aware of what I would generally spend. My month will start on Wed 27th Nov and will end on Monday 23rd December when I will be paid next :-)

Faete

I get paid on the last working day of the month so I'm still in November but I'd like to register December as £400 please. Giving myself an extra £50 for Christmas.

Fae xx