January 2014 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

NSD today.

I have finally opened a bag of baby broad beans I have had in the freezer for ages with a BBE date of jan 14:eek: I will add some to the soup I am making for DH at the weekend too.

I am very organised today (it won't last;)) and have prepared the sandwich fillings and stuff for tomorrow's lunches as I am back to my old office tomorrow and have to be up earlier.

Bookworm42

Hi Coxy, please put me down for £550 for January.

My January started on Monday with a spend of £61.29 in Mr S.

Many thanks to everyone who helps to run this thread.

**purpleprincess**

Having done a bigger shop than normal yesterday, today I made up a batch of diced pork chilli and the mince for cottage pie. Going to portion these up for the freezer. Over the next few days I will make up some bolognaise, beef mince chilli, beef casserole and a vegetable curry for the freezer as well. I am also going to make up a big batch of savoury flapjack for the freezer and do a storecupboard inventory. I have got loads of soup in the freezer for lunches for when I go back to work on Monday.

Hopefully be able to keep the grocery costs down over the next few months.

Fru-gal_2

Thanks to the thread organisers. I would like to aim for a budget of250 for January please.
I was £13 over in December but like most of us on here I am starting January overstocked! I am hoping to come in well under this so I can do a bulk butcher shop at the end of the month. I am also intending to start a diet so I am not sure what to do with the cheese mountain. Long dates on some unopened ones so hope to resist temptation.;)

Suzexxx

Hi all

Had a NSD today thanks to the rain i stayed in with family rather than going out anywhere to spend money. I need to update my signature on here and keep on top of it as I got quite lazy last year. Will sort that out once i get on the laptop.

Food shopping Friday this week and need to take my cat to the vet tomorrow so ive got a feeling the next few days will become quite expensive.

Suze

Florenceem

NSD here.
Bit of an odd meal tonight but had ingredients that needed to be used.
We had HM wedges + Burger in bun + carrots + sprouts.

fingersxed

I had a lovely NSD today. Only been out to walk the dogs. Quite organised this afternoon. Meat n bread out the freezer defrosting for tomorrow. Husbands museli bar made for his breakfast at work. His salad box made too!! Started writing a bit of a shopping list but really will try to wait till Friday?

she_who_can_not_cook

Make-it-3 wrote: »

I stuck out GC for the whole of 2012, but got so despondent of failing every month

But its a new year - I'm going to dare to go with the monthly budget I usually set myself back in 2012 of £200. (That's for a calendar month for 2 adults, 1 toddler and 1 cat). Hoping its doable due to lots of Xmas food left.

I'm going to need to plan more, I rarely do YS or buy bulk offers as I am a batch cooking/freezer using novice.

I have not been doing to well the last few months either..but keep it up.

I am no batch or oamc expert but here's my twopenny worth. When you cook can you double or treble the ingredients so one cottage pie becomes two or three . If you do this with stuff the family eats I think it'ss well worth it and it is not much more time consuming over a matter of weeks you have instant cheap and healthy READY MEALS.also I have a link about component cooking its years old but a great read

she_who_can_not_cook

lovefullshelves wrote: »

Please can I go down for £200 this month:) I had and emergency hysterectomy and wasn't the one spending and shopping, thats why I dissapeared!! Hopefully now I can manage to keep more of an eye on him! Thanks x

Best wishes I hope you are feeling ok

rubber_duc

£2.19 spent today. OH wanted a can of (vile) energy drink, last one before his diet starts and I bought 4 seeded bread rolls for £1 when I was on my break from work but managed to leave 2 of them at my parents house (I ate the other 2 ) so asked my Lil sis to chuck them in the freezer.

I have made a list of my freezer contents, will do fridges and cupboards tomorrow and make a meal plan then. Might try and do 50% meat based and 50% veggie (dd1 doesn't like meat and oh used to be a veggie "who ate bacon") so it should go down well.

Xxx