January 2014 Grocery Challenge

Faete

Made my mango chutney - worked out at just over a pound a pot - I'm pretty chuffed with them - just have to wait 8 weeks before I can eat them.

Fae xx

peony40

I will pop in tomorrow with a grocery update as I have an order coming. Wished to say however how i enjoy seeing all your photos.

Fay, the mango chutney looks delicious.

Peony x

spendingless31

Hi there.

Please can I join this thread? My food shopping is horrendous usually spending somewhere between 700 to 800 a month with loads of waste. It's down to poor planning and laziness and I know I can do loads better. Starting late this month so have already spent 200 on big shop. Please can I be put down for £500 this month with a view to doing better in February. Thanks

happytails

Another shop today, freezer full and meals mostly planned til Thursday. Shouldn't need the shops til Friday :j

Now at £108.97/£400

Bluegreen143

Just popping on to update my spends - currently standing at £74.34 / £165 so I'm quite happy as there's only two weekend shops left, so we should be OK.

Made some amazing hot and sour lentil soup today - will post the recipe once I've written it up for the blog. Pretty frugal and very very nice also made a nice seeded loaf too, so that's my lunches sorted.

lizziebabe

Hi everyone :hello:

I'm back and determined to keep on top of my shopping this year. I'm a little late (just got back from Oz) and had to do a shop today as all out of basics.

Please could you put me down for £ 175 for January. I want to spend much less, but need to plan better and use up old stuff in the freezer.

Happy New Year to everyone and hope 2014 is a good one!!

Whoops sorry for different font, I don't know how to revert back to the same one after raising it.

lizziebabe

Hi again

Did a small shop in T's - £6.50. Then an online shop with Waitrose - started off at £98.19 then with reductions/offers/savings/promotion finally got it down to £56.20.

Very pleased with the result

Mystikia

Spent £21.67 in Te$co's tonight on the main weekly shop. Got there as they were reducing the fruit & veg... Got loads including broccoli for 4p, big bag of good potatoes for 40p & 75p for enough lemons to last us 6 months The only things we should need for the next few days is Milk & Freezer bags - managed to forget both tonight! Ho hum....

K9sandFelines

My DDs went to the shop whilst I was at work and got me two loaves of bread from Morris*ns, and 1% milk from the C*-*p.

So £2.0) added to sig.

threepenny_bit

no spend today, popped out to get stuff for work but paid on their CC lol! Resisted all temptation to look for anything for us.
Had potato skins, bacon sardines and christmas cake for tea. Took out some chicken from freezer for tomorrow.