February 2014 Grocery Challenge

agreenmess

Thanks for the info Bluemoo we try and get as many YS stuff as possible but our place is terrible for only knocking off 10p here or there and I'm a true believer in not buying it for the sake of it and only if it works into my plan somewhere! It also dosn't help that we really only have a Tesco and a M&S, we do have a "local" store but whenever I do my shop in there its twice the price and I can never find what I need!

Getting paid tomorrow so will be doing my first shop on Saturday really thinking of doing a "monthly" shop and then just topping up with fruit/veg when I need to. Our milk comes via the milkman so thankfully don't need to worry about that.

Does anyone here do a "monthly" meal plan instead of a weekly? Currently trying to lose weight so have just done a rolling two weeks for this month so hoping we dont get bored ect!

lushlifesaver

agreenmess wrote: »

Does anyone here do a "monthly" meal plan instead of a weekly? Currently trying to lose weight so have just done a rolling two weeks for this month so hoping we dont get bored ect!

I rough plan a months worth of meals then flex them throughout the month; deciding each week what we will roughly eat and when. I find that best in terms of not getting bored etc

happytails

Ooh yes please to another month, £400 again please x

aimeemum

I work to a fortnightly/10 days meal plan - I try to only go shopping every 9/10 days. I have a corner shop for bread/milk which is on the walk too and from pre-school so it's handy for a small top up but that's all I'm allowed. My husbands schedule changes so much that I find it difficult to plan too far ahead. I batch cook though, so there's always 2/3 nights worth of food in the freezer ready to be re-heated as and when. At the moment I have a portion of stew for 3(enough for 2 +2 small mouths) which just needs mash putting with it, and a batch of Chilli which needs rice or making into a texan pie. Tonight's dinner is cottage pie with cabbage/peas (haven't decided yet lol) and I'll have enough filling left over for 4 pasties I think - 4 lunches for hubby.

We are currently following the 'Hairy Dieter's' plan. hubby needs to lose just over a stone to be at his target weight. and I love it as it means I get veggies without having to fight him! :T I love veggies! lol

poppycracker

DH *did* get paid today so our month starts here!

Haven't managed to get shopping yet, had to go in to work then DH went to Aberdeen and isn't back yet. Have done a meal plan for the next three weeks to try and stock up the cupboards again but its fairly flexible.

Today - pizza (monthy takeaway treat on payday!)
Friday - sausage and mash
Sat - haggis neeps and tatties since its Burns night
Sun - Chicken fillet with garlic butter wrapped in pancetta ham with roast tatties and veg
Mon - Fish fingers and HM chips
Tues - Smoked sausage pasta bake
Wed - scrambled eggs on toast (+ bacon for DH)

Soworried

A large spend today of £42.68. Most of this was on cupboard staples that have been ran down over the last 2 months and a lot of fruit and veg.

I will update my signature now.

tinks112

Hi please may you put me down for £300.00 again. Went slightly over in January so want to get it under this for Feb.

Thanks

bmma

:money:Hi can you put me down for the February challenge,
January well over budget and still counting,
February budget £200 that is for food,cat food, cat litter,toileteries.household cleaning .the dates are 3/2/14 to 2/3/14 :money:will update sig at the end of January x-FEBRUARY'S BUDGET £200.00P

joedenise

Although it isn't payday until today I did my main shop yesterday and spent £48.94. A good start as I've allowed about £50 a week.

Today will be a NSD.

I have updated my signature.

Denise

BlueMoo

2.75 spent yesterday - hopefully a no spend day today

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Supper of beef fajitas (weds) and omelette - caramelised red onion and crispy herb potatoes/vine tomatoes and crumbly blue cheese (thurs)

Should be going to the SM this weekend so will update sig on Monday.

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Got a lovely weekend planned of seeing some old chums but very busy running various errands as well for the wedding.


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ETA: With my YS stuff, I ten to also just get 25% off, or 50% off. But it is still worth it on high value items. Not worth it if it's stuff you won't use - I have learnt this the hard way!