April 2014 Grocery Challenge

icontinuetodream

Going on to a monthly grocery budget from this month so can you put me down for £300 for April please? My month runs from the 1st - 1st so will be flitting between here and the march gc until then!;)

lushlifesaver

Ooop forgot to say baby costs won't be included in our GC - we have loads of baby toiletries/wipes and nappies are a separate budget (we will be buying boxes of 180-200 on 2 boxes for £35 once we know what size she is and we've got through the ones we have atm!)

I'm finding that the most expensive part of our shopping is bf's cereal bars which he has to have for work; a cost I don't mind parting with as it used to be he didn't eat until 3/4pm everyday which is no good when he's training but healthier ones are harder to come by! Thinking of mixing it up for him; cereal bars a couple of days and smoothies a couple of days (fruit from the market is a lot cheaper than the bars!)

skintmum2012

Can I play this month again please after getting lost along the way last month but still spending less then I normally do. Can I go for 200 please that's only for food I have decided to make another budget for the baby's milk and nappies due too the fact I can't cut down on this budget. So can I g down for200 I have spent 108 to stock up on monthly basics. Good luck everyone

joedenise

April's GC starts for me on Monday 24th but will only be until 19th as going away on holiday then so month will be a week short so put me down for £200 for the shorter month. Should be doable as overspent by £16 in March but that included most of the meat for April (and probably part of May!).

Won't be able to reach 20 NSDs this month as currently only at 13 so expect 16 as no grocery spending today, tomorrow or Sunday. Think I'll just leave it at 15 again and hope that I can make it even though my month is shorter.

Denise

Coxy11

Hi everyone,

Budgets done to here

Welcome to:
baibelle and trina2010

Good luck all
Coxy

Soworried

Can I go down for £240again this month. It will be really tight as we have used up almost everything we have in

This is for food, cleaning, eating out, alcohol and toiletries for 2 adults and 2 hollow legged teenagers. I'll update my signature as I have had my first spend.

skintmum2012

Here to update my spending my another £79 full of cold and I needed to retail shop so decided Approved food was the best place to do it at least I would get some value for money

Tink_04

Hi I always go over my £200 budget just by not planning and impulse buying so I'm joining this challenge for the first time! I'm on maternity leave so things are so tight!

£200 please

newthrift

Forgot to say thank you to zippychick for the new thread & bluegreen143 for all the recipe links!! Just having a look through now

she_who_can_not_cook

skintmum2012 wrote: »

Here to update my spending my another £79 full of cold and I needed to retail shop so decided Approved food was the best place to do it at least I would get some value for money

Approved foods ARE A KILLer to my budget.So I have been trying to stay away