April 2014 Grocery Challenge

recovering_spendaholic

NSD today - am waiting until the weekend before starting May challenge. I only have £20 to last until the weekend, but have got lots of stuff in.

I have to go in hospital on Wednesday for an angiogram and I am really beyond terrified, so I am not feeling like eating and am just eating "picky bits", and Dd's are milking it by eating freezer rubbish!

We didn't have any chocolate in the house yesterday which is a first!

Love the meal planner Penny!

Hope you all had a great Easter Break - work tomorrow!

cinnamonpie

recovering_spendaholic wrote: »

I have to go in hospital on Wednesday for an angiogram and I am really beyond terrified, so I am not feeling like eating and am just eating "picky bits", and Dd's are milking it by eating freezer rubbish!

Good luck for Wednesday! Sounds terrifying.


I am £24.61 over budget at the moment. My boyfriend decided yesterday to come shopping with me and he filled the trolley up with muesli and cheese. Hopefully that should last us through May.

kayester

not going out of this house today, so dull!!
Enjoyed pasta bolognaise last night.
spag bol tonight!
Doing a lot better with the spends compared to last month

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Had some spends today, but not sure how much to add. I wanted to claim the eggnspoons as part of the Shopitize app; but i thought you coud buy more than one of the same item, and claim the cashback, but i think i misunderstood and it's just the one item. So i spent £0.98 x 6 with £1.00 shopitize cashback, so £4.88, then 2 x 0.29p on YS hot cross buns, 2 Lemon bakwells @ 50p each and lemonade x 40p (to go with late birthday drink (wine off Dad)).

£7.86

Hopefully no spends now til small shop on Thursday, as only slot i could find costing £0.50p delivery

I was determined to have a NSD today but when i went to do tea last night, and then I realised that i had no tomato puree ... gah ( could have got that yesterday in M*rrisons). So, i'm off there in a minute ( again !!) so the girls can have Tacos as requested last night. I will also make pie for tomorrow with the rest of the salsa mix. Going to double check i don't need anything else before i set off.

SarahB1989_2

Intended to have a NSD but dying of cold so needed to pop out for snacks and squash. £2.80 to add, puts me over my budget but shouldn't be much else this month.

bmma

spends today £14.68
april's budget to date £178.70p/£160p

Crowdpleaser

Spends of 8.77 in mr l on milk fruit and cheese and 3.08 in mr a on soya milk and veg. Im over budget now but shouldn't need anything else until next month. X

Franigan

Afternoon! Hope you had a good Easter weekend!

Alright, so from last Thursday I spent:

Thursday:
£30.09 in Tesco (Food, cat food + 2 bottles thick bleach)
£ 1.45 in Co-op (Bread)

Friday
£9.46 in Co-op (alcohol)

Saturday (we were shopping around for easter eggs as they were all gone!):
£2.09 in Tesco (milk and Mcvities digestives)
£7.19 in Boots (2 big bottles of shower gel + deodorant)
£1.60 in Sains (2 pathetic Easter eggs,the only left in the shop)
£1.00 parking

Monday:
£5.99 in Co-op (Wine)

Total in April so far: £ 208.87 (£41.13 left to spend)

Going to Tesco tonight as I need Detergent, milk and maybe some fruit/veg.

Have a good day!!

Frizzle_2

Another NSD. Visited a friend this morning as it was their birthday. Already had the card and a little pressie sorted!
Then prepared the garden for planting. Made two wigwams for peas and runner beans. Then planted some onion sets, lettuces, carrots and leeks. Waiting a little longer to plant out the tomatoes, peas and runner beans. Hope it's not too early!

Chi-me

week commencing 21st April: Weekly shop total £44.48

I previously spent sometimes in excess of £100 pw which is ludicrous! We tended to dither around the sm every day after work picking up what we fancied, sometimes put it in the fridge and had something entirely different or a take away:eek:

I'm afraid I've become a bit of a MSE OS bore and I notice OH's eyes glazing over when I'm telling him of the week's non spending plans... still, he's in full support of this idea so glazed or not I will still ramble on :rotfl:

This shop included all toiletries, cleaning stuff, 5 bottles of cheap wine and food for the two of us, cat and dog. :beer: