May 2014 Grocery Challenge

craigywv

Hi, spends today were 23.76 in lidls and 4.50 in farm shop got loads in both for what i paid, thats me till next week as loads of fruit,veg and milk was gotten today.

tessie_bear

hello still plodding on with the challenge...went to lidl and got some of the £1 mince today which should help the budget a bit....alreadu halved a pack and made a chilli with it and put the other half in the freezer....am going to pop to aldi tomorrow instead of monday so as to free up the bank holiday for some fun stuff

planning on baking some biscuits next week to use uo some of the easter chocos
take care tessa

SazzleDazzle1

I seem to be going from bad to worse, due to having to take my mom shopping I went to sainsbugs, spent 85.00 and have no meals for it. Going to keep going but realistically it will be next month before I feel more in control, this is helping me keep track and I put over £5 worth of goods back when I got to the till :T

MrsCautious

Hello, this week I've spent (rounded up ) £96 in Sains, £18 in Aldi and £8 in the Co-op. I'm going to meal plan now as far into the month as I can as I have stocked up on lots of things. YS bargains from Sains today included tins of beans for 30p, lamb shoulder for £3 and multipack Walkers crisps for £1. Fruit and veg bought from Aldi. Co-op too dear for my liking but was too tired and hadn't planned well enough to avoid it.

PennyGrabber

Not a nsd today, as was passing pets at home so got wood shavings for g pig. £4.50 spent.

Plan for tom:
B cereal
D ch at their dad's, I'll have fridge fallout
T prob something like beans on toast.
Very cheap day!

I may make agcj's soda bread, if I have time.

Night all,

PG x

K9sandFelines

SazzleDazzle1 wrote: »

I seem to be going from bad to worse, due to having to take my mom shopping I went to sainsbugs, spent 85.00 and have no meals for it. Going to keep going but realistically it will be next month before I feel more in control, this is helping me keep track and I put over £5 worth of goods back when I got to the till :T

Keep going, it's taken me ages to get where i am, and i am just putting this month down to a blip.

K9sandFelines

SazzleDazzle1 wrote: »

I seem to be going from bad to worse, due to having to take my mom shopping I went to sainsbugs, spent 85.00 and have no meals for it. Going to keep going but realistically it will be next month before I feel more in control, this is helping me keep track and I put over £5 worth of goods back when I got to the till :T

Keep going, it's taken me ages to get where i am, and i am just putting this month down to a blip. However, big that blip is.

Soworried

I had a spend of £10.22 yesterday at L*dl on 6 pks of mince, 4pks of cheese and 3 red peppers.

That leaves me £96 to last 11 days :j I should hopefully be under this month.
I need to make a meal plan for the next week or I might do it for the full 11 days.

Sunday- Mince dinner with yorkshire puddings and veg
Monday- Chilli with jacket potatoes
Tuesday- Jambalaya made with LO chicken I have in the freezer
Wednesday- LO lamb curry with turmeric rice and spring rolls
Thursday-HM mince and onion pie with chips and peas
Friday- HM pizza and garlic bread
Saturday- Fish, chips and peas
Sunday- Beef dinner with yorkshire puddings and veg
Monday-LO beef stirfry with samosas
Tuesday- HM cheese burgers with HM buns, HM coleslaw and HM onion rings
Thursday- Chorizo spicy mince wraps or jacket potatoes

I know mince features heavily but I bought 6pks for £6. The pie and burgers uses 1/2 a pkt so I will still have 2pks to carry over in to next month.

Breakfasts will be muesli, porridge or Benefit (Aldis own specialk)
Lunches will be HM soup, HM quiches or left overs.
Snacks will be fruit, or nuts or HM cheese biscuits.

Ladyluck1

£3.02 on a few YS bits for dinner as DS was at grandparent and a loaf of bread

icontinuetodream

Decided to get a sack of spuds late yesterday....so another £5 to add....running total now £75.54/£300