May 2014 Grocery Challenge

just_the_two_of_us

Good morning - small spend yesterday on Cauli and cucumber in Mr Al;*i and ryvitas in H Bags. Sig updated.

Menu plan and shopping list for week done - but waiting for tomorrow for new special offers at Al*i. Plan is to be in early to get ahead of the rush and then home for planned delivery.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Soworried

A small spend of £5.11 yesterday. I went to A*di to get milk and crisps and then I called in Mr T to check out the ys. I managed to get a punnet of grapes, nectrines, 2x corn on the cob, coleslaw, potato salad and 12x warburtons buns for a pound :j

We are way under budget this month thanks to the l*dl weekend offers and YS

I'm thinking of treating us to a takeaway as A*di will have fresh chinese meals for 2 for £3.99 from tomorrow. Has anybody tried them before?

mumofthetwins

hi can I please re-join the GC ... ive decided I need to sort my money out if im ever going to save for that blooming extension

I think I should manage on £150 per month its me and 2 kids but I used to be pretty good so hoping to pick it back up

I did a tesco shop last night and managed to use vouchers buy offers ... so £30.58 spent but stocked up loads ... just got to try to stay away from the shops!!

sorry cant figure out how to change font colour on the kids tablet

thanks a million
lisa

Ladyluck1

Put chilli in the slow cooker so that'll be what's for dinner, I've also got half an avocado leftover from dd to make guacamole and I've already got rice and sone tortilla chips in the cupboard
Definitely a NSD today.
Soworried I'm the same... I think we will be quite under budget as it's been a good few weeks for YS for us too x

XSpender

Today I have been to mr t and M&S and I have spends from £stretch (mop bucket, bleach) and sains to add from Monday.

Total is now £166.29 which is a lot for 7th May but this includes DS party tea and cake and lots of stuff to take to the caravan next week. I have also stocked up on frozen veg and store cupboard bits like tinned toms, oil, Parmesan, balsamic etc to use a minimum spend coupon. It doesn't help keep my costs down when a small box of gf cereal and a small loaf cost £5.50:eek:

I did discover that sains basics stock cubes are gf today though which I was chuffed about. Pity i stocked up on the kalio ones on offer a while back but I will know for next time:)

I will still need to spend about £10 in M&S on Friday for more stuff for the caravan but that will be it until we get back. Anything we spend when we are away comes out of the holiday spends.

We will need a fresh shop when we come back and I will need to stock up on 'easy' stuff for DS and DH as I am away for 5 days within a few days of getting back from our family holiday.

SazzleDazzle1

Another £20 spent in wtrose yesterday on freezer food, chips, sausages and too many special offers bought that were not needed, namely chocolates and rice cakes .... Roll on June so I can start again.

Mrs_T_M

XSpender wrote: »

I did discover that sains basics stock cubes are gf today though which I was chuffed about. Pity i stocked up on the kalio ones on offer a while back but I will know for next time:)

Wow, I didn't know that! I'm not gf, but some members of my extended family are, so I need things for when they visit. Stock cubes are the one thing I only use gf with.

Anyone know the cheapest place to get carrots (even in bulk)? I think that morrisons has a 3kg for £1.50, which is 50p per kilo, but I'm going through a kilo every two days with my juicing veg and fruit.

Make-it-3

First weekly shop of the month, a good chunk of it went stocking up on cat food for while we are away and nappies to see us through too and we are going to a BBQ at the weekend so some wine and meat for that also. In fact, I hardly bought anything for regular meals. Will probably need a top up shop before the weekend!

£29.60 spent. £47.40/£80 remaining.

PennyGrabber

Close call nsd today! Didn't think I could bd bothered to make any dinner as I worked a 10 hour day today with no break. I suggested going to the chippy, and ds aged 7 said no, let's go home and check the meal planner! It was mac cheese, so no biggy really, but I'm VERY proud of ds.

I don't really like mac cheese... There's some left over which I'll nuke at work tomorrow if I have a lunch break, so I haven't yet eaten. I might do bacon and garlic pasta for me, or I might just do cheese on toast! Ooh, of I could use up something from the fridge... Too many choices!!!

PG x

she_who_can_not_cook

For anyone that does not get hotdeals I went to Tesco today and looked at the persil non bio 50 washes. It said 11.00 on the shelf so I went to the shop floor scanner and it said 5.50 I ran to the checkouts... budget may be busted cos I will just keep buying them each time I go