December 2014 Grocery Challenge

craigywv

nsd for me freezers emptying niceley

Catcherupper14

Could I come in again for £200 this month, as I have guests over Christmas and New Year.


My month will run from 1st December to 31st December.


Thank you.

Mr_Planky

I am a complete newbie to the grocery challenge but I'm keen to cut our food bill ahead of a possible house move next year. I would like to try and stick to £240 this month. There is only me and my girlfriend to buy for, so I think in the longer term we really should be able to go much lower than this. The biggest challenge will be to reduce our wine consumption, especially during the festive season!!!


Thanks for having me!

Airthrey

I've been dithering over what to go for in December, but please put me down for £250 for the calendar month. This is sigificantly more than usual, but then December is just so different from other months.

This is to include alcohol/chocolate/snacks bought for home consumption and also if bought to take as gifts when invited elsewhere, but not any bought as Christmas gifts.

miss_try_to_save

another nsd for me that's 2 for Dec im def finding that buying enough milk for two/three days is helping me on the no spending bit my freezer seems to not wanna go down its still jammed packed just shows how much I have actually been overspending £450/£397 left for month how ever ds came in with a pack of mince reduced to 40p last night from sains and wouldn't except the money for it so wondering if I should put it on my total anyway

maria3104

Feel wierd, had Mr T yesterday with food shop. Stew cooked and keeping warm and red cabbage simmering ready for freezer for xmas. What has wierded me out is Mr T came again today with xmas booze, not grocery so not part of this challenge. I want to update my signature, but it is from s different budget.. Control myself I think.

Made no cakes today, all savoury. 2 glazed hams chilling on the side ready for the week. Big Royal Welsh farm event Mon Tues, which I am not going to, NSD's but half of Wales will call with us on their way back. Such fun!

franby64

Evening

Thank you Zippy, Coxy and Solstice for running the thread.

I wasn't sure whether to sign up this month but the prospect of not keeping track is quite scary!

So I'm going for a quite generous £400 from my budget plus £11.26 from November, £29.42 Coop vouchers and £40.07 Nectar points which I'm spending on food now Sainsbury don't sell CDs online anymore. Please could you put me down for £480.75 for December. Give or take 75p.

Will go and catch up.
Good luck for December...be vigilant!

scotmumof3

Hi mr planky:hello: . Wine mmmm. I have cut down to 2 bottles a month :eek: Everyone on this thread has been really nice and supportive so you will be fine

Solstice_3

Evening all

Time to update some more spends, was supposed to be an NSD today but had to buy food for lunches.

No NSDs so far, and total so far is £86.76

Almost finished Christmas present shopping, one thing left to buy online. All chutney and jam made (for presents) so just baking left now to trip me up

Bobarella

Hi All
Logging a spend of £9.42 today. Husband got 400g of chicken marked down to £2 that will probably do 3 meals this week. Also some lunchbox items for son, YS sliced ham, YS strawberries & a pasta pot for his own lunch. Then a block of cheese, dairylea triangles & a banana full price. So not a bad haul.
I think I'm going to do a chicken pasta bake tommorow night, chicken curry for Tuesday & maybe chicken stew for Wednesday. With the leftovers & frozen portions from last week's cooking I'd say we are covered for the week aside from a few ingredients to make the above. Need a curry sauce, can buy a basics one for 30p. Some onions about 70p. Maybe a jar of pesto.
Hope everyone's getting on alright with week 1 of December's budget.
Bob