January Grocery Challenge 2015

BrassicWoman

£9ish between Tesc* and Ald*... lots of quark, greek yogurt, YS cambazola HUGE SLICE, and my Ald* had that 50p pudding rice people are posting about for 25p so I have plenty in stores now, had best make some puds!!

Mamma85

£9.06 spent in Aldi, on bits and bobs to top up. Plus 4 bottles of their 17p cola which I'm slightly addicted too

Islandmaid

REDMEL - thanks for the 'heads-up' re Ald! Vouchers, I always buy a couple to use over 2 weeks.

NSD today, need as many as possible to pay for DS1,s 21st meal out on Friday, hey ho it,s an important celebration, and its a posh burger place not too expensive

scotmumof3

joedenise hope you are feeling better.
£1 spend for me today so not too bad

Mrs_Cheshire

CountingPennies wrote: »

Ohh no I didn't see them. Are they in Aldi?

CP xx

Yes they are their everyday value range!
Nsd again for me! Will have a small spend tomorrow as I need stock pots, milk and a couple of other things!
Thanks Red, for the reminder about Ald* vouchers, I usually get 2, 1 for this week and 1 for next but don't really need anything this week, so will get 2 and use 1 next week and 1 for bulk buying Feb's tins/packets and any freezer bits I need!

Caterina

NSD no. 9, first day of Fiscal Fast successfully completed.

Trying_really_hard

Evening All.

I need to have a catch up on this thread but I am declaring I came in UNDER for the month of Jan. Granted I had a fair bit of Christmas leftovers to use up but it has proved that I buy things just because they are on offer and I also learned that shopping on my lunch break can be a winner (Branston beans in Mr S are £2.40 but £1.39 in B&M Bargains).

So this weeks total was £60.37 (incl £52.71 at Mr S and £7.66 at B&M). Therefore my total for the month was £306.80/£350. Added to the fact that this was a 5 week month and you can call me rather chuffed. I usually end up topping the account up when its a 5 week month, and to say that's only to cover 2 adults and a cat, that's a sad shame.

I'm joining the February challenge to make sure it wasn't a fluke and the savings are already winging their way towards the old savings account. :j Plus, reading all you lots posts have been a real inspiration to keep on going. Thanks and hopefully see you over in Feb

joedenise

Trying_really_hard wrote: »

Evening All.

I need to have a catch up on this thread but I am declaring I came in UNDER for the month of Jan. Granted I had a fair bit of Christmas leftovers to use up but it has proved that I buy things just because they are on offer and I also learned that shopping on my lunch break can be a winner (Branston beans in Mr S are £2.40 but £1.39 in B&M Bargains).

Well done on coming in under budget for January.

Seeing the bit about Branston beans I bought some in Mr Ts a couple of weeks ago at £1.27 for 4 - have just checked their website and they're still at that price.

Denise

dingdongsaving

I'm missing posting on here as we're not really grocery shopping this month as we've got so much in the freezers etc...still loving following the thread along as usual though.

I just got back from our 3rd grocery shop (meal plan's all gone to plan so far). We're still on track for a nice saving, and should only have 1 shop left next week. I'm keeping everything crossed that we can stay on track - we've been having car troubles since just before Christmas, so it'll be nice to see 1 budget pot looking nice and healthy to start the year!

bmma

Hi spends today = £54.20p
total spends to date £173.44/£250.00p
this month recording every penny spent- not just on food - today's spends included cat litter,cat food.birthday card and present ,fresh fruit and veg x