January Grocery Challenge 2015

DanielleNic87

Can my annual budget be increased to £1500? I now have an extra mouth to feed

Thanks x

[Deleted User]

Hi all


Can you please put me down for $500 for the month. Slightly more than usual, but intend to have some treats during the month.


Off camping tonight so Happy New Year Everyone
Cheers
Kiwi

scotmumof3

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Just to let you know that if you use some spring onion and don't want to waste the rest, put it in a mug with a few centimeters of water (for the roots to go in) and it'll regrow

Brilliant tip thanks I always seem to throw out spring onions eventually :T

Sweetie83

Failed towards end of year. Realised for 2 adults and a 6 and 2 year old £280 was a better target to start with.

please can you put me down for £280.

Thanks

x

scotmumof3

closemead wrote: »

Please could you put me down for £150 for January this should be do able as both freezers and the cupboards are full!
This is for 2 adults, five children 11, 9, 7, 6 and 5 and the cat.We have got to be very careful with our finances as my job is very uncertain at the moment and it is looking likely there will be no job in 13 weeks. I never thought I would say that as a nurse

Thats terrible. I hope everything works out for you and your job is safe. Good luck with the budget

gollysmissus

Hi all
Hope u all had good Christmas. I haven't posted since September but have kept following the thread and think I've done ok but not kept track.
Now OH has been home for a couple of months we're starting to get the hang of things but with no job yet we are going to have to seriously tighten our belts so Count me in for £100 for January
Freezer quite full so am going to try and only shop for fresh stuff (fingers crossed).
Happy New year to you all and good luck to everyone and a special thanks to all who run the site you are stars 😇

scotmumof3

Well I managed to go over last month and I am totally cross with myself so this month I am going to be ruthless. Going to do a little shopping tomorrow and maybe nip to the butchers will see. Tomorrow morning I am going to go through the fridge/freezer and cupboards and come up with a meal plan.:)

Roundthebend_2

scotmumof3 wrote: »

Well I managed to go over last month and I am totally cross with myself so this month I am going to be ruthless. Going to do a little shopping tomorrow and maybe nip to the butchers will see. Tomorrow morning I am going to go through the fridge/freezer and cupboards and come up with a meal plan.:)

In exactly the same boat, so don't feel like it's just you!
Good idea about the meal planning. Im awful for nipping to the shop to grab something to make a meal and spending a small fortune :o
Hopefully being organised will stop that!

scotmumof3

roundthebend I do the same I go for a couple of things and spend a small fortune even worse when DH is with me. I am going to try and cut down the amount of times I go to the shop so in theory I shouldn't spend as much. Hopefully !!!!:)

Roundthebend_2

Exactly the same as us!

I'm also on the no spend day challenge and have set a very high target of 20 days. I have enough in this house to jot need to shop, except for fruit, fresh veg, milk and bread. So I'm going to avoid the shops. No matter how tempting!