August 2007 Grocery Challenge

brummiebabe

Oh dear...really think I need to rethink my budget per month as cannot keep to my target at the moment....I think with nappies, baby milk, loads of fruit/veg (and tonnes of bread & milk!!!!!!!) my aim just isn't achievable (for me anyway!)

Went to Sainsbury's yesterday (due to it being the closest supermarket) and spent £104.36!!!! Yes I got nappies (£3 money off coupon) and 2 tins of baby milk (special offer) but the amount I spent is ridiculous!!!!! Thing is...we use everything..I now throw very little away at all!!! By Friday though..the fridge will be bare & I'll have spent another £6-8 on top-up bread, milk & cheese!! My kids love milk & are, at the moment, asking for cheese sandwiches on a daily basis, aswell as having toast & cereal in the morning (more bread!!)

Oh well..no point beating myself up about it...have £46.06 left until the end of August....so I think we can safely assume I've failed the challenge for August (AGAIN!!!!):rotfl:

dlb

brummiebabe wrote: »

By Friday though..the fridge will be bare & I'll have spent another £6-8 on top-up bread, milk & cheese!! My kids love milk & are, at the moment, asking for cheese sandwiches on a daily basis, aswell as having toast & cereal in the morning (more bread!!)

My 4 kids are the same especially in the school hoildays, i hide alot of the goodies i buy and always grate the cheese as it goes further than slices, another idea that i do, when i buy a big block of cheese i cut it into piece, then wrap the pieces i need for cooking pizza ect in foil As kids and dh never seem to look inside foil wraped items, then grate a block and put it in a bowl in fridge the kids know if they make a sandwich this is what they use.
Also i find toast and cereal the cheapest snack out,always keep in lots of value bread and value cereal in (choc snaps from tescos are afav here about 49p a pack) make a cheap breaky and great for supper and snacks without breaking the bank.

Today is my big shop day, have shopping list ready and am ready for the off!
I will let you all know later how i did!!!
Donna

miss_empty_piggy

Have had to reduce my budget by £100 as had forgotten to include a credit card bill, dads birthday and neice's 21st birthday!! So shopping budget is now £250.00 instead of £350.00!!! But am so far on £154.41 and have got until August 29th to go. To be honest I should be able to do it.Don't think I have forgotten anything else...best check!!!

Sugarcubed

Well I'm joining and getting a handle on what I'm spending for groceries, I have made a list and a meal plan for what I need.

My big challenge is that I have £32 in my purse and money in the bank but I want to try and just use the £32 until next Monday, including posting a parcel, bus fares for the week (I am going to walk actually to save money), Swimming entry and getting bits to do us all week it may be a struggle but im sure we will survive

August
Wk2 13th to 20th - £32
Wk3 20th to 27th - £25
Wk4 27th to 3rd - £25

September
Wk1 3rd to 10th - £25
Wk2 10th to 19th - Holiday
Wk3 19th to 23rd - £20
Wk4 24th to 30th - £25

Must remember to use this months milk/veg vouchers before 2nd Sep.

Angelraesunshine

Ok been to Asda ( oh dear)

No really i was quite good tried really hard to stick to the list i made spent, only bought about 3 things that i was not meant to totaling about £2 ish

Did have to buy things to make bread in my new machine tomorrow and making a large cake for my nieces 5th birthday this week so needed stuff for that. All in all for an asda shop i did really well. ( normally comes to about £70)

dlb

Well im back from the BIG shop, and im really happy, spent £75.39 in Mr T`s this included some school shirts and stationary.
£11.44 in Wilkos for grass seed and a few other bits.
£3.84 in boots on toiletries (acctually spend £13.84 but had a voucher from piggypoints)
£6.00 at sweet and nuts shop!!! Dh never coming with me again worst than kids!!
£4.00 on sausage rolls and buns at Greggs!!!!!!!!

This brings my total to £139.07 so far and still need to pay milkman owe him about £15.
But still means i have approx £8 a day left to spend if needed and i have all food to complet meal plan for next 2 weeks.
Hope you are all doing ok too
Donna

stiltoncheese

Just spent £3.70 topping up milk and veg.

Now leaves me with the grand old total of £0.96 to last until 24/08/07, which sounds really bad!

However, I now have enough salad, veg and milk to last until 20/08/07, so will just have to use frozen veg and powdered milk from 21/08/07 to 24/08/07, which isn't too horrendous.

I might also be sneaky and see if I can pop home to my folks one night this week and eat at their house.

I'm setermined to last out until 24/08/07 and will then use my final 96p and treat myself to a bar of choc!

Moniker

Have just got back from our weekend at the Brecon Jazz Festival and the sun shone nearly all the time! We stayed (first time ever) in the local Youth Hostel (despite definitely being long past our youth!) and it wasn't bad! The bunk beds took a bit of getting used to though! However, the breakfasts were great and the people very friendly.

Had to got to the supermarket this morning for this week's stuff and came in well under budget at £39-09. However, we have visitors all over next weekend so I know that I will be spending more on food and drink when I shop on Friday. Still, I am caustiously optimistic that I will come in on budget by the end of the month, even if not by much.

I have to say that taking cash to pay and leaving the cc at home focusses the mind wonderfully. I remembered the calculator this time and added it all up as I went along which helped a lot.

Good luck to all the new challengers. And thanks everyone for your encouraging posts.

crockpot

Have fallon off the wagon big style!!

Having visitors and it being school hols.

But as i have only 8 days until my next month starts, I have a plan!!!

I am going to allocate £50 a week for supermarket shopping, which i will draw out of BS- keeping it in my offset account until then. I will have a seperate cash purse for food and will leave all cards at home- so no chance of over spend! Any trips to local shop for milk or wine! will have to come out of that too.

We are 2 adults and 2 children.

Going to meal plan and make 1 meal for all too- wish me luck!

Angelraesunshine

stiltoncheese wrote: »

I'm setermined to last out until 24/08/07 and will then use my final 96p and treat myself to a bar of choc!

good luck am rooting for you lol