August 2007 Grocery Challenge

lil_me

:T What a great attitude stiltoncheese, will also be rooting for you, YOU CAN DO IT! :j Could get 3 bars of Tesco value for under 96p, but saving it for nice choccie might be better!

New oven arrived means I can cook everything I have now.

:rolleyes: Could do with some of that positive attitude being passed around, not hopeful at the minute!

Sugarcubed

Sugarcubed wrote: »

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

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

So got back from the shops and my things I had todo today.

Monday 13th
£ 9.76 Morrisons :T
£ 3.50 Iceland
£ 2.62 Parcel postage
£15.88
-£1.00 found at the supermarket from my guardian angel :A
£14.88 Spent today

Shifted 62p in change to my piggy bank which leaves me with the grand total of £16.50 to spend until Next Monday :j

dlb

Stiltoncheese good luck! You could buy a nice bar break it into squares and freeze it, then everytime you get a chocolate craving pop a piece straight from the freezer and enjoy, lasts ages and makes the bar last longer too!!

Need to edit my sig, just bought a cheap £2.19 bottle of wine from local shop!!!Humm i wonder if i could freeze wine into ice cubes for same effect as chocolate!!!!!!!!!LOL

Moniker

crockpot wrote: »

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!

School holidays are always going to be different from when the kids are not around so I don't think you should beat yourself up over it. You are tackling it in the right way. Having cash and not a card in your hand makes it much easier to resist the 'extras' which aren't on your list. I am sure that with this approach you will get your spending under control. Good luck!

cheletastic

Hi everyone

Went to Aldi's today for a top up shop - had got mince out of freezer to make chilli then realised peppers & onions were mouldy this morning!! Ooops:o

Therefore tonight spent £4.34 on bag of onions, 3 peppers, bananas (for breakfasts), 6 eggs and bag of sugar so not bad:D

Quite pleased with myself aswell tonight cos when I got in I made banana & walnut tea bread (with old bananas that were extremely over ripe & few walnuts I had left in cupboard) and a big pot of chilli. Have eaten a big portion of chilli tonight and got another 5 portions to freeze:j

Therefore, still well under budget.

Stilton cheese I hope you enjoy your chocolate - you'll deserve it by the end of the month;)

stiltoncheese

Thanks everyone for the encouragement - i'm even more determined to make my 96p last now!

DLB I didn't know you could freeze chocolate, will deffo give that a go in future (will stop me from being so greedy as well!).

meanmarie

I now have €88.48 to last me until end of month....feel that I have shopped in a very haphazard way this month, so am going to make myself last until 31st on my €340...not been organised about shopping or meal planning, haven't been making bread, I have lots of flour so no more shop bought bread ...with just €4.91 per day to spend I will have to be vigilant and I think that from now on I am going to use calender months for my challenge period, will have to organise myself in all areas as not sure what I've got in any money area..or what I've spent.

Good luck to all who are finding the budgetting tight...it can be done I know

Marie

The_shuffs

Hi all i know this has nothing to do with the GC but how do you all do the amounts you spend etc under the line bet it is really easy but just cant work it out how silly am i :ohow silly do i feel now i must have already worked it out now all i have to do is remember what i did feel even more now

cheletastic

Hi Theshuffs

Just go into User CP at the top of the page & then into Edit signature.

Good luck:D

The_shuffs

Thanks for that Chelelastic Im all new to this so am a bit rusty everyone seems really friendly and i have read up on some really great ways to save on just about everything just need to work on my OH he thinks i have lost it thanks again :T