May 2015 Grocery Challenge

PennyGrabber

Hello all!

I've declared for April, at £8.40 under budget - yeah!!:j

Although my budget is worked by the calendar month, I have no time to shop between now and the beginning of May. Budget for May will be £100 again, and a personal aim of over 20 nsds. Only managed 17 this month.

Meal plan for May is complete, and there are many stock meals - I need to use up some of the stuff I'm storing for the sms!!

PG x

LolaLemon

lynnejk wrote: »

Hiya everyone and a warm welcome to the new peoples :hello:



I like Dunhelm Mill. They have an on-line site if you want to have a look. You can order and collect or have delivered if you're not near a store. HTH
Lx

Thanks I'll have a nosey in their too

LolaLemon

K9sandFelines wrote: »

I changed mine to the GreenPans from HomeBargains which I find great. They do sell them in other shops if you dont have a HB nearby, but they will likely be dearer.

Just searching these out just now, thanks


(sorry for double posting, my more than one quote thingy didnt work )

MovingUp

Spent £5.25 in Foultons on Sunday. No full shop until Friday and have most meals prepared already. Will need to pick up some more bread tonight for packed lunches.


Total remaining this month: £194.75

Coxy11

Sorry everyone, really late catching up this month!


Budgets are done to here


Welcome/welcome back to:
Mrs Toast, MrsSave, mmharko, MovingUp, Lotti1982, LolaLemon, Doris65, sheba and Frugal_life


My condolences to Zippy and january_23 - sending (((hugs))) your way.


Coxy

Billie-jo

Going for £200 in May please as its a 4 week month.
Still in April until the month is out but so far under budget.

mmharko

Few shops done that'll hopefully see me through the next two weeks (bar a couple of top up shops for milk, fresh fruit & veg), just over £150 spent so £200 left for the rest of the month, hmmmmm!

WantToBeSE

The other day i did a stock take of the cupboards and filled 3 A5 pieces of paper with a list of the contents, so i obviously am not short of food.

I am on a mission to spend considerably less this month, as i want to use what i already have. Ideally i would like to completely clear the cupboards and then do 1 big shop next month.

And that list didnt even include whats in the fridge freezer, and i cant fit anymore food in the freezer.

I am not going to change my budget though, as feeling restricted makes me panic that i dont have enough money. I really think this stems from the years when i really DIDN'T have enough money to feed us all, so i would without meals so that my children would eat

I need to remind myself that i am no longer in that position, and stop spending so much on making sure the cupboards are always full.

lushlifesaver

just totted up total spends so far from the May budget:
£51 ocado - lots of offers, and a top up of laundry supplies (also on offer)
£35 ASDA - stuff ocado don't sell!
£7 home bargains - toothpaste x2, toothbrush holder (all for bf), nutella, few cleaning supplies.


£93 spent so far! leaving £37 for fresh fruit/veg when needed and bread/milk


Bf is such a bad influence. I have totted up the money spent of food/food based treats (ice creams etc) when out in the past week and he's spent £23! that has to stop! luckily not included in the GC but still :eek:

Pablosmummy

Going to start this again, I'll aim for £350 this month which includes all cleaning stuff/nappies/cat food and litter etc.


£0 spent so far but need to do my food shop tomorrow or Thursday so will update then.