July 2015 Grocery Challenge

mumblingtaff

Can I join in too please?
My month is a very short one ending on July 20th so it's just about 3 weeks to go.
My budget is £70 for all food, dog food, household stuff and toiletries.
There's just me and a small greedy dog to cater for.

lynnejk

mumblingtaff wrote: »

Can I join in too please?
My month is a very short one ending on July 20th so it's just about 3 weeks to go.
My budget is £70 for all food, dog food, household stuff and toiletries.
There's just me and a small greedy dog to cater for.

Welcome to the Fred MT and good luck with the challenge
Lx

K9sandFelines

I'm in for July, but not sure of budget yet. It's my eldest's birthday; and although I won't be including eating out, I will include birthday food bought with groceries.

cabsy83

Hi everyone!
First spends of the month today
£22.37 @ Mr S and £14.34 @ Farmfoods. I needed shampoo so I used my nectar points to get some nice stuff on offer and I had £12.40 in healthy start vouchers which I used to get some lovely fresh fruit and veg.
I managed to get some yellow stickers too; gammon steaks with over £1 off and a basics pork shoulder joint for £3. The only thing with the shoulder joint was when I opened it to split it in two it's more skin and fat that meat, but what did I expect from the basics range? Think I will slow cook it and maybe do a small pulled pork but I've frozen it for now! It felt good going into the shop with a proper list and I stuck to it! No impulse buys! Tomorrow will be a nsd but Friday we're having a friends and family day out and friends want to do a BBQ so I'll need to contribute to that!

Nicki_Sue

July food budget-wise starts for me today so I'll draw 80.00 cash and will be taking my shopping trolley down to the freezer / cheap shop in town with the 4yr old after I've dropped the eldest off.

While 80 is the target my freezer and pantry are poor so I might earmark a tenner for stocking up just for this month, I'll see how I got.
Have a good July all!

kb_soma

lynnejk wrote: »

HUGE CONRATULATIONS ON BECOMING DEBT-FREE. VERY WELL DONE


:T :j :beer: :j :T :T :j :beer: :j :T :T :j :beer: :j :T :T


Spends today of £10.77 from Mr T and Morrys added to signature.


Had macaroni cheese, bacon, baked beans and grilled tomatoes for tea today - very yummy


Hope you all have a thrifty Thursday
Lx

Thanks lynnejk, it's hard to believe right now, and I'm waiting on hsbc to close my account!

Have a great Thursday everyone. X

Billie-jo

kb_soma wrote: »

I hit my DFD yesterday and am planning on continuing with the frugal.

Huge congratulations to you I hope you are very proud of your achievement - you should be. :beer: :j :T :) :T :j :beer:

A NSD for us today and tonight's meal is hm cottage pie with leeks out of the freezer and some fresh sweet corn.

lynnejk

Evening all


First NSD of the month today :j


We had steak and Guinness casserole (freezer), with charlotte potatoes and steamed carrots, broccoli and snap peas.


Hope you all have a fabulous Friday
Lx

mumofthetwins

So far (I know only 2 days) but still not spent anything ... boys are at their dads this weekend so should be minimal if any spends until Monday ��


Lisa x

mama_bear_3-2

Just wondering, what do you guys consider to be an nsd? Is it a day you don't spend any money on groceries or a day you don't spend anything at all? (such as paying a bill etc)